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[–] AnUnusualRelic 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

French fries aren't made in an oven though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Oven cooked french fries are a thing, and have a surprisingly high popularity

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

In my just under 40 years on this rock, the only time I’ve seen someone deepfrying french fries at home has been on American TV shows. It’s a lot more popular to cook them in the oven around here.

[–] Monkeyhog 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Doesn't the very nature of being fries, require them to be fried? Otherwise, they're baked potato sticks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ours are pre-fried at the factory, then frozen and packaged. We typically then finish cooking them in the oven.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is the way.

[–] TheLowestStone 2 points 1 year ago

Yes.

Source: I'm a chef.

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

Correct. However, if you buy frozen ones, you do need to heat them up some way. I ran out of nuclear weapons again, my flamer was out of gasoline, so using the oven was my best option.

[–] ItsMeSpez 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good thing those frozen ones come with the required cooking temperature on the package.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hey Spez, can you throw some more subreddits into the dumpster fire. The temperature is almost right for popping some popcorn.