Thread: French fries

I love french fries! I don't care if people say fast food is bad for our health.

I eat french fries only once a week though. So it wouldn't hurt so much.

Yeh they are yummy to eat, agree with the fat content, but it also depends on what your daily regime is what you eat during the week. Even once a week is not so bad as long as you have them in moderation.

Sometimes i do like the slightly thicker cut chips and sometimes the crinkle cut chips which taste good, with salt and ketchup!

Make french fries at home in soya or canola or safola oil.

Use a food processor to cut fries if you are too strained to do it manually. Fry and let the oil drain. Place fries on a thick tissue paper that will soak up extra oil.

Cut potatoes and rinse in COLD Water (couple of minutes)...
Or
Try McCain...

preferably use extra virgin olive oil to fry...

Originally Posted by just4kix

Make french fries at home in soya or canola or safola oil.

Use a food processor to cut fries if you are too strained to do it manually. Fry and let the oil drain. Place fries on a thick tissue paper that will soak up extra oil.

Oh and i thought it was rocket science!

Originally Posted by lovelyMe

Cut potatoes and rinse in COLD Water (couple of minutes)...
Or
Try McCain...

preferably use extra virgin olive oil to fry...

Yes ready made ones are good too, but when cooked they are a bit crunchy which is also nice, but if your someone who wants them to be soft then home made ones are the best!

Olive oil to fry them, they would taste disgusting!

Originally Posted by Preeti_20

Oh and i thought it was rocket science!

Olive oil to fry them, they would taste disgusting!

One of the version of the same is probably used by MacD (canola Based also include Soy, Corn , olive)

And seriously i've seen people frying French Fries in ONE TABLE SPOON of oil !!!

I know for sure they don't use Olive Oil, it may be vegetable or sunflower oil!

Originally Posted by just4kix

Make french fries at home in soya or canola or safola oil.

Use a food processor to cut fries if you are too strained to do it manually. Fry and let the oil drain. Place fries on a thick tissue paper that will soak up extra oil.

Hmmmm... Haven't really cooked french fries that way.

I prefer ready-cooked fries.

If fast food joint start using olive oil to fry frenchies they will go bankrupt soon.

@preeti_20, Some food processors such as Braun have an attachment to slice potatoes into fries. They do the job in seconds. However, the fries are not thin like McD.

Yes i have seen those, they are pretty good, as they help in cutting many other vegetables neatly!

French Fries was the only thing I used to eat when we used to go out in US....As Iam a pure vegetarian...

Originally Posted by just4kix

If fast food joint start using olive oil to fry frenchies they will go bankrupt soon.

That's right n that's the reason McD was hesitant switching to Trans FatFree oils from the Beefy (beef tallow) kind of stuff they used...
In all The smell of fries is corn and olive (1 TS only)..

and truely... stuff fried in dalda is awesome if had it hot !!!

OK guys what things have you had with French fries, this will be interesting to hear what people eat with them!

Originally Posted by Preeti_20

OK guys what things have you had with French fries, this will be interesting to hear what people eat with them!

hehehe... i am absent the day anyone tries my suggestion...

You should still share it, as thats whats the forum is about sharing what you do and your experiences! You never know someone may like your suggestion

Originally Posted by Dia Arora

You should still share it, as thats whats the forum is about sharing what you do and your experiences! You never know someone may like your suggestion

That's what i do Dia.... but my suggestions are bit on the humorous side !!! People should try them... they are un-conventional and good.

and this one is tested..!

Any french fries recipe?

Originally Posted by lovelyMe

That's what i do Dia.... but my suggestions are bit on the humorous side !!! People should try them... they are un-conventional and good.

and this one is tested..!

So go one then im waiting to read your suggestion!

i hate too much salt on the french fries...
most fast food outlets give it that way.

Yes too much salt can really be off putting and make the fries taste awful!

Luckily i haven't come across any place which has done that!

I have that "love/hate" relationship with fries--love to eat, hate the effects. When I hear fries, I automatically think of McDonald's and those are probably the worst. To feel less guilty, I try eating more "naturally made" fries when I'm in the mood for them.

Originally Posted by patrol71

I have that "love/hate" relationship with fries--love to eat, hate the effects. When I hear fries, I automatically think of McDonald's and those are probably the worst. To feel less guilty, I try eating more "naturally made" fries when I'm in the mood for them.

I love the fries of Mc Donalds, they are so unresistably yummy!

I only buy frozen fries on the grocery store, rather than making them myself.

Yes McDonald fries are yummy and i can go on days eating them, but i once tried Burger King fries and they taste slightly better, as they are a bit crunchy and a bi thicker than the McDonald's fries.

I prefer Burger King to McDonalds any day. If there are these two joints near to each other - which they often are - I walk into BK.

BK makes the best whoppers and taste much better than the Mac Quarter Pounder or Big Mac. Fries are definitely better at BK. BK also has fried onion rings on the menu. In UK, BK has the "Bean Burger" which is a good choice for veggies and non-veggies alike.

lots of choices out there.
But here i guess the Mac Frenchies are the best deal...
Or else do it yourself... but that's a different thing altogether.

Have u ever had Mac's over fried Tikki or fries ??