[SakSquash]

Originally Posted by Mares

Goody! Where do I claim the prize?!

The emergency room :eek:

[EasilyConfused]

Okay, first of all, McDonald's fries USED to be fried in beef tallow (beef drippings), but no longer are. This got solved at least a decade ago if memory serves. They've been using vegetable oil since. Lots of places (used to) do this. It's not that different from cooking with bacon grease. Equally disgusting if you find the other thing disgusting, but not that different.

Second of all, steak fries are not at all like Belgian fries. The steak fries I have met are like half an inch wide. Belgian fries are perhaps 1/4 inch square. (I'm using American measures because . . . I'm American.) Belgian fries rock, although I have to admit I have never had them in Belgium but only in Belgian-style restaurants in France, the UK, and the US. Yum. Yum. And once more--yum.

[Ninja Dodo]

Originally Posted by DemonFox

I've never drinked Belgian beer, but I'll probably hate that too.
Nothing beats Heineken. I've also never drinked that, though... But still. 8-)

Palm kicks Heineken's watery ass!

[lumi]

I like skinny fries and I only eat them with salt. Most fast food places make good tasting fries.

[100ja a.k.a. mr_mitja]

Originally Posted by Ninja Dodo

Palm kicks Heineken's watery ass!

Actually, almost anything beats Heineken's ass.

[Ninja Dodo]

Well, yeah... but Palm does it in an especially elegant way.

[TheGreatFrith]

The best fries I have ever had, hmmm, England. Gotta love them with malt vinegar.

[ConcreteRancor]

Originally Posted by temporaryscars

One time, when I was running around Tronto being disappointed, my friend who I never really liked went into a McDonalds which I hate, and ordered something on their menu that made me want to vomit on the other tourists. It was a bowl of french fries, covered in gravy and cheese.

It's called Poutine, and it's damned delicious. Actually, done right, it uses cheese curds, not just melted cheese. It's probably what I miss most about living in Quebec. No joke.

(a.k.a. I did not like living in Quebec. Poutine is good though.)

[Crypto]

Originally Posted by Jazhara7

Isn't that figure the "Mannekin Piss"? He looks oddly familiar... :eek:



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Actually he is, Jazhara7: 12 points!

It's a small statue of a little guy who pees 24/7. It's located in the capital Brussels and the Asian people love it.

[Crypto]

Originally Posted by DemonFox

Mayonaise, just like u do. Well we also have "Fries Sauce", but that's just mayonaise with less fat (well that's how it tastes anyway). The American people around here probably think we're sick. When I put mayonaise on my fries when visiting my family in the USA they looked at me as if I was some psychopath. :eek:

I've never drinked Belgian beer, but I'll probably hate that too.
Nothing beats Heineken. I've also never drinked that, though... But still. 8-)

Yeah Mayonaise and salt. Sometimes Curry Ketchup.
Each Belgian beer beats Heineken.

[DemonFox]

Yeah well salt is an essential ingredient for fries.

Duvel? Never heard of it.

[Crypto]

Originally Posted by DemonFox

Yeah well salt is an essential ingredient for fries.

Duvel? Never heard of it.

That's just one of the things you're missing out on. I could place a whole collection of good beers but narrowed it down to the one I liked the most. If you drink too many of those (like 5, already enough)...
Translated in Heineken, this would be 20 or more Heineken.

In the Netherlands I heard they put sweet mayonaise and sugar on their fries. Is this true?

[DemonFox]

Oh BTW. We also have "War Fries" (in dutch: Patatje Oorlog).
It's fries with peanut SAUCE (not butter, sauce, hot sauce) and mayo.
And of course "Special Fries" (in dutch: Patatje Speciaal). It's fries with mayo, ketchup/curry and onions. And then there's "Peace Fries" (in dutch: Patatje Vrede). It's fries with garlic sauce and maybe something else. And don't forget...

(2 hours later)

Well that's about it. Do ya have that in Belgium too?

Mayo and sugar? No! Yuck! But I guess we have sweet Mayo, yes. Not THAT sweet though.

[Crypto]

Why do they call fries with garlic sauce Peace fries? Because people will stop disagreeing when they have finished eating? Or they stop talking in general? :eek:

Let me try one of those War fries.

[Crypto]

Originally Posted by gillyruless

The "french" in french fries actually has nothing to do with the nationality (hence it's correct to use the lower case f for french). It has to do with the way the potatoes are cut. To french is to cut in thin, long strips.

BTW, I read somewhere that in Belgium, french fries are traditionally prepared in horse fat, which is hard to believe. Is there any truth to that?

Tradtionally they might have been but I think nowadays nobody does this anymore.

[Tramboi]

Originally Posted by Crypto

What about the Belgian beer? aha (but that's another question)

The ultimate!

[Quadriflax]

Originally Posted by SoccerDude28

Have you ever had a "freedom" fry then?

With a side of liberty cabbage, yes.

What's wrong with Heineken? It's not the best beer I've ever had, but certainly not the worst. That's a title that goes to our domestic swill (well, the big name stuff, anyway). I do have a friend that can't drink it ever again because it was the first beer he drank and got sick off of.

[Jazhara7]

Originally Posted by DemonFox

Mayonaise, just like u do. Well we also have "Fries Sauce", but that's just mayonaise with less fat (well that's how it tastes anyway). The American people around here probably think we're sick. When I put mayonaise on my fries when visiting my family in the USA they looked at me as if I was some psychopath.
:eek:

I've never drinked Belgian beer, but I'll probably hate that too.
Nothing beats Heineken. I've also never drinked that, though... But still. 8-)

Aye, me loves Mayonaise! Though it ain't real mayonaise if it got no garlic in it! Dun care about the bad breath, I don't. T'is the only thing whats better than Mayonaise! Garlic, me means, not the bad breath.

I always taste if a restaurant made the mayonaise themselves. There's often garlic in it (and even if there is none, or only little, it tastes a lot different from commercial mayonaise). My father also makes mayonaise himself. And he puts lots of garlic in it.

Originally Posted by Crypto

Actually he is, Jazhara7: 12 points!

It's a small statue of a little guy who pees 24/7. It's located in the capital Brussels and the Asian people love it.

Man, he must have drunk a lot of water, if he pees that long... :eek:

...I'm not sure if I want those fries he is holding...

Originally Posted by ConcreteRancor

Quote:

It's called Poutine, and it's damned delicious. Actually, done right, it uses cheese curds, not just melted cheese. It's probably what I miss most about living in Quebec. No joke.

(a.k.a. I did not like living in Quebec. Poutine is good though.)

My french teacher, who is from Canada, told us about Poutine. I really want to try it. It sounds tasty. Especially the chease part.


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[pinkgothic]

*chokes to death just thinking of mayonaise on chips* VINEGAR, you freaks. VINEGAR! *shakes stick at the young 'uns*

Okay, on a more serious note, I really don't like mayo. Somewhen back in my life I developed a salt and vinegar addiction, though. Crips and chips must both have those ingredients or I won't like them. Nevermind that you can't taste the potato anymore...

[Crypto]

Originally Posted by pinkgothic

*chokes to death just thinking of mayonaise on chips* VINEGAR, you freaks. VINEGAR! *shakes stick at the young 'uns*

Nevermind that you can't taste the potato anymore...

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