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Why is it that some food establishments have frozen fries and other have fresh cut fries? Fresh cut fries are WAY better than frozen processed ones and to buy the potatoes to make home cut fries is cheaper than buying the frozen ones. What gives? Just sayin’. —Fry Guy
This article appears in Aug 23-29, 2012.
12 Comments
depends… do you want to pay out for students who cut fingers off because you’re too cheap to buy a fry cutter?
I’m guessing they’re DEFINITELY too cheap to invest in a fry-making water cannon like mcd’s.
http://gizmodo.com/5814613/the-french-fry-…
businesses aren’t just cheap… sometimes they’re also lazy.
I do agree though… wholeheartedly.
sweet po fries are even better.
i have more of an issue with the temperature of the deep fryer and the length of time they are cooked. i’ve used these in restaurants and unless you’re challenged, you shouldn’t mistake your hand for a potato http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploa…
you can’t beat that for speed.
For me, while a little more tedious…
I actually prefer the spiral/ribbon cutters.
http://foodserviceblog.idahopotato.com/wp-…
sweet potato fries, you had to mention them ZZZ
(drool)
the ladies at that corner shack in west dover cut their own chips. mountains of them. by hand. sometimes there’s an old guy that does it. only place i’ll order them.
Home made chips (not fries FFS) are the best, you need a real chip pan, with a mesh basket, a shitload of lard, yes artery clogging lard, a sharp knife, some russet potatoes, and most importantly, be somewhat sober – and malt vinegar when they’re done.
it’s for a thing called profit. frozen is usually cheaper than fresh. and also takes less time to prepare and fry. i prefer the fresh, but when you have to peel, cutup, then deep fry, it takes time.
For the places that switch in between them, I’ve been told it’s because they sometimes can’t get decent potatoes. Frozen’s a bit better than a mouthful of deep-fried dry rot.
why bother peel?
the best stuff is in the skin.
and a 10 lb bag of potatoes was going for 3 bucks at superstore… granted a sale, but still… potatoes are cheap.
you know a place you can buy a 10 lb bag of frozen fries for 3 bucks?
even giant tiger is more expensive than that.
why bother peel?
the best stuff is in the skin.
and a 10 lb bag of potatoes was going for 3 bucks at superstore… granted a sale, but still… potatoes are cheap.
you know a place you can buy a 10 lb bag of frozen fries for 3 bucks?
even giant tiger is more expensive than that.
at a buck a (1 kg) bag, you’d get at most 7 lbs.
So it is looking like the home cut fries are winning by a landslide! If you peel em… you can make potato skins – double up on the profit or leave the skin on and get the best fry going. They got these potato slicing rigs for dummies. You jam a potato in and pull down the lever… voila… home cut fries. anybody who gets their finger caught in that is pretty dumb.
zZz
Your correct much cheaper to buy a bag of potatoes to make home fries The skins must be left on.
I love my Homemade sweet potato fries with my homemade extra spicy curry mayo.I better go to bed,it’s way too late to eat.
SOHI99 are you a recluse?
there are stupid people everywhere.
I run into several before even getting to work in the morning.