What are the different kinds of French fries?

Although the origin of French fries is still controversial, Belgium still consumes the most French fries per capita among European countries. People who believe that this dish originated in Belgium say that American soldiers stationed in Belgium during World War I discovered this dish and named it "French fries" only because the mainstream language of this country was French at that time.

Belgians like raw eggs and French fries very much. They even have a French fries museum called Freitmuseum. 1802, former American President Thomas Jefferson introduced this delicious side dish to the United States. At that time, he asked the White House chef to make this side dish according to the French cooking method and named it "French fries".

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Silk cutting

Shredding is a French vegetable cutting technology, which is most commonly used in vegetables. It involves cutting food into slender strips. French fries fit this description. Unless you have a restaurant-style French fries cutter at home, you will cut the French fries yourself in this way. Julienne's official size is 1/8 inches by 1/8 inches, and its length is about 2 inches. There is also a kind of "filament", which is only half as thick as a filament.

Batonnet

Batons are better than shredding to make thicker French fries. This is translated from French, which means "small stick". The length of the baton is1/4 "×1/4". However, French fries are usually thicker than this.

Raw-edged

The surface of curly French fries is a little wavy, but you can describe it as a wave. To achieve this appearance, special cutting equipment is needed, such as a creping knife or mandolin equipped with special equipment, and sometimes two separate cuts are needed. Large chain restaurants may use more sophisticated equipment, and considering the nature of cutting, these French fries are usually thicker.

A round of cuts

Maybe you have seen those round, smiling French fries. They sometimes appear in school lunches and family restaurants. Round-cut French fries are half-thick coin-shaped French fries, which can be fried, but they will also become brittle when you put them in the oven. The most popular round French fries are called farm fries.

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Waffles are similar to curly French fries, using mandolin slicer and other equipment to make the iconic waffle shape. This is a crosscutting technique, which rotates the potato 90 degrees after each pass. Generally, their thickness is between 1/4 "and 1/2".

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Of course, wedge-shaped French fries are wedge-shaped. They are usually as long as potatoes, and the outside is usually thick, but the edges gradually taper like wedges.

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Also known as the European chip, the pub chip is the chip you usually find in pubs and family restaurants. They are all cut very thick, usually double fried, usually in paper tubes or metal cups, but the French fries served in different restaurants will definitely be different. In order to get the maximum crispness, they are usually fried twice, which is considered by some people as "ideal" restaurant chips. They are simple and delicious, which goes well with the common food in bars.