Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
I only ever double fry. I always thought the triple cooking was overkill.

You realise that if you boil the spuds first, you're making fried potatoes? Not chips. Fried potatoes.
Nonsense. The boiling and the initial fry achieve precisely the same result with the sole difference being that par-boiling does not saturate the potato with grease, resulting in a crispier, less greasy end result.