# Vinegar on french fries: Delicious or Disgusting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573 "2010-02-11T18:53:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/101 "2010-02-12T21:10:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Am I the only one who’s used balsamic vinegar on fries? [I know that it was buried a bit on the first page of replies, but still…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12106410) :smack: > [@](#): > > But I don’t think my all time favorite french fry dip has been mentioned yet: tartar sauce. That’s also already been mentioned, more than once. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/102 "2010-02-12T21:31:12Z")
For what it’s worth, by the way, I’ve tried mayonnaise on fries, and didn’t think it worked well at all. To each their own, though. Then again, when I was a kid, when we went to Wendy’s I loved fries dipped in Frosty. Which is probably as repulsive as it sounds, but I prefer to keep my childhood memories intact by not trying it again. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/103 "2010-02-13T01:57:01Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > [QUOTE=Northern Piper] > > Mrs Piper and I have tomorrow off and we’re going to our local pub, Beer Brothers, to treat ourselves to lunch. There will be vinegar. And chips. And mussels. And, just perhaps, a smidgen of beer… (last time we were there, Mrs Piper treated me to a top-end Innis & Gunn Scotch Cask Ale. ) Hmmm … you know I can be in your city in six hours, right? 😉 Aw, darn, just remembered. Tomorow’s Friday; I gotta work. ☹ Another time. 😃 [/QUOTE] We missed you, **Spoons**. The malt vinegar was particularly malty. (And our server only brought malt vinegar. He said he only brings white vinegar if the customer specifically asks for it.) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/104 "2010-02-13T02:06:32Z")
Let’s see, two hours to Lethbridge to pick **Spoons** up, six hours to Regina for proper fish and chips and beer… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/105 "2010-02-13T03:35:01Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > We missed you, **Spoons** … > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Let’s see, two hours to Lethbridge to pick **Spoons** up, six hours to Regina for proper fish and chips and beer… I think we need a PrairieDope. Fine beers, of course, but also fish and chips–with malt vinegar, naturally! Great. Now I’m hungry for fish and chips and malt vinegar and beer; and nothing like that in the fridge. I’ll hit Safeway tomorrow… ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/106 "2010-02-13T03:58:29Z")
I’m sorry, but having had the fish and chips in the Prairies, you need to keep driving until you hit the Atlantic. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/107 "2010-02-13T03:59:46Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > I’m sorry, but having had the fish and chips in the Prairies, you need to keep driving until you hit the Atlantic. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/108 "2010-02-13T04:10:26Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Let’s see, two hours to Lethbridge to pick **Spoons** up, six hours to Regina for proper fish and chips and beer… Beer Bros hadn’t opened yet when you and Jim came through, or else Mrs Piper and I would have taken you there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/109 "2010-02-13T04:12:39Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > I’m sorry, but having had the fish and chips in the Prairies, you need to keep driving until you hit the Atlantic. pfft. As always, you need the locals to take you to the right place. Of course, the frozen wedge fish and frozen chips that you find in most places are despicable. But when you know where, there’s luvely stuff available here. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/110 "2010-02-13T05:58:48Z")
Flown in frozen from places along the atlantic where you can get it fresh off the boat. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/111 "2010-02-13T06:25:24Z")
Prairiedope! Seriously, we have to do that this summer. Do you think we could convince **Gorsnak** to head on down from Saskatoon? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/112 "2010-02-13T06:28:06Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Flown in frozen from places along the atlantic where you can get it fresh off the boat. 😉 Still better than the trucks along Highway 1 that put out a sign: “Fresh Fish and Shrimp.” Ummm … if you’re digging around in the loose pile of ice in the back of your pickup for some fish or shrimp for me to buy, then I don’t think I want to buy at all. Good seafood is available on the Prairies, but you have to know where to go. I’ll trust **Northern Piper** in these matters in his city. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/113 "2010-02-13T06:35:19Z")
Wait, are you saying I _shouldn’t_ buy my shrimp from the back of a truck in a Wal-Mart parking lot? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/114 "2010-02-13T06:39:13Z")
Vinegar = win. For the ketchup enthusiasts, Heinz ketchup is pretty much just tomato paste & vinegar (and corn syrup. Can’t forget the corn syrup!) If Stepdad doesn’t want vinegar in presence then -he- can take himself off to the kiddie table. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/115 "2010-02-13T06:51:23Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Wait, are you saying I _shouldn’t_ buy my shrimp from the back of a truck in a Wal-Mart parking lot? 😃 Probably not a good idea, is all I’m saying. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/116 "2010-02-13T12:48:59Z")
I LOVE malt vinegar and salt on fries! Tried the fish & chips while living in England and swooned, never to go back!! The vinegar helps the salt stick to the fries. Couldn’t go back to plain potato chips after that either. I used to eat the Lays Salt-n-Vinegar chips until the skin peeled off the inside of my mouth (had to give it up - bad for the blood pressure and I never knew when to stop!). But your stepdad is being extremely rude making comments about what other people are eating! I guess all you can do, if you can’t avoid him completely at mealtimes, is to ignore him as best you can. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/117 "2010-02-13T13:15:06Z")
I prefer a vinaigrette myself. Or the vinegar that black olives come in. But not plain vinagre, and very rarely ketchup. As for the other types of vinegars, I’ve never tried them. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/118 "2010-02-13T13:17:01Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > For what it’s worth, by the way, I’ve tried mayonnaise on fries, and didn’t think it worked well at all. To each their own, though. > > Then again, when I was a kid, when we went to Wendy’s I loved fries dipped in Frosty. Which is probably as repulsive as it sounds, but I prefer to keep my childhood memories intact by not trying it again. It’s not that bad, but it tastes better with a little pepper. Really, they’re chicken nuggets dipped in Frosty is about right. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/119 "2010-02-14T03:17:05Z")
I like Malt Vinegar and finely ground Kosher Salt with fresh cut , skin on, Michigan Potato fries. Tarragon Vinegar also goes really well. ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573/120 "2010-02-14T18:14:45Z")
Let me just add a couple totally unnecessary +1’s to points raised in this thread. – Vinegar on fries is aweseome. Especially malt vinegar. – Depite being clear, white vinegar is called “White Vinegar” everywhere in North America that I’m aware of. I like to believe that the people at Heinz know their shit, and that’s how they [label](http://www.heinzvinegar.com/products-distilled-white-vinegar.aspx) it, too. – As **Chronos** said, white vinegar is a cleaning product. Not food. Try something with flavor! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinegar-on-french-fries-delicious-or-disgusting/528573.md?page=7)