fries in a

very good question, gonna have to think about this

wow great poll idea, seriously

voting for fries

I think I'm on team "red plastic oval basket" but the square-ish cardboard container has that old school charm

in a burrito

option 6 …but option 1 is good too

fuckin hate fries in a bucket tho

misread this as 'fires in a' which made it a much better poll

yeah 1 & 6 are obviously the best options, paper cone is also good, the metal basket & pail, mug etc are totally unacceptable.

In a Frosty, don’t much care how they arrive before that moment.

Chips in vinegar soaked newspaper

One perfect fry and one square centimeter of sauce

A McDonald's near me used to have something on the menu called Fryosaurus which was a large drink cup filled with French fries.

fries in a red plastic oval basket atop red-and-white checkered wax paper.

Brings warm childhood memories cos it reminds me of when we'd go to Sonny's near my grandparents house

I've never had fries in a miniature wire fry basket, but I've seen a million pictures of them online. Fries generally come on a plate around these parts.

I bet there are regional elements to this, I wanna see an historic-geographic method study

other/Belgian: puntzak (cone shaped paper), no wire frame.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Patatje_met.jpg/1920px-Patatje_met.jpg

Fries piled on a plate with literally nothing else on it, just a huge plateful of golden fries. When I was seven years old and being bullied at my school in the Marshall Islands and dreading lunch and recess, every so often my dad would show up to the school unexpectedly to rescue me and take me to the Quick Stop Coffee Shop, where he would let me order an entire plate of fries and nothing else.

Fries are probably objectively best in either a square-ish cardboard container or in a cone that means you're actually in Belgium, but I can't be objective; I see a plate full of fries and my heart is all, "GRAB YOUR THINGS I'VE COME TO TAKE YOU HOME."

i do not understand the wire baskets. it's a miniature replica of a deep fryer component. ok?

Fries in a photo book of the fry cooks who burned their arms to make them

There are no bad answers obviously because they all involve fries, but the red plastic baskets with the red and white tablecloth is such a childhood touchstone for me. Because it not only meant I had fries, it meant I had them in someplace cool and fun. Probably a place with at least three flavors of ice cream.

Also I feel like the fries in red plastic baskets have to be crinkle-cut.

i definitely missed some wonderful options in this poll and i am glad people are pointing them out.

i like the wax paper packet because the salt and oil collects on the nubs at the bottom and they're wickedly good if they don't get too cold first.

i've never had fries in the metal deep fryer cube but it seems to be really popular at sit-down restaurants that serve burgers elsewhere. i'm not a fan but i get the utility of it.

the metal cube allows the fries to stand up, slightly fancier presentation then the basket but yeah durable, reusable, easy to clean, only potential waste is if they put some wax paper liner in there

to me red plastic basket + red checked paper = Dairy Queen (who have nasty fries these days just like Burger King... they just kind of gave up even trying and use those disgusting fake-crispy starch-coated ones)

Chili's switched from a basket to the metal cube and now you get like 1/3rd the amount of fries so in my mind the metal cube is just a way to dazzle you so you don't notice you're getting ripped off.

There are no bad answers obviously because they all involve fries, but the red plastic baskets with the red and white tablecloth is such a childhood touchstone for me. Because it not only meant I had fries, it meant I had them in someplace cool and fun. Probably a place with at least three flavors of ice cream.

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Takes me back to a specific beach concession stand from childhood summer vacations.

Most of these are only seen rarely/situationally in America, correct?

Fries on a plate >>>>>>>>>

Goddamnit, you're gonna make me go get fries.

Anyway, square cardboard container in a greasy brown bag.

write-in vote for buttered roll

i might make some wind chimes but make the chimes look like french fries. fries in a resonant harmony

Most of these are only seen rarely/situationally in America, correct?

what??? I see most of these on a regular basis in America.

though it would be an interesting discussion to list these options in order of how expensive they are and/or the cost of the burger / sandwich etc they accompany

Chips in yesterday's newspapers.

i should have put "fries / chips" in the poll title to make it less us-centric. though it would have lost its snappiness.

lots of great options, probably between paper packet and red basket for me.

I don't think I've ever seen fries in a mug though, does that one have a specific context?

Maybe it's just because I almost never get fries to go, so I don't see the cardboard containers or paper packets . But I almost never see metal baskets, pails, or mugs here. That only leaves paper cone with frame, which I only see at the brasserie that's trying to do the Belgian frites thing, and the red basket with wax paper (which is firmly part of the Midwestern experience).

You want paper to soak up the grease, but not the cardboard box takeout container which keeps the steam trapped in making them soggy.

Went for paper cone in wire frame thingy, but preference is freshly dumped on a plate next to accompanying sandwich.

in case anyone other than me was wondering if we ever polled types of fries: Fries poll

In the U.K. they call it "chips in a cup that looks like half of a naked bog roll"

Chips in yesterday's newspapers.

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+1

which you can't get round my way anymore and haven't been able to for decades. has the usage of newspapers for such a thing been prohibited?

... polystyrene container

Seems to be the standard procedure from chippies these days.

https://www.carterspackaging.com/Shop/Category/Fish-and-Chip-Takeaway-Containers

Ugh, the worst. I associate those with Burger King and Hardee's from when I was a kid.

which you can't get round my way anymore and haven't been able to for decades. has the usage of newspapers for such a thing been prohibited?

... polystyrene container

Seems to be the standard procedure from chippies these days.

Fries in a paper cone can totally go either way. Belgian fries that are crisp and perfect and in a cone are the best. But when fancy American brewery-restaurants want to trick you into thinking their limp, greasy brown fries are artisanal and supposed to be that way, they always put them in a cone and give you a little cup of aioli on the side.

^^ otm. restaurant owners dearly love to substitute perceived quality-signifiers for actual good-quality food.

Red oval basket, as god intended.

https://c.tenor.com/8ngUEuFt6SAAAAAC/simpsons-burger.gif

Red baskets very US thing. Here you only see it in places trying to be all southern doing hot sauce wings or poboys or whatever diner food.

Missing receptacle: round flat bottomed waxed cups, sort of like paper coffee cups but bigger, vis:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DuUkmtxVsAATIqt?format=jpg&name=small

I always hated chips in the square upright boxes with the closeable lids, as the steam would be trapped.

Which reminds me of another poll.
HOT CHIPS: SOGGY or CRUNCHY?

fries covered w gravy in a lined paper bag in holistically where it’s at for me but they dont exist in my universe rn

US not really into gravy, so that may partly explain our preferred methods of fry vessels.

The south likes gravy, but afaik dumping it on fries isn't a thing...yet. Whataburger includes white gravy as its dipping sauce for chicken tenders, though.

i did not mean that to be rude, i was simply fascinated

No offence taken! Looking back I consider it resourcefulness taken too far - we had plenty of ordinary newspapers to use. Lol at Simpsons gif

The Five Guys round cup is my reference point for the above image and it is good.

xpost Sorry, I meant gravy on fries. The closest we get (geographically) is poutine. Americans are otherwise all-aboard the gravy train.

in the us the common fries topping afaict is chili and cheese.

i'm gonna be real - i haven't eaten fries in like a year. some foods are just too much for me these days. i don't miss them. though this thread might result in me getting some good fries soon.

fries are best when consumed sporadically & with plenty of salt

i do not care what vessel they come in so long as they are not soggy

cold soggy fries with a lot of salt can be amazing and delicious

in the us the common fries topping afaict is chili and cheese ketchup

is ketchup really a topping though? or is it a dipping sauce

What I used to like about going to Five Guys was that they'd give you a cup of fries like in the picture above, but then just pour an additional scoop of fries into the bag, on top of the burger and fries you'd already gotten. It was effectively two orders of fries for the price of one. I haven't eaten at Five Guys in several years, though, so I don't know if they still do that.

I used to squirt ketchup all over my fries like a topping... when I was 13. Now that just seems unnecessarily messy.

5 guys def does that still xp. one time i went with my sis and they skimped a bit and we made a joking throw away comment about it feeling kinda light and they gave us a bag filled w fries on top of our orders lol. cajun style of course.

Five Guys are/were very generous with the fries, but their fries are usually soggy in my experience.

five guys? more like five tons of soggy fries

soft fries > crispy fries

noooooooooooo

Well, there are degrees of crispy. I would certainly prefer soft fries to the BK-style overdone ones rightly excoriated upthread. However, crispy fries, done right, slay soft fries.

Best fries I have had recently were from Wayback Burgers. Their burgers are inoffensive and unremarkable, but their fries are perfection.

Xpost oh yeah, but you need some crispy ones too.

And let's not forget 'bits', like

chips should only be ever be soft if they have curry sauce poured on them

I guess the few times I've had newspaper must have technically been illegal, which is probably why it felt so fucking good to eat out of

fresh out the fryer and into a wide guy, like the red basket, number one

if it's not as fresh, like delivery or plenty of fast food places, might as well put it in one of those cardboard coffins to maintain some of its fry-ness before air turns them into unrecognizable supposedly organic matter

i'd vote for "a plate" if i could, but it's not in the options, which is fair, because fries go on plate not in plate

also super insulating things are not good because sometimes the fries go bad before they even get to a tolerable heat level (i want warm fries, not scorching hot fries), which is like an insane quantum state wherein they are both OLD and STILL HOT. disgusting. im thinknig about that now and getting a little mad in my head. it should not be possible

crazy that this vegetable we call """hardy""" is actually the most fragile little stupid thing that turns to inedible dust when you so much as walk away to get some condiments from the counter/fridge

i never ordered fries at Five Guys, I'd just order a burger and then my side would be the free fucking peanuts

Hasn't anyone served fries in a hollowed out baked potato?

Due to the ineluctable nature of karma, I'm in a small town in North Carolina for work and I've just been served fries on a tiny metal basket for the first time.

chili, cheese, gravy, animal style - no

just fries in a rectangular paper tray

hard agree, fries are a side not a base

ironically around a month ago I had my first McDonald's in decades, an order of fries, it was delicious. last week I tried another small order from Carl's Jr and it wasn't quite as good.

I also had an absolute disaster once trying to make fries at home via this weird recipe that involved low heat in the fry oil for a longer period. I believe Stevie D had success with this but I did not.

a lot of these are good but i'm going with cone. aesthetically pleasing, keeps the fries upright, and makes me think of moules frites which is always a welcome thought.

fries are part of the dish in lomo saltado and that is delicious
(generally i agree that fries are usually a side not a base in the USA)

oooh good point! yes we also had fries in sandwiches (chicken filet) in Peru, it was surprisingly good

i like poutine tho

idk if it's just me getting old though, I'm...kinda averse to fries, as a side?

maybe not a good streak fry, but the crinkle cuts = just feed me the mucus out of a rhinoceros first.

curly fries = instant vomit (and I used to be the dude who would order the largest curly at Arby's and dip it in horsie sauce and just go to town in front of the tv).

McDonald's I still like cos they're nice trash fries, nice 'n salty. Wendy's authentic potatoes or whatnot = meh, five guys = meh.

idk i want the potato whole I guess now :(

sorry this is NOT a bad talk fries thread. carry on!

lomo saltado is sooooo good LL otm

100% but I would not describe it as using fries for a base, they are more of an ingredient unlike poutine or chili fries

I think the really important thing here is that we all agree properly fried potatoes rule

great fries are great

So great.

I love how one of the healthiest things on the planet can become one of the least healthy things on the planet in a just a few minutes.

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yes

when I see the thread title I think of the Dry Cleaning track “Spoils”

I like of Lil B, but instead of "hoes on my dick", I hear "fries in a _______ "