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Most food doesn't deliver well. It basically steams itself in the packaging. Anything that wasn't meant to be soft ends up that way. I get mad when I see fries
by mattmaroon 7y ago
Most food doesn't deliver well. It basically steams itself in the packaging. Anything that wasn't meant to be soft ends up that way. I get mad when I see fries even available for delivery, though I hear the big potato companies are hard at work on the solution.
I've debated doing a ghost kitchen based entirely on "what foods deliver well".
- iudqnolq 7y agoIf you're interested, NPR did a shallow dive into the frie coating research by Big Potato. According to them, the problem is solved. > French fries don't age well. They're crispy and delicious right out of the fryer, but they get colder and soggier the faster and farther they get from the kitchen. That's fine for eating at a fast-food restaurant, and okay maybe for the drive through. > But on-demand app-enabled delivery is changing how, when, and where we eat french fries. And massive multi-billion dollar potato companies, like Lamb Weston, are worried about that. > On today's show, a team of potato scientists sets out to save the french fry. https://www.npr.org/2019/10/23/772775254/episode-946-fries-of-the-future https://www.npr.org/2019/10/23/772775254/episode-946-fries-o...
- mattmaroon 7y agoI heard that. Not solved, but in the process.
- iudqnolq 7y agoIf you go to their website you'll see coatings for sale. Maybe they're not perfect, but the reporters in the segment said it tasted fine .