>I do think that entirely too few people in the US have ever tried anything other than fries of smaller cross section Unless the American eats only at fast foo

>I do think that entirely too few people in the US have ever tried anything other than fries of smaller cross section Unless the American eats only at fast food restaurants (which is probably a decent sized group), then I can't imagine that to be true. There are fries with many difference cross section sizes even in a regular grocery freezer aisle. And many restaurants frequently serve fries ranging from skinny shoestring to full on "potato logs" that are easily an inch diameter cross section.