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WELCOME FRIENDS TO MIKEY GATAL'S WORLD => FOOD AND DRINKS => Topic started by: lamay on May 18, 2008, 05:58:41 PM
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French Fries (North America; sometimes not capitalized), chips (United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and Commonwealth nations), fries, or French-fried potatoes (formal) are pieces of potato that have been deep-fried. A distinction is sometimes made between fries and chips, whereby North Americans refer to any pieces of fried potatoes as fries, while in the UK, long thin strips of potatoes are sometimes called fries to contrast them with the thickly cut strips, which are always referred to as chips.
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Culinary Origin
The straightforward explanation of the term is that it means potatoes fried in the French sense of the verb "to cook", which can mean either sautéing or deep-grease frying, while its French origin, frire, unambiguously means deep-frying : frites being its past participle used with a plural feminine substantive, as in pommes de terre frites ("deep-fried potatoes"). Thomas Jefferson, famous for serving French dishes, wrote exactly the latter French expression. In the early 20th century, the term "French fried" was being used for foods such as onion rings or chicken, apart from potatoes.
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The verb "to french", though not attested until after "French fried potatoes" had appeared, can refer to "julienning" of vegetables as is acknowledged by some dictionaries, while others only refer to trimming the meat off the shanks of chops. In the UK, "Frenched" lamb chops (particularly for serving as a 'rack of lamb') have the majority of the fat removed together with a small piece of fatty meat from between the ends of the chop bones, leaving mainly only the meat forming the "eye" of the chop attached.
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Cooking
Some home cooks who prepare French fries from scratch cook them a single time in a generous amount of oil pre-heated to a temperature around 375 °F (190 °C, medium to high heat power dial settings depending on the amount of fries to available fryer heat power) until they are golden and slightly crisp. For pre-cooking use a professional deep fryer with a thermostat temperature control for quick oil temperature control and quick return toward initial oil temperature. The method recommended by most cookbooks, and used by many restaurants, especially those reputed to have excellent French fries, cook them in two stages:
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first at a thermostat temperature at around 350 °F (177 °C initially, the oil temperature reduces to 138 °C to 150 °C), until the fries are nearly cooked but limp, still pale and not too dried; then, after they have been removed from the oil and allowed to cool, at a higher temperature, generally around 375 °F (190 °C), fries are fried again until they are golden and crisp, which normally takes less than a minute. A third method, attributed to the celebrated French chef Joël Robuchon for the home cook, is to put the sliced potatoes into a saucepan with just enough cold oil in it to cover the potatoes, then cook them over high heat until golden, stirring occasionally. This chef mainly uses a more traditional style after blanching (boiling, but not over cooking in water) the cut potatoes in boiling water.
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draining after cooking
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o ayan amor & evilhorns, andito na po yung hinahanap nyo, ayos ba?!
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o ayan amor & evilhorns, andito na po yung hinahanap nyo, ayos ba?!
wow!!salamat myla, sana maging totoo to, nagugutom na tuloy ako..heheheh...pwede bang omorder pa nang drinks?hehehehe...
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wow!!salamat myla, sana maging totoo to, nagugutom na tuloy ako..heheheh...pwede bang omorder pa nang drinks?hehehehe...
hehehe oo ba!
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hehehe oo ba!
hehehe...mkakagutom talaga, punta ako POTATO CORNER mamaya, bibili ako nang french fries...hehehe
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myla ang sarap naman ng mga handa mo!
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oo nga...hehehe
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wow french fries!
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myla ang sarap naman ng mga handa mo!
it goes with a hamburger...hehehe
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yum yum!
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yum yum!
damn so yummy..
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ganahan gyud kog french fries!
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o ayan amor & evilhorns, andito na po yung hinahanap nyo, ayos ba?!
hala ka myla!!! patay ka sah mommy ko! hindi mo bah alam nah allergic c kuya ng potatoes!!
bumili xia kanina ng marami .... tpos ngayon mok2x nah sa kwar2 dahil linagnat!
tpos nmumula boong katawan nya .. tsk2x
na don xia sa hospital ngayon .... remind lng kta ok!
wag ma galit bsta nah galit c mommy ...
;)
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hala ka myla!!! patay ka sah mommy ko! hindi mo bah alam nah allergic c kuya ng potatoes!!
bumili xia kanina ng marami .... tpos ngayon mok2x nah sa kwar2 dahil linagnat!
tpos nmumula boong katawan nya .. tsk2x
na don xia sa hospital ngayon .... remind lng kta ok!
wag ma galit bsta nah galit c mommy ...
;)
hehehe anu ba yan, hanggang ngayon ba mga mama's boy pa rin kayo?!
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hala ka myla!!! patay ka sah mommy ko! hindi mo bah alam nah allergic c kuya ng potatoes!!
bumili xia kanina ng marami .... tpos ngayon mok2x nah sa kwar2 dahil linagnat!
tpos nmumula boong katawan nya .. tsk2x
na don xia sa hospital ngayon .... remind lng kta ok!
wag ma galit bsta nah galit c mommy ...
;)
NICE ONE BRO...hahahaha
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hehehe anu ba yan, hanggang ngayon ba mga mama's boy pa rin kayo?!
hahahahaha...angel na kasi yung mama namin.. ;D
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hehehe anu ba yan, hanggang ngayon ba mga mama's boy pa rin kayo?!
parang ganon nah nga . . .. ;)
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NICE ONE BRO...hahahaha
ok kna pla . . . ! tpos ngyon ? ano masabi mo kai myla? ;)
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ok kna pla . . . ! tpos ngyon ? ano masabi mo kai myla? ;)
sabi ko french carrots naman para hindi ako ma-allergy..hehehe ;D
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wow french fries gusto ko yan!
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ako rin.. ;D
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isa to sa mga paborito ko! sarap! :D