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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Gimme some of those tots

[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago

Anglosphere ah ah list

[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

3 –> 1 –> 4 –> 2 –> 6 –> 8 –> 7 –> 5

[–] DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

What the heck kind of list is this?

Where are the steak fries?

Wedges, winners

Onion rings second depending on their quality

Then sweet potato fries

[paja] (a Spanish variety that's amazing)

Shoe stings

curly

Zigzag

tots

Waffles

[–] Shannaresh@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

The top three are Shoestring, Curly, and Wedges, though not necessarily in that order. I still have not managed to figure out how the fuck restaurants make their shoestring (and steak) fries so fucking good.

Next are waffle fries and onion rings. They're okay.

Sweet Potato fries and tots after that. Just not my thing.

Whoever likes zigzag/crinkle-cut fries is a monster. May god have mercy on their twisted souls.

The secret winner though is zucchini fries, which are mana from the heavens.

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 15 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Zigzag

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

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] Corigan@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

Steak cut. Home fries. Has browns

Don't cut my boys out

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 2 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 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.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I nearly dismissed your review until you qualified your assessment of onion rings. I have transposed the order on those first two myself

[–] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 1 points 6 hours ago

They're close. I might give another answer depending on the day. The rest of the order I stand by.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago

I’ll just take whatever. I’m not picky.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 7 hours ago (2 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?

[–] cnirrad@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You haven't had good ones then, because a well cooked sweet tater fry that is crispy on the outside and soft in the middle is the best.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 7 hours ago

I clearly haven't, but I'd like to.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

So true actually

[–] JohneryCreatives@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I love my thick wedges! Shoestring always disappoints me for some reason

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours 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)
[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Seasoned fries for robbed

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 1 points 6 hours ago

Onion rings top, then tots, then everything else

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

list is missing Fried Tofu

since we're apparently just including any random fuckin food you can fry

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Also missing fried taro and fried cassava.

[–] Localhorst86@feddit.org 2 points 7 hours ago

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

i do love sweet potato, but quite often it seems they dont fit.

6 is so low on the list, because I genuinely never had good ones. If someone serves crinkle-cut fries, they are always the most bland, soggy, frozen industrial ones they can find.

Similar goes for 2 and 4, although they usually dont taste as bland, they seem to have some seasoning on them.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

wedges, waffle, tots, onion rings, curly, shoestring, crinkle (never heard them called zigzag), sweet potato

I have had really good sweet potato fries that rank much higher, but they're a gamble. Seem to have greater variation in quality than the other options.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 65 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] cdf12345@lemmy.zip 16 points 15 hours ago (6 children)

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

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[–] TheNamlessGuy@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago

Best to worst: 8, 7, 4, 2, 6, 1, 3, 5

Sweet potato in general is just terrible.

[–] Zomg@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago
[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

8-1-ill order something else

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 1 points 8 hours ago
[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

When cooked well enough, I'd say 1 2 4 5 8 3 6 7.

Ain't no way I'd ever put wedges higher or shoelace lower. Those are always gonna be constant.

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