The Great DU Fries Debate...

You're at your favorite local eatery, and you order a basket of the crisp, golden brown divine goodness we commony call "French Fries". What condiment do you dip them in or smother them with?

...just a little bit of salt, preferably seasoned.

actually, I had it in there originally and for some reason it didn't post.. but it's there now.

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Mmmmmmmmm

Plain if served with a burger or other sandwich.

but ketchup otherwise

And since I've moved out west, all I get are strange stares when I ask for them that way..

I've never gotten a strange look here in Oklahoma, or in Texas, when ordering them like that.

Now I'm hungry for some. :9

I'd never heard of it before until I opened my restaurant. I get some strange requests sometimes. I think the strangest so far was chciken wings covered with sausage gravy...

KETCHUP! :)

If you support Teresa Heinz Kerry, then you hate America.

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But that little evil guy on my shoulder really, really wants to sometimes.
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Either Salt & Pepper (LOTS of both) or a salty and tangy barbeque sauce

If they are thick and starchy, ketchup. Although I could go with ranch...and have eaten them with tartar sauce at Friday fish nights before.

otherwise straight up with a little extra salt.

It's tasty stuff, a little similar to mayonaisse, but far more tasty and tangy.

Wonder where I can get that stateside.

I thought it was weird until I tried it.

so good.

thought that one of the strangest combinations I had ever heard was pinto beans and chocolate cake. Or maybe it was the guy I knew who put mustard on his pancakes instead of butter before pouring syrup over them.

I like it on my rice too.

Vinegar is good on fries, also.

really good fries don't need nothin else. :)

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HOW THE %($$($($$ $($($$($($ $(%(%#&#( COULD YOU FORGET CHEEZ WHIZ???? :nuke:

You're clearly a filthy communist. And a cheese hater.

Cheese Hater!


Is this the sort of righteous anger you were looking for?

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YOU UNCIVILIZED BARBARIAN!

(psst... how am I doing on the righteous anger thingy?)




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I'm one of those commie veggie people and vegetarian chili is not good on the fried taters. For that matter Cheez Whiz isn't vegetarian so I don't eat it. It has sardine paste in it. Eeeeeeeeww.

More chili cheese fries for me! :-)

potato chips are good too

my kids like dipping fries in milkshakes too. I'm more of a malt vinegar or ketchup person myself

Either with salt, a fair bit of pepper and cider vinegar

OR

with cheese curds and gravy, poutine.

I like 'em with mayo. Gravy is fine, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKLNp890Qlc
Pulp Fiction (Royal with Cheese)
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I could put mayo on anything I love it on egg sandwiches.
:D

I've never eaten poutine sober, but I'm pretty sure I enjoy it. :beer:

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That looks like it came out of the other end of the panda.

It's generally a Canadian thing, but there are versions served south of the border. It really does taste better than it looks, and it's pure heaven at about 3:00 am after enjoying a few frosty beverages. :9

I prefer Sonic fries with Sonic ranch. Otherwise, i like gravy, vingear, or ketchup.

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Sacrilege!

or, chocolate shakes from McDonalds.

You're welcome to your dressings and gravies in private; just don't shove them down my throat.

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yuck! Heinz is the only brand loyalty I really have. My wife makes fun of me for it, but I can tell instantly if someone is trying to foist some inferior catsup in an unmarked bottle upon us. And I've had this love since way before I knew who John Kerry was. Mmm... ketchup. When we get to the last half of the bottle, we're almost out.

O Ketchup! Eternal sauce of the glorious tomato! Neither sweet nor sour nor salty, but some mystical combination of all of the above! You are the great equalizer, and can make a barely edible food-stuff into food for the gods, or at least more edible. Tang, thy name be ketchup.



Ok, I'm done.

Malt vinegar, BBQ sauce, honey, and some mustards are good on fries too.

ps - Hello, Hunt's? "Catup" is not even in the spell check. Take that.

As you said, nothing to do with politics (although that is a nice side benefit) but I can't stand any other kind. Vive la Heinz

ranch dressing with them from time to time.

Seriously. A1 Sauce on fries (and especially baked potatoes) is tasty. :-)

or hot mustard

In the sammich, baby!

Hungry now.

If in Amsterdam however, mayonnaise. It's far better that way there than here.

after we finished at the coffee shop, we'd get a big paper cone of fries smothered in mayo....food of the gods i tell ya

everyone thinks i'm gross for putting mayo on my fries, but they can stick it

I've tried it in the US and it's not the same. The mayo they have there is so much richer. There's so much more flavor to it, that US mayo can't really compare IMO.

i don't really remember how the mayo tasted, i just knew it tasted good. of course, as long as it's not miracle whip (or some variant of), i will eat just about any mayo

i usually go with mayo or ranch, sometimes malt vinegar. i really like malt vinegar and mayo, but it's hard to find places around here that carry malt vinegar.

oh yeah, ketchup is an abomination...i can't stand the stuff

Only thing it has any value for IMO is as part of meatloaf topping.

now i don't feel like such a freak :P

Malt vinegar, plenty of salt and raw onion slices. Try it, you'll like it.

I love them nice and salted up and dipped in a Wendy's Frosty, too! Yumm!

or what the hey, just spray garlic all over them. Pure heaven...

I think I've tried just about every suggestion so far except the poutine.. looks kinda scary but sounds damn good.

My favorite fry experiences have been at Mondo Fritz on St-Laurent in Montreal. I haven't been there in a while, but the fries were great and you filled little cups with your condiments of choice. Toppings such as spicy curry mayonnaise, garlic-basil-pepper mayonnaise, paprika-harissa mayonnaise, dijonnaise, lemon-pepper mayonnaise, etc.

http://chopstickbeateneggs.blogspot.com/2007/03/mondo-frites-on-st-patricks-day.html

http://www.montrealfood.com/restos/mondofritz.html

And avoid potatoes at all cost.
They go straight to my gut.

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How about yourself? :hi: :hug:

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Wow, that's really really good. :thumbsup:

:yourock:

nah not me

*DISCLAIMER: I AM a southern woman.


Q: How do you get a southern woman to ....um...perform fellatio?

A. Put ranch on it.




Unfortunately; this is partially true.....

barbecue sauce on her lips is "sexy."

Best fry sauce I've ever tasted.

Otherwise, I'll usually use ketchup, but there are a number of tasty dips, dressings, and sauces that go well with french fries.

Merkt's cheddar cheese, REAL bacon bits, and sour cream. Last summer I waited in line for an hour to get these! :9

I LOVE garlic fries, and they sell them at Giants stadium in SF.

I eat them with ketchup, and wash them down with the red wine we smuggle into the stadium! :9

I have the advantage of low blood pressure.

NO exceptions

That's the way to go, imho. Lightly seasoned to taste (I like a little vinegar and salt with some dabs of brown/bbq sauce or ketchup) then made into a sandwich. Ahh, heavenly.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Chip-Butty

It's mayonnaise with attitude.

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Started doing that when i worked in a fast food joint while in high school, and i still catch myself doing it if i have both on the table.

Oktoberain thinks we're all nuts... but she's a 'ranch eater', so what does she know?!
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For those not from NJ:

Disco fries are cheese fries with brown gravy.

keep the cheese. I honestly don't know how many times I've either stumbled into a diner at 3am for cheese fries or stumbled into a diner hungover the next morning for a plate of them. Few things soak up the alcohol better than diner cheese fries.

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Who's running this poll, Diebold??

we used to dip our fries in our frosty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fry_sauce

Idahoans think they invented the stuff but I don't know about that... :)

Ketchup is an abomination unto the Lord.

I do like ketchup w/fries, but it is also common around here, especially when eating at a local eatery to get fries w/Old Bay seasoning. ^__^ :9

Sometimes McDonald's sweet and sour sauce. It depends on what/where I am eating.

There is one place around here where I can get fries and guacamole. Delish!

It makes them taste meaty, and there's obviously no need to salt them. I happened across chips with soy sauce completely by accident -- at the Novia Café in Regina, a diner that also serves Chinese food -- when I mistook the sauce for malt vinegar. This was back in the early '80s, and I've been having them that way ever since.

Potatoes cut up in sticks and fried are good with anything. '

A better question would have been: What do you fry your fries in?

Pork fat?

Duck fat?

Peanut oil?

Beef fat?


I'll vote for duck fat.