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[–] southernbrewer@lemmy.world 70 points 2 years ago (3 children)

What's a home fries? Isn't fries just short for french fries? I don't speak american

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[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think home fries is when you cut the potato in cubes and wedges (the recipe says 1 inch chunks) and then fry them.

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[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago

Almost. Home fries, in my area, are flatter. So 1*1 square but 1/2 to 1/4 tall.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago

We just call those chunky chips.

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[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Isn't that called "country potatoes"?

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[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Those are baked in a skillet, not fried, says the cookbook. But YMMV.

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[+] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That's called country fries here.

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[–] devnull406@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Well when you live in the country, they're home fries.

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[–] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 8 points 2 years ago

So, potato wedges?

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[–] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Depends on where you're eating honestly. Some places call long flat fries home fries and other places call just like cubed fried potatoes home fries. Basically any fried potatoe shape that's not shoestring French fries might be called "home fries".

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