# Where did steak fries go?

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**Created:** [March 3, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-steak-fries-go/1028159 "2026-03-03T14:15:09Z")\
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> [@Eonwe](#):
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> I’m not thinking of that, but rather of potatoes cut radially, skin-on, and fried or maybe oven-baked/”air fried”

These things?

[![](https://healthyfitnessmeals.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/instagram-In-Stream_Square___Baked-potato-wedges-4.jpg) ](https://healthyfitnessmeals.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/instagram-In-Stream_Square___Baked-potato-wedges-4.jpg)

In SoCal, those are/were known as ‘potato wedges’. Up here, everyone calls them ‘jojos’. They are available just about everywhere.

‘Steak fries’, as I know them, are more like ‘2 by 6 lumber’ in proportion, and are usually just seasoned with salt.

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