what's your favorite thing to put on fries that isn't ketchup?

Sea salt and malt vinegar. I am Canadian and it's a thing.

Same here. Not Canadian though, I just have good taste and a penchant to apologize. Sorry.
- It's ok, I'm sorry too.
American, and this is the correct answer
yeah I've got a bottle of malt vinegar in the fridge because of my frequent pilgrimages to Québec as a child. is the sea salt larger grains?
- Slightly larger, not like kosher salt larger.

In Belgium: Tartare or Mayo. Andalouse for the gal, thanks

In the UK: Salt and Vinegar

In both cases: I will have to change seat if you plop yourself in front of me with your poor fries inundated by ketchup. Only the French do that, and it is a Casus Belli in my book.

But do you even get fries in the UK? I'm going to posit that chips are a different thing to fries. They're much thicker and potatoeyer.
- I can’t speak for the UK but I believe the situation would probably be same as Australia. That is, there are a bunch of different ways to cut chips.
  The thicker chips you mentioned are called steak cut chips.
  The fries (thin, McDonald style) are called shoestring fries.
  Long, not thin but not thick (best reference I have here KFC style, but don’t know if they’re the same in North America), would be known as straight cut chips.
@asklemmy @reallyzen casus belli for a simple meal ? :ablobcatknitsweats: @tilefan
- On a des valeurs en Belgique. Surtout sur l'assaisonnement des frites, la hauteur du col de mousse de la biere, et le caractère optionnel d'un gouvernement de plein exercice.

Mayo.

Maybe add some garlic, and bam:

Aioli.

Don't say that to a French chef, it'll get you murdered.
- Aioli, by definition, is 'garlic and oil'.
  Mayonnaise, by definition, is 'egg yolks, beaten with oil.'
  Mayonnaise and garlic is therefore, by culinary definition, aioli.
  I invite you to ask any French chef.

Mayo

Also hot sauce.

Wendy's Frosty

Came to see if anyone said this. I grew up with that shit and it was fantastic! Nothing compared, not even regular ice cream!
Vanilla, chocolate, or doesn't matter? I'm team vanilla.
- I prefer chocolate myself, but I can make other flavors work.

Mayonnaise

Garlic mayonnaise!

Fry sauce (ketchup+mayo) with pickle juice. 👌

This combination of sauces contains ketchup.
it is pretty good on fries, though
Hi Utah!
- I may have left Utah years ago but I never stopped eating fry sauce.

Mayonnaise. Fight me.

Mayo + Ketchup combined, the classic "Rot-Weis"-combo in Germany.
That or, preferrably, mayo + a good chilli sauce
Mayo on fries is great. It's also the Quebecois way.

Malt vinegar 🇨🇦

Or cheese curds and gravy 🇲🇶

I saw the instance tld and the flag, and my mind immediately jumped to maple syrup. Now, I wanna try this cursed, and unholy abomination
All three please.

peanut sauce / satay sauce

nothing beats it

The kid's plate at my usual Thai place is satay and fries. I've definitely stolen a few fries and can confirm this is a pretty good combo
I like fries with peanut sauce, but I love fries with peanut sauce + mayonaise + raw onions.
Yes, I'm Dutch.. ;)
- Yum, war fries :)

Gravy and squeaky cheese curds

Bb

Gravy or curry sauce

I haven't seen anyone mention nutritional yeast yet, but that's become my go-to seasoning for almost everything; popcorn, pizza, scrambled eggs, bread, ramen, soft pretzels, and of course on fries. So damn good!

(Yes, I realize the name "nutritional yeast" sounds vaguely unpleasant and unappetizing, but I promise it's incredible if you like savory flavors, and it can also be used as a cheese powder substitute in vegan recipes.)

I put this only on popcorn but always on popcorn. Oh and sometimes in grits. So good in cheese grits, with cheddar, jalapenos and butter and salt. Way better than with just the cheese. So I guess only on corn.
I find it to be an okay parmesan replacement, but prefer parmesan
- Yeah nothing ever came close to Parmesan for me. I'll use yeast when its the only option at my vegan friends places but I'll never be able to be truly vegetarian because of Parmesan

Chili and cheese

Carne Asada, Cheese, Sour Cream and Guacamole

oh fuck, I'd kill for a plate of that right now. That sounds amazing.

Salt and Vinegar.

Never really liked ketchup.

I mean you're almost there, that's 50% of the flavorings from ketchup. salt, vinegar, tomato, sugar. doesn't even have to be tomato to be ketchup
- True. But it's the proportions of each that matter. And the type of salt and vineger.
  Vinegar goes first because it gives the salt a sticking surface. Apply it when the fries are fresh so that it soaks in a bit better.
  heavy on the salt before the vinegar has fully soaked in. Then toss the fries and add a little bit when serving.
  Sea salt and Malt vinegar are the best, but any old salt and vinegar will do in a pinch.

Mayonnaise

This is the correct answer.
- Actually, mayodenoche is correct

Ranch dressing powder

hey now

War

No really, that's a thing.

Basically mayo, peanut sauce and diced onions (some add ketchup or curry sauce too, but I don't like that, personally)

I think this is the first suggestion of peanut. that's an interesting flavor combination
- It's part of colonial culture. Peanut Sateh sauce is used in combination with meat originally. It then got transferred to chips as us Dutch use to slother our fries in sauce.
  Don't think sweet peanut butter like, but slightly spicy
WAR! HOO!
What is it good for?! ~~ABSOLUTELY NOTHING~~ MAKING FRIES TASTY!
Tbh, I prefer Special, which is just the mayo, onions and curry sauce or ketchup.

Malt vinegar or brown sauce

"Did you know that salt and malt vinegar is not a traditional way to dress your French fries in the United States?"
"What the f#$% is wrong with them?"
- We have better condiments than vinegar.
Well, there are at least three of us. Last time I said brown sauce in a thread like this I got downvoted. 😆

mustard! its always available and awesome.

Mustard is great on its own, but better mixed with ketchup, IMO.

More fries. ¯(ツ)_/¯

Bucket of fries club.

Ranch dressing and Buffalo sauce

If it's just fries, then nothing other than salt.

Otherwise, cheese curds and gravy.

Poutine is the way.
Gotta get real cheese curds though, and good gravy. I have seen so many places fuck this very basic food up.

Seasoning salt

Blue cheese dressing

YEP! I was coming here to say it.
It's just soooo good. Bonus points if it has some chunks.

Curry sauce

Where I live Zoervleis is a favorite of many. One can get it in any Snackbar.

Barbecue sauce

Sweet Baby Ray's in combination with ketchup is mint

Tarter sauce or ranch dressing.

Old Bay

chili cheese!!

Salt

Spicy BBQ

Mayo, or vinegar

Ketchup fucking sucks

Green chile and cheese.

Ranch dressing, or a mix of half ranch dressing and half ketchup I call "krantchup". Specifically Marie's ranch mixed with Primitive Kitchen ketchup is so good on fries.

There's a fries place near me that has some amazing dips: chipotle ranch, parmesan peppercorn, thai peanut sauce... there's like 20 options

Also nobody's said bbq sauce yet
- I love me some fries in BBQ. Especially McDonald's ones in their BBQ sauce.

I hate ketchup, so almost anything else. That said, mustard or some sort of flavored/spicy mayo are top choices.

see, I hate mayonnaise, but there are two applications where it's perfectly fine (the very thin layer on a toasted sandwich, and a little bit to make tuna salad). do you find there's any single application where ketchup is fine?
- Not who you are asking but I hate ketchup as a condiment with a burning passion, but can use it as an ingredient, so cocktail sauce or really anything where it is sort of hidden, it's fine. It's just way too sweet on its own to use the way people use it.
  I like mayo and hot sauce, mixed, on fries. Tartar sauce, anything you like on other potatoes is good (gravy, cheese, salsa, chili powder, sour cream)

Chicken salt

Make sure you're not missing out in joppie sauce

Salt and vinegar
Mayonnaise
Edinburgh chippy brown sauce (a particularly vinegary variant of regular brown)

Whenever I got to my favorite falafel/kebab place, I order a side of tahini sauce. I mix a bunch of ketchup in there and dip my fries in it.

Chicken salt

I used to work at a sports bar where we made our own burgers and all by hand. Pretty damn good if you ask me.

We made our own Nashville hot sauce that was really fucking good on our fries. I couldn't stop eating them, even if my mouth started burning. Then I started mixing the Nashville with a bit of ketchup...

I got so unhealthy there.

my local place has these pineapple habañero wings that are right at the threshold of heat that I can enjoy. I definitely overindulge

Chili Umami or Mayo

Hot sauce

Freddy's fry sauce, barbecue sauce, teriyaki sauce, honey mustard, cocktail sauce, malt vinegar, cheese sauce

Cheese and gravy (not the Canadian thing)

I'll not have you bad mouth poutine, friend. It's a national treasure and deserves respect.
- Oh, no disrespect intended! Where I come from though we use cheese instead of curds, it's practically a national dish.

Andalouse / Diablo sauce

hong kong mcdonald's is currently serving shaker fries, where you can purchase a packet of seasoning powder along with your fries and shake it all together in a bag.

anyway, my all time favourite (so far) is mcdonald's honey bbq seasoning; fucking delicious. their sakura shrimp seasoning is pretty good too.

i got frozen fries that i heat up in the air fryer occasionally whenever i get a craving; tried some taiwanese popcorn chicken seasoning (i bought a jar of it from a taiwanese noodle restaurant) on it and it's really good.

Mayyoo

But for serious bacon and melted cheddar with caramelised onion. Maybe ketchup mixed with bbq sauce near to dip in

On a des valeurs en Belgique. Surtout sur l'assaisonnement des frites, la hauteur du col de mousse de la biere, et le caractère optionnel d'un gouvernement de plein exercice.

sounds good to me, but what do you put on your fries?

Remoulade is great with fries.

Ranch. Or whatever sauce comes with the blooming onion at outback.

worcestershire sauce

Garam Masala!

Gravy. I put gravy on a ton of things. People look like they’re going to be sick when I term them I have pasta with gravy.

It's always ketchup on fries for me, they pair perfectly imo. On the rare occasion I vary it's usually at Wendy's, and I'll use the frosty. I suppose any milkshake you can dip in would be an acceptable substitution.

Garlic sauce and grated cheese

Mayo, cheese sauce, garlic sauce. Ketchup is actually overrated.

Salt

Kebab, cheese, garlic sauce and lettuce

So basically a kapsalon
- I'm Dutch, exactly a Kapsalon yes 🤤

Chili powder, salt, and black pepper.

Whatever type of chilli mayo I feel like making that day. Or remoulade, the sweet Danish mayo-based condiment with chopped pickles and curry powder.

Not at the same time, but

Soy sauce
Cheese
Spicy brown mustard
Fried hot dogs and pink sauce / mayochup (aka salchipapas)
Hot sauce

Hot sauce and mustard.

Malt vinegar or that pepper sauce from steak n shake. Well the generic from the grocery store, but it's the same thing.

Hot sauce or mayo mixed with hot sauce

Ranch dressing

Everything that normally goes on street corn.

Pepper

https://youtu.be/wclLxDENiB8

Garlic.

Tartar sauce.

Honey mustard

Morphine - French Fries and pepper

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Green Chili, or any hotsauce, with an egg and cheese

Cooked barbeque sauce.

None of that raw shit.

Rogan josh curry sauce (although most other curry sauces are also good). Chips and curry sauce is a really popular fast food in the UK, but the curry sauce in question is much closer to a brown sauce than it is to anything that's usually associated with the word "curry". So I make my own curry sauce and put it on instead. This does, of course, completely ruin the "fast" part of "fast food", but it is very tasty

spicy mayo, but sour cream isn't bad either

I picked up a love of curry sauce or garlic sauce on my fries during my time living in London.

Those folks do fast food right - cheap, easy to find, and greasy.

Garlic aioli.

Sauce Remoulade. Or Sauce Mornaie (SP?)

Buffalo aioli.

But I bet nacho toppings would slap on fries.

I recently got nacho fries and it was the best thing ever
- You ever have carne asada fries?

I like barbecue sauce or A-1 steak sauce on my fries.

Lots of options, but ol' reliable based on availability is mustard with a bunch of black pepper.

I buy mustard powder in 5 lb bags

More fries.

Sriacha is what I normally put on fries. I also like the suggestion of curry sauce.

Mac sauce
Tartar sauce
Truffle aioli (American style)

I guess I like mayo-based sauces

Edit: formatting

Mayo Sriracha Mayo + sriracha Mayo+ ketchup Oregano Cheese Cheese and bacon

Salt

Ranch

Shoarma or döner kebab, cheese, garlic sauce, a bit of sriracha or sambal, and some greens.

Or if I'm feeling simple, mayo and a bit of mustard.

Maggi's Hot and Sweet

Best thing I've ever had with fries was the pepper sauce they have at some "Frituurs" in Belgium. Can't really get that here in Germany unfortunately.

Salt. Ketchup is for kids or for eating cold, overcooked, and/or shitty fries.

this whole "ketchup is for kids" thing it's pretty pretentious ngl. just because you outgrew you taste for something doesn't mean the rest of the world has to
unless you were talking about eating children.

Au jus. When it comes with something else I dip the fries also.

Sesame

like sesame oil?
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Make sure you're not missing out in joppie sauce

Grilled cheese.

Truffle oil and lightly salt it

Heinz 57

Utah fry sauce

That has ketchup in it though, I'm not sure it's quite in the sprit of the question, though it's definitely astoundingly popular specifically in Utah.

Chili, nacho cheese sauce, and diced onions.

On fries I really only do ketchup. I use Sriracha on almost everything else that's primarily potato, but not fries. I used to use A1 steak sauce every so often a while back. I hadn't thought of that in years; might need to go pick up a bottle.

Yogurt

/s

Don't know why you'd give a joke answer at all, but there's nothing wrong with unsweetened yogurt (e.g. greek) on potato. Put chives on there, maybe some zataar. Or use it to offset a chilli sauce, make a barbecue sauce creamy. I'd even just have it by itself on fries.

I find putting things on fries disgusting. I dip.

And my favorites are garlic butter or tzatziki.

I hate to break it to you, but dipping is putting something on your fries.
- Really? I totally understood “putting something on your fries” as the maniac art of directly drowning the crispy goodness in ketchup.

Weird flex, but ok.