Thursday, November 6, 2025

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - 'November Rain' art theme and Home Baked Fries

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date's 'November Rain' theme! Here is my ACEO (2 1/2' x 3 1/2") acrylic on canvas.

 


 For the dinner date, my sister gave me this recipe from one of her cookbooks for home baked fries.

Peel the potatoes, leave a few strips of skin on. Cut into 1/3" strips, sit in cold lightly salted water for 1 hour.

Drain potatoes, dry well on kitchen towels.  I used paper towels. Spray baking sheet with floured cooking spray, you can find Pam baking no-stick cooking spray.  Do not use parchment paper.  I didn't use the floured spray and my fries stuck to the tray.  You could probably just lightly oil and flour the pan if you don't have cooking spray.

Place the dried potatoes on the sprayed and floured baking sheet.  Season with olive oil, salt (maybe 1/4 tsp), pepper and herbs.  Bake at 400F for 40-50 min. Rotate the pan halfway through baking, stir the potatoes occasionally.  Done when golden brown.

37 comments:

  1. Linda a sua arte, amo batatas fritas essas aí estão deliciosas, Christine bjs.

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  2. The potatoes look yummy! Awesome art piece ❤️

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  3. Such a colorful painting! Wonderful! Oh, I could go for those potatoes right now 🫠

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  4. I always like your mini-paintings Christine. I'd love to see them all in a collage of sorts.

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  5. I could almost welcome rain for that umbrella.

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  6. My children love for home baked fries either. They have growep up and busy all the time. Perhaps they can make it together. Thanks for remembering us about this

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  7. I love this Christine. Mine is very weird because I tried another digital picture. The first in years.

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  8. Good morning, love your painting and those fries look delicious! this is me kathyinozarks-I think I finally have a blog that is working smiles-just click on my photo here and should take you to it
    hugs

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  9. Happy Thursday! Lovely artwork and wonderful fries! :) have a lovely rest of the week Christine!

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  10. I love the brightness of your red umbrella, Christine. It can make even a rainy day seem Brighter!

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  11. Nice art and like the look of the fries :-D

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  12. There’s something so satisfying about perfecting homemade fries,

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  13. A Wonderful and vivid painting! The black background is just perfect.

    -Soma

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  14. Lovely November rain art

    Much♡love

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  15. Bella pintura. Amo las papas. Te mando un beso.

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  16. A dark rainy night & a red umbrella. This sounds elements in a murder mystery. 😊 Mmm, oven fries! They look and sound delicious! I definitely want to try your recipe. I'm make oven fries but mine are thicker. Di you drizzle oil over the potatoes?

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  17. Lovely art Christine.

    All the best Jan

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  18. Cathy I added oil just before baking

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  19. Lovely painting.
    Hmmm those fries look so tasty.

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  20. Those fries look delish and I absolutely love that painting!

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  21. That looks like tasty potatoes. :) And nice November rain. As long as it's not November snow. :)

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  22. Love this painting just love the movement in it. And this potato recipe sounds de-lish!

    Allie of
    www.allienyc.com

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  23. I love rain, so that picture makes me happy. :)

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  24. ...keep your umbrella handy and stay warm and dry.

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  25. We love this potatos. Great painting too. Yes now in November we need the umbrella.

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  26. Great contrast from red to black.

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  27. Thanks for the recipe. Looks great!

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  28. Yum on the spuds. Great work on the art.

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  29. I love your rain art and the potatoes look delicious!

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  30. That's a great tip on the floured cooking spray. Thanks -- I might try these -- they look great.

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  31. Hi Christine! That is a striking rain inspired piece you created. Blessings!

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  32. I've not met a potato that I didn't like and those look great!
    Your art work reminds me of the old container of salt with the little girl and the umbrella!

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  33. Christine, I've never seen such fries! Interesting about the floured spray, I will have to keep an eye out for that. I do love homemade fries! Your artwork is great, nice pop of color on the umbrella!

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