Uh, I don't know.

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Garbanzo fries (same as chickpea fries!):

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Yuca fries:

In this thrill-chasing dining world we get desensitized to ordinary potatoes, frenched (cut into strips), and deep-fried to a golden brown. Sad, huh? But even SWEET potato fries exhaust their potency when they're flopped over everybody's menus.

Then along comes something oil-dipped, hot and unusual to turn your head...

Yuca fries:

We've handled so many kitchen turnarounds at Counterpoint. And one kind, temp chef (was it Chad White?) left behind his recipe for a starchy tuber, chopped lengthwise, fried, then camouflaged with avocado crema, braised pork shreds, pickled onions and cotija cheese. Think the great Latin flavors of a pozole plus a yielding, sweet-ish yuca. No, don't think. Consume this filling $9 dish in a frenzy. Counterpoint: 830 25th St., Golden Hill. 619-564-6722 or counterpointsd.com

The garbanzo fries at Notorious Burgers in Carlsbad. — Courtesy photo

Garbanzo fries (same as chickpea fries!):

Everyone’s focused on their pizzas, crisped in a wood-fired oven. But the Sophia Loren-vibed, breezy Isola Pizza Bar (1526 India St., Little Italy. 619-255-4230 or isolapizzabar.com) has replaced the potato with a protein. See their $4 chickpea fries, meant for enjoyment with a truffle aioli dip.

Not to be outdone, Notorious Burgers’ (6955 El Camino Real, Carlsbad. 760-431-2929) take on the garbanzo-fry genre involves organic, garbanzo-bean flour from Sicily. They form it with salt and water, then slice it to look like steak fries. After a quick dip in oil, the result’s salted and distributed with truffle aioli.

Produce fries:

When you hear "produce fries," you assume something from the vegetable kingdom's getting a hot-oil baptism. And while there are thick slabs of panko-breaded zucchini fries,they've got "apple fries" dusted with corn starch and deep-fried sauce-streaked with melted marshmallow and caramel, these ring-fries beat baked apples because they're crisp and steamy and like the world's thinnest apple pie

Last but not least

Tofu fries:

seasoned corn starch, given a quick rice-bran-oil bath, then dressed up with parsley, garlic and salt.

mmmm. sweet potato fries

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IMO Five Guys has the best fries other than the real "Boardwalk Fries." I love them with salt and vinegar. Damn some ketchup on Boardwalk or Guys fries.

The Garbanzo fries looks like french toast sticks. But hey if it taste good why not. Jack in the box has season curly fries, they are good.

I absolutely love fries but I rarely eat them...maybe once a year. I try to stay away from deep fried stuff.

American fries don´t taste like they used to. Not just because McDonalds and other places stopped using beef tallow for frying them but also because the potatoes today, the typical Idaho potato, has a very bland taste.

The best fries I had were Belgian fries, Dutch fries, real French fries and German fries in the early 1980s.

Those alternative fries look interesting, and I´ve tried some of them, but they didn´t impress me.

I love plantain fries though.

KoolEaze said:

I absolutely love fries but I rarely eat them...maybe once a year. I try to stay away from deep fried stuff.

American fries don´t taste like they used to. Not just because McDonalds and other places stopped using beef tallow for frying them but also because the potatoes today, the typical Idaho potato, has a very bland taste.

The best fries I had were Belgian fries, Dutch fries, real French fries and German fries in the early 1980s.

Those alternative fries look interesting, and I´ve tried some of them, but they didn´t impress me.

I love plantain fries though.

You are so right. That beef tallow is what gave Micky D's fries flavor. Too bad they had to stop using it. Why is it that all the stuff that tastes fantastic is bad for your health?

Shyra said:

KoolEaze said:

I absolutely love fries but I rarely eat them...maybe once a year. I try to stay away from deep fried stuff.

American fries don´t taste like they used to. Not just because McDonalds and other places stopped using beef tallow for frying them but also because the potatoes today, the typical Idaho potato, has a very bland taste.

The best fries I had were Belgian fries, Dutch fries, real French fries and German fries in the early 1980s.

Those alternative fries look interesting, and I´ve tried some of them, but they didn´t impress me.

I love plantain fries though.

You are so right. That beef tallow is what gave Micky D's fries flavor. Too bad they had to stop using it. Why is it that all the stuff that tastes fantastic is bad for your health?

canola oil or whatever they use now is even worse,

they will probably switch back to animal soon

XxAxX said:

mmmm. sweet potato fries

Yum yum.

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Shyra said:

IMO Five Guys has the best fries other than the real "Boardwalk Fries." I love them with salt and vinegar. Damn some ketchup on Boardwalk or Guys fries.

The only thing I'll eat from Five Guys are their fries, period. The rest of the stuff they make, the burgers, hot dogs, etc. are digusting.

KoolEaze said:

I absolutely love fries but I rarely eat them...maybe once a year. I try to stay away from deep fried stuff.

American fries don´t taste like they used to. Not just because McDonalds and other places stopped using beef tallow for frying them but also because the potatoes today, the typical Idaho potato, has a very bland taste.

The best fries I had were Belgian fries, Dutch fries, real French fries and German fries in the early 1980s.

Those alternative fries look interesting, and I´ve tried some of them, but they didn´t impress me.

I love plantain fries though.

I forgot all about Belgian fries, I've had those too and actually prefer them over regular fries.

missfee said:

Shyra said:

IMO Five Guys has the best fries other than the real "Boardwalk Fries." I love them with salt and vinegar. Damn some ketchup on Boardwalk or Guys fries.

The only thing I'll eat from Five Guys are their fries, period. The rest of the stuff they make, the burgers, hot dogs, etc. are digusting.

I´ve never tried their burgers but from what I´ve heard so far they make the best burgers. Don´t they?

KoolEaze said:

missfee said:

The only thing I'll eat from Five Guys are their fries, period. The rest of the stuff they make, the burgers, hot dogs, etc. are digusting.

I´ve never tried their burgers but from what I´ve heard so far they make the best burgers. Don´t they?

For others maybe, but not in my eyes.

KoolEaze said:

missfee said:

The only thing I'll eat from Five Guys are their fries, period. The rest of the stuff they make, the burgers, hot dogs, etc. are digusting.

I´ve never tried their burgers but from what I´ve heard so far they make the best burgers. Don´t they?

The only complaint I have about their burgers is the bread. If you like a lot of stuff on your burger like, lettuce, tomato, fried onions, ketchup, relish and a dab of mustard, the bread becomes soggy and your burger slides out of the bun and it becomes a complete mess. So I've learned to cut down on the toppings and just get fried onions, ketchup, relish and a little mustard. The meat, IMO is fine. I've never had their hot dogs, however.

morningsong said:

It's been a while since I've had good fries. I don't like mine pre-seaoned, just hot and fresh and give me the very fine sea salt so I can season it to my taste. Unfortunately everybody pre-seasons theirs, even the ones you buy from the freezer section at the store seem to all come pre-seasoned.

You can order no salt on your fries at McDonalds. (That way you get hot fresh fries.)

kewlschool said:

morningsong said:

kewlschool said:

You can order no salt on your fries at McDonalds. (That way you get hot fresh fries.)

Something happened to their fries I don't know what it is, but they're not as good as people use to talk about years ago. And I use to order with no salt just to get hot fresh fries. Most places still have those fries that are saturated with some kind of salt right out of the package though. Wendy's doesn't, but the you have to order and wait to get them without all the salt added and they add a lot.

Vegetable oil instead of beef tallow, see above. Some people think it´s healthier.

morningsong said:

kewlschool said:

You can order no salt on your fries at McDonalds. (That way you get hot fresh fries.)

Something happened to their fries I don't know what it is, but they're not as good as people use to talk about years ago. And I use to order with no salt just to get hot fresh fries. Most places still have those fries that are saturated with some kind of salt right out of the package though. Wendy's doesn't, but the you have to order and wait to get them without all the salt added and they add a lot.

McDonald's did change their fries a bit (Not as good-but not bad). I believe they make them crispier.
(They also add the salt, they don't come that way.)

Love the Wendy's fries.

Yeah, the new "healthy" thing isn't making me feel the McDonald fries, but I think it's more like the grade of the potato or something, they use to have a more sweet, potatoey taste now it starchy and bland, like it's processed to death. Sensative taste buds here.

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These other "fries" I haven't tasted, but my kids theatre teacher used to fry up tofu and give it out, that was pretty good except she did put a little too much garlic salt for my taste.

mmmmmmmmmmm!

in and out burger's french fries.

potatoes are never frozen before cooking. they are freshly peeled, cut and fried with each order.

taste like home made.

kewlschool said:

morningsong said:

It's been a while since I've had good fries. I don't like mine pre-seaoned, just hot and fresh and give me the very fine sea salt so I can season it to my taste. Unfortunately everybody pre-seasons theirs, even the ones you buy from the freezer section at the store seem to all come pre-seasoned.

You can order no salt on your fries at McDonalds. (That way you get hot fresh fries.)

Not if they pick the bags that have been sitting under the heat lamp for who knows how long. I always tell the server to give me the fries fresh out of the fryer.

KoolEaze said:

morningsong said:

kewlschool said: Something happened to their fries I don't know what it is, but they're not as good as people use to talk about years ago. And I use to order with no salt just to get hot fresh fries. Most places still have those fries that are saturated with some kind of salt right out of the package though. Wendy's doesn't, but the you have to order and wait to get them without all the salt added and they add a lot.

Vegetable oil instead of beef tallow, see above. Some people think it´s healthier.

McD's should bring back the tallow and give folk a choice. HEALTH or UNHEALTHY? Peanut oil or beef tallow? I'd go for the heart attack recipe every time!

Shyra said:

kewlschool said:

You can order no salt on your fries at McDonalds. (That way you get hot fresh fries.)

Not if they pick the bags that have been sitting under the heat lamp for who knows how long. I always tell the server to give me the fries fresh out of the fryer.

If you order no salt-they won't give you a bag from under the lights-because they are all salted.