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Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Sun July 26, 2020 3:02 pm
by Norah
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:it's time to delete this thread and move on
Once the poll is done, I'll lock this thread and put the results in the OP of the other thread
ruddo i swear to god

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Sun July 26, 2020 6:40 pm
by epilogue
cutuphalfdead wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:it's time to delete this thread and move on
Once the poll is done, I'll lock this thread and put the results in the OP of the other thread
ruddo i swear to god
:haha:

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Mon July 27, 2020 11:39 pm
by The Argonaut
The poll is apparently live?

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Mon July 27, 2020 11:46 pm
by Simple Torture
Which monster voted for McDonald's?

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:00 am
by The Argonaut
some depraved soul.

I didn't go with Five Guys because I went there recently for the first time in a long while and the fries were soggy and too oily and generally gross and it made me question if I just got a bad batch or if all my happy memories of Five Guys fries were lies.
So I voted for Red Robin, many happy memories

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:03 am
by BurtReynolds
Taco bell

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:04 am
by The Argonaut
McDonalds does not sell any product that should legally qualify as french fries
Burger King and Wendys and Arbys have good fries for fast food joints
Shake Shack has great burgers and shakes but I never get the fries because I find them boring. These days, I don't get the burgers or shakes either, but that's another story.

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:06 am
by Simple Torture
We're not eating out now, but when we would get home from Five Guys we would put the fries in the air fryer for 4 minutes and ::chef's kiss::

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:08 am
by Bammer
So wait a minute ... this is now the 3rd french fry thread at least, but my recent thread about french fries was locked. OK.


OK.

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:13 am
by E.H. Ruddock
Simple Torture wrote:We're not eating out now, but when we would get home from Five Guys we would put the fries in the air fryer for 4 minutes and ::chef's kiss::
I save the leftovers for the next morning and crisp them up in a pan as hash browns to go with eggs

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:14 am
by Norah
The Argonaut wrote:some depraved soul.

I didn't go with Five Guys because I went there recently for the first time in a long while and the fries were soggy and too oily and generally gross and it made me question if I just got a bad batch or if all my happy memories of Five Guys fries were lies.
So I voted for Red Robin, many happy memories
This has been my experience with Five Guys every time I've tried them over the last 4 or 5 years.

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:17 am
by 96583UP
i think Arby’s curly fries might be the winner here

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:19 am
by 96583UP
Five Guys is too #basic_cis for me

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:22 am
by BurtReynolds
BurtReynolds wrote:Taco bell
This wasn't a joke by the way

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:24 am
by E.H. Ruddock
I voted red Robin. I love you Asher

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:25 am
by Simple Torture
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:We're not eating out now, but when we would get home from Five Guys we would put the fries in the air fryer for 4 minutes and ::chef's kiss::
I save the leftovers for the next morning and crisp them up in a pan as hash browns to go with eggs
That sounds great.

Also, re: those bashing Five Guys Fries--I get it. The fries that are just in the bag usually end up having crispy edges, and the ones inside the cup end up being a gooey mess. This is an inevitable result of how they pack them and I do not begrudge you not liking it, but I did factor that into my decision. The bag fries are just so good that I can overlook the soft ones.

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:25 am
by Norah
I've never had most of these so I just said Wendy's.

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:26 am
by Norah
Simple Torture wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:We're not eating out now, but when we would get home from Five Guys we would put the fries in the air fryer for 4 minutes and ::chef's kiss::
I save the leftovers for the next morning and crisp them up in a pan as hash browns to go with eggs
That sounds great.

Also, re: those bashing Five Guys Fries--I get it. The fries that are just in the bag usually end up having crispy edges, and the ones inside the cup end up being a gooey mess. This is an inevitable result of how they pack them and I do not begrudge you not liking it, but I did factor that into my decision. The bag fries are just so good that I can overlook the soft ones.
No Five Guys fries have gone down hill in the last five years. They used to be consistently great and now they've struck out too many times in a row for me to go back.

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:31 am
by Simple Torture
cutuphalfdead wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:We're not eating out now, but when we would get home from Five Guys we would put the fries in the air fryer for 4 minutes and ::chef's kiss::
I save the leftovers for the next morning and crisp them up in a pan as hash browns to go with eggs
That sounds great.

Also, re: those bashing Five Guys Fries--I get it. The fries that are just in the bag usually end up having crispy edges, and the ones inside the cup end up being a gooey mess. This is an inevitable result of how they pack them and I do not begrudge you not liking it, but I did factor that into my decision. The bag fries are just so good that I can overlook the soft ones.
No Five Guys fries have gone down hill in the last five years. They used to be consistently great and now they've struck out too many times in a row for me to go back.
Is the Five Guys at Presidents Place? I never went there when I was working in-office, although people would get it all the time, and the office constantly smelled like their fries. The cooks in Lincoln are consistently good.

Re: Best chain restaurant French fries

Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 12:36 am
by Norah
Simple Torture wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:We're not eating out now, but when we would get home from Five Guys we would put the fries in the air fryer for 4 minutes and ::chef's kiss::
I save the leftovers for the next morning and crisp them up in a pan as hash browns to go with eggs
That sounds great.

Also, re: those bashing Five Guys Fries--I get it. The fries that are just in the bag usually end up having crispy edges, and the ones inside the cup end up being a gooey mess. This is an inevitable result of how they pack them and I do not begrudge you not liking it, but I did factor that into my decision. The bag fries are just so good that I can overlook the soft ones.
No Five Guys fries have gone down hill in the last five years. They used to be consistently great and now they've struck out too many times in a row for me to go back.
Is the Five Guys at Presidents Place? I never went there when I was working in-office, although people would get it all the time, and the office constantly smelled like their fries. The cooks in Lincoln are consistently good.
Yeah there's one there. I think there's one in Braintree too across from the Plaza near the cinema.