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Sweet potato fries
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. -- Food is an important part of a balanced diet. |
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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. gloria p |
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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 >
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.... but real sweet potatoes are still "orange" to me. -- Food is an important part of a balanced diet. |
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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. Greg |
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"sf" > wrote in message ... > 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. Or any grocery store. |
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"Sqwertz" > wrote in message ... > 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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"gregz" > wrote in message ... > 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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On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:18:18 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote: > >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. Jim |
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:23:55 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
wrote: > 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. -- Food is an important part of a balanced diet. |
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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: > >>.... 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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