When you eat the french fries, will you put ketchup on them?

@youless (112123)
Guangzhou, China
November 3, 2007 10:22am CST
When you buy the french fries, usually they will give you ketchup. I wonder how you like to eat it. Will you put ketchup on them or just eat them directly? Most of the time I just like to eat french fries right away. I am not interested in adding other flavor on them.
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• United States
3 Nov 07
well it depends really on where i buy the fries and how they are made.. if i get them at a fast food resturant like mcdonalds or someting i usually just eat them plain before they get cold. If i buy a big thing of them at a fair i put salt and vinegar on them and then ketchup and sometimes cheese too! If my husband makes them here at home deep fryed ill do the same vinegar salt and ketchup. if i get them at a resturant like apple bees i will dip them in my hoiney mustard or something.. i guess it depends on the place, my mood and the flavor of the fries
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
4 Nov 07
You really inspire me new ways to eat it, thanks:)
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@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
5 Nov 07
Hadnt thought about the vinegar - is that malt vinegar or regular? I can just taste that malt on the fries - I have to go find some of that! I don't usually make fries at home caue they just aren't any good baked and to fry them is a lot of mess and fat so I just treat myself to 'fast food" ones of fries and make my own something else!
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• South Africa
7 Nov 09
totaly the same here! haha ive never had ketchup on my mcdonald fries! Isometimes buy extra sweet and sour sauce for my fries at mcdonals haha. But at home or at like the one hotdog shop around my corner i will put ketchup on but then again only if i feel like ketchup!
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
3 Nov 07
Yep, french and ketchup are a great combo!;) I also add some mayo on it, since I like also the sweetness of the mayo and the sourness of ketchup.. Sometimes, I also like it as it is.
@hillock (749)
• Qatar
4 Nov 07
me also! Fries with mayo nad ketchup is the best! yummy!
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
4 Nov 07
I think most people like eat the french fries like this way:)
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@hillock (749)
• Qatar
5 Nov 07
yah thats true but a friend of mine likes his fries with tartar sauce. he is not fond of ketchup.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
3 Nov 07
For the most part I do not like French fries. They need to be very fresh and hot. I do like ketchup on them. I have jalapeno ketchup here at home. I really like a certain type of fry, better than the traditional French fry, I like curly fries. They are usually cut in a spiral, and the ones I buy at Arby's restaurants are seasoned with some kind of a spice mixture,I am not sure what is in it besides the salt. I am pretty sure there is paprika, because it gives them a really pretty reddish color.I like French fried potatoes if they are made from real potatoes, and some of them have a little of the skin left on. I think that is the kind I get at Perkins restaurants. I still will put ketchup on them all.
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
4 Nov 07
I learned something new from you, thanks:)
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
3 Nov 07
I know sometimes when I get french fries Im too impatient I will eat them from the bag.LOL No time for ketshup.LOL I think they are good without ketshup.But my husband eats french fries with lots of ketshup. He really knows how to reck a good frech frie.LOL
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
4 Nov 07
I think I am lazy, so I like to eat the french fries right away:)
@sophylline (1041)
• Philippines
3 Nov 07
When I get my french fries from McDonalds I would request for little salt and eat them right away without any dips. I like their (McDonalds) fries a lot and would like to savor its taste without any additional flavor. However, if the fries are from other place sometimes it tastes better with ketchup, or depending on the ketchup's taste I guess. But, then again, I don't really like ketchup so I would prefer to eat them alone, without any dipping.
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• Philippines
7 Nov 07
Oh, I would always request for a new set where they haven't put salt yet.:p
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
4 Nov 07
I think the french fries from McDonald's already have enough salt and I don't want more:)
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@nehrlas (202)
• United States
4 Nov 07
I love Ketchup with my potatos, french or any other. I especially like the thick fries soaked in ketchup...Now i am hungry!
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Nov 07
Very interesting:)
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
3 Nov 07
I always put pepper on mine...
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
4 Nov 07
Please don't eat so many in a time, because it is likely to have a sore throat after that.
• United States
8 Apr 08
I like ketchup on French fries. I don't eat them that often. I actually haven't eaten at a drive through restaurant that serves fries in a very long time, several months I think. * My favorite take away is Taco Bell and they don't serve fries. Money has been too close to the belt anyway, with this tanking economy and my parent's declining health. * The potatoes I eat are usually baked. I bake them in the microwave, poke lots of holes in them and toss them in the microwave, high ten minutes, split them open, put a pat of butter in them, salt, pepper, yup, that's dinner.
• United States
8 Apr 08
Your welcome!
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
8 Apr 08
Thanks for your response.
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@raychill (6525)
• United States
3 Nov 07
I don't like adding condiments to my french fries. I prefer no salt or ketchup or anything. I'm a big fan of french fries. However sometimes if I'm eating fries and chicken nuggets I will then sometimes eat honey on the fries as well as the nuggets. I agree with you that condiments take away from the fries flavor!
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
4 Nov 07
Thanks for your response.
• United States
4 Nov 07
I do like catup on my French fries. Mo mother eats hers plain. I am not a big fan of French fries, so I will often order something else if available or not at all.
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Nov 07
I think your mom will be glad to hear that you are not a fan of the french fries:)
@shiloh_222 (5479)
• Philippines
3 Nov 07
hi youless. well, i love ketchup with my fries. what i like best is to have my fries mixed with barbecue powder... yum!
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
4 Nov 07
It is nice.
• Philippines
12 Nov 07
I like eating my fries with salt, pepper, and ketchup. Or salt and ketchup. Sometimes, I even eat my fries with gravy! Or ice cream, as weird as it might sound. Bottom line is, I don't like eating fries without anything else on it.
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
12 Nov 07
Ice cream? That is a new flavor:)
• Philippines
12 Nov 07
I meant that when I buy ice cream, and I happen to have fries also, I dip the fries in vanilla ice cream. It's a good combination of hot & cold/salty & sweet. Yum. :)
@fanji008 (775)
• China
4 Nov 07
I like putting ketchup on the frech fries cause I feel it tastes better. But it's also ok if I don't have ketchup at the time. Some of my friends like ketchup so much that even if they eat other fast food like hamburger,they also would like to put ketchup in it.
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Nov 07
It seems more people still prefer to have ketchup.
@porwest (78761)
• United States
22 Jan
I like all sorts of things to dip my fries in. Tartar sauce, horseradish sauce, ranch dressing, BBQ sauce, and yes. Ketchup.
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
26 Jan
Ketchup is one of the most popular dipping
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
27 Jan
@youless I think you are right about that.
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@fiazio (734)
• India
7 Nov 09
Yes that depends on my mood. When I have a lot of time I do open up the ketchup, but in the Mcd's here, they give us the ketchup in that sachets which are very hard to open. That might be the reason of me not opening them!
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
7 Nov 09
I just complain the ketchup sachets from McDonald's are not enough
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
4 Nov 07
sometimes i do, sometimes i dont. if i get my fries at fast food then i eat it with ketchup. if i buy uncooked fries and cooked it at home i dont put ketchup but instead i put cheese flavor or barbeque flavor. the ones you put on popcorns. so i dont need to put ketchup.
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Nov 07
That's very interesting because we are different in this aspect. When I eat french fries in the fast food restaurants, I don't add ketchup although they offer it for me:)
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
5 Nov 07
have you tried to add flavors on it? our Mc donalds here sometimes offer fries with flavors. but not all year only on promotional periods.
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@munhozmib (3837)
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
13 Apr 08
Hello, my friend! Yes, I add the ketchup to them. It gives the french fries a special taste, it becomes so good! I also add a lot of salt. French fries are just great, it's a shame they are a bit expensive here where I live. I don't eat it everyday, but once every month more or less. And you? Respectfully, Munhozmib.
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
14 Apr 08
But try to have less salt will be healthy.
@jpso138 (7851)
• Philippines
7 Nov 09
I love french fries and I do put ketchup when I eat them. They taste so good with ketchup. In most cases, I even add on hot sauce to make it more interesting and tasty. I love hot and chili sauces so I used them in most foods that requires dipping or sauce. This includes french fries.
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
7 Nov 09
I think it tastes well to try chili sauses
• Canada
13 Apr 08
i don't like ketchup at all. i don't put it on anything...i put mayo on my fries. or i put gravy and cheese (called poutine) and usually vinegar and lots of pepper when i make poutine...yummy
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
13 Apr 08
So everybody has a different favorite flavor
• India
1 Nov 09
hi youless, i like french fries, but not without ketch up I always put a dollop of ketchup on my plates, adn then dip the fries in it. I can eat them without it and did for years. But I prefer the ketchup. The interesting thing is a lot of the ppl dip fries in ranch dressing. I never would have thought of it in the first place, but apparently it's a popular alternative to ketchup. but to me it hs to be ketchup and ketchup
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
2 Nov 09
It seems that the ketchup is good for the health