Saturday, June 11, 2022

THE FRENCH FRY POST

 If you read your favourite blog long enough, everything is addressed. Chicago Style Hot Dogs? Yup. Literature and music? Sure. Pizza? Always. And now, as summer approaches and fourth of July barbeques are being planned, we do the French Fry Dipping Sauce Post. No need to address the best French Fries, those belong to Nathans in Coney Island New York. McDonalds are in the discussion for second place along with a host of others.



But this post caught our eyes- the best non ketchup French Fry dipping sauce. 

We admit to going into the post thinking "this is nonsense. It's ketchup pure and simple." And yet, when we started reading, we began think "hmmmm, you may be right."  So assuming ketchup is number one, we rank the other sauces listed.  Don't blame us if you go off your diet this weekend.  Every sauce mentioned is listed in the article. But we have re-ranked them to our preference. 

THE DIPPING SAUCES

Chipotle Aioli. A perfect substitute for ketchup with a  smokey flavor created by mixing Duke’s Mayo, adobo chipotle peppers,  oil, salt and fat. This will make you forget about the Heinz quicker than when Warren Buffet dumped his Heinz stock.

Chili. Now this is a bit unfair, because really this should be a chili-cheese fries dish, and we admit that even when we order chili-cheese fries, we put a little ketchup on it.  One thing for certain is that this dish demands it be eaten with a cold beer.

Cheddar Mornay. Now this is intriguing.  A Mornay is a classic French sauce made with béchamel and cheese. 

Thousand Island/ Comeback sauce. According to the article Comeback sauce  has roots in Mississippi cuisine and supposedly got its name from the southern practice of saying farewell, with some variation of “Y’all come back now!”

Banana ketchup. Never tried it, but it sounds better than the rest. Invented by Filipina food technologist and war heroine Maria Orosa, this condiment is made with banana, sugar, vinegar and spices.

Now we approach the part of the list where we say- no thanks, we will have our fries plain. 

Mayonnaise. It's British, along with some vinegar. But not for us. Save the mayo for the tuna salad. 

Garlic Aioli. Nope. 

Chimichurri Sauce. Double nope. Save it for the steak. 

Truffle mayo.  Sounds better than it is. 

Kimchi mayo. We do NOT like kimchi. 

Ranch Dressing. Fries are not carrot sticks. End of discussion. 

Now we get to the mustards. And the answer is NO. If some mustard from the hot dog drips on to the fries and mixes with the ketchup, that is one thing. But to dip a fry into mustard is to dip ice cream into hollandaise sauce. It is just not done amongst polite company. 

Dijon Mustard. See above.  

Honey Mustard. OMG no. Never. 

So there you have it. Plan your summer outing eatings. Make the burgers and hot dogs and slaw and potato salad. If you will be in the northeast. like Rumpole will be shortly for the summer, the lobster roll will be a main staple of our daily repasts. But through it all, like Baseball, runs a long thread of a potato. Fired and salted and ready for your toppings. 

Enjoy. 



24 comments:

  1. I love this post Rumpole!

    This is my now favorite post after “Ham vs. Prosciutto” and “Harvey Shenberg vs. Roy Gelber for Chief Judge.”

    God bless you. I’m thinking Pulitzer Prize in 2022.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Salt is the only that should be on a French fry.

    ReplyDelete
  3. I remember in the old pickle barrel sometimes after a long morning in court I’d come downstairs and Murray would rustle me up a batch of fries and a cold coke. And I’d sit in a corner and dip my fries in ketchup and just decompress from a long morning of saying “bench warrant one hundred dollars “ and “is the state certifying jail?”
    I miss those days.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Let me be The fIrst To say Steph Curry is a BEAST and he won last night’s game almost single handily despite my Celts shutting him down in the fourth. We are all tied 2-2 and this is a hell of a series. But Miami Heat fans don’t know that because they didn’t watch the game last night. They don’t watch any games unless it’s game seven and the Heat are in it. Then they are the loyal “I watch all the games from Pre season on” type of fans. But we know that’s as a true as a judge reading all the cases in a motion.

    ReplyDelete
  5. The best french fries are found at Shorty's BBQ.

    ReplyDelete
  6. They’re Good. I’ll give you that. And I like them with the tangy BBQ sauce.

    ReplyDelete
  7. A submission from Zimbabwe says the name Shumie means "Praise" and is of African origin.

    ReplyDelete
  8. I’m intrigued by the banana ketchup.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Rump has it right. Chipotle all the way. Chipotle is the new ketchup for the 2020s get with it people.

    ReplyDelete
  10. What a stupid blog and what a stupid post. Come up here. We don’t put up with this nonsense. You stand in line. Get yourself fries and eat them with ketchup if you’re lucky and stfu.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Rump as an avowed Anglophile you don’t go for the Mayo and vinegar? I would have thought you a fish and chips chap all the way.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Thoughts on Chick-Fil-A fries Rump?

    ReplyDelete
  13. 9:22 You are lucky if the judge reads the motion.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Who is this FAKE REAL FORMER JUDGE? Is it Fake Murray Meyerson? Is it Fake Ellen Morphonios?

    Is it just the REAL FORMER JUDGE causing a conflict?

    ReplyDelete
  15. Ive never eaten at chick Fil A. I’d like to say it’s political but the truth is I don’t really eat at fast food.

    ReplyDelete
  16. This "Cletics Fan" character is funny. He thinks that he is making fun of others, but is only making fun of himself.

    Brother, give it a rest. The NBA is for-profit entertainment just like sitcoms or movies. There is no reason to watch or otherwise patronize the NBA (or any other for-profit entertainment) unless the product entertains you. The producers and actors don't care about you. "Loyalty" has nothing to do with this product. If the Heat aren't in it, it's not particularly relevant or entertaining to me or most other people in Miami. If Jerry Seinfeld comes out with a funny standup special, I'll watch. If the reviews suck, I won't watch. Jerry Seinfeld doesn't give a shit about me, and I am not loyal to him. The NBA is the same.

    If you're giving your loyalty to strangers who don't care about you and are leveraging you for profits, maybe it's time to reconsider your position on the matter. Either way, no one else cares. Good luck and enjoy the product while the team you find relevant is still in it.

    ReplyDelete
  17. It's good and healthy to forego fast food.
    And if one doesn't want to eat at Chick-Fil-A because of its politics, that's fine too.
    But perhaps don't go there and berate the employees like this guy did.

    https://abcnews.go.com/Business/cfo-food-stamps-controversial-viral-video/story?id=29533695

    ReplyDelete
  18. Hey 421. Game 5 tonight. Heat fans know that well they don’t know that. The heat are out. The Panthers are out so they won’t watch the Stanley cup. The Marlins , well they were out by April. What are heat fans doing until the dolphins who they love and follow and see every game ( until they are out ) watching LIV golf or the housewives of Dubai?

    Go Celts baby.

    ReplyDelete
  19. For fries - A1. drop the mic.

    ReplyDelete
  20. 1/3 HEINZ Mayochup

    1/6 Professor Phardtpounders Colon Cleaner Hot Sauce

    1/6 Worcestershire sauce mixed with paprika

    1/6 Heinz 57 Sauce

    1/6 Hires Big H Fry Sauce

    ReplyDelete