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French fries are a perfectly rendered guilty pleasure. There's simply no point in trying to argue that they are good for you on any level. The lowly and nutritionally-challenged potato, deep fried and covered in salt, is simply not the stuff of a proper diet. But how divine the taste.
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The perfect fry is light and crispy, with just a touch of crunch when you bite into it. But the slight layer of grease clinging to the potato after it's deep-frying is delicious. Ketchup is the standard accompaniment, but I like mine with mustard (both yellow and dijon). I've occasionally had pretty good experiences with mayonnaise, tartar sauce, ranch dressing, and barbecue sauce. The subtle (some might say bland) taste of the potato lends itself well to being complemented by the sauce of your choice, and two many fries without a sauce of any kind can get to be a bit starchy.
There are several variations on the fry, both in cooking methods (baking is second in popularity to frying) and in type of potato used (sweet potato fries can be amazing). In small doses, I tend to like a variety of fries equally, from the most basic version produced by McDonald's to more gourmet-informed thick-cut and spiced varieties to the deliciously golden sweet potato fries. Sometimes it feel so good to eat something that is so clearly not good for you.
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Christel
March 31, 2009
Corey, did you ever eat French fries in Belgium, where they were invented? They ate the best!
DesignDude
March 31, 2009
Frites! Yes! I had them in Belgium, but first in Holland. Both with mayonnaise on my first trip to Europe. Quite delicious!
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Your_arsenal
December 09, 2008
I'm partial to the steak fry myself, or even better, potato wedges with the crispy skin. No wimpy, scrawny French fries for me. Mayonnaise + ketchup is an abomination, I say! The only thing I can bring myself to put on French fries is ketchup. Anything else just seems wrong. I'm a fry traditionalist like that.
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HealthyRache
December 09, 2008
Your comment just reminded me of the scene in Step Brothers where Will Ferrell's character is refusing to share the "fancy sauce" with his step brother ... which just so happens to be ketchup and mayo mixed together. It's pretty funny, you should see it!
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stephaniezhu
December 09, 2008
Over the last year I've started dipping my fries in mayo mixed with ketchup! real good! and i'm always a fan of "soggy" fries.. not the crispy ones.. even better when they are soaked in CHEESE.... soggy & cheesy! DELISH!
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French fries (North American English, sometimes capitalized), chips (English), fries, or french-fried potatoes (formal) are thin strips of potato that have been deep-fried. They are popular in many countries and go by many names in various languages. A distinction is sometimes made between fries and chips. North Americans often refer to any elongated pieces of fried potatoes as fries, while in other parts of the world, long slices of potatoes are sometimes called fries to contrast them with the thickly cut strips, which are often referred to as chips. French fries are known as frites or pommes frites in many parts of Europe, and have names that mean "french potatoes" in others
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