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[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Fuck fast foods (and fast fashion and everything related)

[–] smitten@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)
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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Latish reply, but how do you make yours? Do you do the 'restaurant' steps of using water & freezing to get the starch out?

Me, I just slice up baking potatoes and pop them in my air fryer for a while, turning and re-basting with oil a few times. Not restaurant grade, but good enough.

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[–] wetferret@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have never seen so few fries from Five Guys before.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's more but they had to crop out the 1ga bag of fries that they use as insulation for your burger.

[–] Kerrigor@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The fries act as ballast too

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[–] johnthedoe@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

You guys have too many fast food options

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[–] Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

As a non-american it blows my mind that you have so many fast food companies.

[–] Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What blows my mind is that it's all large franchise. We have tons of independant selling various form of fast-food. Stuff like Sandwiches, Pizza, kebap and more. But I can't think about only 2-3 large chain, basically we have Mc-Donalds, Quick, and that's it ? or may-be burger kind did a comeback last years, not even sure...

[–] MakunaHatata@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

What really amazes me is that, that's not all of them

[–] GingeyBook@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

To be fair, where I'm at in the south we have these. Still a lot but most are very regional

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I was pretty sure most of them were made up. I hope this crap never makes it over here

[–] stiephel@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

I'm a human not a french fry

[–] ArtieShaw@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Top two picks from each row:

  • McDonalds is a standard, but I prefer Arby's seasoned curly fries
  • Wendy's recently changed their fries and they're good enough, but prefer Smash fries.
  • (Special mention goes to Canadian KCF, which offers fries and gravy instead of mashed potatoes and gravy. I don't know if their US fries are different because I don't mess with that if mashed 'taters are an option.)
  • Five guys and Checkers
  • Steak 'n Shake and Popeyes

Overall, if I were choosing a place based solely on the fries: Smash > Five Guys > Popeyes > Arby's

The top two spots were tricky. I like the 5 guys fresh cut style, but Smash mixes a traditional thin cut fast food fry with rosemary. And they don't make things weird by giving you more than you can or should eat.

The only one I actively dislike is Chick-fil-A, but some of the other offerings are 'meh' enough that they need ketchup.

Missing entries: Penn Station and Skyline. They're both regional, but I like both of them over most of the other offerings. Penn Station has fresh-cut style and Skyline's fries are thin and crispy.

[–] Mane25@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've heard of eight of these and I've tried four. Are any of them better than Belgian frites?

[–] ScotinDub@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

God no. Belgian frites are in another league!

[–] Mane25@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Of course not, but thanks for the sanity check. Do the Popeye ones come with extra spinach I wonder?

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[–] DocSophie@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Arby's curly fries are peak fast food fries.

[–] BadEngineering@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Checkers/rally's fries are my #1, plus I think they're the only ones on this list that backup their fries with a guarantee.

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[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

OP is looking to start some fights.

I genuinely love McDonald's fries. I don't love anything else there and I go maybe once or twice a year, but they really are my favourite fries.

[–] obesity52@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

If you could get McD's fries but animal style, we'd have a clear winner. Source: username contains the word obesity

[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] ninjakttty@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Jbox curly fries are on point. Def S-tier.

Then BK, McDonalds.

I’ll lump all the rest in the middle scribe I don’t think I’ve had them.

And F- for In-n-out good lord do they make terrible fries, (B- if you make them animal style)

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Checkers. And I don't even normally like that type of fry.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

This is Taco John's potato olΓ© erasure, and I will not stand for it.

[–] HorreC@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Wendys old fries were the best, but currently culvers.

[–] fearout@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

None of these, I really don’t get why people like fries so much. Those baked potato wedges on the other hand are great

[–] atheos@lemmy.atheos.org 2 points 1 year ago

McDonald's and burger king, in that order

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm all about Jack in the Box/Arby's curly fries.

I don't know why they are always separate things on these tho. They are literally the same fries.

Those Taco Bell fries are also pretty damn good. I didn't expect much (because it's Taco Bell) but God damn! They're like the best potatoes you can get at TB.

Didn't like the Popeye's sweet potato fries at all. I love sweet potato, but... That's not the flavor I seek with french fries. Too sweet for something that my brain associates with salty only.

Every other fry is just kinda... There. They don't suck, they're just not amazing.

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Screw fries, tots are where it's at.

[–] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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