Appleseed said:RealMiniNoMore said:There's a hot dog place in the area that does tots to a Cap'n Crunch level of crispness.
I'll believe that when my mouth bleeds.
Come on up. I'll buy you lunch.
Appleseed said:RealMiniNoMore said:There's a hot dog place in the area that does tots to a Cap'n Crunch level of crispness.
I'll believe that when my mouth bleeds.
Come on up. I'll buy you lunch.
They're chips!
I think it says something about French Fries that they are edible from the minute they leave the fryer and for as long as they stay warm, after which time they become absolutely horrible.
Good fries are okay. Bad fries are bad. Give me a nice salad! 
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/in-defense-of-french-fries-2019020615893
The best are well done Nathan's fries. Have them fried twice with a little salt and ketchup. After that steak fries then crinkle cut. Chick fil a's waffle fries are usually awful, too mushy. I'm not sure why no one has been smote over those abominations. Normally I don't like crap on fries though on a cold late night I could go for a nice pile of disco fries
Wally said:The best are well done Nathan's fries. Have them fried twice with a little salt and ketchup. After that steak fries then crinkle cut. Chick fil a's waffle fries are usually awful, too mushy. I'm not sure why no one has been smote over those abominations. Normally I don't like crap on fries though on a cold late night I could go for a nice pile of disco fries
Chic-Fil-A in general is ridiculously overrated on all their food.
z31maniac said:Wally said:The best are well done Nathan's fries. Have them fried twice with a little salt and ketchup. After that steak fries then crinkle cut. Chick fil a's waffle fries are usually awful, too mushy. I'm not sure why no one has been smote over those abominations. Normally I don't like crap on fries though on a cold late night I could go for a nice pile of disco fries
Chic-Fil-A in general is ridiculously overrated on all their food.
Decent biscuits in the morning. That’s as far as their praise needs to go
z31maniac said:Duke said:Toyman01 said:Edit: If you have a Frosty or chocolate shake to dip them in, then the quality of fries is much less important.
That's like saying "If you have urine to mix in it, the quality of the beer is much less important."
No sir. French fries in a dipped in a frosty, is one-way ticket to Flavortown.
Sounds more like a one way ticket to having to buy two tickets when you want to fly.
mtn said:z31maniac said:Wally said:The best are well done Nathan's fries. Have them fried twice with a little salt and ketchup. After that steak fries then crinkle cut. Chick fil a's waffle fries are usually awful, too mushy. I'm not sure why no one has been smote over those abominations. Normally I don't like crap on fries though on a cold late night I could go for a nice pile of disco fries
Chic-Fil-A in general is ridiculously overrated on all their food.
Decent biscuits in the morning. That’s as far as their praise needs to go
Not so.
I am not a fan of their waffle fries. I always get a side salad, which happens to be a good little salad.
Their chicken sandwich is always fresh, always. The chicken is juicy, perfectly cooked. The buns are fresh, the lettuce and tomato are fresh. Fresh! The BEST chicken sandwich. I am especially fond of the Spicy Deluxe.
Also, their customer service puts them a level above every other fast food joint.
The last three or four chicken sandwiches I've gotten anywhere else, say Wendy's, have been dry and appeared to have been run over by a steamroller.
Wally said:Chick fil a's waffle fries are usually awful, too mushy. I'm not sure why no one has been smote over those abominations.
Order them well done or extra crispy. Chik-fil-a will do that for you despite being a fast food joint. It completely transforms them into something enjoyable.
Knurled. said:z31maniac said:Duke said:Toyman01 said:Edit: If you have a Frosty or chocolate shake to dip them in, then the quality of fries is much less important.
That's like saying "If you have urine to mix in it, the quality of the beer is much less important."
No sir. French fries in a dipped in a frosty, is one-way ticket to Flavortown.
Sounds more like a one way ticket to having to buy two tickets when you want to fly.
Sounds even more like a one-way ticket to Hurltown.
Hadn't actually planned this tonight when I started this thread, but it found not way to dinner.
Sams club waffle fries, GFS beer battered fries, carnitas, cheese, and the last of a local BBQ sauce. my sour cream and lettuce were to questionable to add.
Pro Tip: Use non-flavored greek yogurt in place of sour cream. It's thicker, tangier, tastier, than plan ol sour cream.
In reply to RevRico :
At that point, the fries are a garnish.
dculberson said:I think putting the vinegar on the fries all at once makes the fries a bit too soggy for my tastes. Mixing the vinegar and ketchup or just dipping in the vinegar as you eat retains the crunch but adds the zing of the vinegar.
Huh. I figured I was about the only one who sometimes puts malt vinegar on my ketchup. Folks at the table generally look at me funny.
I'll often pepper the ketchup and then let the pepper soak up the vinegar, as it's tasty and seems to create a nice effect of providing a non-homogeneous ketchup and vinegar dip.
Something about assembling my condiments that way reminds me of this Shel Silverstein bit:
I eat my peas with honey
I've done it all my life
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on the knife
Apparently my mind is in free range mode here in the Mini service waiting room.
So, I started making awesome fries recently.
Put some olive oil in a cast iron pan and heat it on the grill while making brats.
(When you toast the outside of the brats, put them in a cast iron pan that has 1 beer and 2 peppers cut up in it).
Cut potatoes into wedges. Add Montreal steak seasoning and a bit of course ground pepper.
Put in cast iron pan with the hot olive oil.
Cook til golden. Remove from pan and place on paper towels to get oil off.
Eat.
Only use real spicy brown mustard with your brat and peppers.
Can you guess what im grilling right now?
Duke said:Knurled. said:z31maniac said:Duke said:Toyman01 said:Edit: If you have a Frosty or chocolate shake to dip them in, then the quality of fries is much less important.
That's like saying "If you have urine to mix in it, the quality of the beer is much less important."
No sir. French fries in a dipped in a frosty, is one-way ticket to Flavortown.
Sounds more like a one way ticket to having to buy two tickets when you want to fly.
Sounds even more like a one-way ticket to Hurltown.
Actually pretty tasty. The mix of salt and sweet is just about perfect.
As a proud Canadian who can't stomach cheese I would cast my vote for a good chicken curry over double fried potato fries.
In the absence of a good curry almost any good fries and a side of mayo or ketchup will do.
In reply to Duke :
I found a better answer. My nearest Chick Fil A is in the Danbury Mall. As much as I hate going there it's the only decent mall in the area and on my way to the Jeep dealer for free oil changes. In what could only be described as divine intervention there's a Nathan's next to Chick Fil A in the food court. Order the sandwich and drink, order fries, pick up sandwich, pick up fries. It could be the best possible fast food lunch.
I prefer potato wedges but my favorite Fry's are 5 guys if I'm not at home. At home I just go with a decent thick cut of potato deep fried in canola oil (only oil wife can have). Either with just ketchup or if I'm feeling fancy some sharp cheddar cheese and salsa
Tator tots are horrible creations
The abonimation in a bag that 5 Guys claims is fries is long tater tots.
I'm almost bummed that the dinner special at my favorite pub is steak and ale pie, leaving me with no chips. Almost.
There's a pit beef place near me that has a brown lunch bag of fries as their smallest size.
I enjoy this place.
bobzilla said:Tater tots or GTFO. Let me rephrase that, Tater tot nachos or GTFO
Totchos. They are called totchos you uncultured heathen. They are also amazing.
berkeley all you weirdos
Great discussion, everybody- we're keeping it civil and putting out some great posts.
This bears repeating, though: Very thin shoestring French fries are an affront to fried potatoes. They are cut that way so that they cook quickly at the expense of texture and flavor. Their very shape means they retain more a higher ratio of oil to potato. Unless you shove 25 of them in your mouth, they don't have a good, satisfying bite and chewing feel to them. They are awful- they were designed to be awful. They are the equivalent of very thin, high fat burger patties that are also designed to cook quickly. Yes, I'm looking at you Steak and Shake. You're milkshakes are made with low fat ice cream, too. Everything about your operation sucks. Get bent, you're not fooling me at all.
Other than that, I enjoy fries of all sorts. I don't eat them often, and I don't eat many when I do, so whenever I allow myself to have them, they taste pretty good.
Since we brought Tater Tots and other fried potato shapes into it, I am surprised that nobody has mentioned home fries yet. When cooked properly and loaded with the correct accoutrements, a skillet of home fries is good stuff.
Along those lines, the best fries I ever had were the ones my Nanna used to make. Hand cut potato wedges fried in lard in a cast iron dutch oven. They were amazing. I've tried to duplicate it myself, but they just don't taste the same, even though I'm sure I'm doing things exactly the same way.
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