# Sweet potato fries?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 10, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307 "2019-04-10T01:07:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/1 "2019-04-10T01:07:40Z")
What is your opinion on sweet potato fries?
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### Author:  [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/2 "2019-04-10T01:12:06Z")
They are awful.
Everyone I know disagrees, but I’m right.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/3 "2019-04-10T01:13:46Z")
I fucking _loathe_ sweet potato fries.
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### Author:  [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/4 "2019-04-10T01:15:24Z")
The flavor and texture of sweet potato are not what I am looking for in a fry.
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/5 "2019-04-10T01:25:31Z")
I’m with Bob Belcher on this.
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### Author:  [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/6 "2019-04-10T01:32:02Z")
Hmm. There are 3 people already in this thread who hate them, but only 1 ‘hate them’ vote.
I’m a big fan. I like them better than regular fries, but I really like half and half the best. I like eating them together. I like the sweetness of sweet potato fries, but it can get too sweet, so I cut that down a bit with a regular fry.
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### Author:  [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/7 "2019-04-10T01:38:30Z")
I won’t eat them. They are always soggy. Blech. I’d happily eat a baked sweet potato instead.
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### Author:  [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/8 "2019-04-10T01:39:07Z")
I voted delicious; but really it depends. I know a couple of favorite restaurants that make them perfectly. But in the wrong hands, they can be a soggy mess.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/9 "2019-04-10T01:42:06Z")
Not a fan at all. But I voted meh, as I will eat them if they’re put in front of me. I discovered that if you put some habanero and lime on them, they’re just about tolerable.
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/10 "2019-04-10T03:08:31Z")
I like them just fine and have them once in awhile, but I prefer regular potato-type fries.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/11 "2019-04-10T04:05:34Z")
> [@Twoflower](#):
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> I voted delicious; but really it depends. I know a couple of favorite restaurants that make them perfectly. But in the wrong hands, they can be a soggy mess.
Pretty much this. There’s a steakhouse near me that does a pretty good job with SPFs, and I’ll often order them there.
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### Author:  [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/12 "2019-04-10T04:09:52Z")
Sweet potato fries are okay. I’d probably describe french fries the same way: okay.
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### Author:  [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/13 "2019-04-10T04:58:49Z")
They’re alright. I know one place that does a decent skinny-cut version - more or less crispy exterior, more or less fluffy interior. With a nice aioli they’re not bad. I probably order them 20-25% of the time.
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### Author:  [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/14 "2019-04-10T05:13:30Z")
I like them but its rare there made right ……
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### Author:  [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/15 "2019-04-10T05:42:30Z")
You can have 'em, I’m not gonna eat them.
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/16 "2019-04-10T06:29:37Z")
I like sweet potatoes, baked or fried.
I rarely see sweet potato fries at restaurants. I would order them if available.
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### Author:  [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/17 "2019-04-10T10:19:52Z")
I’ve only ever had them one time and they were homemade, baked and then drizzled with just enough olive oil and salt for a hint of flavor, so not fries properly speaking. They were delicous.
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/18 "2019-04-10T11:53:08Z")
I love em, and will order them instead of regular fries if they are available. I also keep a bag in the freezer so I can make them when we have hamburgers or turkey burgers at home.
There was one place I ordered them, though, where they came out coated in cinnamon sugar. I don’t know who’s dumb-ass idea that was, but they were horrible. So now when I order them I have to check to make sure they don’t put anything on them.
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/19 "2019-04-10T11:59:52Z")
I like regular old French fries with Heinz ketchup so much, that I rarely order/make sweet potato fries. If regular potatoes didn’t exist, I’d eat SPF all the time.
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### Author:  [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/20 "2019-04-10T12:20:45Z")
I generally prefer/order SP fries (or chips) over regular when given the chance. But, as others have noted, both can be made well or poorly. I prefer SP fries thin, while I like nice thick skin-on regular fries.
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