"Kate Connally" > wrote in message
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> On 1/16/2012 7:33 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> If you had a potato or two and you had to make fries... what cut? Just
>> curious Here are a few I can think of.
>>
>> thick cut steak fries
>> quarter fries
>> shoestring fries
>> coin fries
>> waffle fries
>>
>> Any others?
>>
>> Jill
>
> I'm gonna say steak fries. I don't know what "quarter" fries are?
> Definitely not shoestring. I *hate* all those skinny fries. McD's
> being the worst! Not sure what "coin" fries are. Waffle fries are
> okay.
>
Quarter fries are quarted (lengthwise) baking potatoes. They're rubbed with
olive oil and sprinkled with herbs and salt & pepper and baked at 450F for
about 45 minutes. Okay, that's how I make them In some places in the
southern U.S. they are cut the same way but then battered and deep fried.
Either way they come out crispy outside and nicely fluffy inside.
Obviously baking them is more healthy. But one has to allow for indulgences
once in a while

> Now some of you people might be appalled, but I'm not a big fan of
> freshly cut fries that many places do these day. Mainly because they
> are not properly cooked. They have to be fried twice to get nice and
> crisp on the outside and the inside should be sort of soft and fluffy,
> not dense and waxy.
>
Twice fried are the best.

Jill