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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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- Cheese curds
Yes. To all of them.
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One is not like the others.
two are not like the others
They're all fried tubers. I'll let it slide. The real travesty is no fried yuca on the list.
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Onions > sweet potatoes > potatoes
I would like onion rings but shaped like curly fries #2
From best to worst - 2,8,4,3,7,1,5,6
- Tots (The huge crunchy)
- Zigzag (The staple chicken side)
- Shoestring (Though they're so common that they get old)
- Curly (Big mass)
- Waffle (A little too wide)
Weirdos:
Wedges (The Bagpipe Theorem: Phenomenal when it's good, terrible when it's bad, it is at the top and the bottom of the list)
Sweet Potato (I tend to not like sweeter things)
Onion Rings (Please God I have ARFID that's not good crunchy)
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... 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.
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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I think onion rings and tots need to be removed from the list as neither are potato based. Substitute latkes and hash browns in their places.
Bro, what are your tots made out of?
Industrial waste or cardboard, would be my guess (it was a joke, tots are every bit as good as waffle fry’s).
What exactly are your tots made of, if not 'tater?
Tots are literally cylindrical hash browns.
Where does it say that being potato based is part of the criteria?
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5, [tied: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7], 6, 8
Sweet potato fries are fucking amazing when they're done right. Usually they're overly mushy which I think is why they get so much hate, but they're top tier when the cook knows what they're doing.
Sweet Potato fries turn out way better than regular potato in an air fryer if you're buying frozen ones to make at home.
I bought a spice grinder and made a spice mix for my sweet potato fries. Its a mix of salt, old bay, montreal steak seasoning and dried chilli flakes and its awesome.
Hard agree. The only issue is frozen sweet potato fries are way more expensive than regular. I try to make my own at home but can’t get the same crispness in the air fryer.
- Everything else on the list
- Onion rings
What can I say, I love tubers
-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-
4, 6 (if super crispy), 1, 3, 2, 7, 5, 8
how are zigzags in (if super crispy)?
Fuck that potato canoes FTW
Best to worst:
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wedges (like a mini baked potato, but better!)
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shoestring (a tried & true classic)
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curly (the perfect blend of potato & seasoning)
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zigzag (sometimes can be a bit mushy)
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tots (sometimes give me heartburn for some reason)
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waffle (often don’t get cooked all the way, if they stick together)
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onion rings (a decent alternative to potato based side, but I can’t eat more than a few)
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sweet potato (they just don’t fry right. The texture gets weird and the taste is off)
- 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.
Ugh. People who call wedges “Jo-Jo’s” creep me out. It’s just so weird. Agreed about Crinkle fries though.
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2, 3, 4, 6, 1, 7, 5.
Onion rings are either at the top or bottom of the list depending on the batch.
Eh I'm English, all beige food is top tier!
What? No Mojo's??
- Wedges
- Sweet Potato
- Onion Rings
- Shoestring
- Waffle
- Curly
- Zigzag
- Tots
Best to worst:
- Wedges
- Shoestring
- Curly
- Waffle
- Sweet Potato (love sweet potatoes, but as fries they're mediocre at best)
- Tots (if filled with cream cheese they're #2)
- Zigzag
- Onion Rings (don't even belong on this list. Otherwise maybe #5)
5, 1, 8, 7, 3, 6, 2, 4
Sweet spud ftw!