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Jaimie

Important ketchup poll: Do you put ketchup on French fried potatoes?

A) yes, I’m American 

B) No, I’m a normal person and would never put tomato guts on potatoes. 

Posted - August 11, 2020
Tag : #ketchup

Responses


  • 13277
    I have reached a point in my life where no matter how good they seem, it's not worth putting my health at risk. I think of ice cream the same way.
      August 11, 2020 9:40 PM MDT
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  • 16781
    I eat BRITISH fried potatoes - thick cut and dressed not with ketchup but vinegar. Chips. What YOU call chips are properly called crisps.
    "French" fries are not French but Beligian, and the Brits eat them more often than the Belgians or the French eat "pommes frites".
      August 11, 2020 4:21 PM MDT
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  • 7408
    Haha okay okay okay, we differ in wording,  but the main point of the post is that non- Americans never eat ketchup on fried potatoes.. whatever you want to call them. This post was edited by Jaimie at August 11, 2020 9:37 PM MDT
      August 11, 2020 5:03 PM MDT
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  • 34283
    French fries are called french because of the way they are cut not where they are from. They are french cut. 
      August 15, 2020 4:58 AM MDT
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  • 16781
    Ergo, calling them "French fried potatoes" is plain wrong. The French hardly ever fry potatoes, and didn't invent that way of cooking them. Or even cutting them. 
      August 17, 2020 3:36 PM MDT
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  • 34283
    We have french green beans as well. Again...it is how they are cut that gives the name. It is french cut fried potatoes = french fries. 
      August 17, 2020 4:31 PM MDT
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  • 53509


    A
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      August 11, 2020 9:18 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    A Eh
      August 12, 2020 2:00 AM MDT
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  • 7792
    I have no answer. It depends on how I feel.
      August 11, 2020 9:22 PM MDT
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  • 7408
    That’s still an answer :) 
      August 14, 2020 6:40 AM MDT
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  • 1893
    "A" of course I do, Bearnaise Sauce is nice as well
      August 13, 2020 6:10 AM MDT
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  • 7408
    Not sure what bernaaise sauce is... and I thought you lived in Austria? ketchup should be illegal there.  
      August 14, 2020 6:41 AM MDT
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  • 1893
    It is sold everywhere, different formulation.  The bottle still says Hienz, Spar, Merkur etc - these are the manufacturers.

    Bearnaise is a French sauce is quite often given as an option to Ketchup
      August 17, 2020 3:23 PM MDT
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  • 234
    I was wondering what this had to do with beauty, now I get it with the pic!

    B) No, I don't really like Ketchup much, I never buy it or put it on anything really, or if I do it's very rare.

    However, since this is in beauty, here's a true story. One time my dad was out eating at a restaurant with a friend. He was trying to get ketchup out of one of those glass bottles of it to put on his food. You know sometimes it doesn't always come out easy with the glass ones. He was tapping it harder to try. A bit of Ketchup from the bottle flew into some elderly ladies hair on the next table close to him. He said it looked like she had just got it done. He then paid and left, as he was embarrassed. This post was edited by Nightwolf5 at August 17, 2020 3:24 PM MDT
      August 13, 2020 12:19 PM MDT
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  • 7408
    Lol, I like the story. I really don’t know why I put this in beauty but now I’m glad I did :)
      August 14, 2020 6:42 AM MDT
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  • A) yes, I’m American

    I'm South American, does that still count?  Ketchup or cheddar cheese are the most common things to put on French fried potatoes here, so those are what I put on them.  My favourite American restaurant puts cheddar and bacon them.
      August 14, 2020 12:04 AM MDT
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  • 7408
    It counts :) if you like cheddar on fries you should try cheese curds... so good :) 
      August 14, 2020 6:42 AM MDT
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  • 34283
    Depends on my mood. 
    Could be:  Barbeque sauce (Brown sugar), ketchup, Catalina dressing, Sweet and Sour sauce, Honey Mustard, Miracle whip.  (Listed in likelyhood of usage)

    Cheese and bacon
    Or
    Chilli cheese
    (If available at restaurant) This post was edited by my2cents at August 17, 2020 5:26 PM MDT
      August 15, 2020 5:06 AM MDT
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  • 7408
    Never thought of bbq sauce, that would be good. 
      August 17, 2020 5:26 PM MDT
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