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[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 95 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Zigzag?? Bitch you mean crinkle cut?!?!

[–] cdf12345@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s not worth respecting something that clearly belongs on the bottom of the list.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sweet potato is at the bottom. If you disagree with me, you're an idiot.

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok, but I'm an idiot with happy taste buds.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Look at it this way, I'll eat the stuff you don't like so there's more of the stuff you DO like!

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You may be an idiot but you're not stupid

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[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)

One is not like the others.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

two are not like the others

[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're all fried tubers. I'll let it slide. The real travesty is no fried yuca on the list.

[–] RavingGrob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I don't believe onions are tubers..

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[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sweet Potato is at least a potato.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Is it? In that case, potatoes are apples by French standards. (Because it's in the name.)

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[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is not a potato.

Potatoes are a member of the Nightshade family.

Sweet "Potatoes" are from the Morning Glory family.

Completely separate genus. Even though they can be mostly cooked and prepared similarly, they are not related.

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[–] Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 32 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

Whatever anyone’s opinion on this, ONION RINGS DO NOT BELONG HERE, they are NOT POTATOS

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

I've tried onion rings at at least 5 different resteraunts. All of them just tasted like heart failure. Don't know how they are popular.

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[–] nagaram@startrek.website 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Zigzag

Uh, it's crinkle cut and someone will die on my hill.

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 days ago (4 children)

... are the wedges the only non fried food in this picture?

How about boiling them tatoes?

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Or simply pan fry them with some butter?

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Anyways; 1. Wedges, 2. Waffles, 3. Shoestring with surprise sweet potatoes > The rest.

[–] Memetic@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago

Wedges are fried often times. At our nation-wide supermarket for example, at the ready-made counter, wedges are definitely fried. Same with the mom and pop chicken shop down the street.

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[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (7 children)

This

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With Belgian mayonaise!

And I'm Dutch so I'm not even biased.

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

5, [tied: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7], 6, 8

Sweet potato fries are fucking amazing when they're done right. Usually they're overly mushy which I think is why they get so much hate, but they're top tier when the cook knows what they're doing.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sweet Potato fries turn out way better than regular potato in an air fryer if you're buying frozen ones to make at home.

I bought a spice grinder and made a spice mix for my sweet potato fries. Its a mix of salt, old bay, montreal steak seasoning and dried chilli flakes and its awesome.

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[–] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
  1. Tater tot: A good tater tot is like butter. Pure salt and crunch then melt in your mouth deliciousness.

  2. Onion Rings: Good onion rings is technically better than tater tots, but the spectrum of bad to good onion rings is very wide.

  3. Curly Fries: Curly Fries are hard to fuck up. I don't even think I've had a variation of curly fries. They're all the same to me, but they're so good.

  4. Wedges: Wedges have a smaller spectrum than onion rings, but the ceiling is lower and they're hard to rank better than the ones ahead of them.

  5. Shoestring: McDonalds

  6. ZigZag: These can range from heavenly to straight fucking trash. Unfortunately they're too easy to turn into straight fucking trash. By that I mean you have to put more work into them to make them good as opposed to just salt and oven/fried. Might as well just try to fry some snow at that point.

  7. Sweet Potato: I've had good sweet potato fries but I rarely get good sweet potato fries.

  8. Waffle: I don't get these. They're ass. The only place that makes them kinda tolerable is Chik-Fila, but even then they're still ass to me. Can't even make them good at home without drowning them in salt and ketchup. I can slice up a potato and chuck them in the oven and get better results most of the time.

Edit for formatting. Apparently piefed, doesn't honor your numbering and turns it into 1, 2, 3, etc even if you go 8, 12, 3.

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[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

2, 3, 4, 6, 1, 7, 5.

Onion rings are either at the top or bottom of the list depending on the batch.

[–] not3ottersinacoat@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're all tied for number 1, except sweet potato, which skips all the empty spots below and goes straight to number 8. Sweet potato fries suck.

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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Okay, two of them aren’t even the same vegetable.

[–] quinkin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

No. I refuse to rank my children as well.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)
  • 3 (tots)
  • 2 (curly)
  • 6 (~~zigzag~~ crinkle cut)
  • 4 (waffle)
  • 7 (~~wedges~~ Jo-Jo’s)
  • 5 (sweet potato)
  • 8 (onion rings) - tied with sweet potatoes; they’re both lost and in the wrong part of town
  • 1 (shoestring) - potato chip sticks with more steps

Missing: coniques.

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[–] Shannaresh@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My only strong opinion on the whole chart is that crinkle cut fries are the worst thing shown and thus take last place no matter what

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[–] TTimo@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Jack in the Box curlies from 20 years ago before they switched to a different frying oil. I was just arriving in the states and that stuff was the best ever.

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[–] GoddessGundy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

-Curly

-Onion Ring (isn't really tater but I love them)

-Waffle

-Shoestring

-Sweet potato

-Zigzag (crinkle cut)

-Wedges

-Tots

Honestly though if im only stuck with the last three I won't even eat them-

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 5 points 2 days ago

5, 1, 8, 7, 3, 6, 2, 4

Sweet spud ftw!

Eh I'm English, all beige food is top tier!

[–] hzl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (4 children)

Where the hell are the Cajun fries?

8, 5, 4, 2, 1, 7, 3, 6

Adding Cajun seasoning to 4, 2, 1, or 7 would raise it above the other 3 and make me unsure about whether to raise it above 5.

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[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Chip shop chips > roast potato > steak fries > everything on this list

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Doesn't matter which, if its done incorrectly its complete garbage.

Done right, each one, extremely delicious... except maybe sweet potato

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
  1. Waffle fries (always crispy and delicious)
  2. Curly fries (same)
  3. Tater tots (surprisingly good)
  4. Wedges, if properly spiced
  5. Good onion rings
  6. Shoestring, if not limp
  7. Bad onion rings
  8. Bad wedges
  9. Crinkle cut (zigzag) (usually unflavored and soggy from a bag, but can be better than soggy shoestrings)
  10. Bad shoestrings
  11. Sweet potato fries (always soggy and I don't like sweet potato very much)
[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I think onion rings and tots need to be removed from the list as neither are potato based. Substitute latkes and hash browns in their places.

[–] pool_spray_098@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Bro, what are your tots made out of?

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[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

What exactly are your tots made of, if not 'tater?

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  1. Everything else on the list
  2. Onion rings

What can I say, I love tubers

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm not too fussy about my deep fried treats. They're all no. 1 in my book. Except sweet potato, they can fuck off. They taste fine, but why are they always soggy?

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