# Sweet potato fries **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121 "2010-08-13T03:31:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/21 "2010-08-13T22:39:48Z")
I think they’re great and eat 'em anytime I can find them. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/22 "2010-08-13T22:44:50Z")
I get the bagged frozen ones from the “natural” frozen foods section at the grocery store. I add some olive oil to coat them, and a sprinkle of sea salt, before whacking them in the oven and they turn out super crispy on the outside and gooshy on the inside - perfect. I also love them from a local eatery, Uncommon Ground, they are thin and perfectly crispy on the outside and gooshy on the inside. One of my favorite places to eat. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/23 "2010-08-13T23:03:17Z")
A local family owned 2 store “chain” fast foodery here has had them on the menu for years and they are awesome. I guess they have to be done by people who know how good they should be. ---
**Author:** ![cuberdon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/24 "2010-08-14T00:06:56Z")
Yes, I had noticed and was trying to think when it started. I really like them. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/25 "2010-08-14T00:12:33Z")
I’ve tried making them in the oven, with varying degrees of success. Too often they fall apart or turn out mushy. But lucky there are perfectly yummy frozen sweet potato fries available. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/26 "2010-08-14T00:12:40Z")
I love them. We used a mandolin to make extremely thin slices and then fry them up. They are much more filling than regular fries or chips, so I have learned to eat just a few and then wait and eat more if I am still hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/27 "2010-08-14T00:20:41Z")
The best sweet potato fries I’ve had are from Burgerville, except that I have to provide my own salt because they don’t salt them enough and I don’t like those iodized salt packets at fast food joints. Trader Joe’s frozen sweet potato fries are pretty good, especially if they bake a little longer or hotter than recommended and great crispy. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/28 "2010-08-14T00:24:18Z")
I hate them. They’re too sweet. ---
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/29 "2010-08-14T20:37:07Z")
Very serendipitous. Before I read this I just put 2 huge yams in the oven to roast. Not to the mushy point. I’m going to cube some up and put them in with pasta and black beans for dinner. Olive oil, garlic, red pepper, parmesan cheese. Baby spinach. All mixed up. Yum. And I’ll have leftover to do an omelet or fry them up another time. Love yams and sweet potatoes now. Hated them as a kid when the only way I saw them made was that mushy marshmallow-covered holiday casserole. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/30 "2010-08-14T21:53:46Z")
_Oishii yaki imo!_ That was the call of the ‘Ishiyakimo Man’. He had a three-wheeled pedal card with a coal fire inside of the box, and foil-wrapped (white) sweet potatoes. His call translates to ‘delicious roasted sweet potatoes’. And they were. Just the thing for a cold wintery evening, and only ¥50 – about a nickel. (This was in the '60s.) I still prefer the white potatoes to the orange ones. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/31 "2010-08-14T22:33:19Z")
> [@Leiko](#): > > Trader Joe’s frozen sweet potato fries are pretty good, especially if they bake a little longer or hotter than recommended and great crispy. Exactly what I was going to say! A little longer, and a little hotter, and they are great! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/32 "2010-08-14T22:36:11Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I usually toss them in olive oil and a bit of seasoned salt, then roast them until cooked through, then tuck them under the broiler to get nicely browned and puffy. I’m going to try this. I’ve roasted them, but they never got crispy enough - never thought to finish under the broiler. And, yes, I love me some sweet potato fries. Also baked sweet potatoes. But the mushy casserole with marshmallows - not so much… ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/33 "2010-08-15T01:04:55Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Anyone else notice that sweet potato (‘yam’) fries have been cropping up everywhere the last few years? > > Do you like them? Personally, I like my ‘yams’ roasted. SP fries are OK, but I’d rather have roasted. I don’t like regular fries, but I adore sweet potato fries. They’re very hard to find up here. I believe there is just one (fancy way too expensive and exclusive reservation only) restaurant that serves them. I recently discovered that occasionally the grocery stores will have them in the frozen foods sections, but they quickly sell out, so I’m not the only one. I like sweet potatoes or yams any way they’re cooked though. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/34 "2010-08-15T01:08:43Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > Any form of sweet potatoes is fine by me. > > This. A million times, this. Om nom nom nom nom. My personal favorite type of fry is the baked sweet tater fries we make at home with garlic, cumin, and paprika, preferably with some yogurt and garlic dip. Mmmm…do share? The only way I’ve had them, since I was last in the states, has been the aforementioned frozen (which I then bake…I don’t deep fry) type. I sprinkle them with salt and pepper which is good but I’m open to suggestions from SPF experts! I only have half a bag left, and the last time I went to the store they were completely gone and have been for a few weeks. Sigh… ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/35 "2010-08-15T13:03:38Z")
Try [butternut squash fries](http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Butternut-Squash-Fries/Detail.aspx), but shake them in a bag with olive oil and salt before baking. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/36 "2010-08-15T19:03:39Z")
Love them and I roast mine at home after tossing in olive oil like a steak fry. The worst thing you can do though is toss any sugar or cinnamon on them. The correct way to enjoy a fried or roast sweet potato is with a nice Cajun seasoning. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/37 "2010-08-15T21:48:07Z")
We’ve done them as baked ‘fries’ (and mixed in other root veggies) by tossing them in olive oil and then dousing with salt and cayenne etc etc for a savory spicy taste. ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Goliath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121/38 "2010-08-15T22:51:01Z")
Always order 'em to the tune of _Sweet Caroline_. Always makes me smile [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/550121.md?page=1)