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I value my time more highly than that. I am quite happy to pay someone else to save me that labour. Secondly, frozen fries aren't just sliced potatoes. They're
by jdietrich 2y ago
I value my time more highly than that. I am quite happy to pay someone else to save me that labour.
Secondly, frozen fries aren't just sliced potatoes. They're a potato that is very precisely bred and grown specifically to make fries that is then blanched, coated in a specific mix of starches and part fried. Unless you're Heston Blumenthal, you aren't going to re-create that product in your own kitchen.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoExactly. Especially when frozen fries are so cheap anyway. I make potato chips far more frequently than handmade fries because chips are much faster, end to end. Even with a french fry cutter to speed up the process. Yeah, it tastes better, especially with garden-fresh potatoes, but usually the juice just ain't worth the squeeze!
- Aloisius 2y agoI've made good french fries. It's not that hard. It certainly doesn't require one being Blumenthal. It does, however, take too much advanced planning and frankly it's not worth the hassle of cleaning up. That said, I don't think it's really worth the hassle to fry frozen fries either - and even convection baked they're meh.