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Never had them before but after hearing that Burger King now offers them, I
decided to try them. They sound good.

I went to the grocery store on Saturday and I was going to walk across the
street to Burger King to try some. Instead, I just bought one sweet potato
to make them at home.

I just cut one up and fried it and while draining I put on some salt and
pepper.

YUM! Good stuff.

Guess I'll still try the BK ones sometime soon to compare.

Gary
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On Jul 17, 3:15*pm, Gary > wrote:
> Never had them before but after hearing that Burger King now offers them, I
> decided to try them. They sound good.
>
> I went to the grocery store on Saturday and I was going to walk across the
> street to Burger King to try some. *Instead, I just bought one sweet potato
> to make them at home.
>
> I just cut one up and fried it and while draining I put on some salt and
> pepper.
>
> YUM! *Good stuff.
>
> Guess I'll still try the BK ones sometime soon to compare.
>
> Gary


I'm sure yours would be better plus no crap in them.
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:15:35 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Never had them before but after hearing that Burger King now offers them, I
>decided to try them. They sound good.
>
>I went to the grocery store on Saturday and I was going to walk across the
>street to Burger King to try some. Instead, I just bought one sweet potato
>to make them at home.
>
>I just cut one up and fried it and while draining I put on some salt and
>pepper.
>
>YUM! Good stuff.
>
>Guess I'll still try the BK ones sometime soon to compare.
>
>Gary


I get the sweet potato fries at Pappy's Smokehouse BBQ here in STL:

http://www.pappyssmokehouse.com/Menu.php

YUM!!! And Pappy's has some of the best smoked ribs too! Can't speak
to anything eklse they make cause I always get the ribs!

John Kuthe...
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:15:35 -0400, Gary > wrote:

> Guess I'll still try the BK ones sometime soon to compare.


You can buy them frozen at Trader Joe's too.

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Gary > wrote:

>Never had them before but after hearing that Burger King now offers them, I
>decided to try them. They sound good.
>
>I went to the grocery store on Saturday and I was going to walk across the
>street to Burger King to try some. Instead, I just bought one sweet potato
>to make them at home.
>
>I just cut one up and fried it and while draining I put on some salt and
>pepper.
>
>YUM! Good stuff.


We mostly do either sweet potato or those Okinowan Sweet potatoes for
fries. I prefer the Okinowans- my son likes the sweet potatoes.

Lately I've been soaking them in a strong brine for an hour or two-
then drying well before frying. No more salt needed. [for me,
anyway]

The brine is- 2 quarts of water, a cup of salt-- a cup of white
vinegar if I'm in the mood. I put a plate on them to hold them down.
[1/2"x1/2" fries]

Jim


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On 7/17/2012 4:15 PM, Gary wrote:
> Never had them before but after hearing that Burger King now offers them, I
> decided to try them. They sound good.
>
> I went to the grocery store on Saturday and I was going to walk across the
> street to Burger King to try some. Instead, I just bought one sweet potato
> to make them at home.
>
> I just cut one up and fried it and while draining I put on some salt and
> pepper.
>
> YUM! Good stuff.
>
> Guess I'll still try the BK ones sometime soon to compare.
>
> Gary
>


Homemade: tossed lightly with olive oil and your favorite spice blend
and baked till tender are healthier and delicious.

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try a bag of crinkle cut sweet potatoe fries from the freezer section at
the grocery store and bake-excellent!

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On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:52:43 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
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> We mostly do either sweet potato or those Okinowan Sweet potatoes for
> fries. I prefer the Okinowans- my son likes the sweet potatoes.


Are those the white ones? I just started buying them recently and
they taste great.... but real sweet potatoes are still "orange" to me.


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> On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:23:16 GMT, l, not -l wrote:
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>> On 17-Jul-2012, sf > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:15:35 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Guess I'll still try the BK ones sometime soon to compare.
>>>
>>> You can buy them frozen at Trader Joe's too.

>>
>> There is also a McCain brand of frozen Sweet Potato Fries widely available
>> in supermarkets here (STL)

>
> Alexia is the sweet potato brand I see around here, 3-4 different
> varieties/flavors. I picked up a bag today. And put it right back
> down. I've never had a sweet potato fry that was decent. They are
> always limper and lack the crispness of true french fries - even from
> the restaurants I've tried.
>
> -sw


True French fries are pretty limp. After they sit, they really get limp.
If you could figure how McDonald's manufactures theirs, you could make
crisp sweet potato fries. I don't remember what the consistency was of the
sweet ones I ad, but I preferred regular potatoes.

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> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:15:35 -0400, Gary > wrote:
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>> Guess I'll still try the BK ones sometime soon to compare.

>
> You can buy them frozen at Trader Joe's too.


Or any grocery store.




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> On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:23:16 GMT, l, not -l wrote:
>
>> On 17-Jul-2012, sf > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:15:35 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Guess I'll still try the BK ones sometime soon to compare.
>>>
>>> You can buy them frozen at Trader Joe's too.

>>
>> There is also a McCain brand of frozen Sweet Potato Fries widely
>> available
>> in supermarkets here (STL)

>
> Alexia is the sweet potato brand I see around here, 3-4 different
> varieties/flavors. I picked up a bag today. And put it right back
> down. I've never had a sweet potato fry that was decent. They are
> always limper and lack the crispness of true french fries - even from
> the restaurants I've tried.


I bought those for my daughter. Although she liked them, she said the
restaurant kind are better. Perhaps the difference being that they fry
them. I bake them in the oven. No doubt they are probably the same brand.


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> Sqwertz > wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:23:16 GMT, l, not -l wrote:
>>
>>> On 17-Jul-2012, sf > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:15:35 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Guess I'll still try the BK ones sometime soon to compare.
>>>>
>>>> You can buy them frozen at Trader Joe's too.
>>>
>>> There is also a McCain brand of frozen Sweet Potato Fries widely
>>> available
>>> in supermarkets here (STL)

>>
>> Alexia is the sweet potato brand I see around here, 3-4 different
>> varieties/flavors. I picked up a bag today. And put it right back
>> down. I've never had a sweet potato fry that was decent. They are
>> always limper and lack the crispness of true french fries - even from
>> the restaurants I've tried.
>>
>> -sw

>
> True French fries are pretty limp. After they sit, they really get limp.
> If you could figure how McDonald's manufactures theirs, you could make
> crisp sweet potato fries. I don't remember what the consistency was of the
> sweet ones I ad, but I preferred regular potatoes.


McDonald's adds stuff that you wouldn't normally want. There is beef, wheat
and milk in the fries. Some places use a sugar spray coating on them to
keep them crisp.


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>Alexia is the sweet potato brand I see around here, 3-4 different
>varieties/flavors. I picked up a bag today. And put it right back
>down. I've never had a sweet potato fry that was decent. They are
>always limper and lack the crispness of true french fries - even from
>the restaurants I've tried.
>
>-sw


The ones at BK are crispier than most, but I bet they are coated with
something to make them that way. Still not a crispy as a regular
potato though; just not the right chemical composition.
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:26:42 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:52:43 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
>wrote:
>
>> We mostly do either sweet potato or those Okinowan Sweet potatoes for
>> fries. I prefer the Okinowans- my son likes the sweet potatoes.

>
>Are those the white ones? I just started buying them recently and
>they taste great


Red on the outside- 'off white'(?) on the inside. Shaped like a sweet
potato, not a Idaho red. Ever-so-slightly sweet.

>.... but real sweet potatoes are still "orange" to me.
>


I agree. And while I won't call sweet potatoes 'Yam' - even
when the market does- I stick with what they call those potatoes from
Okinawa.

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On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:23:55 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
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> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:26:42 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:52:43 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
> >wrote:
> >
> >> We mostly do either sweet potato or those Okinowan Sweet potatoes for
> >> fries. I prefer the Okinowans- my son likes the sweet potatoes.

> >
> >Are those the white ones? I just started buying them recently and
> >they taste great

>
> Red on the outside- 'off white'(?) on the inside. Shaped like a sweet
> potato, not a Idaho red. Ever-so-slightly sweet.


Yes they're "sweet potato" shaped, but the "white" ones available
where I shop are brown on the outside.
>
> >.... but real sweet potatoes are still "orange" to me.
> >

>
> I agree. And while I won't call sweet potatoes 'Yam' - even
> when the market does- I stick with what they call those potatoes from
> Okinawa.
>

Guess I haven't seen them after all, not familiar with anything called
"Okinawa". They're labeled by what color the flesh is and it doesn't
get any fancier than that.


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sf > wrote:

>On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:23:55 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
>wrote:


-snip-
>> Red on the outside- 'off white'(?) on the inside. Shaped like a sweet
>> potato, not a Idaho red. Ever-so-slightly sweet.

>
>Yes they're "sweet potato" shaped, but the "white" ones available
>where I shop are brown on the outside.
>>
>> >.... but real sweet potatoes are still "orange" to me.
>> >

>>
>> I agree. And while I won't call sweet potatoes 'Yam' - even
>> when the market does- I stick with what they call those potatoes from
>> Okinawa.
>>

>Guess I haven't seen them after all, not familiar with anything called
>"Okinawa". They're labeled by what color the flesh is and it doesn't
>get any fancier than that.


Brain fart alert-- The potatoes I get at the Asian market-- and have
seen in the supermarket once or twice are the *Japanese* sweet
potatoes.

The Okinawan sweet potatoes are brown on the outside and bright purple
inside-- I haven't found them yet. [But they must be on my mind as
I've made the same mistake before.]

Jim
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Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> sf > wrote:
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>>.... but real sweet potatoes are still "orange" to me.
>>

>
> I agree. And while I won't call sweet potatoes 'Yam' - even
> when the market does- I stick with what they call those potatoes from
> Okinawa.


I've still never seen true yam in a store. Very much a specialty item
but I do expect to see it as Whole Foods or somewhere at some point.
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