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[–] Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)
  • Wedges
  • Curly
  • Zigzag
  • Shoestring
  • Waffle
  • Tots
  • Sweet Potato (not a potato but closer than an onion)
  • Onion Rings (not a potato, would be 3 otherwise)
[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago
  • Shoestrings
  • Tots
  • Wedges (but not the ones in this picture)
  • Onion Rings (they'd be higher on the list but they're not potatoes)
  • Waffle
  • Curly
  • Zigzag (why do they always suck so much? In theory they should be great. Also why are they always sold at public swimming pools?)
  • Sweet potato

Anything in the list gets to move up +1 when chicken salt is added if the other contenders don't, except sweet potato or onion rings.

[–] _AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Shoestring, Onion Ring, Waffle, Tots, Curly, Wedges, Zigzag, Sweet Potato

[–] Metype@pawb.social 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

1st: Curly

2nd: Waffle

3rd: Shoestring

4th: Wedges

5th: Tater Tots

6th: Zig Zag

7th: Onion Rings

8th: Sweet Potato Fries

I genuinely love all of these, and struggled to rank them. Just a total potato gremlin.

These rankings also depend a lot on the source. So I just went with the best I've tasted of each.

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I love all of these, not gonna lie.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 98 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Zigzag?? Bitch you mean crinkle cut?!?!

[–] cdf12345@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s not worth respecting something that clearly belongs on the bottom of the list.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sweet potato is at the bottom. If you disagree with me, you're an idiot.

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ok, but I'm an idiot with happy taste buds.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Look at it this way, I'll eat the stuff you don't like so there's more of the stuff you DO like!

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You may be an idiot but you're not stupid

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[–] Daemnyz@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Posting such a controversial question and putting in onion rings on this list is bordering on rage bait

Edit: I can't type

I'm really sorry I should have put a trigger warning

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Sides you dip in ketchup" covers everything in the image!

Sides that are fried

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[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One is not like the others.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)

two are not like the others

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Sweet Potato is at least a potato.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Is it? In that case, potatoes are apples by French standards. (Because it's in the name.)

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[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It is not a potato.

Potatoes are a member of the Nightshade family.

Sweet "Potatoes" are from the Morning Glory family.

Completely separate genus. Even though they can be mostly cooked and prepared similarly, they are not related.

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[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're all fried tubers. I'll let it slide. The real travesty is no fried yuca on the list.

[–] RavingGrob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I don't believe onions are tubers..

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[–] Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Whatever anyone’s opinion on this, ONION RINGS DO NOT BELONG HERE, they are NOT POTATOS

they're fried

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[–] nagaram@startrek.website 32 points 1 week ago

Zigzag

Uh, it's crinkle cut and someone will die on my hill.

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 week ago (4 children)

... are the wedges the only non fried food in this picture?

How about boiling them tatoes?

Or simply pan fry them with some butter?

Anyways; 1. Wedges, 2. Waffles, 3. Shoestring with surprise sweet potatoes > The rest.

[–] Memetic@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Wedges are fried often times. At our nation-wide supermarket for example, at the ready-made counter, wedges are definitely fried. Same with the mom and pop chicken shop down the street.

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[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (7 children)

This

With Belgian mayonaise!

And I'm Dutch so I'm not even biased.

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

5, [tied: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7], 6, 8

Sweet potato fries are fucking amazing when they're done right. Usually they're overly mushy which I think is why they get so much hate, but they're top tier when the cook knows what they're doing.

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[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

2, 3, 4, 6, 1, 7, 5.

Onion rings are either at the top or bottom of the list depending on the batch.

[–] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)
  1. Tater tot: A good tater tot is like butter. Pure salt and crunch then melt in your mouth deliciousness.

  2. Onion Rings: Good onion rings is technically better than tater tots, but the spectrum of bad to good onion rings is very wide.

  3. Curly Fries: Curly Fries are hard to fuck up. I don't even think I've had a variation of curly fries. They're all the same to me, but they're so good.

  4. Wedges: Wedges have a smaller spectrum than onion rings, but the ceiling is lower and they're hard to rank better than the ones ahead of them.

  5. Shoestring: McDonalds

  6. ZigZag: These can range from heavenly to straight fucking trash. Unfortunately they're too easy to turn into straight fucking trash. By that I mean you have to put more work into them to make them good as opposed to just salt and oven/fried. Might as well just try to fry some snow at that point.

  7. Sweet Potato: I've had good sweet potato fries but I rarely get good sweet potato fries.

  8. Waffle: I don't get these. They're ass. The only place that makes them kinda tolerable is Chik-Fila, but even then they're still ass to me. Can't even make them good at home without drowning them in salt and ketchup. I can slice up a potato and chuck them in the oven and get better results most of the time.

Edit for formatting. Apparently piefed, doesn't honor your numbering and turns it into 1, 2, 3, etc even if you go 8, 12, 3.

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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Okay, two of them aren’t even the same vegetable.

[–] not3ottersinacoat@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're all tied for number 1, except sweet potato, which skips all the empty spots below and goes straight to number 8. Sweet potato fries suck.

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[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] quinkin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

No. I refuse to rank my children as well.

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)
  • 3 (tots)
  • 2 (curly)
  • 6 (~~zigzag~~ crinkle cut)
  • 4 (waffle)
  • 7 (~~wedges~~ Jo-Jo’s)
  • 5 (sweet potato)
  • 8 (onion rings) - tied with sweet potatoes; they’re both lost and in the wrong part of town
  • 1 (shoestring) - potato chip sticks with more steps

Missing: coniques.

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[–] Shannaresh@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My only strong opinion on the whole chart is that crinkle cut fries are the worst thing shown and thus take last place no matter what

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[–] TTimo@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Jack in the Box curlies from 20 years ago before they switched to a different frying oil. I was just arriving in the states and that stuff was the best ever.

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[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I think onion rings and tots need to be removed from the list as neither are potato based. Substitute latkes and hash browns in their places.

[–] pool_spray_098@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bro, what are your tots made out of?

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[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

What exactly are your tots made of, if not 'tater?

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