Why are McDonald's french fries so tasty?

[Brown_Eyed_Girl]

@featherlou

I’m on board with the sweet potato fries, too - they have to have a mayonnaise-based dipping sauce, though - ketchup doesn’t cut it with the sweet taters (garlic mayo or something savoury like that).

Aaah! I try to avoid sauces whenever possible to reduce caloric intake, particularly when I’m already blowing it on fries. What I love about sweet potato fries is that, while not exactly a healthful preparation method, they are more nutritious than white potatoes and they offer a wonderful sweet but salty complexity that russet fries do not. I think they taste just fine with just a little salt on them, preferable a large crystal salt such as sea salt. Ketchup destroys the sweet/salty balance with its acidity, so I can see going for a mayo-based dip, though.

levdrakon, I hear you. “Yams” with brown sugar (I don’t like marshmallows, though) are yummy for Thanksgiving, but mostly all that sweetness overpowers the sweet potato. A little butter and salt are all you need really. Come visit the South and don’t forget to order some sweet potato fries.

[MissGypsy]

I’ve always liked McDonald’s fries, but when BK switched to their weird fry recipe that everybody else in the world hated, I loved BK’s even more.

Still, Rally’s wins. (Out here on the East Coast, Checkers, I guess, is the same as Rally was back in the Midwest.)

[MyFootsZZZ]

@Markxxx

I am in the minority but I think Burger King has much better fries. McDonalds fries are OK but if you let them sit more than 5 minutes they are almost inedible.

I guess I am too. Although I’ve found that it often depends on which of the restaurants I visit in the area, Burger King fries are often VERY tasty. They are so crispy. There’s nothing wrong with McDonalds’ fries, I just prefer them not so flaccid and mushy. I would more prefer McDonalds’ with ketchup, where Burger King’s I have no real preference.