[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/ck/ - Food & Cooking

View post   
File: 25 KB, 432x273, fries-light1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
6074496 No.6074496 [Reply] [Original]

What the fuck are up with In N out fries? They taste so shit compared to 5 guys, and even fucking McDs.

>> No.6074499

>>6074496
Every time I've been to Five Guys the potatoes were undercooked on the inside, and overcooked on the outside. In-n-Out was the exact opposite. Limp as shit.

McDonald's is God tier. You won't find better french fries anywhere else in the world.

>> No.6074500

>>6074496
>being this pleb

It's fresh cut fries and vegetable oil right there. And salt. They are good and not sitting for 8 hours

>> No.6074514

>>6074500
but they shit, they taste stale as fuck

>> No.6074520

Both InO and 5G fries suck. McD is meh. Best fries are Popeyes or Checkers/Rally's.

>> No.6074524

>>6074520

>Checkers/Rally's

This

>> No.6074533

>>6074520
Never even heard of checker :( sorry, theres only one in my state MILES/hours away from me apparently

>> No.6074541

>>6074496
>being a trash food connoisseur.
Pleb.

>> No.6074550

The problem is that you can't make good shoestring fries from "fresh cut" potatoes.

You need to rinse and soak them for 30 minutes in icy water, let them drip dry for 5 minutes, THEN fry them.

Fresh potatoes have too much starch in them.

>> No.6074551

>>6074496
like s*** because they are s*** they use ignorance to sell products like its quality but its bullshit. they cut the potato and then deep fried that's not a french fries that's just fried potatoes and they turn soggy and have no flavor. they sell it to their customers that fresh is better when in reality they are just capitalizing on cheap labor and cheap potatoes. even their commercials market their burgers as juicy, but they're less than a half of a inch thick. good to see they are referring to is Greese. it's like Apple products people like cuz it's a popular thing to do

>> No.6074560
File: 71 KB, 514x343, 20120918-222541-checkers-rallys-fry-lovers-burger-fries.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
6074560

>>6074533
Thier burgers are decent, but they have the best fries of any fast food joint, no question

>> No.6074563

>>6074560
They're pretty good, but you can buy them at Wal-mart now. Kind of ruins the allure.

McDonald's has more science behind their french fry than any other company. They've engineered the perfect french fry.

>> No.6074569

>>6074563
Is that why they don't taste or feel like french fries?

>> No.6074577

>>6074563
>McDonald's has more science behind their french fry than any other compan

Yes, but unfortunately a lot of that science is directed at things important for a big restaurant chain, like bulk availability, a long shelf life (both in the warehouse and also when held warm under the heat lamps), and idiot-proof reheating procedures. Those are irrelevant to home cooks, so it's not difficult to do better at home.

That's especially true these days. McDonalds fries used to be cooked in beef tallow. Those were indeed fantastic, and not something the average person did at home. Alas they don't do that anymore. Thanks vegetarian assholes.

>> No.6074583

>>6074520
Rallys fries are fucking god tier.
Going there at 3 AM after a night at the bars and getting a baconzilla and cup of fries is the best.

>> No.6074601

BK has best fries

>> No.6074605

>>6074569
In the second half of the 20th century, McDonald's was king. No where else could you get such a consistent product for the entire family at an affordable price. The promotions and movie tie-ins were one-of-a-kind, and if you were a kid, nothing made you smile bigger than getting a Happy Meal with cookies and a toy inside.

McDonald's is a modern day marvel. To do business in so many markets, and to almost never run out of food. There are shortages from time to time, but it boggles the mind how they can process so many ingredients and deliver them to every corner of the world.

Hating McDonald's is a relatively new concept. You're just a bandwagoner without any original opinions or thoughts of your own. You're the equivalent of Anita Sarkeesian's followers. You didn't see any flaws until someone pointed it out to you, and then you got up in arms because you have nothing to care about or fight for.

Go kill yourself.

>> No.6074607

>>6074577
>McDonald's has more science behind their french fry than any other company
You of course mean Belgian Fries. It's an easy mistake to make.

>> No.6074611

>>6074607
You're quoting the wrong person, idiot.

>> No.6074612

>>6074605
I don't hate McDonald's, don't get me wrong. I can still from time to time enjoy the unnatural taste of a couple of their burgers or stuff off their breakfast menu, I just have never liked the fries. Sorry anon, I know you had a long rant set up making assumptions about my character for nothing but hey you can always just stow that away and use it again later! :^)

>> No.6074616

>>6074611
No I'm not.

>> No.6074619

>>6074551
You tried. Don't let anyone take that away from you.

>> No.6074621

>>6074616
Mobile devices don't like new captcha service, happening a lot on /pol/ since it got pwnd.

>> No.6074623

>>6074605
>No where else could you get such a consistent product for the entire family at an affordable price

Incorrect. You can easily get a tasty meal for a whole family in your kitchen.

>>f you were a kid, nothing made you smile bigger than getting a Happy Meal with cookies and a toy inside.

Nope. I can clearly remember the first time I got a happy meal. I was super excited about it, opened it up, got ready to enjoy my (kid-size) hamburger. But it tasted like shit compared to what my dad used to cook on the decrepit charcoal grill out back. The happy meal was pure disappointment.

Now maybe if your family couldn't or didn't cook at home I can see it being a treat. But honestly you have to be pretty shitty in the kitchen for fast food to taste good by comparison.

>> No.6074633

>>6074496
Why do you eat frozen disgusting salty fries?

Cook your own. People give potatos for granted but you have to try the good stuff to get a taste on them.

>> No.6074656

Whataburger is best fry. And there isnt even anything distinct or gimmicky to set them apart from a regular plain fast food fry. Its just a flawless execution of how a normal fast food fry should be. And its the only place that has good tasting ketchup.

>> No.6074671

>>6074623
>first happy meal sucked
Mine too.

The first time I had one was when my family moved to the US in November 1990.
We got into the airport really late US time but about lunchtime for where we just moved from, so little was open and we were hungry. Dad, who is half American, knew that McD would be open and reliable and none of us other than him had ever had it before so he thought he'd try to introduce it to us.

Don't recall what my parents, brothers and sister ate, but I had nuggets IIRC. I thought they tasted odd and I didn't like them much but the fries were decent. I don't remember any biscuits/cookies served with it, though, but remember asking my dad for a 'soondah-eh' (muh foreign-person pronunciation of 'sundae,' I saw it written under a picture of some ice cream with berries on it) and he told me that it was pronounced 'Sunday' and that they only sold it on that day. Honestly believed him for several years thereafter, the cheap sonuvabitch.

Anyway, over all, it was meh but I liked the toy (a moonheaded guy with sunglasses in a car) a bunch. Then I spent all that night being sick all over myself. To be fair, I think I caught something on the flight to the US from SG rather than the McD meal doing it. Didn't stop my brain from putting me off the stuff for the next 10 years, though, until my dad retired and we left the US and moved back home.

>> No.6074676

>>6074656
I've not had WaB in years. Next time I go to TX, though, I'll stop in. That place is fucking bomb.

>> No.6074677
File: 75 KB, 590x590, ss.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
6074677

4 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons sugar
¼ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon turmeric
1/8 teaspoon soybean oil

>> No.6074679

>>6074520
I may have a huge fucking softspot for 5 guys and wingstop fries but this is the fucking absolute truth

>> No.6074692

>>6074677
Better to just multiply all quantities by 8 rather than measure out ⅛ tsp of oil.

>> No.6074707

>>6074692

Why would it need to be measured? It has no appreciable flavor so it's just there for texture. You could simply eyeball it.

>> No.6074724

>>6074633
I eat potatoes of all types I just don't lie to people about what a french frie is and sell french fries that taste like s*** in my restaurant. if you were going to In N Out for something fresh and healthy you're obviously ignorant and lie to yourself. it's ignorant hipsters like you that make it OK for so many establishments to rip us off because people are ignorant on how to cook their own food and instead rely on selling points as education

>> No.6074970

5 Guys
shit-tier
describes their fries

>> No.6074974

>>6074496
i like them, they taste like potatoes
maybe you don't like potatoes

>> No.6074979

>>6074724
>fresh and healthy
>healthy
no one said that m8

>> No.6075040

Personally I prefer In-N-Out's fries the way they do them normally but surely y'all realize that they're all completely used to everybody custom ordering their fries that they won't bat an eye if you say "I'd like my fries cooked slightly crispier than usual" or even "I'd like my fries cooked 10 seconds longer than normal" or shit like that. Ordering "fries well done" basically gives them the texture of sticks of potato chips.

>> No.6075479

Freeze your fries

They cook in oil much much better.
One of the reasons McD's tops other fries.

>> No.6076024

>>6074496


They're not bad, they're just dry tasting. It tastes reconstructed, like pringles.

>> No.6076039
File: 17 KB, 220x200, fc,220x200,white.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
6076039

>>6074605
holy shit kill yourself

>> No.6077279

>>6074499
Carls Jr

>> No.6077285

>>6074520
Oh shit, I haven't had Rally's fries in forever but I'm drooling right now.

>> No.6077293

>>6074605
Wow, you work really hard at being dumb as shit.

>> No.6077300

>>6074496
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA


AAAAAAAAAH AHAHAHAHAHAHA
OMG LOOK AT THIS FAGGOT
HE LIEKS FIVE GUYS

five guys is trash. their fries are overly salted, with their stupid fuckign salty ass cajun shit, greasy as fuck, and taste LIKE TOTAL shit an hour later.

innout fries are god teir. all i want is fuckign fried potato to eat with sauces.

theyre good as fuck.
youre clearly fat soccer mom east coast

you need flavour to punch you in the face to even get apositive reaction
youre like a child
eat shit

>> No.6077301
File: 347 KB, 1216x2048, pasta.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
6077301

>>6074605
>pasta
>from a shill
You sure McDs isn't getting into the spaghetti business?

>> No.6077304

>>6076039
eat a fried dick then, mk?

>>6074605
i love mcdonalds. its hte ONLY fast food i can eat anymore that doesnt make my stomach feel like shit and make me wanna die.

which is amazing, and i think they have THAT going for them...

"of all the fast foods, at least you dont regret eating our food"

>> No.6077309
File: 54 KB, 520x390, Mcspaghetti_logo_2011.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
6077309

>>6077301

>> No.6077324

FAST FOOD FRENCH FRY POWER RANKINGS

1. Rally's/Checkers
2. Steak n' Shake
3. White Castle
4. Burger King
5. McDonalds
...
10. Five Guys
11. Hardees/Carl Jr's
12. Arby's
13. Chick-fil-a
14. KFC
15. Sonic
...
50. Jack in the Box
51. Dairy Queen
...
100. Whataburger
...
9000000000. In-and-Out

>> No.6077547

Goddamn I just don't know what to think about your list because it's still utterly fucked up no matter which way you flip it.

>> No.6077548

>>6077324
I can agree with this list.

>> No.6077561

>>6077548
>bk above mcd
I can't. McDo fries are absolutely better than BK, WC fries are fuckterrible and while I find it hard to believe that 5G fries are bad since so many people say how good and crisp they are, every time I've had them, they've been well below Arby's in quality.
I haven't ever had most of the other ones on that list, though.

>> No.6077577

Plain/salted fries from in-n-out are awful, but animal fries are god-tier.

>> No.6077619
File: 1.79 MB, 352x199, 1413748568018.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
6077619

>>6074520
>Rally Fries
> The best

> My Nigga pic related.

>> No.6078090
File: 44 KB, 350x350, 1413517250975.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
6078090

The problem with their fries is the process.

You can't just cut potatoes and fry them once like they do and expect anything other than a fucking greasy mess with bad texture. However, American's lap that shit up so they keep making them like that. It's also fastest way to make fresh fries and they only do high volume fast service so it works for them.

There is literally no decent fry recipe that involves only cutting frying and serving. The best way is a 2 step process where the potato is cooked through the first time but not crisp, then crisped at a higher temperature.

>> No.6078099 [DELETED] 

>>6074520
>not loving mcd fries
>having a meme opinion

>> No.6078247

>>6077324
Terrible fucking list m8
>BK over McD
>Hardees over Arby's
>White Castle ranked so high
>Whataburger ranked preposterously low
>Even bothering to mention Sonic's fries. Get into tater tots nigga
>Clear bias against waffle cut fries with 50% buffalo 50% ranch sauce

I hipe your parents are proud of you because I sure as shit aint

>> No.6078256

>>6074496

Get them well done and put salt on em. Thank me later.

>> No.6078465

IN-N-OUT fries are the best. They actually taste like potatoes, unlike other fast food fries which taste like whatever flavor compounds they use to make it seem like they were fried in beef tallow.

>> No.6079207

>>6078090
>"hurr they dont cook using my recipe"
go away chef-wannabe

also, i believe they do double fry them, after slicing and drying them.

at least in reno, nv anyways

>> No.6079230

>>6074577
They still taste like they've been cooked in beef tallow. McDonald's scientists, when vegetarians started making a significant impact on the economy, couldn't just remove the flavor that made their fries famous so when they removed animal products as part of the process they engineered their fries to taste like beef tallow was still used. Everyone wins and we get to mock vegetarians for enjoying McDonald's fries.

>> No.6079236

>>6074496
MCDONALDS FRIES AND CHICKEN NUGGETS TASTE LIKE THEATRE POPCORN

TRY TO PROVE ME WRONG
SOMETHING IS GOING ON

>> No.6079257

>>6074514
Let me get this straight. You think in and out fries taste stale compared to McDonald where more often then not have been sitting in a warmer for some time?
Wut?

>> No.6079266

>>6074551
>you went full retard didn't you?

>> No.6079267

>>6074671
>he told me that it was pronounced 'Sunday' and that they only sold it on that day
kek. I love your dad, even if you don't, anon.

>> No.6079280

They don't taste like anything but natural potato fries without seasoning. Not a fan of them either, but if you think they taste like shit then you just don't like potatoes.

>> No.6079326

you fatasses are arguing about french fries?

>> No.6079335

>>6079280
Five Guys fries taste like natural potatoes and they aren't total shit

Keep shilling

>> No.6079340

>>6079326
I was about to say dem Gringos take their Papas Fritas seriously.

>> No.6079341

>>6079236
MSG-G-G-G baby baby baby.

>> No.6079711

They're awesome. Just get some salt and sprinkle it on them. OP you better be a fucking troll.

>> No.6079957

>>6074496
In case anyone would like to know this, Sconecutter has some pretty awful and some pretty delicious fries.

They actually have two kinds of fries; regular and spicy. The first time I went to Sconecutter was with my dad about a year ago for lunch, and we each ordered a sandwich in a combo, and I ordered the regular fries, but he order the spicy fries, since he's always preferred spicier foods.

Big mistake on my part.

The regular fries are so bland and starchy that it's nearly impossible to choke them down. Apparently, the spicy fries aren't even that spicy, and are incredibly delicious. I've never ordered their regular fries since, and if we're including flavored fries in this "contest," then the spicy fries win, IMO.

The only downside is that most of their other foods are pretty overpriced...

>> No.6079967

>>6078247
>BK over McD
McDs fries are great when they're done right, which is a rarity. BK's satisfries are fucking amazing.

>Hardees over Arby's
Yes, Arby's curly fries are overrated. Deal with it.

>White Castle ranked so high
Those crinkle cuts are great with the cheese sauce.

>Whataburger ranked so preposterously low
They're meme-tier, son.

>Even bothering to mention Sonic's fries. Get into tater tots nigga
Their tots are good. Those actually had a factor into my rankings.

>Clear bias against waffle cut fries with 50% buffalo 50% ranch sauce
If you absolutely need sauce then your fries are shit.

>> No.6079984

>>6079967
I've never had McD fries done any way other than how they're done, that is, they're always the same and, thankfully, that 'same' is always at least 7/10. BK is always 5/10 or lower. Of the big three, it's McD > Wendy's > BK.

Arby's fries are a soggy, horrid mess, we agree. WC fries, however, are even worse. I've never had an order of fries from WC that wasn't as limp as Tom Cruise's dick on his wedding night.

The last time I was in TX for work was several years ago now, so I might not be remembering clearly, but I though Whataburger was pretty okay. Better than BK, anyway.

Finally, waffle fries can be good but seldom are, especially from CfA.

>> No.6080028

it's califags being califags

>> No.6080043

Chick-fil-a has the best fries and food.

>> No.6080058

>>6077324
>2. Steak n' Shake
Those shoe-string barely solid things? They're so thin & flavorless, they can double as fatty floss.

>> No.6080163

>>6074496
they don't taste like dick enough for you OP?