All great ideas! I don't deep fry not specifically out of health reasons, but mostly because I don't have a deep fryer and it always has been a pain to save the oil from pan deep frying.

Anyway, the cast iron does sound like the best idea along with preheating the pan. Don't have one yet, but that'll be a good goal. Microwaving also makes a lot of sense, then I can cook a little hotter or maybe even broil them???

If you have a baking sheet that you can broil on, broiling pre cooked potatoes works fine. Just make sure you don't have a non stick baking sheet. The non sticks aren't made for the high temps of the broiler and the fumes they let off are toxic. The cast iron skillet is the way to go if you want to broil single servings at a time. I just pre cook the fries in the microwave in a plastic mixing bowl, then add a few tablespoons of oil and spices to coat the fries and then set them in a single layer on my broiler pan. After the tops become golden brown I flip them and do the other side.

Mm. sounds Good I'm going to try that I never made home-made fries before i usually just buy frozen with seasoning on them already. Thanks, Cookie

I didn't know about the non-stick pans, I think that's all I have! Good thing I haven't had the time to make any recently. Garage sales start up in a few weeks, perfect chance to find some new cookery!