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[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 99 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Zigzag?? Bitch you mean crinkle cut?!?!

[–] cdf12345@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s not worth respecting something that clearly belongs on the bottom of the list.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sweet potato is at the bottom. If you disagree with me, you're an idiot.

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, but I'm an idiot with happy taste buds.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look at it this way, I'll eat the stuff you don't like so there's more of the stuff you DO like!

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You may be an idiot but you're not stupid

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[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One is not like the others.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

two are not like the others

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sweet Potato is at least a potato.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Is it? In that case, potatoes are apples by French standards. (Because it's in the name.)

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[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is not a potato.

Potatoes are a member of the Nightshade family.

Sweet "Potatoes" are from the Morning Glory family.

Completely separate genus. Even though they can be mostly cooked and prepared similarly, they are not related.

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[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're all fried tubers. I'll let it slide. The real travesty is no fried yuca on the list.

[–] RavingGrob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't believe onions are tubers..

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[–] nagaram@startrek.website 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Zigzag

Uh, it's crinkle cut and someone will die on my hill.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

... are the wedges the only non fried food in this picture?

How about boiling them tatoes?

Or simply pan fry them with some butter?

Anyways; 1. Wedges, 2. Waffles, 3. Shoestring with surprise sweet potatoes > The rest.

[–] Memetic@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Wedges are fried often times. At our nation-wide supermarket for example, at the ready-made counter, wedges are definitely fried. Same with the mom and pop chicken shop down the street.

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[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (7 children)

This

With Belgian mayonaise!

And I'm Dutch so I'm not even biased.

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[–] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  1. Tater tot: A good tater tot is like butter. Pure salt and crunch then melt in your mouth deliciousness.

  2. Onion Rings: Good onion rings is technically better than tater tots, but the spectrum of bad to good onion rings is very wide.

  3. Curly Fries: Curly Fries are hard to fuck up. I don't even think I've had a variation of curly fries. They're all the same to me, but they're so good.

  4. Wedges: Wedges have a smaller spectrum than onion rings, but the ceiling is lower and they're hard to rank better than the ones ahead of them.

  5. Shoestring: McDonalds

  6. ZigZag: These can range from heavenly to straight fucking trash. Unfortunately they're too easy to turn into straight fucking trash. By that I mean you have to put more work into them to make them good as opposed to just salt and oven/fried. Might as well just try to fry some snow at that point.

  7. Sweet Potato: I've had good sweet potato fries but I rarely get good sweet potato fries.

  8. Waffle: I don't get these. They're ass. The only place that makes them kinda tolerable is Chik-Fila, but even then they're still ass to me. Can't even make them good at home without drowning them in salt and ketchup. I can slice up a potato and chuck them in the oven and get better results most of the time.

Edit for formatting. Apparently piefed, doesn't honor your numbering and turns it into 1, 2, 3, etc even if you go 8, 12, 3.

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[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

2, 3, 4, 6, 1, 7, 5.

Onion rings are either at the top or bottom of the list depending on the batch.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Okay, two of them aren’t even the same vegetable.

[–] not3ottersinacoat@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're all tied for number 1, except sweet potato, which skips all the empty spots below and goes straight to number 8. Sweet potato fries suck.

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[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] quinkin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

No. I refuse to rank my children as well.

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • 3 (tots)
  • 2 (curly)
  • 6 (~~zigzag~~ crinkle cut)
  • 4 (waffle)
  • 7 (~~wedges~~ Jo-Jo’s)
  • 5 (sweet potato)
  • 8 (onion rings) - tied with sweet potatoes; they’re both lost and in the wrong part of town
  • 1 (shoestring) - potato chip sticks with more steps

Missing: coniques.

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[–] Shannaresh@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My only strong opinion on the whole chart is that crinkle cut fries are the worst thing shown and thus take last place no matter what

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[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

5, 1, 8, 7, 3, 6, 2, 4

Sweet spud ftw!

[–] GoddessGundy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

-Curly

-Onion Ring (isn't really tater but I love them)

-Waffle

-Shoestring

-Sweet potato

-Zigzag (crinkle cut)

-Wedges

-Tots

Honestly though if im only stuck with the last three I won't even eat them-

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Doesn't matter which, if its done incorrectly its complete garbage.

Done right, each one, extremely delicious... except maybe sweet potato

Eh I'm English, all beige food is top tier!

[–] TTimo@lemmy.today 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jack in the Box curlies from 20 years ago before they switched to a different frying oil. I was just arriving in the states and that stuff was the best ever.

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[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Chip shop chips > roast potato > steak fries > everything on this list

[–] hzl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Where the hell are the Cajun fries?

8, 5, 4, 2, 1, 7, 3, 6

Adding Cajun seasoning to 4, 2, 1, or 7 would raise it above the other 3 and make me unsure about whether to raise it above 5.

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[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They are delicious

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  1. Waffle fries (always crispy and delicious)
  2. Curly fries (same)
  3. Tater tots (surprisingly good)
  4. Wedges, if properly spiced
  5. Good onion rings
  6. Shoestring, if not limp
  7. Bad onion rings
  8. Bad wedges
  9. Crinkle cut (zigzag) (usually unflavored and soggy from a bag, but can be better than soggy shoestrings)
  10. Bad shoestrings
  11. Sweet potato fries (always soggy and I don't like sweet potato very much)
[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not too fussy about my deep fried treats. They're all no. 1 in my book. Except sweet potato, they can fuck off. They taste fine, but why are they always soggy?

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