# French fries and mayonnaise: yum! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418 "2009-09-09T13:11:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/21 "2009-09-09T18:39:01Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > tartar sauce and chips … =) Mint sauce with… everything? That’s my little sister, not me BTW. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/22 "2009-09-09T20:24:51Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > Mint sauce with… everything? That’s my little sister, not me BTW. Not mint sauce, [tartar sauce](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartar_sauce) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/23 "2009-09-10T00:38:01Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > Garlic mayo (otherwise known as aioli) is definitely the tastiest. > > Damn, I really want me some fries and aioli now… Or rouille, which is a garlicky mayo with saffron. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/24 "2009-09-10T01:15:27Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Garlic mayo on fries is awesome. You ain’t lyin’. I remember when I first read somewhere that Europeans dip fries in mayo (which was long before PULP FICTION) I thought “I’ve found my people!” Here my family and friends were always repulsed when I did that. I’ve tried to cut down on oily fat/cholesterol a bit in recent years but I still have to do this every so often, though sometimes I’ll mix the mayo with mustard or ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/25 "2009-09-10T06:43:27Z")
Fries with cheese melted over them, bacon crumbled over the cheese, then the fry/cheese/bacon combo is dipped in ranch dressing. This would be part of my last meal if I ever were on death row. ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/26 "2009-09-10T07:24:02Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Really not much more to say. Perhaps you regard mayo on fries as some sort of aberrant behavior? It is an abomination unto the Lord > [@](#): > > I’ll pray for you. God won’t listen to people who commit such abominations 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/27 "2009-09-10T12:40:03Z")
“I’ll take Condiments for a thousand, Alec.” “The clue is _Bricker_.” “Ummm… Who started the Mayo Clinic.” ---
**Author:** ![Gesturing\_Mildly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/65b543/32.png) [@Gesturing\_Mildly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gesturing_Mildly)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/28 "2009-09-10T14:54:07Z")
You know what, **Bricker**? You may have converted me. I always thought this was the nastiest combo imaginable, but lately I’ve developed a taste for mayo-based salads. I’ll get some garlic mayo and steak fries this weekend and report back. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/29 "2009-09-10T19:21:04Z")
Me, I decided to try it after this scene: > [@](#): > > VINCENT > I dunno, I didn’t go into a Burger King. But you know what they put on french fries in Holland instead of ketchup? > > ``` > JULES > What? > > VINCENT > Mayonnaise. > > JULES > Goddamn! > > VINCENT > I seen 'em do it. And I don't mean a little bit on the side of the plate, they fuckin' drown 'em in it. > > JULES > Uuccch! > > ``` I’ve enjoyed the combo ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/30 "2009-09-10T19:54:37Z")
Notwithstanding the fact that I have forced myself to forget my love of mayo on fries because of cholesterol issues, And notwithstanding the fact that the knowledge of what I am about to ask is also potentially health-aversive, I am compelled by the unseen forces of potential nummyness to ask: What is poutine? ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/31 "2009-09-10T20:03:09Z")
Mayo and fries are delicious. Even moreso is mayo with horseradish in it with fries. Even better than _that_ is…Cheetos in mayo with horseradish (yes, I am pregnant, why do you ask?) ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/32 "2009-09-10T20:06:09Z")
Fries I’m pretty agnostic about, do what you want it’s just a fry. As long as you don’t destroy steamed artichokes by dipping in Mayo. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/33 "2009-09-10T20:50:36Z")
So you buy a McDonalds double quarter pounder and order only mayo and ketchup on it. When it arrives you squash the bun down a bit and see the mayo, ketchup, and some of the melted cheese and juices from the burger run out the side. Wipe it up off the wrapper with a fresh fry and eat the combination of salted/peppered beef juice, mayo, ketchup, and melted american cheese food. The good news is it’s self-limiting because you only get three or four fries like this per meal. The bad news is you end up eating at McDonald’s and the double quarter isn’t exactly a lite meal. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/34 "2009-09-10T21:21:01Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Aagghh! Aagggghhhh! AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! > > Thump. CLEAR! ::bzzzt Yes, mayo on fries is heaven. Garlic aioli on fries, heaven. A bacon bleu cheese burgers next to said fries, heaven x 2. Ready the paddles! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/35 "2009-09-10T21:27:53Z")
> [@Enuma\_Elish](#): > > What is poutine? Cheese curds and gravy on[fries.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine) I wouldn’t eat it if I _weren’t_ Jewish. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/36 "2009-09-10T21:32:55Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > CLEAR! ::bzzzt > > Ready the paddles! Get me 500cc of Ketchup! ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/37 "2009-09-10T22:09:01Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Fries I’m pretty agnostic about, do what you want it’s just a fry. > > As long as you don’t destroy steamed artichokes by dipping in Mayo. Finally! I’ve been looking for that combo all my life! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/38 "2009-09-10T23:34:34Z")
What do you dip artichokes in, Wolfman, garlic butter? I’ve only had them twice, not that great from Kroger, and did garlic butter. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/39 "2009-09-10T23:39:16Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Fries with cheese melted over them, bacon crumbled over the cheese, then the fry/cheese/bacon combo is dipped in ranch dressing. This would be part of my last meal if I ever were on death row. Well, it might just stop your heart right then and there. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418/40 "2009-09-10T23:47:50Z")
> [@cactus\_waltz](#): > > Well, it might just stop your heart right then and there. At 7:00 AM before my Advanced Electronics Final, facing High Frequency Transistor Response, I ate a foot long chili dog with cheese and onions, hoping I would die. I wish I’d thought of the above instead. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418.md?page=3)