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.