Doesn't matter which, if its done incorrectly its complete garbage.
Done right, each one, extremely delicious... except maybe sweet potato
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Posting such a controversial question and putting in onion rings on this list is bordering on rage bait
Edit: I can't type
I'm really sorry I should have put a trigger warning
"Sides you dip in ketchup" covers everything in the image!
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I'm really not a big white potato fan but sweet potatoes and onions are delicious
This is exactly what I thought as going to answer. Fuckin LOVE sweet potatoes and onions
Most of these are good, just for different things. I want waffle fries at the bar; I want shoestring fries at the burger place; I want wedges at the cafe on the corner.
Except the zigzags. I don't think I've ever had a good zigzag.
Zig zag/crinkle cut goes to the back and I think waffle deserves the #1 spot personally. I agree with the rest of the ordering otherwise.
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Tater tots are basically an entire potential meal of their own. Not a French fry, but I may actually prefer them as a possible main dish.
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The best French fries. They are the perfect side.
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If you want to fancy it up a bit. Suitable for formal occasions.
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Taking the one-dimensional line of the French fry and extrapolating it out to two dimensions. Still a good ketchup conveyance, but starting to get into the issue I'm going to bring up with...
5, 6, 7. Not a good enough ratio of crispy outer fried surface to gooey potato inner. I prefer crisp, but when I bite one of these, I have a good chance of just getting a mouthful of scalding hot potato napalm, or what's worse, cold potato cement. Not ideal.
'8. Yeccch.
counterargument: 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Straight out of the fryer
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If it's been on the plate for 10m
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Chip shop chips > roast potato > steak fries > everything on this list
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Jack in the Box curlies from 20 years ago before they switched to a different frying oil. I was just arriving in the states and that stuff was the best ever.
Hardee's curly fries are the best. By extension I guess that means Carl's Jr. too, but I wouldn't know.
Did they do what McDonald's did and switch from beef tallow to vegetable oil?
I miss the old McDonald's fries but I like that their less terrible for you, but yet they're still not vegetarian/vegan.
1 > 2 > 5 > 8 > 4 > 3 > 6 > 7
Yes. To all of them.
Chips?
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I think onion rings and tots need to be removed from the list as neither are potato based. Substitute latkes and hash browns in their places.
Bro, what are your tots made out of?
Industrial waste or cardboard, would be my guess (it was a joke, tots are every bit as good as waffle fry’s).
What exactly are your tots made of, if not 'tater?
Tots are literally cylindrical hash browns.
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5, [tied: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7], 6, 8
Sweet potato fries are fucking amazing when they're done right. Usually they're overly mushy which I think is why they get so much hate, but they're top tier when the cook knows what they're doing.
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... are the wedges the only non fried food in this picture?
How about boiling them tatoes?
Or simply pan fry them with some butter?
Anyways; 1. Wedges, 2. Waffles, 3. Shoestring with surprise sweet potatoes > The rest.
Wedges are fried often times. At our nation-wide supermarket for example, at the ready-made counter, wedges are definitely fried. Same with the mom and pop chicken shop down the street.
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Onions > sweet potatoes > potatoes
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