Kitchen Fail: Homemade Chips

I, like 99% of Americans, enjoy delicious crispy potato chips. One day after the holidays, I found myself with about a pound of potatoes. Laziness drove me to think I could make my own chips. The fatal flaw was were thick, uneven slices and oil that wasn't hot enough. However, out of this came circular fries, which were welcome, but not the intended end result.

A kitchen gadget to consider is a mandolin that will slice the potato thinly and evenly.

You know what they say though, practice makes perfect, so I'm going to keep eating chips...wait, that's not right...