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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Hmm... I can't say I know exactly what steak fries are, but I imagine them to be similar to what I consider normal chips, which are thicker than fries. But, I grew up in Australia where McDonalds sells fries and hot chips are everything else

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Steak fries.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Sadly, it appears that the Wikipedia article redirects to "steak frites," which (based on the image for the article) appears to be a dish consisting of steak and what I would call "shoe string" fries.

To me, a steak fry would be thicker than a regular fry, but not as thick as a wedge; flat; and a rectangular prism, possibly with crinkles cut into it. A regular fry would be a shoe string fry, as shown in the original picture in this thread. A chip would be a very thin, flat or curved slice of potato that has been fried.

I always thought "chips" (in Britain) (and Australia) and "fries" (in the US) were the same thing by different names. Interesting to know that there are qualifiers, since I would call any of the cuts described above (and some others) "fries" and you, apparently, would not.

Also, I don't know what word the British/Australians use for what I call "chips."

edit: I think that waffle fries are the best cut.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think fries amongst the younger generation may be more common, but fries to me has meant the really thin cut/french fries. Which I would still call chips, but I may be an outlier.

I think I know what you refer to as strak fries and I agree, however I would still call those chips, if you can see a trend, lol.

We also call potato chips/crisps chips. So, I often get asked by foreign friends how you distinguish between chips and chips. You simply add the word hot as an identifier.

But, I'm with you on waffle fries/chips. They're amazing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Your input and dedication to this thread are appreciated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

edit: I think that waffle fries are the best cut.

The only thing worse than a waffle fry is, may the Deep Fryer forgive me for saying this word, a crinkle cut.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Waffle fries can be just a bunch of crinkle cuts joined together, in effect.