Just the other day, I was re-living my good ole' college days.  For at least a couple of semesters, I worked three jobs.  I was lucky that one job paid the bills (working at a department store), one job was fun and prepared me for the future (tutoring and training other tutors), and the third was very rewarding (working as a lab assistant).

Working as a "lab rat" involved helping a wheelchair-bound graduate student to conduct experiments on the water content of different substances.  We "baked" different compounds in a special oven with specifically regulated temperatures and compared the before/after weights.

Since the graduate work was funded by Ore-Ida, I learned that potatoes are about 80% water - not unusual for a starchy, root vegetable.

Join me on a walk down memory lane and learn how frozen french fries are made.  (Click on the image of at the right to see a 6-minute video on the process for frozen french fries.)  Don't forget the ketchup!