Which Chips (or Fries) Are the Best?

[Kaodi]

Are tater tots more like hashbrowns than fries?

In any case I think my favourite is battered? Or whatever they tend to give you wish fish and chips at pubs. I always order fish and chips when I go to a pub for the first time, though incidentally most pubs I have been to I have only been to once.

In my family we also enjoy McCain's smiley faces.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Not listed. The ones from a decent fish and chip shop.

Also no idea what most of those words are!

Most fish and chip shops, IME, serve what I think the OP describes as "homestyle" (the picture throws it off, it's strange-looking), but I'm sure there are exceptions (and I haven't had fish and chips in the UK in something like 15 years, so I may be wrong about the kind that you might be thinking of).

But I think you're saying, quite literally, "whatever type a good shop serves, regardless of the particular kind"?

 

[dbolack]

Are tater tots more like hashbrowns than fries?

Depending on the style of hashbrown, yes. (If it's like Arby's potato wedges or McHashBrowns.. yes ) If it's potato pick-up stix, no.

 

[dbolack]

That said, I turned a corner when I tried sweet tater fries in ketchup. Th at s good stuff.

The best ones I've ever had were honeydusted and SOMEHOW they had perfected getting the inside cooked, without it gettinghard while managing a crispy surface. Up until then, I was convinced they just couldn't be good.

 

[Piperken]

Are tater tots more like hashbrowns than fries?

In any case I think my favourite is battered? Or whatever they tend to give you wish fish and chips at pubs. I always order fish and chips when I go to a pub for the first time, though incidentally most pubs I have been to I have only been to once.

In my family we also enjoy McCain's smiley faces.

Tater Tots
(in case any one would find it interesting!)

 

[Tonguez]

A sweet potato isn't actually a potato, rather it's a distant relative. They're in the same order as the potato, but a different family and genus. They don't really belong on this list because they're no more a French fry than tater tots are. Though at least tater tots are made from actual potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are actually quite delicious. I enjoy sweet potato casserole on Thanksgiving (without marshmallows) and I like to cube them and roast them in the oven.

Sweet potatoes are a morning glory whereas Potatoes are a Nightshade. When they say theyre the same order as Potato, its important to remember that Tomatoes are more closely related to regular potatos than sweet potato are

 

[Piperken]

Not listed. The ones from a decent fish and chip shop.

Also no idea what most of those words are!

The closest "style" of fry in the US that'd be like one from a chippie shop would be the steak fry.

"...steak fries and British chips are not the same. While steak fries are thick and rectangular, British chips are thicker and cut into long, oblong-shaped pieces. British chips also have a slightly softer interior compared to the fluffy texture of steak fries."
-- Chef's Resource

 

[FitzTheRuke]

The closest "style" of fry in the US that'd be like one from a chippie shop would be the steak fry.

Do most chippie shops use peeled potatoes? I assume that it's shop-dependent, or regional, but it could also be a "modern" vs "olden-days" thing.

 

[Distracted DM]

OK so Nathan's aren't just crinkle-cut, they're jumbo crinkle-cut. So like, crinkle steak-fries. it's a significant difference, IMO. But they're my favorite.. I still appreciate ones regular nice n' crispy fries, though!

 

[MGibster]

I think it's hard to go wrong with French fried potatoes no matter the specific style. It's like discussing which is better, Alien or Aliens, Star Wars or The Empire Strikes Back, or Blade Runner or Blade Runner 2049. No matter which one you pick, I'm not going to try to talk you out of it because they're all great.