How do you eat your french fries?

@btrcooky (176)
April 17, 2009 4:18pm CST
All countries seem to have some form of french fry. They may be called chips or crisps but they are still potatoes, cut up somehow and fried in grease or backed in the oven. Here are some questions. What are they called in your country? How are they cooked? What sauce do you eat with them? Do you did into the sauce or put it over the fries? What is your favorite thing to each with fries?
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@UK_Shree (3603)
17 Apr 09
Here in the UK we just call them fries. To me, chips are different. They are much fatter and chunkier. Fries are thinly cut potato pieces fried in oil. I like eating my fries with ketchup and I also like to have a little bit of salt sprinkled over them and a little ground black pepper.
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@UK_Shree (3603)
19 Apr 09
Exactly. They are simply not as satisfying if I don't add pepper!
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@btrcooky (176)
18 Apr 09
Salt and pepper for sure!
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@Absinto (2385)
• Portugal
17 Apr 09
French fries in my country are called "batatas fritas" which basicly means fried potatoes. We fry them in grease. I eat them with alot alot of mayonese and salt. And i usually eat it with steak.
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@btrcooky (176)
18 Apr 09
Batatas fritas. Thanks, I'm happy to know that. Mayonese and salt. Yummm, I like them that way too.
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• Philippines
17 Apr 09
It's still "French Fries" here. I eat the fries WITH or WITHOUT sauce, lol, mostly gravy or ketchup. Love the fries so much. ^_~
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@btrcooky (176)
18 Apr 09
What kind of gravy?
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• United States
17 Apr 09
When i cook my french fries at home i usually cook then in the oven so i would be baking them and not in the oil as that oil can be fating and not good for your health. I know while i do go through fast food places they do serve french fries with almost every meal they offer and they deep fry all there french fries and almost all there chicken products. I don't use any type of dipping sauce while eating french fries, I'm not a big fan of putting sauce on my fries. I know when i was little i would always want the ketchup just for my fries. I have seen a lot of people use mustard and ketchup for there fries and would put it on the side and dip almost the entire fry into that sauce they have created and it doesn't seem like they even taste the fry but just all the sauce.
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@btrcooky (176)
18 Apr 09
I heard of ketchup a lot but not often mustard. I wonder what that tastes like?
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• Philippines
17 Apr 09
i am not so fond of french fries, but here in the Philippines, we usually get it from a fastfood chain and eat it with a burger. ketchup is the sauce usually use though my wife loves to eat fries with an ice cream.
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@btrcooky (176)
18 Apr 09
Fries with ice cream? Two of my favorite things!
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