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[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 98 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] cdf12345@lemmy.zip 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You may be an idiot but you're not stupid

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[–] Daemnyz@lemmy.ml 52 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Posting such a controversial question and putting in onion rings on this list is bordering on rage bait

Edit: I can't type

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 weeks ago

I'm really sorry I should have put a trigger warning

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"Sides you dip in ketchup" covers everything in the image!

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[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 43 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One is not like the others.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

two are not like the others

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Sweet Potato is at least a potato.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks 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 15 points 2 weeks 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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[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I don't believe onions are tubers..

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[–] Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

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

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks 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 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Zigzag

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

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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

How about boiling them tatoes?

Or simply pan fry them with some butter?

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

[–] Memetic@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks 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 16 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

This

With Belgian mayonaise!

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

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 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.

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[–] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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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[–] quinkin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

No. I refuse to rank my children as well.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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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[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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

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

[–] hzl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 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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[–] grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago
  1. Everything else on the list
  2. Onion rings

What can I say, I love tubers

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

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

Sweet spud ftw!

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

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

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks 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 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bro, what are your tots made out of?

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

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

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Tots are literally cylindrical hash browns.

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[–] TTimo@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks 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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[–] EchoSnail@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yes. To all of them.

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