Tornado Potato!
totally forgot i had this until i was reminded by the lovely shezz.
what a crazily amazing way to present (& cook) a potato!
came dusted with a fine cheese powder, a bit like the stuff you find on Twisties.
quite yum, like a one super long deep fried crisp!
have seen it in Hongdae & Myeongdong but am it’s in loads of other places.
more food theatrics, please! ^^
my summer fave…
September 21st, 2007 at 11:47 am
That’s amazing, did it taste good?
September 21st, 2007 at 6:52 pm
dusted with a cheese powder, like Twisties.
it was ok.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:08 am
that’s just crazy! i would get that in a heartbeat.
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September 27th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Dusted with fine cheese powder! Now that’s one tornado I’d like to swept up into!
September 27th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Where have you guys been? Spiral-cut taters, also called “butterfly spuds” and whatnot, have been all over county fairs all over the eastern US for at least eight years. It comes out like a pile of Siamese-twin potato chips. And you can get cheese sauce and bacon bits on them. Five bucks… four on a bad day. The shiznat at fairs this year? Deep-fried Coke. That’s Coca-Cola syrup dropped into the oil, so it ends up tasting like oily rock candy. And earlier this month, alongside the old-skool deep-fried Twinkies and Snickers bars and Oreos, I found… deep-fried corn-on-the-cob and deep-fried STRAWBERRIES.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:43 am
Looks absolutely delicious!
September 28th, 2007 at 3:15 am
Had one of those at the Henry County, Tennessee Fair this summer. not bad.
No cheese powder, though; just lots of salt.
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September 28th, 2007 at 7:50 am
Wow, I’ve never seen one of those (well, I’m from neither Korea nor the States…)! Fried potatoes= always good. I wish I had a deep fryer.
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September 28th, 2007 at 10:18 am
No deep fried Mars bars or Pizza? Staple Scottish chip-shop fare…
September 28th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Omg that looks so good! I want one, how do you eat it though? Do you break parts off…seems you can’t stick the whole stick in your mouth. Haha.
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September 28th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Interesting and beautiful snack. I have never been to South Korea but will be on the lookout if ever I go. :)
September 28th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
We also have those in México. They call them espiropapas, at least in my region. They taste pretty good with tomato sauce.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:40 am
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October 1st, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Here in Mexico those are called Spiropapas, nd they go with a lot of lemon and tons of spicy salsa.
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October 5th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
Interesting, now we need to see them at McDonald’s, possibly called the Tornado McSpud, sprinkled with some of that coating they use on cheddar and sour cream potato chips, Ranch or Jalapeno flavor would work too…
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October 7th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Oh man, I wish they had this kinda crap up in Canada!
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November 1st, 2007 at 10:14 pm
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January 6th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Chipstix (tornado potato - is a new name) was initially invented in South Africa way over a decade ago. This concept has been further developed and Chipstix machines along with the full product range including the mouth-watering flavour salts can be bought globally. The salt range is due to be released in shakers for retail. For further information visit www.chipstix.org or you can visit www.tornadopotato.net
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May 11th, 2008 at 6:59 am
quisiera saber donde adquirir el aparato o como es este mismo, para hacer papas tornado, si alguien puede auxiliar lo agradecere
May 14th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
DENUEVA CUENTA, solo hablo español si solicito informacio del lugar para adquirir el aparato para hacer papas tornado, si alguien puede auxiliar lo agradecere, radico en MEXICALI BAJA CALIFORNIA MEXICO, frontera con Calexico Ca. EUA
May 19th, 2008 at 11:02 am
I’m Looking to buy cutters to do this where can I get this from? does any one have a US Number? These are great.
June 22nd, 2008 at 7:05 pm
You can call +44(0)7856469290 to buy a machine. The business is registered in the State of Texas as well but have no contact number. or visit www.chipstix.org for further information. Best of luck
December 11th, 2008 at 4:59 am
*laughing*
it doesn’t need a machine to do this. there’s a small cutter you can buy at almost any kitchen gadget shop (at least here in Canada), not sure what it’s called, but I had one for many years till I tossed it. it’s basically a slicer with a hole in one end (for your finger to go into making it easy to spiral it) and a little spiral widget (not sure of the correct term) that goes into the centre of the potato. as you spin the slicer, it slowly makes its way down the spud. presto, spiral spuds!!!
April 18th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Of course you need the machine without it how would the potato stay on the stick?
April 30th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Hi, My name is Julio Pereira and I´m from Oporto - Portugal. I´m going to start making tornado chips this month or next month because I´m still looking for seasoning. Can any one help me
June 6th, 2009 at 12:32 am
Yes,
You find them on www.twistedchips.com
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July 13th, 2009 at 8:47 am
This is a Chipstix/Tornado potato, It’s a global franchise. There are commercially available twist cutters but they only spiral cut veg (You aren’t going to use one of those finger ring pull blades on something as thick as a potato), the machine is necessary to cut around the stick. Check out their website: http://www.chipstix.net - http://www.tornadopotato.net
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