# Sweet potato fries? **URL:** \ **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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/42 "2019-04-10T17:53:43Z")
To be honest, I’ll pick tater tots if the restaurant has them. I’ve had a few good sweet potato fries, but most of the time, they’re just meh. And, yes, fries require ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/43 "2019-04-10T17:57:02Z")
Here’s the best recipe that I’ve found. The suggestion to lightly coat the sliced sweet potato in cornstarch and olive oil, line the baking pan in parchment paper, works really well. Giving the crispy fries everyone wants. > **[Crispy Baked Sweet Potato Fries](https://cookieandkate.com/baked-sweet-potato-fries/)** > > Learn how to make crispy, oven baked sweet potato fries! Tossed with olive oil and sea salt, sweet potato fries are an easy and healthy homemade snack. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/44 "2019-04-10T18:40:09Z")
[Carbs are your friends](http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190116-a-high-carb-diet-may-explain-why-okinawans-live-so-long). Live long & eat sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are Nature’s perfect food all on their own. They’re best simply baked in their jackets, served either with a pat of butter or completely naked. I like them all kinds of ways, but please leave out the brown sugar. _And for Og’s sake do not deck them in mini-marshmallows_. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/45 "2019-04-10T19:48:00Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > [Carbs are your friends](http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190116-a-high-carb-diet-may-explain-why-okinawans-live-so-long). Live long & eat sweet potatoes. > > Sweet potatoes are Nature’s perfect food all on their own. They’re best simply baked in their jackets, served either with a pat of butter or completely naked. I like them all kinds of ways, but please leave out the brown sugar. _And for Og’s sake do not deck them in mini-marshmallows_. ^^^ Yeah, what she said. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/46 "2019-04-10T20:24:36Z")
I voted “They’re OK.” but i wanted to clarify one thing: I LOVE sweet potatoes (especially in a curry, or a soup/stew), but when it comes to french fried potatoes [/jimmy buffet], I really prefer regular potatoes over sweet potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/47 "2019-04-10T21:03:19Z")
I don’t dislike sweet potatoes, exactly, but every time I’ve eaten one, I’ve thought, “This would be much better if they’d used a regular potato.” ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/48 "2019-04-10T21:43:44Z")
Not a fan, despite generally liking sweet/salty combinations. I’m not a huge fan of regular fries, either, but I like them better than sweet potato fries. I like sweet potatoes raw (sliced into thin strips, with an optional light sprinkling of salt), candied (if done properly), or made into pie. I don’t like them fried or baked, and I really don’t want marshmallows on them. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/49 "2019-04-10T23:41:23Z")
Yummy!!! ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/50 "2019-04-11T00:39:14Z")
Meh. I don’t like sweet potatoes in general. I tried the fries once because I like experimenting with lots of different foods, though. Deep frying makes them the least annoying sweet potato preparation I’ve had. If they were free and I was hungry I’d eat them again. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/51 "2019-04-11T01:05:45Z")
They’re quite bad, and I’ll never order them, but I’ll eat them if they’re the only thing. Occasionally the work cafeteria screws up and gives me SPF instead of normal. I eat 'em, but they’re a disappointment. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/52 "2019-04-11T02:07:10Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > To be honest, I’ll pick tater tots Just recently my daughter got sweet potato tots. I have no idea what this world is coming to. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/53 "2019-04-11T02:07:35Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I don’t dislike sweet potatoes, exactly, but every time I’ve eaten one, I’ve thought, “This would be much better if they’d used a regular potato.” I take back many of the mean things I said about you. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307/54 "2019-04-12T01:02:48Z")
I didn’t vote because I’m kind of between the top two choices. I love them (and I drown them in ketchup, just like regular fries or tots) but I don’t always get them. Sometimes I’m not in the mood, sometimes I don’t want to spend the extra dollar. I make oven baked ones at home that I think are reasonably good. But then I figured out all the time I spent slicing them perfectly and soaking them in water and the $1 the tater cost? If I go to Trader Joes, they have frozen fries that are $2 for about the same amount of sweet potato so I’d rather get theirs and save myself all the work, and TJ’s come out more consistent than mine. I think they have to be salty and not soggy. A little crisp, not crunchy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-potato-fries/832307.md?page=2)