French Fries

garyt1957

 Talking restaurant fries here, not fast food. What is this trend to double frying or coating French Fries? I hate that shit. What's wrong with the old classic french fry? I can't stand those double fried disasters. Am I alone here? Just give me a good old fashioned french fry. Is that too much to ask? Evidently it is.

sdandrea1

Curly, sweet potato, Old Bay, traditional steak fries. PapaD LOVES them all. My favorites used to be made at Sammy's Seafood in Yorktown, VA. Five Guys are decent. Our club chef makes some seriously good fries.

garyt1957

Why did my OP come out in that format? Should be:

Talking restaurant fries here, not fast food. What is this trend to double frying or coating French Fries? I hate that shit. What's wrong with the old classic french fry? I can't stand those double fried disasters. Am I alone here? Just give me a good old fashioned french fry. Is that too much to ask? Evidently it is.

johnnydoom

garyt1957 I do not like any kind of coating or batter on fries.

sdandrea1

garyt1957

Same with Wings! Just drop those things in hot oil. No coating!!

rsvman2

Sorry, but 'old-fashioned' french fries ARE double fried. If you take a raw potato and cut it into fries, you can't just throw that into the fryer. Traditionally, they are fried once, rested briefly to allow cooking of the inside, and then fried again to get the outside to crispy and golden brown.

I agree with you that breading of fries is not necessary.

garyt1957

rsvman2 Sorry, but 'old-fashioned' french fries ARE double fried.

Interesting. I wasn't really sure what to call it. It's like porn, you know it when you see it. Looked it up and coated is what I'm referring too:

"Coated French fries are potatoes that have been dipped in a liquid batter or tossed in a dry starch mixture before frying. This "protective jacket" is designed to create a significantly crunchier exterior and help the fries stay hot and crisp for a longer period compared to traditional hand-cut fries"

I hate these things, give me classic fries:

So, am I on an island here?

Luc_Van_Daele

Why are they called French fries ?

Real Belgian fries are far more delicious and are double fried in beef tallow : 3-6 min @300° F - cool off - and 2-5 min @350°F. It all depends on the variety of potato : for the Belgian double frie : Bintje (hard to find in the US) or Yukon Gold. Using the double frie with the more common variaties here in France leads to disaster.

So I guess I answered my own question : real tasty fries are not French, only a more simple way of making them (single frie in vegetable oil with unsuited variety of popatoes) is called French and all my French friends agree.

pellmell

Luc_Van_Daele Why are they called French fries ?

You can blame American soldiers during World War I, who mistakenly referred to them as "French fries" due to the French language spoken in a region of Belgium.

Walterjn

I LOVE fries!!! I have stopped into a restaurant and just order a side of fries to go. A little salt and good hot fries!! Yum!!!

Par4QC

Walterjn Used to stop by McDonalds before going on a road trip. Would just get 5 large orders of fries, dump all into the bag, and munch on them the next couple 100 miles.
That was when McDonalds sold fries(I was much younger!!) Not sure what those things are now.

Par4QC

garyt1957

So, am I on an island here?

Nope! Those are perfect!👍
Gimme chew. If I want crunch I'll have chips.

VigilanteTrail

garyt1957 So, am I on an island here?

Nope…I dislike them also

KCee

I WISH there were certain types of French Fries I didn't like! I love all potato chips too!

jsippy73

KCee I love all potato chips too!

Best I've found: Miss Vickies Sea Salt, Salt and Vinegar, jalapeño. Perfect crunch and the bags are a little puffy so very few chips broken.

Walterjn

KCee there are some flavors of potato chips that I don't think are tasty.

sdandrea1

jsippy73 Best I've found: Miss Vickies Sea Salt, Salt and Vinegar, jalapeño.

👍👍👍

KCee

Walterjn there are some flavors of potato chips that I don't think are tasty.

I like some a lot better than others, but can't recall any I've spit out lol

garyt1957

KCee I like some a lot better than others, but can't recall any I've spit out lol

Lay's chips are awful. I think Better Made, a local brand are top notch.

LBlack14

Rally's/Checkers fries are killer. Burger King and Two Cities Pizza's garlic/parmesan fries are my favorites as well. McDonald's fries went to shit.

sdandrea1

LBlack14 Rally's/Checkers fries are killer. Burger King and Two Cities Pizza's garlic/parmesan fries are my favorites as well. McDonald's fries went to shit.

Checkers def👍. Mac D used to own the crown, but changed something. I have made fries at home that are pretty good.

garyt1957

LBlack14 Rally's/Checkers fries are killer. Burger King and Two Cities Pizza's garlic/parmesan fries are my favorites as well. McDonald's fries went to shit.

I love 5 Guys fries. Reminds me of being a kid and getting "State Fair " fries at the fair. Burger King are good as are Wendy's