I bet it would be delicious
see: loaded fries
Why don't we put butter and sour cream on French fries? They're basically like tiny skinless baked potatoes...
Submitted 4 months ago by MrJameGumb@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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downpunxx@fedia.io 4 months ago
danc4498@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I prefer loaded tots. Liquid cheese, sour cream, bacon and chives.
ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Add chopped fresh roasted hatch green Chile, and I’m yours
bjorney@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
It’s pretty common in Canada to be able to order fries with sour cream, green onion, tomatoes, and cheese/queso.
That being said fries are way greasier than a baked potato, and they are better suited to more acidic condiments (ketchup, malt vinegar, etc)
cerement@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
so mayonnaise or tartar sauce it is!
Knuschberkeks@feddit.de 4 months ago
mayonnaise on fries is a staple in Germany.
brenticus@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Unironically my two favorite sauces for fries. I attribute a not insignificant portion of my weight gain pre-COVID on slathering cafeteria fries with too much mayo.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Poutine or gtfo lol
mp3@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Why don’t you?
I like eating my fries with sour cream.
Notyou@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
That’s what I was thinking. I’ve been eating sour cream and fries since I was in high school working in fast food.
To tell you the true get yourself a plain cheeseburger and put sour cream on that. It is dope. I figured that out making messy ass chili cheeseburgers and I mixed in sour cream. It wasn’t long before I figured out meat, cheese, and sour cream go very well together.
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
I think the oil they’re deep fried in takes the place of the butter. As for sour cream, I’m not a fan in general so I couldn’t tell you.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 4 months ago
My favorite thing to put on fries is malt vinegar
folkrav@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
We’re used to white vinegar up here. First time I asked for vinegar in the US and got this malt thingy I was very disappointed lol
wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 4 months ago
I know a lot of people who like to dip French fries in Ranch dressing, which is like sour cream with extra steps.
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Mayo with chilli powder
Delta_V@lemmy.world 4 months ago
When I make steak fries at home, I’ll sometimes mix sour cream and hot sauce for a dip.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I find poutine to be the superior presentation of the fry as a meal in its own right.
Also, shoutout to lomo saltado, because that shit slaps pretty hard too.
systemglitch@lemmy.world 4 months ago
We bought fries today that came with sour cream on them, they were delicious.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It is, I’m more surprised that you don’t…
Also on the list, any wildcard + Fries. Carne Asada Fries Brisket Fries Fish and Chips (malt vinegar fries with a side of fried fish) Gyro Fries Poutine (Gravy and cheese curds on fries) Hashbrown Fries (Fries with whatever you usually put in hashbrowns) Sausage Gravy Fries Kimchi Fries (although if the Kimchi “pancake” is on offer, get that)
The list goes on. It’s almost easier to list things you wouldn’t want fries with and even then I’m sure some maniac would order fries under Sashimi.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Because they’re already filled with lots of fats? Saturated fats at that.
Aux@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Mayo is 75% fat and yet it is used as a dip everywhere.
brb@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
But mayo has only like 6% saturated fats
echodot@feddit.uk 4 months ago
You can. Although they’re not typically french fries, they are generally thicker cut so you have somewhere to actually put your condiments.
Eczpurt@lemmy.world 4 months ago
In typical fast food probably cost. Sit down restaurants, I bet they would give it to you if you asked. At home, no one is there to stop you!
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There is a valid scientific reason for this.
Your body requires a certain amount of carbs protein and fat and you are subconsciously drawn to foods that have the proper proportions of these three items.
Potatoes do not inherently have much fat or protein so we add things like sour cream and butter because they are high in fat and then we eat them with steak for protein.
French fries on the other hand is bathed in pure Oil making them really high in fat fulfilling two of our bodies basic needs fat and carbs, we then eat them with burgers that are high in protein. The ketchup has little to do with this specifically however there is a valid reason ketchup is full of citrus acids an acid commonly found in fresh fruits deceiving your brain into thinking you’re eating a healthy delicious fresh fruit instead of a starch filled oil drenched root.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 months ago
My man… Have you not heard of garlic fries?
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I’m from the deep south and over here we don’t call them french fries. We call them American fries, or just fries. French fries are actually a kind of crisp shaped like fries.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I too am from the deep south. Everyone calls them French fries lol
No one has ever called them “American fries” because that’s already a different thing
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Besides, we’re supposed to call them Freedom Fries.
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
How deep? Like Brazil/Colombia “deep” or proper Chile deep?
FierySpectre@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Unless you’re in France, they only bake fries once so the fries are soggy as hell.
Aux@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Fries are deep fried. Why would you bake them?
Donebrach@lemmy.world 4 months ago
nothing’s stopping you but your own fear.
slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Also judgement from internet strangers, you can’t forgot that.