They’re as closely related as a human and a lemur.
The Spanish just got confused between the names batata and papa and called them similar names. Yams are even further away from both sweet potatoes and potatoes.
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.
Air fryer makes sweet potato move up the list, regular oven makes tots go up. Traditional deep fried makes them go down and brings the potato items up.
I think the OP was originally about fried preparation of potatoes. Wedges at least in North America are usually fried, I think the only non-fried ones I've seen are in the UK.
Also if we're talking about the best preparation of potatoes in general, it's mashed and there's no argument there.
I'm not an expert but I think frite sauce is basically mayonnaise with cheaper ingredients. To call something mayonnaise (at least in the Netherlands) it must contain 70% oil and 5% egg (yolk).
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.
Tater tot: A good tater tot is like butter. Pure salt and crunch then melt in your mouth deliciousness.
Onion Rings: Good onion rings is technically better than tater tots, but the spectrum of bad to good onion rings is very wide.
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.
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.
Shoestring: McDonalds
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.
Sweet Potato: I've had good sweet potato fries but I rarely get good sweet potato fries.
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.
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.
They are definitely by shape (mostly, sweet potato is the odd one out), not seasoning. You can add Cajun seasoning to any of those and they'd still be what shape they are. Just like I prefer curly fries, but I don't like the ones from Arby's because of their seasoning.
I assumed because the category was "things that aren't actually real chips / potato fries" - by being real pieces of fried potato these are disqualified 😅
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?
This is interesting. They are very firmly in the bottom of my list and have no chance of moving up, but curiously, I don't think I've ever had these soggy ones people are talking about. Actually the few I had were quite nicely crisped and I would wager must have been seeing of the best examples of their class. As a food on their own, not ranked alongside chips, they're probably a more solid "kind of okay", they just can't go beyond last place in any such list because they'll never beat actual chips. Crinkle cut almost managed to be terrible enough to be the first of it's kind beaten by sweet potato fries but then I had to imagine being presented with either and no other substitutes and even then I couldn't bring myself to pick the sweet potato despite them likely having an actually better crisp texture in that scenario than those awful crinkle cuts. Just not looking for sweet potato flavour at all if I'm having chips. I guess the trouble is, for me, making them in to chips is probably one of the best ways to make sweet potato tolerable but I just dislike them in the first place so it's hardly going to be warmly embraced.
Tater tots are basically an entire potential meal of their own. Not a French fry, but I may actually prefer them as a possible main dish.
The best French fries. They are the perfect side.
If you want to fancy it up a bit. Suitable for formal occasions.
Taking the one-dimensional line of the French fry and extrapolating it out to two dimensions. Still a good ketchup conveyance, but starting to get into the issue I'm going to bring up with...
5, 6, 7. Not a good enough ratio of crispy outer fried surface to gooey potato inner. I prefer crisp, but when I bite one of these, I have a good chance of just getting a mouthful of scalding hot potato napalm, or what's worse, cold potato cement. Not ideal.
Most of these are good, just for different things. I want waffle fries at the bar; I want shoestring fries at the burger place; I want wedges at the cafe on the corner.
Except the zigzags. I don't think I've ever had a good zigzag.
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.
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.
ketchups good with an equal amount of chili pequin sauce mixed in. I learned this at a mexican restaurant that also served burgers and fries for some reason, and haven't been able to go back to any other fry sauce since
Never had curlies, tots (not even sure what they are) or waffle fries.
After reading the comments I think I've never had good onion rings or sweet potato fries. Those are a no from me. Onion rings were just deep fried batter and sweet potato was sweet and soggy. Both didn't leave an impresion.
Now my potato of choice is wedges (especially if cooked in an oven). Then whatever is left. Not sure why everyone is hating on zigzags. The thickness is similar to straight fries so it should cook similarly and without seasoning everything will taste bland.
Sweet potato
Onion Rings
Curly
Tots
Shoestrings
Wedges
Waffle
Zigzag.
Tots might be lower on the list, but I found they can work surprizingly well in some lazy microwave meals I make, so they get extra points for ease and dependability.
Curly, shoestring, sweet potato. The rest are unappetizing, either too greasy to bear or not crunchy enough. Swap hash browns in for onion rings and we have a contender.
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.
3, 4, 2, 8, 6, 1, 7, 5. Because tots are absolutely immaculate, and sweet potatos (tho good when roasted) are simply not the same kind of satisfying guilty pleasure as the rest.
So, shoestring and wedges have such a huge range of quality, there are so many ambiguities here!
Not zigzags though. Zigzags can get fucked.
Edit: But really. Trash shoestrings are tue most trash. If you can get the oil hot enough, or do the double drop trick, you get one of the best stand alone fries, but they arent good for dipping in much more than ketchup, and you cant, like, put cheese on them or anything. You need more substantial fries for that. Wedges are similarly niche in the other direction, and the quality of their preparation varies widely.
Edit: replace zigzags with fried zucchini or mushrooms or mozzarella sticks. Then that slot is back in contention.
223 Comments
Dorkyd68@lemmy.world · 100 pts · 1y
Zigzag?? Bitch you mean crinkle cut?!?!
cdf12345@lemmy.zip · 31 pts · 1y
It’s not worth respecting something that clearly belongs on the bottom of the list.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y
Sweet potato is at the bottom. If you disagree with me, you're an idiot.
elephantium@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y
Ok, but I'm an idiot with happy taste buds.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
You make me sick
elephantium@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
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 pts · 1y
You may be an idiot but you're not stupid
elephantium@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
🤣
Pandasdontfly@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y
Daemnyz@lemmy.ml · 53 pts · 1y
Posting such a controversial question and putting in onion rings on this list is bordering on rage bait
Edit: I can't type
LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 1y
I'm really sorry I should have put a trigger warning
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
"Sides you dip in ketchup" covers everything in the image!
_AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Sides that are fried
uid0gid0@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Ketchup on onion rings? Right to jail, right away.
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 43 pts · 1y
One is not like the others.
glitchdx@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y
two are not like the others
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 1y
Sweet Potato is at least a potato.
victorz@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y
Is it? In that case, potatoes are apples by French standards. (Because it's in the name.)
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y
They are at least relatives.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
They’re as closely related as a human and a lemur.
The Spanish just got confused between the names batata and papa and called them similar names. Yams are even further away from both sweet potatoes and potatoes.
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · -1 pts · 1y
Sweet potatoes are more potatoes than onions are potatoes.
What are yams though?
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
They’re fucking monocots, so way the hell removed (like onions). But none of these plants even share a family, order is the closest it gets.
victorz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Not really. 👍
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
Most of them pictured aren't even French cut.
victorz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I know... Potato in French is "pomme de terre", "apple of the earth".
Today you learned.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 1y
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.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
They are cousins of the same order, Solanales
Yondoza@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
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 pts · 1y
I don't believe onions are tubers..
lolrightythen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I had to look it up -- allium
Yondoza@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Damn. My b.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Fried finger food.
lolrightythen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I like that I might remember allium this time around
Ileftreddit@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
I've tried onion rings at at least 5 different resteraunts. All of them just tasted like heart failure. Don't know how they are popular.
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
You must not have had them with barbeque sauce
wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
doctors hate this one trick...?
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
OK. I'll try ONE more time...
Danquebec@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Sweet potatoes aren't potatoes either.
_AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
they're fried
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Yes this screams of shitpost.
Bgugi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
They are orthogonal to the potato axis.
Ileftreddit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
nagaram@startrek.website · 33 pts · 1y
Uh, it's crinkle cut and someone will die on my hill.
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com · 9 pts · 1y
Our hill.
Cheems@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
And my axe
lemmylump@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
And my bow 🏹
anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 1y
... 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 pts · 1y
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.
SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
If we're talking about expanding to other potatoe-preparations, we might as well include a simple baked potatoe.
And, as a Bavarian, I cannot omit the glorious Knödel (in all it's potato-based variations).
Delphia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Preparation is important.
Air fryer makes sweet potato move up the list, regular oven makes tots go up. Traditional deep fried makes them go down and brings the potato items up.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I think the OP was originally about fried preparation of potatoes. Wedges at least in North America are usually fried, I think the only non-fried ones I've seen are in the UK.
Also if we're talking about the best preparation of potatoes in general, it's mashed and there's no argument there.
camelbeard@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
This
With Belgian mayonaise!
And I'm Dutch so I'm not even biased.
Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Yes. Vlaamse frieten zijn superieur.
boovard@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Why Vlaamse? Good fries also in Brussels and Wallonia
camelbeard@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Yes but they refuse to learn Dutch and nobody should be force to order in French
Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Because it is the Dutch term for Belgian fries.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Is that the same thing sold as "frite sauce"? That stuff is the food of the gods
camelbeard@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
I'm not an expert but I think frite sauce is basically mayonnaise with cheaper ingredients. To call something mayonnaise (at least in the Netherlands) it must contain 70% oil and 5% egg (yolk).
kidk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
🫡
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
Delphia@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
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.
scytale@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
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.
Delphia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Honestly for good fries at home with my steak, I'll pay the extra few bucks.
JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social · 10 pts · 1y
Tater tot: A good tater tot is like butter. Pure salt and crunch then melt in your mouth deliciousness.
Onion Rings: Good onion rings is technically better than tater tots, but the spectrum of bad to good onion rings is very wide.
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.
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.
Shoestring: McDonalds
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.
Sweet Potato: I've had good sweet potato fries but I rarely get good sweet potato fries.
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 pts · 1y
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 pts · 1y
They're close. I might give another answer depending on the day. The rest of the order I stand by.
Apeman42@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
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 · 9 pts · 1y
Okay, two of them aren’t even the same vegetable.
not3ottersinacoat@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y
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.
wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
I wonder if they could be made better by doing that parboil-freeze-deepfry trick that makes mcdonalds fries so good
Pulptastic@midwest.social · 7 pts · 1y
garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Cheese curds and gravy
devdoggy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Ah, the Canadian.
quinkin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
No. I refuse to rank my children as well.
neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
zigzagcrinkle cut)wedgesJo-Jo’s)Missing: coniques.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Ugh. People who call wedges “Jo-Jo’s” creep me out. It’s just so weird. Agreed about Crinkle fries though.
elephantium@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Is it the name or the people that creeps you out?
cmbabul@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Yes
Shannaresh@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
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
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Crinkle are dogshit tier but I'll take them over sweet potato anything.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
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.
pool_spray_098@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Bro, what are your tots made out of?
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
Industrial waste or cardboard, would be my guess (it was a joke, tots are every bit as good as waffle fry’s).
PineRune@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
What exactly are your tots made of, if not 'tater?
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Tots are literally cylindrical hash browns.
Delphia@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Where does it say that being potato based is part of the criteria?
klemptor@startrek.website · 1 pts · 1y
Oh shit latkes are like bringing a gun to a knife fight. None of the other options even come close.
TTimo@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 1y
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.
IHawkMike@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Hardee's curly fries are the best. By extension I guess that means Carl's Jr. too, but I wouldn't know.
LilB0kChoy@midwest.social · 2 pts · 1y
Did they do what McDonald's did and switch from beef tallow to vegetable oil?
I miss the old McDonald's fries but I like that their less terrible for you, but yet they're still not vegetarian/vegan.
Lodespawn@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
5, 1, 8, 7, 3, 6, 2, 4
Sweet spud ftw!
hzl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y
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.
naticus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
They are definitely by shape (mostly, sweet potato is the odd one out), not seasoning. You can add Cajun seasoning to any of those and they'd still be what shape they are. Just like I prefer curly fries, but I don't like the ones from Arby's because of their seasoning.
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
And the onion rings.
hzl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
I challenge you to find me a circular fry made from potato.
naticus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
While I know what you meant, I'm going with this regardless.
hzl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Those must be about McCain before his presidential run.
GoddessGundy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
-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-
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
What can I say, I love tubers
theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
Eh I'm English, all beige food is top tier!
ReiRose@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Chip shop chips > roast potato > steak fries > everything on this list
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
Doesn't matter which, if its done incorrectly its complete garbage.
Done right, each one, extremely delicious... except maybe sweet potato
Codpiece@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y
Why not #9?
LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
They are delicious
FBJimmy@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 1y
I assumed because the category was "things that aren't actually real chips / potato fries" - by being real pieces of fried potato these are disqualified 😅
LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
5 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 7 - 6
I'm really not a big white potato fan but sweet potatoes and onions are delicious
LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
This is exactly what I thought as going to answer. Fuckin LOVE sweet potatoes and onions
EchoSnail@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y
Yes. To all of them.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Almacca@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
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 pts · 1y
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 pts · 1y
I clearly haven't, but I'd like to.
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
This is interesting. They are very firmly in the bottom of my list and have no chance of moving up, but curiously, I don't think I've ever had these soggy ones people are talking about. Actually the few I had were quite nicely crisped and I would wager must have been seeing of the best examples of their class. As a food on their own, not ranked alongside chips, they're probably a more solid "kind of okay", they just can't go beyond last place in any such list because they'll never beat actual chips. Crinkle cut almost managed to be terrible enough to be the first of it's kind beaten by sweet potato fries but then I had to imagine being presented with either and no other substitutes and even then I couldn't bring myself to pick the sweet potato despite them likely having an actually better crisp texture in that scenario than those awful crinkle cuts. Just not looking for sweet potato flavour at all if I'm having chips. I guess the trouble is, for me, making them in to chips is probably one of the best ways to make sweet potato tolerable but I just dislike them in the first place so it's hardly going to be warmly embraced.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
So true actually
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Tater tots are basically an entire potential meal of their own. Not a French fry, but I may actually prefer them as a possible main dish.
The best French fries. They are the perfect side.
If you want to fancy it up a bit. Suitable for formal occasions.
Taking the one-dimensional line of the French fry and extrapolating it out to two dimensions. Still a good ketchup conveyance, but starting to get into the issue I'm going to bring up with...
5, 6, 7. Not a good enough ratio of crispy outer fried surface to gooey potato inner. I prefer crisp, but when I bite one of these, I have a good chance of just getting a mouthful of scalding hot potato napalm, or what's worse, cold potato cement. Not ideal.
'8. Yeccch.
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
counterargument: 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
list is missing Fried Tofu
since we're apparently just including any random fuckin food you can fry
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Also missing fried taro and fried cassava.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
8, 2 4, 3, 1, 6, 7, 5
Assuming they onion rings are beer batter and the curly fries are from Arby's.
DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
What the heck kind of list is this?
Where are the steak fries?
_AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
the wedges?
DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Steak fries or "steak-cut" fries are much different than wedges. Maybe they're called something different outside the US:
Atlas_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Most of these are good, just for different things. I want waffle fries at the bar; I want shoestring fries at the burger place; I want wedges at the cafe on the corner.
Except the zigzags. I don't think I've ever had a good zigzag.
ShotDonkey@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
My vote is on number 10: Röstis
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Where are the cheese curds? Fucking profligates is deep fried cheese too good for ya?
frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 1y
1, 7, 6, 4, 8, 3, 2, 5
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Name checks out.
Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
myrrh@ttrpg.network · 3 pts · 1y
ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y
5 8 7 2 4 1 6 3
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I'm gonna have to lock in Onion Rings as my final answer.
Hazmatastic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
I’ll just take whatever. I’m not picky.
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
3,2,1,8,4,5,7,6 for quick first gut reaction
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
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.
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
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.
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
I need more popcorn for parsing these comments
LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
I'm loving how passionately people feel about it
BigBenis@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Zig zag/crinkle cut goes to the back and I think waffle deserves the #1 spot personally. I agree with the rest of the ordering otherwise.
HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Thing a about sweet potatoes is, you can eat em straight. Sweet potato fries by themselves are probably less sugar than regular fries + ketchup
rumba@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
Straight out of the fryer
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If it's been on the plate for 10m
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buzz86us@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Seasoned fries for robbed
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
1,5,7,8,3,4,2,6
agent_nycto@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Ok there's another factor here and that's taking into account the dipping sauce if any.
Crinkle cut without sauce? Bland. With a good sauce? Those little accordion fucks hold way more than shoestring.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Best to worst:
wedges (like a mini baked potato, but better!)
shoestring (a tried & true classic)
curly (the perfect blend of potato & seasoning)
zigzag (sometimes can be a bit mushy)
tots (sometimes give me heartburn for some reason)
waffle (often don’t get cooked all the way, if they stick together)
onion rings (a decent alternative to potato based side, but I can’t eat more than a few)
sweet potato (they just don’t fry right. The texture gets weird and the taste is off)
zxqwas@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Whatever as long as it's not sweet potato.
jeanofthedead@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
27318645
wieson@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
Anglosphere ah ah list
Zier@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y
1-4, 6-8 YESSSSSSS 5 NO!
Localhorst86@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
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.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Onion rings > tots > sweet potato > everything else
And fuck ketchup, combine one part mayonnaise and one part BBQ sauce to dip that shit in
orenj@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y
ketchups good with an equal amount of chili pequin sauce mixed in. I learned this at a mexican restaurant that also served burgers and fries for some reason, and haven't been able to go back to any other fry sauce since
lolrightythen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Onions > sweet potatoes > potatoes
chetradley@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
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Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Anything in the list gets to move up +1 when chicken salt is added if the other contenders don't, except sweet potato or onion rings.
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y
Doesn't matter, is potato. And onion rings. All are awesome.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
If we are rating the best type of fries then onion rings are last, being that they aren't even potato.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Doesn't say anything about potatoes.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Then I declare this debate invalid. Jalapeño poppers aren't even on the list and they're better than all of these.
Delphia@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Poppers are like appetisers, these to me are sides.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Everything in the picture is commonly dipped in ketchup.
Do you dip your poppers in ketchup?
FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Fuck that potato canoes FTW
moseschrute@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
Starting with the best: 8,2,3,4,6,7,5,1
RevolverSly@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Chips?
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
27435618
JohneryCreatives@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I love my thick wedges! Shoestring always disappoints me for some reason
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 1y
87326514
Senseless@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
Best to worst:
grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I love all of these, not gonna lie.
OmnislashIsACloudApp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
3 >2>4>1>7>8>5>6
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
I love curly fries, but the ones depicted look pretty mid
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
!potatoism@lemmy.world
Metype@pawb.social · 1 pts · 1y
1st: Curly
2nd: Waffle
3rd: Shoestring
4th: Wedges
5th: Tater Tots
6th: Zig Zag
7th: Onion Rings
8th: Sweet Potato Fries
I genuinely love all of these, and struggled to rank them. Just a total potato gremlin.
These rankings also depend a lot on the source. So I just went with the best I've tasted of each.
missingno@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y
8, 1, 6, 7, 4, 2, 3, 5
dumbass@quokk.au · 1 pts · 1y
Best to worst.
1
2
4
3
6
7
5
8
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 2 pts · 1y
dumbass@quokk.au · 2 pts · 1y
Coles sells them, but its hit and miss if they've got them or not. I think aldi sells them as well.
Delphia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I think you can get both at costco.
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y
3 2 1 4 7 6 8 5
mr_satan@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
Never had curlies, tots (not even sure what they are) or waffle fries.
After reading the comments I think I've never had good onion rings or sweet potato fries. Those are a no from me. Onion rings were just deep fried batter and sweet potato was sweet and soggy. Both didn't leave an impresion.
Now my potato of choice is wedges (especially if cooked in an oven). Then whatever is left. Not sure why everyone is hating on zigzags. The thickness is similar to straight fries so it should cook similarly and without seasoning everything will taste bland.
darkestd@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y
1 2 3 7 8 5 4 6
GladiusB@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
8-1-ill order something else
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Onion rings, sweet potatoes, and you can have the rest.
Deestan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
8, 5, 7, 1, 6, 4, 3, 2
Corigan@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
Steak cut. Home fries. Has browns
Don't cut my boys out
niktemadur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
2 - 6 - 3 - 4 - 1 - 8 - 5.
The wedges you can keep.
LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Can I have your wedges?
Delphia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I feel like wedges are a vehicle for sauce and they take spice well.
Make some really spicy wedges and some garlic and chive sour cream... thats a pretty decent combo.
lukstru@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Crazy. Mine is almost the reverse of your order
DragonofKnowledge@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
Sweet potato Onion Rings Curly Tots Shoestrings Wedges Waffle Zigzag.
Tots might be lower on the list, but I found they can work surprizingly well in some lazy microwave meals I make, so they get extra points for ease and dependability.
silasmariner@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y
Onion rings top, then tots, then everything else
dan69@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
3>2>4>6…
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
I would like onion rings but shaped like curly fries #2
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
2, the rest of the list.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
5,3,8,4,7,2,6,1
Phenomephrene@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 1y
r_deckard@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Curly, shoestring, sweet potato. The rest are unappetizing, either too greasy to bear or not crunchy enough. Swap hash browns in for onion rings and we have a contender.
Zomg@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
72614358
mortalic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Yes. Also yes... And yes...
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
From best to worst - 2,8,4,3,7,1,5,6
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
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
jpablo68@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 1y
1 > 2 > 5 > 8 > 4 > 3 > 6 > 7
_AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Shoestring, Onion Ring, Waffle, Tots, Curly, Wedges, Zigzag, Sweet Potato
vrojak@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
Best to worst: 83752461
klemptor@startrek.website · 1 pts · 1y
58142736
insomniac@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Mwa@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 1y
Waffle fries > onion rings > wedges
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
What? No Mojo's??
Drekaridill@feddit.is · 1 pts · 1y
13482675
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
1 6 8 4 3 2 7 5
Iampossiblyatwork@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
54321678
phantomwise@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
HOW DARE YOU, onion rings are awesome
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y
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.
basiclemmon98@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
3, 4, 2, 8, 6, 1, 7, 5. Because tots are absolutely immaculate, and sweet potatos (tho good when roasted) are simply not the same kind of satisfying guilty pleasure as the rest.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
4, 6 (if super crispy), 1, 3, 2, 7, 5, 8
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
how are zigzags in (if super crispy)?
simplejack@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Gimme some of those tots
archonet@lemy.lol · 0 pts · 1y
2, 8, [1/6], [3/4/7], 5
TheNamlessGuy@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
WindyRebel@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
3 –> 1 –> 4 –> 2 –> 6 –> 8 –> 7 –> 5
tatterdemalion@programming.dev · 0 pts · 1y
8, 4, 5, 2, 3, 7.
The rest are not worthy.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 1y
So, shoestring and wedges have such a huge range of quality, there are so many ambiguities here!
Not zigzags though. Zigzags can get fucked.
Edit: But really. Trash shoestrings are tue most trash. If you can get the oil hot enough, or do the double drop trick, you get one of the best stand alone fries, but they arent good for dipping in much more than ketchup, and you cant, like, put cheese on them or anything. You need more substantial fries for that. Wedges are similarly niche in the other direction, and the quality of their preparation varies widely.
Edit: replace zigzags with fried zucchini or mushrooms or mozzarella sticks. Then that slot is back in contention.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Those were all just thrown in to cause confusion and distract everybody from the correct answer, Onion Rings.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
Well, yes onion rings are better than the rest.
Though thick battered and thin breaded onion rings should perhaps be separated.
dhhyfddehhfyy4673@fedia.io · 0 pts · 1y
Psythik@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1y
Edible tier:
Garbage Tier:
Everyone else is wrong. Yes, even you.
Delphia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Wedges are better for dipping into a sauce, Waffle fries are the best option for "loaded" fries IMO.
I'm with you on crinkle tho... never had amazing ones.