This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
The common way. Cut raw potatoes lengthwise in strips about the size of a little finger and fry in a kettle of lard.
As fried potatoes are generally prepared in haste to order it should be remembered that they rise and float in the fat when done and the color they may take on instantly in fat that is too hot is no sign that they are not still raw and unfit to serve - wait till they float.
 
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