In what fashion do you consume french fries?

[Chuck(G)]

Blasphemer! You take that back! A sandwich isn't a sandwich without the tangy zip of Miracle Whip!

On Wonder Bread no less (Helps build strong bodies 12 ways).

I think many folks have never had fresh-made mayonnaise--it's really very good and not at all like the glop that's sold in the jar. If you have a blender, you can make it pretty easily.

[Tubaryan12]

On Wonder Bread no less (Helps build strong bodies 12 ways).

ahhhhhhhh...heaven.

[Kevin Hendrick]

you americans do have some weird ways of eating stuff.

Everybody has weird ways of eating stuff, which (it seems) we all find mutually amusing ...

[corbasse]

The Dutch probably contributed their recipe for this stuff that we have here in the US:

Ingredients: WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, VINEGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, EGG YOLKS, SALT, MUSTARD FLOUR, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, POTASSIUM SORBATE AS A PRESERVATIVE, SPICE, PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVOR, DRIED GARLIC.

Yes, it's really as bad as it sounds.

Actually that looks an awful lot closer to the actual Dutch recipe for the gluey stuff they call mayonaise than the egg yolk, lemon juice and oil one.

Dutch cuisine is almost a contradiction in terms and most food comes out of jars or packets over there, it seems. When I'm back in Holland visiting family and friends I'm always lost in the supermarket to find some food wich is not pre-processed, -marinated, -packaged, -cooked, -mixed etc.

To keep this somewhat on-topic, here are some other wonderful stuff the Dutch throw onto their fries:

- mayo, (curry)ketchup and raw chopped onions ("special")
- mayo and peanut sauce ("flip")
- mayo, ketchup, curry ketchup, peanut sauce and raw chopped onions ("war", after the resulting effect on your stomach)
- piccalilly

[LoyalTubist]

you americans do have some weird ways of eating stuff. obviously with 'fries' (which are actually called chips)

No, no, no, no.

Fries: Potatoes sliced into long thin strips, sometimes frozen first then fried (or baked, as is the case in school cafeterias.)

Chips: Extremely thinly sliced potatoes, usually salted or flavored. Flavorings can range from barbecue seasoning to powdered soup stock (popular in Southeast Asia.)

Crisps: Dried potatoes which are rehydrated, then shaped into a design that looks like chips, but are uniform in size. Pringle's is the most common form of this type of snack.

Any questions?

[LoyalTubist]

On Wonder Bread no less (Helps build strong bodies 12 ways).

No Chuck. I like Oroweat Wheatberry when I make a sandwich with Miracle Whip.

[LoyalTubist]

I'm on a roll here.

When I lived in Indonesia, we used to do a lot at the Erasmus Huis in Jakarta, the Dutch cultural center. I'll never forget one fair there when they served pommes frites with fresh mayonnaise. It was good. We came back after a few hours and noticed that the hug plastic tub of mayonnaise had a coating of flies on top of it. The lady serving the stuff didn't even notice. I guess that added extra protein.

[Chuck(G)]

To keep this somewhat on-topic, here are some other wonderful stuff the Dutch throw onto their fries:

..and one musn't forget the other great Dutch street-vendor delicacy: smoked eels:



The herring's not bad though.

[LoyalTubist]

I am starting to agree with the Australian.