What do you dip your fries in?

[orangeman747]

my favorites are:

Creamy ceasar salad dressing

honey-dijon mustard

but its really on how good the fries are that make the difference.

[OnigiriFB]

What is curry sauce?

[Dejah]

What is curry sauce?

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I just make a curry "gravy" with curry powder, diced onion, and chicken stock, thickened with slurry for french fries. We had this for the first time while touring England in the 70s. When you order fish'n'chips in the shops, you can have curry gravy with it. It is delcious! I like to dip both the fish and the chips in this.

[Flocko]

In Utah it is a heresy to use anything other than "Fry sauce"...........a mayo ketchup mix. Each fast food place has their own "closely guarded secret" fry sauce, and each claims to have "invented" the concept.

I have grown to accept and even like it, though of an occasion I prefer hollandaise, mustard, mayonaise, or even rochambeau or colbert sauce.

[maryeats]

ketchup and mayo, a dollop of each touching each other on the plate (or grasy paper bag), so i can have a dip of one of the other or both swirled together.

oh, and salt AND pepper.

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me too!

[docsconz]

Wow, Am I the only fry purist who prefers not to smother my fries with any sauce so I could enjoy the steamy hot, crisp potato goodness in all its primordial glory?

If I have to have something on my fries, I also enjoy them with mustard, gravy (poutine-style) or a cheddar cheese sauce. A lttle malt vinegar isn't bad either. Actually most if not all of the suggestions above sound good. So long as the fries are good, fresh and hot, my preference remains no topping other than some salt. The one topping I never choose though is ketchup. Like Mizducky, I tend to find it too sweet and it really obliterates the fry for me.

[MarketStEl]

Yeah, Doc, I'm afraid you're a statistical outlier.

Though I've been known to enjoy fries with nothing on 'em but Old Bay. Old Bay fries are a nice change of pace.

(And I did have some really good "Cajun fries" at a little New Orleans place in Chester that I wrote about on the Pennsylvania board. Look for the post titled "De' Essence of New Orleans: Cajun. Creole. Chester?")

My favorite fry dip is ketchup and mustard (traditional yellow or spicy brown) mixed together.

But I've also dipped 'em in mayo (plain and seasoned), A1 Sauce, and Heinz 57 Sauce.

And I'm going to have to try some of the other concoctions posted on this thread as well. Especially that "five red sauce."

[mizducky]

I almost forgot--if there's tartar sauce or horseradish sauce available, I like those as a nice change of pace.

[Torrilin]

I like 'em with salt. Occasionally salt and vinegar. But they should be good enough that plain is fine. If they're not, you're eating the wrong damn french fries.

Emily

[hungryCAT]

Tartar sauce

BBQ sauce

Old Bay and malt vinegar

[gus_tatory]

mayo.

[MGLloyd]

Approximately 2/3 mayonnaise, 1/3 ketchup and liquid smoke to taste. Mix thoroughly and chill.

[Karen L]

Ranch dressing

Salsa

Poutine style: squeeky cheese, hot gravy.

[Safran]

mayo with a bit of curry powder mixed in

[ghostrider]

Wow, Am I the only fry purist who prefers not to smother my fries with any sauce so I could enjoy the steamy hot, crisp potato goodness in all its primordial glory?

If I have to have something on my fries, I also enjoy them with mustard, gravy (poutine-style) or a cheddar cheese sauce. A lttle malt vinegar isn't bad either. Actually most if not all of the suggestions above sound good. So long as the fries are good, fresh and hot, my preference remains no topping other than some salt. The one topping I never choose though is ketchup. Like Mizducky, I tend to find it too sweet and it really obliterates the fry for me.

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No, you are not.

I've been known to use a bit of ketchup if I've gotten stuck with some really bad fries that need something to mask how awful they are. But with good fries, I want them either plain or with a dash of malt vinegar.

That said, I would like to try that curry sauce at some point. So far, I haven't run into it.

[Grub]

I grew up with just plain ketchup, but learned to enjoy good fries with salt alone. Then when I got to England, I discovered vinegar -- and I really miss it. They sell vinegar in the supermarkets with the union jack emblazoned upon the bottles but damnit, that's just not the real thing. You drizzle it carefully over your chips, put your face over 'em and gently inhale -- if your nostrils have a seizure, yeah you got the real thing. That's proper vinegar, baby. Nothing like it.

The whole mayo thing sounds a little narly, but still kinda interesting, but I'm not sure if plain mayo would be that great -- maybe some remoulade...

[jeniac42]

In vague order of preference:

A little salt on some duck fat fries

Mayo

Sriracha

Mustard of some sort

Gravy

Cheese

Curry sauce

Malt vinegar

HP sauce

Ranch dressing

Ketchup

I have lately found that a little thinned-out-with-soy-sauce kochujang is nice too. Beyond this list, I will try any condiment available. I love condiments.

[rabidscottsman]

Blue cheese dressing! If i dont have that what i usually do is take mayo and then add some chipolte peppers diced with a little bit of the adobo sauce that comes with the canned peppers...yummy

[phlox]

Ketchup or a chocolate milkshake/frosty when out. At home, a mixture of equal parts mustard and sour cream with chopped garlic and chili flakes. I like to make home fries with lots of onions and red peppers and then pour that stuff over top. Wow, I'm hungry now.

[Miriam Kresh]

Ketchup.

[Milagai]

ketchup, either plain regular ketchup, or any of those maggi

variations (chili-garlic, etc.)

Milagai

[Grovite]

• Straight up, naked
  
• au jus
  
• honey mustard
  
• ranch (especially good with bacon-cheddar fries from Snuffer's in Dallas)
  
• Old Bay or some other spice blend
  
• gravy
  

[Dignan]

Equal parts ketchup and yella mustard, mixed well. Malt vinegar is pretty good, too, once you get past the odor of stinky feet when you splash it on....

[Kris]

Ketchup.

Sometimes nacho cheese and ketchup.

[Shannon_Elise]

I grew up on dipping my fries in a chocolate milkshake like Wendy's Frosty's. I also love a good mustard. If I'm having fried fish at the same time I like to sprinkle (ok, drench) the whole combo in malt vinegar. The only "fries" I eat with ketchup are the waffle fries at Chick-fil-A and then I use a whole lot of salt too.