# What is your favorite type of French Fry? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183 "2016-04-14T13:30:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/1 "2016-04-14T13:30:00Z")
Doesn’t matter where you get it or if you make them yourself, which type of fry is you favorite? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/2 "2016-04-14T13:30:56Z")
Thick and greasy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/3 "2016-04-14T13:31:13Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Doesn’t matter where you get it or if you make them yourself, which type of fry is you favorite? Mozzarella. ---
**Author:** ![sich\_hinaufwinden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sich\_hinaufwinden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sich_hinaufwinden)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/4 "2016-04-14T13:37:24Z")
Waffle cut didn’t make the list? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/5 "2016-04-14T13:43:58Z")
Shoestring, ala McDonald’s. That said, the pinnacle of all fried potato-based foods are Arby’s potato cakes, which, when freshly made are proof that we are in the best of all possible worlds in the hands of a benevolent and loving God. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/6 "2016-04-14T13:48:14Z")
Alright - what communist voted for curly fries? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/7 "2016-04-14T13:49:03Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Alright - what communist voted for curly fries? Mmm pressed mashed potatoes for me, please. :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/8 "2016-04-14T13:52:38Z")
Belgian double fried. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/9 "2016-04-14T13:54:43Z")
> [@sich\_hinaufwinden](#): > > Waffle cut didn’t make the list? Oops. I knew the list seemed a little short. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/10 "2016-04-14T13:56:09Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Belgian double fried. End thread. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/11 "2016-04-14T13:57:20Z")
I am a lover of all fries, and enjoy them equally. Sing praises to the people of France and their gastronomical creation! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/12 "2016-04-14T14:04:40Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Alright - what communist voted for curly fries? > [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Mmm pressed mashed potatoes for me, please. 😃 There was an episode of [Carnival Eats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_Eats) that featured a vendor who built a curly fry slicer. Similar to an apple peeler but it reduced an entire potato to one long ribbon. 2-3 of those went into the basket to fry and were served as one [basket shaped block.](http://gac.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/gac/fullset/2014/10/22/0/CCCAR103H_large-curly-fries-basket.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.1280.720.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/13 "2016-04-14T14:12:35Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Alright - what communist voted for curly fries? That would be me, comrade. Mmmmmmmm, spicy and twisty. . . ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/14 "2016-04-14T14:16:40Z")
I voted for crinkle-cut, but my all-time favorite fries are the ones served by 5 Guys, which I expect the FDA to add it to the list of addictive substances. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/15 "2016-04-14T14:30:54Z")
Skin-on, somewhere between shoestring and steak in size.5 Guys would actually be a good example, but I’m not sure if they quite qualify as shoestring or not–there seems to be a bit of variation in the understanding of this word when it comes to fries. I would normally have called those shoestring, but in another thread here on the Dope, many Dopers seemed to reserve the word “shoestring” for truly thin and long fries, more [like this](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LtOm9wHIHQs/UaIfgsNYJsI/AAAAAAAAO0k/l2x9kpZRyKs/s1600/P5251662.JPG). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/16 "2016-04-14T14:40:43Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Shoestring, ala McDonald’s. Yes, that’s it. McD’s fries are about the only thing I can eat from that joint. Thin, crispy on the outside, moist on the inside. And they don’t last long before they get soggy and inedible. Just the right amount of salt, and you’re in Fries Heaven. Steak fries, to me, are just chucks of potatoes. I’d rather have a baked potato any day than steak fries. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/17 "2016-04-14T14:44:20Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Skin-on, somewhere between shoestring and steak in size.5 Guys would actually be a good example, but I’m not sure if they quite qualify as shoestring or not–there seems to be a bit of variation in the understanding of this word when it comes to fries. I would normally have called those shoestring, but in another thread here on the Dope, many Dopers seemed to reserve the word “shoestring” for truly thin and long fries, more [like this](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LtOm9wHIHQs/UaIfgsNYJsI/AAAAAAAAO0k/l2x9kpZRyKs/s1600/P5251662.JPG). The pile of potatoey goodness in the link is what I generally think of as shoestring and why I voted for curlies. I’ll take McDonald’s or Wendy’s above all else, but I tend to think of them as “regular”, or the default. ---
**Author:** ![kurtisokc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kurtisokc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurtisokc)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/18 "2016-04-14T14:48:11Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I am a lover of all fries, and enjoy them equally. > > Sing praises to the people of France and their gastronomical creation! “French” fries may actually be Belgian rather than French. Though, apparently, this is subject to some controversy. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French\_fries](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries) ---
**Author:** ![kurtisokc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kurtisokc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurtisokc)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/19 "2016-04-14T14:50:25Z")
I voted for steak fries, though I love them all. And I don’t understand the hate towards curly fries. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183/20 "2016-04-14T14:56:09Z")
> [@kurtisokc](#): > > “French” fries may actually be Belgian rather than French. Though, apparently, this is subject to some controversy. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French\_fries](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries) Mon dieu!!!:eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183.md?page=2)