In what fashion do you consume french fries?

ken k · Post by **ken k** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 3:35 pm

here in PA we also will have them with vinegar and salt or "Wet" with gravy.

MMMM.......... goooood eatin.......

ken k

corbasse · Post by **corbasse** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:55 am

Chuck(G) wrote:
corbasse wrote:1st: They're a Begian invention, not French http://www.belgianfries.com/
Please follow the instructions on the site to get a taste of really good fries!)
Do you Belgians eat fries with your lambic beer? Or, alternatively, do you drink lambic beer with your fries?

We'll drink any type of beer with our fries

There are enough beers to have a different one each day of the year so we won't get bored easily.

On the Dutch mayo: They make it with an egg yolk, a bit of lemon juice, oil and a s***load of sugar

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:16 am

I rented a mailbox in Kansas just for that purpose. If any of you has any French fries (or freedom fries) you want to send to me, please do. And I want your little packets of ketchup, too. If sending from Asia, Europe, Australia, or Africa, please include dry ice.

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tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:29 pm

Catsup and ketchup seem to taste pretty much the same. If your navel is an "innie" you can put catsup in there when you eat fries in bed.
New Zealanders put tomato sauce on their "chips" which tastes pathetic. I mail a friend a large bottle of ketchup and a tin of maple syrup every year 'cause those poor guys don't have maple syrup either.

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:40 pm

corbasse wrote:On the Dutch mayo: They make it with an egg yolk, a bit of lemon juice, oil and a s***load of sugar

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.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:48 pm

tubatooter1940 wrote:Catsup and ketchup seem to taste pretty much the same. If your navel is an "innie" you can put catsup in there when you eat fries in bed.
New Zealanders put tomato sauce on their "chips" which tastes pathetic. I mail a friend a large bottle of ketchup and a tin of maple syrup every year 'cause those poor guys don't have maple syrup either.

Did you know ketchup will make the metal detectors go crazy? I found this out when I was getting on a plane in Singapore. Before getting on the plane there, I took off my belt, shoes, and my coins were in a pan. But the machine got really noisy. It was the ketchup packet from the airport Burger King I didn't use for my fries! And this was a plastic packet. I guess ketchup has a lot of iron in it!

Our word ketchup comes from the Malay/Indonesian word kecap, which has the same pronunciation, which means soy sauce. If you ask for ketchup with you fries in Jakarta, they will give you soy sauce. I disagree with what some of the dictionaries give as the origin of the word coming from a totally unrelated Chinese word.

And one more useless piece of trivia: the Indonesian term for Worcestershire sauce is kecap Inggris, which means "English soy sauce."

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:04 am

Chuck(G) wrote:
corbasse wrote:On the Dutch mayo: They make it with an egg yolk, a bit of lemon juice, oil and a s***load of sugar
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.

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

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:10 am

Hey! I agree with Chuck but I still like Miracle WhipÂ® better than Best FoodsÂ® Mayonnaise (known as HellmannsÂ® west of the Rockies.)

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:47 am

Tubaryan12 wrote: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 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:00 am

Chuck(G) wrote:On Wonder Bread no less (Helps build strong bodies 12 ways).

ahhhhhhhh...heaven.

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:46 am

jessness wrote: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 · Post by **corbasse** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:57 am

Chuck(G) wrote:
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 · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:01 pm

jessness wrote: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 · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:05 pm

Chuck(G) wrote: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 · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:10 pm

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) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:34 pm

corbasse wrote:
Chuck(G) wrote: 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 · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:56 pm

I am starting to agree with the Australian.