On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 4:38:53 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> On 22/07/2014 9:42 PM, sf wrote:
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> > On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:46:13 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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> > > wrote:
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> >> Is this sort of place becoming more common in your area?
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> > No, but I haven't moved to other nearby areas because of the generic
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> > "chain restaurant in a mall" concept.
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> >> Seems there are
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> >> very few places here any more where they do cooking from scratch. And all
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> >> of the food seems the same from one place to the next.
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> > We ate in a historic downtown area in the Sierra foothills today. I
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> > ordered a burger & fries ($5 lunch special). The fries were
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> > fantastic, obviously cut on the premises and cooked just the way I
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> > asked: crispy. I do not like fries that have been "altered" but these
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> > came with a seasoning other than plain salt... OMG, so freeking good!
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> > No idea what the seasoning mix was (our waitress is his wife, but she
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> > says he won't tell her) but part of it was powdered chile (no heat).
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> > OTOH, although the burger was cooked the way I wanted - but I'd bet
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> > money it was a prefab, frozen burger before it went onto the grill.
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> > What a stark contrast between the burger and fries!
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> Why are burgers served with fries? Isn't the carbohydrate of the bread
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> bun enough?
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> Graham

It's traditional to serve fries with burgers in the US. We don't typically serve fries with hot dogs but chips go well with dogs. This would not be English chips but American potato chips. In Hawaii, we like to serve spaghetti with garlic bread. Sometimes we'll add a side of macaroni salad. Don't ask me why cause the answer is "we just do."