What goes best on fries/chips?
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Just seasoned salt. I'm picky about fries. I only like them from home or a few places.
I have never in my life heard of putting gravy, vinegar, mustard, mayo, or cheese curd on fries. The only thing I have ever really heard of putting on fries is ketchup. I suppose some people may use the ranch, bbq sauce, or honey mustard that came with their chicken but even that's taking it a bit to the wild side in my book. I hate ketchup.
I have never in my life heard of putting gravy, vinegar, mustard, mayo, or cheese curd on fries. The only thing I have ever really heard of putting on fries is ketchup. I suppose some people may use the ranch, bbq sauce, or honey mustard that came with their chicken but even that's taking it a bit to the wild side in my book. I hate ketchup.
Salt and vinegar potato chips are disgusting (IMO) and I have always thought that was an extremely radical flavor. I don't know anyone who likes them except a few people and they get a lot of weird looks for it, lol. I guess it's a southern (American) thing. Here the only thing that people really put on fries is ketchup or chili, bacon, and cheese.
I am not trying to be narrow minded about my fries. I am just completely shocked over the things that apparently half the world puts on fries that I was unaware of. Especially vinegar. It just has such a nasty smell and flavor. I didn't realize it was anything but an ingredient to be used in trace amounts or as a cleaner.
And here I thought I was so worldly and open-minded about food.
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I am not trying to be narrow minded about my fries. I am just completely shocked over the things that apparently half the world puts on fries that I was unaware of. Especially vinegar. It just has such a nasty smell and flavor. I didn't realize it was anything but an ingredient to be used in trace amounts or as a cleaner.
And here I thought I was so worldly and open-minded about food.
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LOL dipping them in ranch is completely normal. I always don't dip my fries in ranch, usually sweet potato fries I do. But, I usually dip my fries in honey mustard. If it's Mcdonalds, I like hot mustard for my fries. Yum. Btw I love Wendy's new fries better than the old ones. I only get salt and vinegar chips on occasion because they burn the crap out of your tongue but I do like them once in awhile.
If it's Mcdonalds, I like hot mustard for my fries. Yum. Btw I love Wendy's new fries better than the old ones. I only get salt and vinegar chips on occasion because they burn the crap out of your tongue but I do like them once in awhile.
Maybe it's regional, but offering ranch as a dipping sauce definitely wasn't standard up until recent years. I ate way too many meals at fast food restaurants as a kid, and the most common sauce was ketchup (obviously), then honey mustard, then BBQ and sweet and sour. Here at least, ranch is a fairly recent addition. I'm tired and not really sure if you were being facetious, but ranch is a dressing. I realize it has a variety of uses, but I know it best as being used on salads. Maybe that's why I think of it as disgusting on chicken and french fries. I don't like honey mustard, either. They're salad dressings. My brain isn't willing to accept that they're acceptable dipping sauces for fried foods.
As for salt and vinegar chips, I don't know anyone who doesn't like them. They're just considered a normal flavor here.
As for salt and vinegar chips, I don't know anyone who doesn't like them. They're just considered a normal flavor here.
It's quite difficult to find good ranch sauce at the grocery store. The closest I've found is Marie's, and it's not ideal. I love ranch on everything though...pizza, steak, chicken, fries. Ranch on honey bbq boneless is heavenly. Prefer honey mustard on fries, but again you have to get it at a restaurant. They just don't have the right kind at the grocery store. And sometimes even the restaurants screw it up...many times way too mustardy or strange tasting. There's a local irish pub here that has just about the best HM I've ever tasted. Okay, I guess I'm a sauce freak.
My favorite fries are applebees, there's a bit of seasoning on them, and the HM is good. I like arby's curly fries, and chikfila waffle fries. I dislike steak fries, and strongly dislike from the freezer fries.
I'm not really familiar with vinegar on fries, haven't seen anyone do that. Poutin is great though.
My favorite fries are applebees, there's a bit of seasoning on them, and the HM is good. I like arby's curly fries, and chikfila waffle fries. I dislike steak fries, and strongly dislike from the freezer fries.
I'm not really familiar with vinegar on fries, haven't seen anyone do that. Poutin is great though.
For the fish & chips kind of fish... if I don't have malt vinegar, I use ketchup.
Now, for fries, I prefer fry sauce, which I guess is a mixture of ketchup, mayo, and maybe other things? Not sure everything that's in it but it's sssssooooooo good. If I don't have fry sauce, then again, I use ketchup. If the fries are cooked/seasoned just right, I use nothing.
Now, for fries, I prefer fry sauce, which I guess is a mixture of ketchup, mayo, and maybe other things? Not sure everything that's in it but it's sssssooooooo good. If I don't have fry sauce, then again, I use ketchup. If the fries are cooked/seasoned just right, I use nothing.
I typically just eat my fries plain, regardless of what kind it is. A good fry should be tasty all by itself! But, if the lack that yumminess, I typically just dip it in ketchup or whatever condiment is available to me (so, if I'm eating chicken with it, honey mustard, if I'm eating fish with it, I suppose Mayo or tarter sauce).
