Mike's Yummy Potato Chips

This is so easy and sooooooo good! He hasn't made them in a while, but I remember them.

You can slice these potatoes a tiny bit thicker and serve them hot with butter, sour cream and chives, like an entrée.

You will need:

EVOO
Potatoes
Salt (and pepper?)

A frying pan
A spatula or tongs
A potato peeler
A stack of paper towels on a plate, to put them on after cooking
A sharp knife

-Peel the potatoes if you want to.
-Cut them in half across the length; not with the length.
-Take the potato peeler and peel slices off the part that was the middle of the potato. The big flat part, sheer that down.
-To prevent them from turning grey, peel them into a bowl of cold lemon water or vinegar water to wait while you finish the slicing.

1.) In a large frying pan, cover the bottom with extra virgin olive oil so it's about 1/8th-inch deep.
2.) Heat the oil over medium-high heat and don't leave it. Test for readiness by putting a tiny piece of potato in and see if it fries or just sits there. Hot oil has a sheen that "dances" across the oil surface when it's hot. This is a sign to use it now!
3.) When the oil is hot, add potatoes one at a time, placing them so they will not touch each other. You can put like six or seven in at the same time.
4.) When the potato begins to turn golden brown, turn it over to cook the other side. The second side goes much faster than the first side did. When it's reached a desirable doneness, fish them out and lay them on the paper towels to drain and then put more in. DON'T let your oil stand on the heat without any food cooking in it.
5.) When all the potato slices are done, remove the oil from the heat immediately.
6.) Salt them now if you wish. Pepper and garlic powder go good on them, too.

Another good idea at this point is to throw a good handful of shredded Parmesan cheese on and then toss them. Think of all the good things you can put on them; chili powder, onion powder, coarse sea salt; be creative. :)

Serve them in a big pre-warmed bowl with all the trimmings for baked potatoes. These make great snacks, side dishes, or breakfasts.