Ok ok ok I know they're bad for us but they sure are yummy. I'm grew up in Ireland so they're called chips there plus you can get curried chips or chips and coleslaw. Of course chips with a dash of vinegar. Do you like thin ones, long ones, fat ones, crispy, chewy?
My fave french fries (or are we suppose to call them freedom fries) in Boise, Idaho: * The Wave: You can buy a pound of fries for $1.50 (at least I think it's still $1.50) with fry sauce. They are just normal, run-of-the-mill shoe string fries. It must be the oil they fry 'em up in cuz they are mighty mighty tasty. You also have the option of having them dust some special seasoning on it to give it a bit more kick. * Westside Drive-In: These are lightly seasoned fries. Very yummy! Make sure you have alot of napkins though...especially if you are eating your fries while driving. * Good-To-Go (at least I think that's the name of the place): It's part of a chain I think. Seasoned fries. Very cheap too and you get a lot. Good fry sauce as well. * Tablerock Brew Pub and Bardenay's: Coated fries (not seasoned though). Very delicious.
I like big, thick steak fries with crumbled feta cheese on top. Maybe a dollop of ketchup on the side for dipping.
I prefer thick fries ... Usually with the standard ketchup, or vinegar with seasoning salt on them. Mayo is actually pretty good on them as well -- especially if you can get herb flavored mayo. Around here, I've only found one place where I absolutely love their fries. It's a little deli/grill place inside a convenience store. I don't know what it is about them, but they just have the absolute best flavor. I normally don't pick up just fries when I eat (always got to have a burger or something else) but when I go there, that's usually all I get. And I am a sucker for McDonald's fries. Especially the really, really limp ones ... Or the wonderfully delicious ones that are cooked for so long they become crunchy and have a translucent look to them b/c of all the grease.
I hate it when I go to fast food places, and I end up getting the last portion out of a batch of fries and the guy behinds me in line, gets freshly fried fries.
Also my favorite, when I do eat fries. Not-so-secret vice: dipping french fries in horseradish sauce. Yummy!!
I like big, thick fries with lots of home made mayo! I know only one place in Santiago where I can buy them ('cause yes, I am too lazy to cook them myself).
I will meet you there. Any pomme fritte fete would not be the same without copious amounts of lager brewed by those wicked Belgian Monks.
God bless the Belgians. I don't think I had anything but pommes frites with mayo or omelettes for any non-breakfast meal in a week of being there, and I never wanted for anything else. The Belgian beer bar in the Village - hell if I know its name - rules.
As far as fast food chains go, Arby's rule the fries landscape with the curly fries. oh yeah, if i'm not dipping fries in ketchup, i'm not dipping them in anything else, because anything else is nasty.
Damn Skippy Mike, all they need is a shot of vinegar and you're good to go. I can smell 'em now and see Boardwalk Elvis strutting down the beach.
Simple solution to you problems, ask for fries from a fresh basket, they'll be happy to do it for you. The only reason they don't usually do that is because they don't want to piss people off who don't want to wait a minute and a half for fresh fries. If they know you'll wait, they'll do it.
Malt vinegar is best. Boardwalk Elvis - proof that you don't have to go to Venice Beach to see nutcases near the ocean.
I don't use ketchup or anything. I just like to savor the taste of warm, crispy potato and a little salt by itself.