As a non-american it blows my mind that you have so many fast food companies.
What blows my mind is that it's all large franchise. We have tons of independant selling various form of fast-food. Stuff like Sandwiches, Pizza, kebap and more. But I can't think about only 2-3 large chain, basically we have Mc-Donalds, Quick, and that's it ? or may-be burger kind did a comeback last years, not even sure...
What really amazes me is that, that's not all of them
To be fair, where I'm at in the south we have these. Still a lot but most are very regional
I was pretty sure most of them were made up. I hope this crap never makes it over here
I have never seen so few fries from Five Guys before.
There's more but they had to crop out the 1ga bag of fries that they use as insulation for your burger.
The fries act as ballast too
Yup. And they know how to make fantastic fries. And cajun seasoning if you want. Fucking great, a worthy compliment to their consistently decent-to-great burgers.
Every time I eat any fast food burgers besides 5 guys I'm disappointed that I didn't hold out for 5 guys.
I'm a human not a french fry
Homemade
Fuck fast foods (and fast fashion and everything related)
Fuck consumption society
Life is an act of consumption.
The comma doesn't do anything there
Does the Italic work better for emphases?
It does indeed!
Small pause. That's all
Yes but there are different types. What we have is the reckless, thoughtless kind.
Latish reply, but how do you make yours? Do you do the 'restaurant' steps of using water & freezing to get the starch out?
Me, I just slice up baking potatoes and pop them in my air fryer for a while, turning and re-basting with oil a few times. Not restaurant grade, but good enough.
Sometimes when I have patience, but most often I just do the same. The difference is huge though for so little effort.
We only have McDonald's and Burger King here and i wouldn't eat there when i was starving
Arby's curly fries are peak fast food fries.
Checkers/rally's fries are my #1, plus I think they're the only ones on this list that backup their fries with a guarantee.
Wendys old fries were the best, but currently culvers.
If you could get McD's fries but animal style, we'd have a clear winner. Source: username contains the word obesity
Top two picks from each row:
Overall, if I were choosing a place based solely on the fries: Smash > Five Guys > Popeyes > Arby's
The top two spots were tricky. I like the 5 guys fresh cut style, but Smash mixes a traditional thin cut fast food fry with rosemary. And they don't make things weird by giving you more than you can or should eat.
The only one I actively dislike is Chick-fil-A, but some of the other offerings are 'meh' enough that they need ketchup.
Missing entries: Penn Station and Skyline. They're both regional, but I like both of them over most of the other offerings. Penn Station has fresh-cut style and Skyline's fries are thin and crispy.
OP is looking to start some fights.
Arbys I HAVE TO BEAT MY MEAT
Rally's in the 90s, then they all disappeared and came back as garbage.
In-N-Out Animal Style no contest
Five Guys, Chick Fil-A, and McD's
Screw fries, tots are where it's at.
This is Taco John's potato olé erasure, and I will not stand for it.
McDonald's and burger king, in that order
Jbox curly fries are on point. Def S-tier.
Then BK, McDonalds.
I’ll lump all the rest in the middle scribe I don’t think I’ve had them.
And F- for In-n-out good lord do they make terrible fries, (B- if you make them animal style)
I'm all about Jack in the Box/Arby's curly fries.
I don't know why they are always separate things on these tho. They are literally the same fries.
Those Taco Bell fries are also pretty damn good. I didn't expect much (because it's Taco Bell) but God damn! They're like the best potatoes you can get at TB.
Didn't like the Popeye's sweet potato fries at all. I love sweet potato, but... That's not the flavor I seek with french fries. Too sweet for something that my brain associates with salty only.
Every other fry is just kinda... There. They don't suck, they're just not amazing.
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