Would my potato chips still be considered raw?

Question

I am a vegan transitioning to raw foodist and I really miss my potatoes. I was wondering if I sliced them really thin and "dehydrated" them in the oven to make chips, will it still be raw.

If I cooked them in the oven on 180 for a few hours would they still be considered raw or not?

Does anyone have recipes they have tried for raw potatoe chips they would like to share?

Answer 1

I believe the temperature threshhold for "raw" is around 118 degress, so cooking them at 180 would make them... cooked.

Answer 2

No

Answer 3

No. That's just cooking at a low temperature. I think there's actually a temperature threshold that cannot be passed to still be considered "raw".

That's weird cause I almost said Mockingbird would know.

Answer 4

if you leave the oven door slightly open so the heat doesn't build up and cook the taters then it's fine I think.. I'd suggest a lower temperature though, around 130 to 140

Answer 5

Yes, I believe that they would still be considered raw... and yes, I think that 180 degrees is the limit.

Answer 6

if you use any form of a cooking item on your potatoe then it is cooked, raw is raw and cook is cook

Answer 7

If you put the potato slices in a food dehydrator that may qualify. I don't know how good they would be.  

Answer 8

no matter what you do with them, if they are not cooked then they are raw

Answer 9

that's not raw. congratulations on trying to become a raw foodist! (not in a sarcastic way) :)

Answer 10

Nope. 180 is considered cooked. I believe that the upper end for "raw" is around 120. I don't think raw potatoes taste very good anyway. Quite starchy. You could slice them with a mandolin and rinse them really well, then try using a dehydrator, but I'm not sure that would taste very nice.

Answer 11

118 is the maximum amount of heat that can be applied to food for it to be considered raw

Answer 12

I know that potato chips sometimes are fed to baby cows to make them taste like Lays.

Answer 13

Not quite the same thing but almost there.

Here is a raw recipe for potato chips:

http://nutrition.suite101.com/article.cf...

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Answer 14

Raw foodist don't have such a guideline yet, but I have heard that 120 is the highest food should be cooked at.  Potatoes are cheap...see how long it would take to cook at 120.  Or think about just eating them and making changes else where in your diet...don't feel that you have to give them up yet, but when you are ready!

Answer 15

Um, not. It's 108 degrees, LOL

And you really need a dehydrator. Apparently you cannot trust ovens to cook at what they say. Mine was about 25 degrees hotter than the number said.

Try sweet potatoes instead...