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[–] southernbrewer 70 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] SlopppyEngineer 45 points 10 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

We just call those chunky chips.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Isn't that called "country potatoes"?

[–] SlopppyEngineer 9 points 10 months ago

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

[–] MeaanBeaan 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

in Pennsylvania it's grated or flaked potato pieces fried in a skillet, like only one coarseness step above hash brown