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[–] southernbrewer@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What's a home fries? Isn't fries just short for french fries? I don't speak american

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think home fries is when you cut the potato in cubes and wedges (the recipe says 1 inch chunks) and then fry them.

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

Almost. Home fries, in my area, are flatter. So 1*1 square but 1/2 to 1/4 tall.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

We just call those chunky chips.

[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't that called "country potatoes"?

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Those are baked in a skillet, not fried, says the cookbook. But YMMV.

[–] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on where you're eating honestly. Some places call long flat fries home fries and other places call just like cubed fried potatoes home fries. Basically any fried potatoe shape that's not shoestring French fries might be called "home fries".

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

in Pennsylvania it's grated or flaked potato pieces fried in a skillet, like only one coarseness step above hash brown