# Son of Poutine - what all have you guys had with or done to your fries?
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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 25, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021 "2008-02-25T00:54:43Z")
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### Author:  [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/1 "2008-02-25T00:54:43Z")
- or chips? Rather than highjack the poutine thread going on at the moment, I thought I’d start a different thread of thought.
I’ve had french fries/chips (sorry, Glaswegian mother - I grew up calling them either/or) with -
Ketchup
Mustard
Relish
Mayonnaise
Cider Vinegar
Balsamic Vinegar
Malt Vinegar
Raspberry Vinegar
Hollandaise sauce
Salsa
Guacamole
Sour Cream
Sour Cream with dry onion soup mix
Lachumbar
Raita
Chutney
leftover Saag Paneer
Vindaloo sauce
Sambal Oelek
leftover Rendang sauce
Thai plum sauce with the chillies in it
Wasabi and Soy sauce
Ginger Vinegar
Tsatsiki
Tatar sauce
a reduction of Whiskey.
Any other things you folks like to put on your fries or dip them into? The floor is open
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/2 "2008-02-25T01:08:17Z")
Salt
Pepper
Vinegar
Ketchup
Mayo
Chili
Honey
Ranch dressing
Taco meat, cheese, and sour cream
Gravy
Gravy and cheese (the aforementioned poutine)
It’s common in Newfoundland to serve fries with gravy and stuffing.
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### Author:  [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/3 "2008-02-25T01:27:15Z")
Ketchup every once in awhile
Ranch dressing
Cheese/bacon
and always salt
I’m not too huge on fries, unless they are crispy and the seasoned variety.
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### Author:  [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/4 "2008-02-25T01:35:05Z")
[QUOTE=Le Ministre de l’au-delà]
Any other things you folks like to put on your fries or dip them into? The floor is open
[/QUOTE]
For me it’s either mayo, mayo-based sauces or just salt. Sometimes I’ll dip in gravy for old times’ sakes. However, I need to put this out there:
In Osaka, I once had fries with mayo and [nattō](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natto). Not quite as awful as I expected. Not good either, though.
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### Author:  [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/5 "2008-02-25T01:36:21Z")
Ketchup, but rarely
Homemade thousand island dressing
Pretty much any pan sauce I’ve ever made (I often serve steak fries or wedges as a side dish). Tonight it was a maple mustard sauce that went with pork chops, but worked quite well with the baked potato fries I served alongside.
Melted cheese
Sour cream (tater tots only)
Chili, chili and cheese, chili and cheese and onions…
Crumbled bacon
Malt vinegar
Gravy, both brown and chicken
Poutine, of course
Bacon Salt
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### Author:  [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/6 "2008-02-25T02:58:06Z")
Barbecue sauce is nice occasionally.
A mixup between server and kitchen caused me to have horseradish sauce on a baked potato once, and it was a nice surprise.
If the fries are perfect, anything but salt and pepper is an insult to the cook. The definition of perfect is up to the diner.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/7 "2008-02-25T03:06:47Z")
Tonight, I’m having my fries with home-made fry sauce: 2/3 mayonnaise, 1/3 ketchup, with a few dashes of hot sauce added for a little zing.
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/8 "2008-02-25T03:11:21Z")
Most often, I’ll put salt and vinegar (white vinegar) on them, though malt vinegar makes for a nice variation. Sometimes I’ll use ketchup or barbecue sauce, usually with a few drops of hot sauce added for a little zip; but most often, salt and vinegar.
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### Author:  [@pprgrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pprgrl)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/9 "2008-02-25T03:20:28Z")
Honey mustard dressing is my go-to. I love fries with tzatziki sauce, but I don’t get them as often as I did when I lived in the Greek neighborhood. When I ate meat, I used to get Monte Cristos a lot, and I’d often dip my fries in the raspberry jam. I absolutely refuse to eat fries with ketchup. I’d rather go without, thanks.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/10 "2008-02-25T03:41:11Z")
Tartar sauce, cocktail sauce, blue cheese dressing, and Russian dressing are all good.
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/11 "2008-02-25T03:44:28Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo]
Tartar sauce
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I completely forgot tartar sauce!
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### Author:  [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/12 "2008-02-25T04:15:42Z")
Good old lemon juice.
My brother and his mates went through a phase in their teens where they’d order minimum chips with “the lot” - IIRC, this was tomato sauce, vinegar, mayo, soy sauce and chicken salt. It smelled and looked revolting, but they swore by it - sorry, I can’t confirm or deny it as I never got brave enough to taste test it. I consider tomato sauce and mayo two of the most vile substances on Earth individually, and cannot contemplate the horror of both together.
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### Author:  [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/13 "2008-02-25T05:08:47Z")
what the heck no Garlic
and when I was little chocolate shake
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### Author:  [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/14 "2008-02-25T05:27:52Z")
Garlic and rosemary! Lots of both, and by god I am in heaven.
Green chile and cheese! Lots of both, and more variable, but often so very, very good.
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### Author:  [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/15 "2008-02-25T05:45:58Z")
-MCD’s sweet and sour sauce with their fries. (Big Mac sauce is also good.)
-I’ve made oven fries coated with a Red Thai Curry and Oil slurry and baked them (very tasty.)
-Fries served with homemade Mushroom Gravy and Gypsy gravy in Germany. Both very very tasty.
-Chili and Cheese Fries
-Dipped em in Ranch Dressing and Bleu Cheese dressing.
-mayo and ketchup mixed
-tarragon vinegar is good to sprinkle on
-cocktail sauce
-Many kinds of Pepper sauces… Sriracha Rooster sauce is good, nice balance for the potatoes.
-Cheddar and Bacon melted over
-Bloomin Onion sauce
-Currywurst Ketchup
-clarified butter
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### Author:  [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/16 "2008-02-25T05:52:24Z")
Green chile cheese fries is the food of the gods. Chunky gods, perhaps…
Cheese and bacon bits
Dipped in chocolate shake is pretty popular around here (Wendy’s fries and Frosty)
A-1 sauce
Assorted gravy’s
Salsa
And anything else that might be semi-liquid and in the vicinity of my fries.
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### Author:  [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/17 "2008-02-25T06:02:23Z")
I’ve tried and liked:
cocktail sauce
ketchup
ketchup and yellow mustard blended
chili and grated chedder cheese (American poutine variation?)
malt vinegar
barbeque sauce
wasabi sauce
salsa and ranch dressing mixed together
brown gravey
white gravey
that horseradish southwest sauce Arby’s makes
I know I’ve tried other combinations but cannot bring them up right now.
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### Author:  [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/18 "2008-02-25T14:50:12Z")
After I saw _Pulp Fiction_ for the first time, I just had to try mayo on fries – and I found it infernally toothsome – it’s rich, and much more faithful to the essential spud-ness of good fries Now I have mayo on my French fries about 75% of the time and ketchup the other 25% – except for when I go hog wild and have\*\* chili cheese fries.\*\*
(NB: ketchup is, of course, \*de riguer \*with hash browns)
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### Author:  [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/19 "2008-02-25T15:48:43Z")
I have had many of the others and wish to add **Old Bay Seasoning**. Might be a Chesapeake Bay regional thing.
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### Author:  [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-poutine-what-all-have-you-guys-had-with-or-done-to-your-fries/439021/20 "2008-02-25T15:49:39Z")
Meat sauce. Good with plain marinara too.
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