Your French Fries Questions Answered By Experts | Epicurious FAQ
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- Our panel of Epicurious experts returns, this time to answer your top questions about french fries! Skin on or skin off? What’s the purpose of double frying? Who goes for a ketchup dip and who opts for mayo? Join chef Palak Patel from the Institute of Culinary Education, food scientist Rose, director Rhoda, ketchup queen Emily, and the one and only Lorenzo as they spin through your viewer-submitted questions on this episode of Epicurious FAQ.
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Emily in the intro impersonating Rose is gold.
Emily unsheathed that wooden spoon like a sword, she means business.
I was screaming
jajarjoy ruclips.net/video/XfEhOAEiG-8/видео.html
That made me laugh so hard lol
I used to dislike Emily, but i like her humor and all around just having fun.
Emily is just trolling us now
Arth Earth She, as well as Frank and probably Lorenzo and Rose, have become too self-aware after we’ve seen them enough and commented on things they say or how they act.
Arth Earth ruclips.net/video/XfEhOAEiG-8/видео.html
looking hawt one needs to rattle her bones figuratively speaking! :D
DId she just pull the reverse card on us ???
Emily Mayo!?! What?
Emily: easy. *Mayo*
Everyone: tAkE iT bAcK TaKe iT bAaaaAck
~joke~
@@AngelynNguyen984 Gross!
Mayo and frite saus are elite
@@AngelynNguyen984 Ranch is my favorite too lol.
Angelyn Nguyen fries and ranch is definitely 😘
Lorenzo is the type of guy, who starts laughing before finishing his joke
That's what makes him the best.
He's still laughing from the last joke!
stolen
I have never agreed with someone this much
@Levy Baumi he has actually done this many times in the past and that's why we love him
Unfortunately they didn’t manage to get Frank because he was growing his own level 3 potatoes so they decided to go with their second option, Lorenzo
true
I bet it was his dream
Haha yeah
Well that and he was making his own oil and waiting for his own chicken to lay eggs
Nah he’s trying to make his own fertilizer for the potatoes from the cows he raises
the ketchup girl chooses mayo.
THE KETCHUP GIRL CHOOSES MAYO
Chloé she was joking
Lol
Riots in the streets, the stock market plummets, churches preach that the end is near
After Corona and then this.. can we just end this world already?
2020 January: Australia is on fire February: threats of world war 2 Start of March: covid 18 End of March: Emily chooses mayo
Rose: "Ketchup. I love Ketchup. Can I make an Emily joke?"
Meanwhile, Emily: "Hah easy one Mayo"
me: I bEg YoUr GoDdAmN pArDoN?????
Both is best
@@aliboy357 indeed
She literally says she loves ketchup but picks MAYO??! Is this a message or a troll
Mayochup
@@beetrootsoup3130 Thanks I hate you
I'm just scared of someone poking their hand through that paper thingy
ITS SCARY
or fell your eyes onto that thing 😱
Andrew Neiman same!!
It doesn't help that it's next to the bell
They’re actually pretty dull, but you could still get a good mark, but not puncture through your hand
most of them pretty deliberately hold both sides of the paper and pull it over the spike... but yeah, I'd be scared too >_
Emily: "Mayo"
SHE IS DOING THIS TO SPITE US
Han Draco Rokan ruclips.net/video/XfEhOAEiG-8/видео.html
She was doing it to make us laugh
Thugs n stuff dude stop, we know you want to promote the channel but you don’t need to spam it on every comment
Emily: Mayo
Me: has mini heart attack
I like mayo more than ketchup I actually hate ketchup its just tomato and sugar
Frank needs to grow his potatoes next to his “about to butcher
You’re right
Yup
Tong Pa Fu Thanks
"I have new glasses but that doesn't mean I'm smarter, that just means someone stepped on it" when emily said that 😂😂😂
Rose: I study food
Rhoda: I'm a food director
Palak: I make food
Lorenzo: HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
Emily: (we all know the ketchup joke) Mayo
I love how every time Rhoda introduces herself, a clip of her and her patient Claire appears.
And Emily's intro was gold.
emily:
*chooses mayo instead of ketchup*
literally everybody:
"you were the chosen one!"
"It was said that you destroy the mayosith not join them. Bring balance to the fries not leaving in darkness."
"You were my sister Emily, I loved you"
I feel like the ketchup thing went on for too long, to the point of not being funny anymore. It's more like fan service than actual good content. Who's directing this, JJ Abrams?
She IS the chosen one!
Emily:mayo!
Me: You were the chosen one!!
You've became the thing you swore to destroy!!
mayo and ketchup combined
*Emily:* "Go out there and have fun; you look great!
So wholesome
The "French" in "French fries" actually refers to the cut of the fries. A "French cut" is when you cut thin sticks or strips of something.
Or American soldiers were offered deep fried potato slices, they thought they were in France, while they really were in Belgium...
@@libraryofthoughts0 no, fried sticks of potatoes were already a common thing in Europe by the early 20th century, American soldiers just had them in France and thought they were from France, and just called them french fries
WRONG. Potato fries were first created by a Spanish nun named Theresa and had become popular in Europe on the late 1700s. Thomas Jefferson visited France in the late 1790s and had fried potatoes for the first time. He liked them so much that when he became president he made the food a part of the White house menu and they came to acquire the name "French fries". It was NEVER invented in Belgium and in Europe, french style cut potatoes may be called Pommes Frites or "French fries" in English. The name "french fries" though was created in USA.
@@harveyknguyen NO. The term French fries in USA was acquired long before the start of the 20th century. Read my above post.
@@summertummer2394 alright
"I didn't know this was a history lesson; otherwise, I would've come prepared" is probably the most Asian thing she could've said and I love it.
Miguel Valero Arcia ruclips.net/video/XfEhOAEiG-8/видео.html
@@thugsnstuff4046 why did you send a random GTA video?
AzuRemilia why not
@@AzuRemilia Spammer trying to get views numbers up on his channel.
@@tiacho2893 he's been going on everyone's comments and linking it, I mean you what you gotta do but honestly it's getting kinda annoying
So no one is gonna talk about on how Emily mocks Rose but instead of using a stick, she used a wooden spoon
Edit: 1K likes, JUST IN TWO DAYS!?, U guys are awesome
I really wasn't paying attention the first time around and thought it was a potato on a stick and almost did a double take
Best part of the video. That had me laughing for a bit.
Khang Truong Potato on a stick is what that guy in iCarly would sell... and something I would possibly buy.
It definitely wasn't mean-spirited.
But Rose got her back good at 1:20
*Emily choses mayo*
The comments: YOU HAVE BETRAYED YOUR RELIGION
*TRUE*
ME WHEN SHE SAID THAT - *TAKE IT BAaccAccckkkkKKkk*
The ladies: **listing legitimate ways to make fries healthier**
Lorenzo: *JUST ENJOY YOUR FRIES!!! 😠*
He’s so precious omg 😩❤️
Yeah, people are getting ridiculous trying to make everything without changing much when moderation can be a way of eating "healthy"
Gina Vicari I agree, fries are meant to be unhealthy, I do airfry and sometimes deep fry them and also, I love your profile. 😍😗
I’m gonna make a society where we worship 2 gods: Frank and Lorenzo. Idk what to call my society but Frank is the god of wealth, and Lorenzo is the god of purity. Kinda like the Aztecs have different gods for rain and war
Me: Oh well 2020 can't get any worse
Emily: [picks Mayo over ketchup]
*Deep Sigh*
I mix both 🤷🏻♀️
@@jing3463 who are you?
monster hunter dude (answering on xø’s behalf) Just a person with an opinion and you?
@@peptobismolveins r/whooooosh!
Fun fact: we just call them 'fries' in Belgium. No french involved ...
Pretty weird that they call it "French fries" but never eat them like the french, with mayo.
@@thor.mukbang Yeh
@@snepNL Not quite, they use "frietsaus" which is less fat (but sweeter than) mayonaise. Ketchup is an Americanism though. Not traditionally eaten. Another one, don't to for it to Paris, go to Belgium, much better quality.
Frites i think its a bit like the dutch
We call it frites
Also very important: I know that at least 80% of all orders of fries are with mayo/frietsaus (which is sweet mayo to me).
Emily: I'm Emily
Also emily: *acts like she's rose* and im a level one chef
When I was younger I didn't know why Americans hated mayo until I tried mayo from America. Yeah...I can see why you'd hate it. Meanwhile the mayo in my country is already 👌
You'd expect a country with high obesity rates and many fast food chains everywhere to have decent mayo.
@@mi-efoame9337 my suggestion is to just go to Asian markets and try to find Japanese mayo or Lady's Choice 🤷 best mayos I know
@@saixenophase I live in Romania and there's no asian markets in my town. I know what american mayo is like and it's literally sludge lmao.
The only good American Mayo is Duke's
I love American Mayo..
Also they missed Rhoda's most important job description as Emotional Rock.
Epicurious told Emily to mess with us and she was like "I got this."
She's a comedian (no seriously), so it's her job to mess with people
I own a Fry shop in Belgium.
The level 3 chef got most of it right, including the history.
My experience tells me that a fry should be cooked twice in palm fat or animal fat.
Mayo is the way to go, Belgian mayo tastes different.
We have Frietsaus as well which comes down as a way more rich-in-flavor version of Mayo.
"I made fries with instant mashed potatoes"
Lorenzo is college dorm cooking boss.
Question: Mayo or Ketchup?
Emily: Easy one..
Me: Oh this is obvious.
Emily: Mayo.
Me: IMPOSTER.
Why the hell would you use syrup-substitute on french fries?
ketchup is disgusting
nothing like raw egg yolks and even more oil with your potatoes!
Love sarcasm
I mix both together 🤷
I use to love LORENZO and only LORENZO´S Sassiness, but emily is starting to grow on me. NOT her cooking ofc, but isn´t that the best compliment?
Why are you shouting man
Yang Li ruclips.net/video/XfEhOAEiG-8/видео.html
Shocking none of them knew this.
The holy trinity: Emily, Lorenzo, and Frank. ❤️
Everyone gangsta until Emily says mayo
"I got new glasses, that doesn't make me smarter. It just means someone stepped on my other glasses" - Emily 2020
I'll be using this someday when people are making jokes about how someone with glasses looks smarter
Emily: Mayo
Me: I've never ever felt so betrayed in my entire life.
Honestly. Top Ten Anime Betrayls
lmao am I the only who eats neither? I either eat my fries raw and salted or unsalted with some sort of chili
@@Juslin7989 I feel you. Personally, I feel salted fries are perfectly fine on their own but unsalted, I'm more of a barbeque sauce person
@@Juslin7989 who tf eats fries raw, you monster
@@letusbeatthemeat2349 Why not, it tastes pretty good (granted you're not shoving fries in your mouth, then of course it's going to be tasteless). Just eat them slowly one by one.
French fries are associated to France because, American soldiers stationed in Belgium were first introduced to French fries during World War I. As the official language of the Belgian army was French, soldiers nicknamed the delicious fried potatoes “French fries." The name stuck, and decades later we're still giving credit to the wrong country.
I mean that's just their English name, in Spanish they're just papas fritas, like we have papas a las franceses, but that is just like regular French fries with mayo
except they were popular in the US decades before that and using the name French Fries. In fact back in the 1820's we have writings in the US referring to French Fried Potatoes. We associated it with the french because it was introduced as part of high french cuisine in the US. Until the mid 1800's when frying oil became cheap, Fries were expensive to make and part of high cuisine for the rich. They did sort of exist in the US in the 18th century as Fish and Chips as a combo was invented in the 1750's in London as a festival food (cooking oil is expensive so deep fry was either rich or special occasion), so we can assume it came to the US sometime after, possibly pre- revolutionary war. But it was popularized in the US through french chefs in the 1800's. However the pre-made frozen fry was invented in the 20th century US
@@michaelbcohen Interesting, but according to Belgian historian, French Fries were invented in Paris around 1830...
True Belgian experts know that French fries were invented in Paris, France. So of course they are French fries.
In romanian we call them fried potatoes.
Emily: "I have a french fries secret."
The rest of us: "Of course we know it's always ketchup for you, and not mayo."
*talking about skin on or off*
Emily: If potatoes... off.
Hmmmm...
GUYS EMILY HAS A RUclips CHANNEL SEARCH EMILY DUNCAN KETCHUP CAKE!!!
What is her channel name?
Pink Shirt Guy has a channel as well, he makes drinks and cooks fancy stuff, look up Anthony LeDonne
I'm a food scientist!
"We eat French fries for the entire day."
Level 3 Chef: “Fries” are supposed to be “fried”.
*squints while being confused by the question
"Why Ketchup OR Mayo, while you can choose BOTH?"
I litterally mixed them together, for that delicious orange looking sauce!!!
Sekai Hunter me too
Chili sauce and mayo
mix them together and boom!
Säuce
We call it ketchunnaise in Russia)
Ranch for me.
Mayo or mix, ketchup takes too much away from the flavor of fries.
Emily, the ketchup lady, choosing mayo over ketchup?
Someone abducted Emily and replaced her with an imposter
Palak: I don't like the skin on as much...
also Palak: You want the skin ON.
She can say what she wants. She's so beautiful, I'd vote for her.
I imagine she did it that way, cause that's what the recipe required.
I know French Fries aren't health food, but the skin is where all the vitamins and minerals are.
Eveseptir *_SIMP_*
Imagine being a simp
Me: Ketchup, obviously.
Emily: Mayo
Me: Our leader has betrayed us.
“I think they should be free” best answer ever.
0:33 - Emily pulling the spoon out of her sleeve: Hilarious :D
Emily: huh easy one
Me: yeah of course
Emily: Mayo
*WHAT*
Dương Bùi ruclips.net/video/XfEhOAEiG-8/видео.html
I like how Palak looks at the camera like wtf guys. "They are fries, you fry them"
Me, saw Emily in the thumbnail and seeing 'Expert' in the title:
Something's wrong, I can feel it😂😂
its just a feelin ive got
like somethin's bout to happen
sees emily
sees “ketchup or mayo”
presses play
a clickbait formula that works
thanks for coming to my ted talk
Question: Skin on or skin off
Emily: If potatoes... off
Lucas Ma at 2:40 she said skin on now I’m concerned what she was talking about
Epicurious, thank you for these great videos and for this awesome group of wonderful people that you have gathered. Watching all your videos is truly a highlight of my day!
7:54 I love how Palak just says ‘Fries are supposed to be fried’ so judgementally.
I just watched this Episode, what is this black magic?
And Rose’s opening line was the biggest mood
Frank was not in this video cuz he was still growing his potatoes. Edit thanks for all the likes
Drew Rowley 973 on mars
Haha yeah
Drew Rowley 973 ruclips.net/video/XfEhOAEiG-8/видео.html
i love how they were calmly refer to rose when they got tricky questions
" I got new glasses, that doesn't make me smarter" Truest line ever XD
Epicurious: How can we get Emily to come in more episodes?
...
Epicurious: Ketchup time
Phil Stehle why are you so excited about her living in Rome, New York? I saw you reply to three comments, including mine about it and I just found that kind of unusual
I approve
Emily: MAYO!
*Head explodes*
Ikr! Shocking lol
She has been abducted and replaced by a lizard person imposter
ThatsaWrap ruclips.net/video/XfEhOAEiG-8/видео.html
Love it how they're really meta aware about each other themselves and poking fun of it...
I love how at the beginning, Emily just pulled out the spoon and for a second i thought she was the second food scientist/expert
French Fries are not French but the cut is. The “normal” cut for a french fry is usually a julienne cut. Small long rectangular cuts. But not all french fries are cut that way so technically those types of fries aren’t french fries but just fried potatoes.
Edit: Granted most other cuts like baton, etc. are also french.
Was about to post the same thing.
Yeah, they’re julienne cut, but the French part is not the cut. It’s because that style of potato (pommes-de-terre frites:/ pomme frite) originated from the French speaking part of Belgium.
Fries are more like Batonnet.
@@bobbiusshadow6985 ah, on connais son parmentier !
C'MON DOWN TO FOX'S FOOD EMPORIUM AND GIT'CHUR *fried potato sticks* TODAY
Everyone: did you do it?
Emily: yes
Everyone: what does it cost
Emily: everyone's sanity
In France we very often eat French Fries (which we think come from Belgium) with mustard (strong mustard) or only with salt (if they are very good no need for anything else). Some eat them with mayo or ketchup.
Ketchup or Mayo?
As a german I pick:
"Pommes Schranke"
Yasss, ketchup and mayo
YASSSS
AlphaDango you're German?
Ich auch
Ich auch. Aber rot-weiß schmeckt mir nicht 🤢... Lieber Ketchup oder Senf!
@@Locomaid Gib etwas senf zu deiner Mayo. Gibt etwas schärfe und schmeckt hervorragend...
seeing claire here for a sec is like when cartoons do crossovers
Emily: How can I be more evil?...wait...
Also, bets on Emily having stepped on her old glasses ( New ones look nice, btw)
I saw Emily and immediately clicked on the video. WE NEED MORE OF HER.! SHE'S GOLD.!
Blanch the fries at a low temp for a few minutes, then put them back in at a higher temp to make the outside crispy while keeping the inside fluffy. Remember to do it in batches.
The emily intro was such a great moment
Emily: “mayo”
Everyone: Wait, that’s illegal
Emily: "mayo"
Europeans: Yes!
Americans: Wait, that's illegal.
I love mayo so frick u
Kane Nanda you didn’t get it.
Kane Nanda it’s because emily is always adding ketchup to everything
Get me in prison, then
*TRIGGERED IN BELGIAN* frietsaus is a dutch thing belgians eat their fries with mayo and only mayo.
I searched for this comment😂 (sorry but i like to eat them with tartare)
Frietsaus is a crime against humanity. I personally enjoy andalouse sauce with my fries, but just mayo is great too.
Both of these sauces are acceptable but the best is mayo with stoofvleessaus
Mustard is for everything. Including french fries!
agree
No.
DEATH TO MUSTARD
"ENJOY YOUR FRIES, FORGET HEALTHY" Lorenzo speaking to MY SOUL with that one
"Frenching" a vegetable is a type of cut, so the fries are 'frenched' potatoes, hence French fries. Not from france, or Belgium. Hah. Though, as noted below, it could be that pommes frittes, which French fries come from, originated in Belgium. Just, the term didn't, that's all. Apologies to the Belgians in the room.
@@davidnguyen8914 well they're potato trims
David Nguyen this guy cooks (and is also correct)
@@davidnguyen8914 Frenching can mean both trimming meat, or cutting vegetables into thin strips for cooking (e.g. french-cut green beans or french fries)
That's also what I've learnt.
As a Belgian i can say that you’re wrong because we Belgians all know that fries originated from our country
I like how Emily said "go out, enjoy your life" when there's a deadly virus out there
Wikipedia says: Thomas Jefferson had "potatoes served in the French manner" at a White House dinner in 1802. The expression "french fried potatoes" first occurred in print in English in the 1856 work Cookery for Maids of All Work by E. Warren: "French Fried Potatoes. - Cut new potatoes in thin slices, put them in boiling fat, and a little salt; fry both sides of a light golden brown colour; drain." This account referred to thin, shallow-fried slices of potato (French cut) - it is not clear where or when the now familiar deep-fried batons or fingers of potato were first prepared. In the early 20th century, the term "french fried" was being used in the sense of "deep-fried" for foods like onion rings or chicken.
So it does seem to have evolved from pomme frites and the French influences restaurant scene in America.
Legend has it Frank is still growing his potatoes in a foreign country.
The guy with 1 sub he’s growing them on Mars
The guy with 1 sub ruclips.net/video/XfEhOAEiG-8/видео.html
In Ireland of course where he traded the potato seeds with a leprechaun for a wrought-iron cauldron he made with the iron ore he mined in the West Virginia.
2:43
They really called her out on skin on or skin off, didn’t they?
They did and she likes it both ways.
@El Qone'ars
She can have it anyway she wants. Her choice.
The only leson you need to know is that fries are from BELGIUM!!!
@@KahruSuomiPerkele you are right
FRENCH
@@ummesalma8451 american shush
@@Milan-of4fj I an not American
The videos I've seen of michelan star chips in the UK.
Use an apple corer to cut out your chips from a high starch potato like a russet.
1st cooking: boil in water, the heat turns the water content in the potato to steam . . . Leave to steam dry. This actually reduces the water content in the potato and will make them even fluffier on the inside.
2nd: oil at a fairly high temperature to cook the chips
3rd: oil at a very high temperature to get the crispy outside and the colour to them.
Season with salt and serve with condiments of your choice (shavings of parmesan and a pesto mayo would be my call).
Emily : "mayo"
Rose: can I make a Emily joke?
genuinely curious how they find the level 1 chefs. Like was there a casting call out for someone who can't cook
Yeah why do they pick people who are both incompetent cooks and uncharismatic? Why can't they get an actual comedian to be the level 1 chef? They are very cheap.
@@nunliski I feel like comedians try too hard and will deliberately mess things up in the cooking process just to be funny and exaggerate how bad they are, I like Emily because I can actually relate to how she cooks
@@99txgh "cooks"
@FrostBug I won't even pass the audition because I'm that bad at cooking lmao
@@99txgh emily is a comedian.
had to tell you buddy
Lorenzo always makes me laugh he’s hilarious!
Emily and Lorenzo are the best! Love you two!
During world war American soldier station in Belgium dubbed it “French” because French was southern Belgium dominent language
But every Asterix fan knows that they are naturally from Belgium.
Crystal Torn-Blood wrong ! It dates earlier than that, 1800s in France/Belgium
@@ItsFabianBitch Might be even earlier than that too, depending on which nation natiion you ask. Belgium claims it was invented as early as the 1600s
@@ItsFabianBitch of course, but the American soldiers were the first ones to call them French fries :)
No one gonna talk about how gorgeous Rhoda looks here?? Stunning.
Rhoda always looks stunning.
That wood spoon pull got me dying! 🤣
I use both together sometimes 🤷🏾♀️. I think Heinz even has a mayo -ketchup combo now .
0:34 with that level of editting, we know the production crew love emily too
Me:hears my mum and sister talking about French Fries
Epicurious: posts a video about french fries
Pineapple Ravenclaw U CANNOT SAY MUM ITS MOM UR DRICING ME CRAZY PLZ OH MY GOD
(Mum and french fries) vs (mom and crisps). My head hurts. 😂
@@ladyabacus9496 crisps are not French fries
@@sean__2527 that's why my head was hurting! 🤦♀️ it's chips!
@@yyyyyyyy4849 shut up
2:27 that's what I wanted to hear. Thank you Emily
Rhoda is so cool. Very confident and wholesome :)
Emily : Mayo!
Hey, you guys sure you got the right "Emily"?
"Get out there and have fun. you look great!" needs to be on a t-shirt post covid-19
Mayo all the way!!! I am a huge mayo fan. Especially if it's garlic mayo. Also - skin-on for me is more akin to a potato wedge
Mayo is the OG way of eating fries and they still do that in many EU countries. With better Mayo most the time because everything is better in EU, at least when I traveled there food was all fresher and tasted better lol.
@@KahruSuomiPerkele nope. I don't know where u got this but here in Germany the mayo usually isn't sweet... Maybe as a specialty somewhere. But not in general. Its not frittensauce from like Denmark, Belgium or the netherlands
Here in philippines when a street frenchfrier/cheesesticks frier our dipping sauce is always mixed ketchupmayo
Banana Ketchup naman yung dito sa Pilipinas hahaha. Original Ketchups are sour and are not really sweet compared to our Banana Ketchups.
I saw an Everyday Food episode where Margot made breaded chicken cutlets and one of her dipping sauces involved equal parts of ketchup and mayo. It was from 10 or so years ago and the first time I'd seen the two combined like that.
that's actually called golf sauce, originated in Argentina (my country) but here we call it salsa golf, salsa means sauce
@@aldanatpwk9358 ....Hearing the Filipino language you'd recognize a number of Spanish words. Isn't chimichurri another one of your sauces? I have to research your cuisine, I'm curious now.
@@msr1116 it is! chimichurri is great with grilled meat, on bread (kinda like garlic bread) even on salads, and is so delicious and easy to make
Did you know French fries aren't actually fried in France?
...they're fried in *GREECE!* 😜
👏
i hate you
LMAO
Fine. Take your Like and Get Out.
Here! Get ur like and get ou.. wait. Stay inside.
'can i make a emily joke?' IM DYING
"French" refers to: "a culinary knife cut in which the food item is cut into long thin strips." Hence, they are technically "frenched" fries.