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cretinbob [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-02-07 6:09:19 PM  
No, it doesn't.
 
Ambivalence [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-02-07 6:19:42 PM  
Let's here your argument against nachos, while we're at it.
 
JaytheFarkingCanadian [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 6:28:28 PM  
Poutine is Les Quebecois was of ensuring every Anglophone dies of a delicious heart attack, but an abomination it isn't!
 
Feral Cat With Scissors [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-02-07 6:31:44 PM  
I'll just leave this halal snack pack here.

Halal snack pack - Wikipedia
 
GreatGlavinsGhost [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 6:39:24 PM  

Ambivalence: Let's here your argument against nachos, while we're at it.


There is no argument against nachos since they never last long enough to get soggy from their toppings.

French fries may be dipped, but never smothered.

/subby
 
Sgygus [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 7:01:19 PM  
If you want french fries, have french fries.  You want smothered potatoes, have poutine or chili fries or whatever.  You are a linguistic pendant, GreatGalvinsGhost.

/fight me
 
skyotter
2021-02-07 7:09:40 PM  
Maybe there's more than one way to serve fries.
 
west.la.lawyer [recently expired TotalFark]
2021-02-07 7:19:27 PM  
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WTFDYW [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 7:24:16 PM  
I like brown gravy on fries. Nothing else. Just the gravy.
 
Benevolent Misanthrope [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-02-07 7:25:43 PM  

Sgygus: If you want french fries, have french fries.  You want smothered potatoes, have poutine or chili fries or whatever.  You are a linguistic pendant, GreatGalvinsGhost.

/fight me


Poutine is not fries, it's poutine.  Fried potatoes are one ingredient, but it's a separate dish.  A wonderful, amazing, ingenious, delicious but separate dish.


And dayum, Feral Cat With Scissors- I have never seen that but i would eat the HELL out of that.
 
Kornchex [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 7:45:41 PM  
Subby is incorrect.  Carne asada fries with sour cream and guacamole.

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TWX
2021-02-07 7:46:29 PM  
Counterpoint:

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Carne asada fries.

I get them without the guac or sour cream.  The combination of powdered and shredded cheese and the heaping pile of carne asada is just delicious.
 
blender61 [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 7:52:33 PM  

GreatGlavinsGhost: There is no argument against nachos


Yes there is.
Civilized people call them tostadas .
 
SoupGuru [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 8:00:31 PM  
I'm not sure fries should be "crispy"

They should have a nice crust and a fluffy interior.

You're thinking of potato chips.
 
BumpInTheNight [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-02-07 8:03:18 PM  

GreatGlavinsGhost: Ambivalence: Let's here your argument against nachos, while we're at it.

There is no argument against nachos since they never last long enough to get soggy from their toppings.

French fries may be dipped, but never smothered.

/subby


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/and for the record, only cheap & crappy fries get soggy from a little gravy
 
themindiswatching [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-02-07 8:09:08 PM  
subby's really not going to like In-N-Out fries, then.

/they're okay when you eat them immediately
 
pxlboy [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 8:10:36 PM  

Feral Cat With Scissors: I'll just leave this halal snack pack here.

Halal snack pack - Wikipedia


Oh my
 
GreatGlavinsGhost [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 8:11:14 PM  

Sgygus: If you want french fries, have french fries.  You want smothered potatoes, have poutine or chili fries or whatever.  You are a linguistic pendant, GreatGalvinsGhost.

/fight me


I am just against foods made crisp by frying them, then sogged back up by drowning them in some sauce or other food stuff that is best served as sandwich innards.

French fries were never meant to have their fried-ness undone. Otherwise, why deep fry them?
 
GreatGlavinsGhost [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 8:11:34 PM  

west.la.lawyer: [Fark user image image 850x850]


GAH!

MY EYES!
 
mofa [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 8:13:09 PM  
Came here for the chili cheese fries, leaving unsatisfied because I don't have any chili cheese fries to eat.
 
GreatGlavinsGhost [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 8:13:36 PM  

Kornchex: Subby is incorrect.  Carne asada fries with sour cream and guacamole.

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Those French fries look sad and soggy. As if they're hiding their shame under all that cheese.
 
GreatGlavinsGhost [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 8:15:13 PM  

TWX: Counterpoint:

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Carne asada fries.

I get them without the guac or sour cream.  The combination of powdered and shredded cheese and the heaping pile of carne asada is just delicious.


Those flavors appear to be acceptable. But what about the fries? They're lost under the burrito fixins.

You may as well just eat mashed potatoes.
 
GreatGlavinsGhost [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 8:19:55 PM  

blender61: GreatGlavinsGhost: There is no argument against nachos

Yes there is.
Civilized people call them tostadas .


Tostados are made on just one tortilla. Nachos utilize many tortillas, thus increasing the amount of crunch/square inch. And you don't look like some animal eating it with your hands.

Nachos are the second greatest food after pizza. Nachos would be the greatest food, but pizza can be eaten cold, nachos must be warm.
 
GreatGlavinsGhost [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 8:20:43 PM  

SoupGuru: I'm not sure fries should be "crispy"

They should have a nice crust and a fluffy interior.

You're thinking of potato chips.


I wasn't sure of the correct word. I was going to say crisp or crunchy. Either way, French fries are never soggy.
 
Redh8t [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-02-07 8:39:06 PM  

GreatGlavinsGhost: Sgygus: If you want french fries, have french fries.  You want smothered potatoes, have poutine or chili fries or whatever.  You are a linguistic pendant, GreatGalvinsGhost.

/fight me

I am just against foods made crisp by frying them, then sogged back up by drowning them in some sauce or other food stuff that is best served as sandwich innards.

French fries were never meant to have their fried-ness undone. Otherwise, why deep fry them?


Why deep fry them??
Because then you have tasty potato sticks in five minutes, that's why!
You wanna sit in a drive-thru for thirty minutes while they bake them? Huh!?

As for how they're dressed? To each their own. Period (.)
Sometimes I just like to munch them with their salty goodness. Perhaps a little vinegar or lemon juice if it's with fish.
Other times, especially with a beef au jus, I like to smother them, drown them even. And when I'm done, I lick the f*cking plate...

/pick one and suck it!
 
TWX
2021-02-07 8:56:54 PM  

GreatGlavinsGhost: TWX: Counterpoint:

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Carne asada fries.

I get them without the guac or sour cream.  The combination of powdered and shredded cheese and the heaping pile of carne asada is just delicious.

Those flavors appear to be acceptable. But what about the fries? They're lost under the burrito fixins.

You may as well just eat mashed potatoes.


Done right the fries are sufficiently cooked that they remain fries.  The dish is eaten with a fork in order to get cheese, meat, and potatoes in each bite.
 
GreatGlavinsGhost [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 9:00:43 PM  

TWX: GreatGlavinsGhost: TWX: Counterpoint:

[Fark user image image 500x333]

Carne asada fries.

I get them without the guac or sour cream.  The combination of powdered and shredded cheese and the heaping pile of carne asada is just delicious.

Those flavors appear to be acceptable. But what about the fries? They're lost under the burrito fixins.

You may as well just eat mashed potatoes.

Done right the fries are sufficiently cooked that they remain fries.  The dish is eaten with a fork in order to get cheese, meat, and potatoes in each bite.


Utensils? For finger foods!?

I take it you eat candy bars with a fork and a knife!
 
GreatGlavinsGhost [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 9:09:27 PM  

Redh8t: GreatGlavinsGhost: Sgygus: If you want french fries, have french fries.  You want smothered potatoes, have poutine or chili fries or whatever.  You are a linguistic pendant, GreatGalvinsGhost.

/fight me

I am just against foods made crisp by frying them, then sogged back up by drowning them in some sauce or other food stuff that is best served as sandwich innards.

French fries were never meant to have their fried-ness undone. Otherwise, why deep fry them?

Why deep fry them??
Because then you have tasty potato sticks in five minutes, that's why!
You wanna sit in a drive-thru for thirty minutes while they bake them? Huh!?

As for how they're dressed? To each their own. Period (.)
Sometimes I just like to munch them with their salty goodness. Perhaps a little vinegar or lemon juice if it's with fish.
Other times, especially with a beef au jus, I like to smother them, drown them even. And when I'm done, I lick the f*cking plate...

/pick one and suck it!


You want to ruin French fries by covering them with something? Do it in the privacy of your own home. Just don't call them "fries" after you destroy the fry-iness.

They're potatoes, French cut, then deep fried. They are perfect as is. Lightly salted is acceptable, too. But glopping sauces on them is the culinary equivalent of alchemy. Or astrology. Maybe even flat-eartherism. Whatever it is, it's not natural.
 
skyotter
2021-02-07 9:41:18 PM  

GreatGlavinsGhost: Whatever it is, it's not natural.


Deep frying isn't natural.
 
GreatGlavinsGhost [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 9:58:55 PM  

skyotter: GreatGlavinsGhost: Whatever it is, it's not natural.

Deep frying isn't natural.


Fat is natural. Fire is natural. Dropping food into heated fat to fry it is natural.

Covering the natural beauty that is fried potatoes is like saying you're ashamed of fried foods. Who does that? Lumpy coverings on French fries is against everything that is good in the world.
 
TWX
2021-02-07 10:05:14 PM  

GreatGlavinsGhost: TWX: GreatGlavinsGhost: TWX: Counterpoint:

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Carne asada fries.

I get them without the guac or sour cream.  The combination of powdered and shredded cheese and the heaping pile of carne asada is just delicious.

Those flavors appear to be acceptable. But what about the fries? They're lost under the burrito fixins.

You may as well just eat mashed potatoes.

Done right the fries are sufficiently cooked that they remain fries.  The dish is eaten with a fork in order to get cheese, meat, and potatoes in each bite.

Utensils? For finger foods!?

I take it you eat candy bars with a fork and a knife!


When they're an ingredient in some other dessert, absolutely.
 
Redh8t [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-02-07 10:24:58 PM  

GreatGlavinsGhost: skyotter: GreatGlavinsGhost: Whatever it is, it's not natural.

Deep frying isn't natural.

Fat is natural. Fire is natural. Dropping food into heated fat to fry it is natural.

Covering the natural beauty that is fried potatoes is like saying you're ashamed of fried foods. Who does that? Lumpy coverings on French fries is against everything that is good in the world.


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OneDayWhat
2021-02-07 10:25:17 PM  
But what about sauced fish and chips? That's still above board, right? Because they ain't French if you call them chips.

/ not a single freedom fries mention
// son, I am disappoint
/// d'oh
 
montreal_medic [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 10:44:42 PM  

west.la.lawyer: [Fark user image image 850x850]


Those are the wrong kind of fries. Poutine goes on dark, fat, greasy fries
 
Sgygus [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 10:53:53 PM  

GreatGlavinsGhost: I am just against foods made crisp by frying them, then sogged back up by drowning them in some sauce or other food stuff that is best served as sandwich innards.


If the main appeal of a french fry is its crispiness, GreatGlavinsGhost, you make a good argument.  But most of the smothered french fry dishes leave many still-crispy ends of the potatoes sticking for easy grasping.  What about a fry that is dipped in a sauce like tomato or mayo, do you object to that?
 
Professor Science
2021-02-07 10:57:02 PM  
Seeing so much wrongness spouted by one user made me think I had clicked on the politics tab instead of the food tab.

I may have to go drown some crispy deep-fried chicken in Frank's and butter just to make sure GreatGlavinsGhost has something else to be mad about.
 
IAmRight
2021-02-07 10:58:26 PM  
GGG, you're right...but I make an exception for asada fries.

I also made the mistake of having fries with sausage gravy before having poutine, and that's just 10000x better than poutine as it stands.

/I was able to eat them fast enough that they didn't get soggy
//Poutine sucks and I really wanted to like it
///Also, always dip, never drench fries in condiments
 
GreatGlavinsGhost [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 10:59:43 PM  

Sgygus: GreatGlavinsGhost: I am just against foods made crisp by frying them, then sogged back up by drowning them in some sauce or other food stuff that is best served as sandwich innards.

If the main appeal of a french fry is its crispiness, GreatGlavinsGhost, you make a good argument.  But most of the smothered french fry dishes leave many still-crispy ends of the potatoes sticking for easy grasping.  What about a fry that is dipped in a sauce like tomato or mayo, do you object to that?


Dipping is acceptable, because the eater can control the amount of fry-ruining material that covers the fry AND how long it is on the fry. Thus limiting the anti-crunch shame the fries would be subjected to.
 
DreamyAltarBoy
2021-02-07 11:04:21 PM  
GreatGlavinsGhost:
You want to ruin French fries by covering them with something? Do it in the privacy of your own home. Just don't call them "fries" after you destroy the fry-iness.


Sure, that's why it's called poutine, not poutine fries.
 
Brosephus [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 11:15:49 PM  
Not a poutine guy, but I will demolish cheddar bacon fries with no mercy shown.

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billstewart
2021-02-07 11:16:55 PM  
Poutine fries are when you take poutine, dip it in batter, and deep-fry it.

themindiswatching: subby's really not going to like In-N-Out fries, then.
/they're okay when you eat them immediately


In&Out's Animal Style Fries are a Californianized vegetarian version of poutine. And they rock (though as you say, only when you eat them immediately.)
 
Practical_Draconian [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 11:21:45 PM  
Nothing wrong with chili cheese and optional extra meat fries or poutine, though I admit I have yet to try the latter.

Ketchup is only acceptable if your fries SUCK. Don't even get me started on mayo; that shiat should be eliminated from our universe IMO.

Acceptable also with fries: Cocktail sauce, honey mustard (my pref), salsas, Thai peanut butter or plum sauce, Indian mint chutney, barbecue sauce.
 
GreatGlavinsGhost [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 11:23:30 PM  

Professor Science: Seeing so much wrongness spouted by one user made me think I had clicked on the politics tab instead of the food tab.

I may have to go drown some crispy deep-fried chicken in Frank's and butter just to make sure GreatGlavinsGhost has something else to be mad about.


I'm not mad.

Go ahead. Ruin your fried foods. See if I care!

One day you'll come back here and face up to your mistakes, you anti-fried-ite!
 
GreatGlavinsGhost [TotalFark]
2021-02-07 11:25:03 PM  

Brosephus: Not a poutine guy, but I will demolish cheddar bacon fries with no mercy shown.

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AAAAAAAGGGHHH!

THE HORROR!
 
HighwayBill [OhFark]
2021-02-07 11:29:13 PM  
I would like some kimchi and cheese fries please and thank you.
 
Gough
2021-02-07 11:50:04 PM  
I've been spending substantial chunks of time in Northern Ontario starting in the mid-'50s, before the widespread availability of poutine.   Based on my culinary experiences there, the addition of cheese curds and gravy doesn't render the fries soggy.  In the 65 years that I've been dining there, I can count the number of times that I've had crispy french fries (outside of a McDonald's or Wendy's) on one hand. Almost universally, what I've encountered has been limp, soggy fries.
 
dickrickulous
2021-02-07 11:50:13 PM  

west.la.lawyer: [Fark user image 850x850]
Zoot alor! Shoot encore.


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iron de havilland [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-02-07 11:58:21 PM  

GreatGlavinsGhost: They're potatoes, French cut, then deep fried. They are perfect as is. Lightly salted is acceptable, too. But glopping sauces on them is the culinary equivalent of alchemy. Or astrology. Maybe even flat-eartherism. Whatever it is, it's not natural.


You have my sympathy for the sheer joy that is missing from your life.
 
Chevello
2021-02-07 11:58:55 PM  
I'll just leave this here:

The Hat® Chili Cheese Fries with Pastrami Review! Peep THIS Out!
Youtube OuSCwPFkPdU
 
gietmay
2021-02-08 12:04:13 AM  
I thought poutine was a really strong (similar to everclear)  alcoholic drink from Ireland.
 
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