/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.9897028]

Say I want hot and crispy fries when I get home

Which is the better option:
A. Keeping the bag open so steam can get out
B. Keeping the bag rolled up so the heat can be retained

[Anonymous No.9897044]

>>9897028
I don't think fast food has enough moisture to really steam. But I'm purely guessing.

[Anonymous No.9897049]

Eat the fucking fries while you're driving.

[Anonymous No.9897088]

>>9897049
can't you fucking read? he said he wants them when he gets home

[Anonymous No.9897093]

>>9897049
Without any ketchup or dipping sauce?

[Anonymous No.9897103]

>>9897044
I don't know about that, wingstop fries get fucking destroyed in a rolled up bag, they're soggy and limp in minutes

[Anonymous No.9897150]

>>9897028
C. Make your own that beat anything you can get from a fast food joint.

[Anonymous No.9897167]

>>9897028
Bag open.

Then re-bake

Wala

[Anonymous No.9897173]

>>9897150
Plus buying ingredients, washing potatoes, peeling potatoes, slicing potatoes, frying potatoes, and then washing every utensil used

vs.

driving a mile to mcdonalds and paying like 2.50 or whatever

[Anonymous No.9897215]

>>9897093
You don't keep emergency sauce packets with you? What the fuck are you gonna do when North Korea sends the missile?

[Anonymous No.9897222]

>>9897173
I’d much rather have my own fries. Nothing beats the rich texture inside when they’re perfectly golden and thick, it’s like warm snow.

[Anonymous No.9897231]

>>9897173
>I'm a helpless man-baby that can't do anything for himself
Oh, got it.

[Anonymous No.9897239]

>>9897222
You got a recipe?

[Anonymous No.9897242]

>>9897239
Not him, but of course he doesn't.

[Anonymous No.9897257]

>>9897231
Sounds less like he can't and more like he doesn't want to.

[Anonymous No.9897299]

>>9897028
Throw some oil in a pan and refry em

[Anonymous No.9897335]

>>9897299
how hard do i have to throw it?

[Anonymous No.9897397]

>>9897239
Pretty simple, just pour oil in a pan that has walls 4-6 inches high, just enough to fit two layers of sliced potatoes (you’ll only be using one layer). I like the golden yukon potatoes, they’re perfect for mash too. Oh yeah, peel and slice potatoes, kinda obvious there. Preheat the oil until it’s almost boiling on a ~high heat, and then pour in the potato slices (careful, the oil will jump out from here on out). Continue flipping them, likely with a spatula/spoon like utensil with holes in it. Cook until golden-brown, or crispy exterior soft interior.

[Anonymous No.9897407]

>>9897335
This is why I come here.

[Anonymous No.9897408]

>>9897150
>C. Make your own that beat anything you can get from a fast food joint.
I was wondering how long it would take before someone derailed the conversation because they made their own fries one time when they were bored and have to mention it every chance they get now. The man wants fast food fries specifically you pleb.

[Anonymous No.9897409]

>>9897028
Fries do not travel well at all so dump them out on a trey and pop them in the toaster oven for a minute.

[Anonymous No.9897422]

>>9897397
Wait, how high are you pouring the oil if you have to flip them?

[Anonymous No.9897438]

>>9897239
Its fucking french fries. Heat oil, dump in fries. The whole process takes forever and is messy as fuck, which is why OP wants FUCKING FAST FOOD FRIES!!

[Anonymous No.9897444]

>>9897028
This is the million dollar question and it deserves more discussion.

[Anonymous No.9897453]

>>9897422
It doesn’t matter how high, the slices are staying on the surface so one side is always exposed while the other is cooking.

[Anonymous No.9897457]

I keep the bag closed and they're perfectly fine when I get home, would never keep the bag open especially since its the dead of winter right now

[Anonymous No.9897458]

>>9897438
It takes forever and is messy if you’re flipping the pan instead of the fries, you autist.

[Anonymous No.9897459]

>>9897453
Huh, I usually just force them under and they stay.

[Anonymous No.9897460]

>>9897028
at five guys you're trained to tell to-go customers to keep the bag open and reheat in the oven if they get cold.

[Anonymous No.9897462]

>>9897028
Keep the bag open and floor it on the way home

[Anonymous No.9897761]

Put them in a 375 degree over when you get home and wait. Maybe the burg too.

[Anonymous No.9897852]

>>9897335
Fucking kek!

[Anonymous No.9897894]

A follow up question is how fucking far do you have to drive home with the food, so that this would be a relevant question? Any place I visit in town is roughly 5-10 minutes from my home, are you this much of picky neetlets that you get bitchy over fries being 5-10 minutes old?

[Anonymous No.9897998]

What you could do is just keep your car at a high enough temperature to keep the fries warm. Couldn’t have a negative effect on you either, if anything it’ll toughen up your skin. After a few weeks of fast food fries, you’ll look like a rotisserie pig, your skin strong as leather, and your fries fresh as fuck.

[Anonymous No.9898145]

>>9897150
The only thing that is more of a pain in the ass to make at home is ramen. Fries are a bunch of effort and wasted time for a side dish that at best is going to be equal to your favorite place to get them. You need a bunch of oil, you have to peel and do a ridiculous amount of cutting, then its a whole process of double frying. For a fucking side dish

[Anonymous No.9898168]

>>9897173
Don't forget that if you want fast food-style fries the trick is to par-fry them and freeze them in advance, so you're literally doing prep work the fucking day before

[Anonymous No.9898208]

They'll get soggy or stale either way. But closing it will speed up the process I think

[Anonymous No.9898409]

First time trying this brand. Intentionally disregarded cooking instructions which was to cook in oven, and tried the cold fry method I've read about. Crispest fries I've ever made with a perfectly cooked center.
Keep a deep fryer with oil in it, so l simply added frozen fries to the cold oil. Set the thermostat to 400°F. Put the lid on and let it heat up and do its thing. I did an occasional stir to insure even cooking. Took them up when they reached the color I desired.
Awesome! And they weren't greasy/ oily. I'm cold frying from here on out. Well, French fries anyway. Haven't tried anything else, but it's no mess or spatter with the same if not better results.

[Anonymous No.9898411]

bag open for sure, just a bit.

[Anonymous No.9898426]

Don't know why pic posted upside down

[Anonymous No.9898431]

>>9898411
I cooked some last night

[Anonymous No.9898533]

>>9898411
Only cooking for one; me

[Anonymous No.9898723]

>>9898409
>Haven't tried anything else
It'll probably work okay with anything that's dense and won't start immediately soaking up oil, definitely don't do it with anything breaded

[Anonymous No.9898728]

>>9898723
For sure

[Anonymous No.9898837]

>>9898431
>>9898533
i don't understand these replies about my response to OPs question.

[Anonymous No.9898847]

>>9897028
This is a dilemma I did not realize existed in my life.
Keep the bag open and the fries become cold.
But when I keep the bag closed, the fries are always soggy when I get home.
I don't think I've ever actually tried keeping the bag open, so I might try that next time. Thanks, OP!

[Anonymous No.9898879]

>>9897894
fucking city slickers

[Anonymous No.9898889]

>>9897167
This. Really though.

[Anonymous No.9898901]

>>9897150
God I hate people like you. This is not the point o the motherfucking thread. We don't care that you think all fast food is disgusting, you don't have to tell the world every chance you get.

>Hue hue, still eating that TRASH
>Instead of buying that subpar burger, just make it yourself, like I do
>Btw did I mention fast food is gross?

[Anonymous No.9899125]

>>9898889
who the fuck wants to bake some cheap ass mcdonalds

[Anonymous No.9899160]

>>9897028
C. Go inside and eat them. Make sure to ask for them fresh. The ketchup in the pumps at fast food restaurants is the best. The packets are a pain, and ketchup at home is usually cold from being in the fridge, plus you're paying for it.

[Anonymous No.9899238]

>>9897028
There really is no winning this.

[Anonymous No.9899244]

>>9899160
>ketchup at home is usually cold from being in the fridge
only if you live with morons.

[Anonymous No.9899323]

>>9898879
you are a sad person

[Anonymous No.9899373]

>>9897028
Neither option A or option B will give you hot and crispy fries when you get home.
Go figure.
You will have to reheat, rebake, refry, or cook your own

[Anonymous No.9899388]

>>9899160
>ketchup at home is usually cold from being in the fridge

[Anonymous No.9899477]

>not using a Thermal bag

[Anonymous No.9899531]

>>9899477
>food loses crispness and/or becomes soggy
Maybe you could read the thread.

[Anonymous No.9899540]

>>9899238
Sure there is, but heating a whole pot of oil to refry your fries for just a couple seconds to recrisp them is pretty extreme.

[Anonymous No.9899578]

Poke a hole with your pinky

[Anonymous No.9899585]

>being so lazy that you can't pop it in the oven for ten minutes
>complaining about soggy food when you're buying bottom of the barrel refuse in the first place

[Anonymous No.9899631]

>>9899125
>not just buying one of these and throwing anything you want onto it

[Anonymous No.9899678]

>>9897173
>>9897408
>>9898145
>>9898901

Boy, I can hear the REEEEEE all the way from over here. Stop wasting time discussing how to make shitty food less shitty and just make good food.

>bitch about women rather than learning social skills
>bitch about minimum wage job rather than educating yourself
>bitch about social life while maintaining a multiple hour a day gaming habit

We seeing a pattern, fellas?

[Anonymous No.9899706]

>>9899678
I probably would make my own fries, but dude, Im not going to use all that oil for a single fucking serving, and i don't want my freezer jam packed full of fucking fries and no room for fuck else.

[Anonymous No.9899720]

>>9899706
Step 1: use oil.
Step 2: store it for next use.

[Anonymous No.9899805]

>dipshits itt who think making fries is hard/time consuming
>dipshits itt who dont know you can easily reuse oil
im convinced brainlets in fast food threads dont even cook. not even worth a (You)
pic related; its you fags

[Anonymous No.9899848]

>>9899805
good fries need to be par-fried and frozen in advance (but I do it in batches so I have them ready to go)
Also you realize that oil eventually goes rancid and oxidizes even if you're not cooking with it, right?

[Anonymous No.9899851]

>>9897044
It has enough to steam enough and simultaneously lose heat enough that when you get home, even on very short drives, the fries are garbage.

[Anonymous No.9899855]

>>9897173
This. Not to mention the exorbitant amount of cooking oil and the cost of that plus disposal of it.

[Anonymous No.9899858]

>>9899848
Depends on the oil and the amount of time you plan on storing it. I generally don’t keep oil for more than 6 months, and I try to only use peanut oil. Never had an issue with rancid oil. Just don’t store the oil unless you actually plan on reusing it.

[Anonymous No.9899862]

>>9897408
This. 100%

[Anonymous No.9899869]

>>9897458
How fast are you peeling? Slicing? Frying? Cleaning up?

[Anonymous No.9899883]

I think the biggest thing is splashing oil everywhere from the frying especially in a pan. That's grosser to clean than potatoe peels

[Anonymous No.9899886]

>he doesn't like cold kinda soggy fries

[Anonymous No.9899892]

>>9899848
obviously you cant keep it forever but their point was that he's not going to waste a shit load of oil on one batch of fries when you can reuse it numerous times. par frying is not hard nor that time consuming.

[Anonymous No.9899906]

>>9899883

[Anonymous No.9899911]

>>9897028
Refry

[Anonymous No.9899966]

>>9899906
>all this shit just to make some fries
fuck off
I know im on /ck/, but most people on /ck/ want to cook the laziest, most cost efficient, lazy way possible.

[Anonymous No.9900130]

Keep a dehydrator atop the passenger seat of your car. Dump fries in there whenever you get fast food and blast the heater on them.

[Anonymous No.9900472]

>>9899244
>>9899388
The bottle says refrigerate after opening.

[Anonymous No.9900477]

>>9900472
FUCK da rulez, nigga.

[Anonymous No.9900486]

>>9897239
Ignore everything you have already been replied

Look up the double fry method
You wash, cut them, fry once at low temp for many minutes, then again at higher temp for less minutes

Do the first fry in bulk, drain and freeze a bunch and then you can skip that step next time, you could even try convection oven as second step if one day you dont have enough fryer oil

[Anonymous No.9900492]

>>9897173
faggot

[Anonymous No.9900494]

>>9897028
mcd's fries suck after 8 minutes so eat them in the car

[Anonymous No.9900510]

>>9899678
>Cant even stay on topic
We already established the point of this thread with the OP.

This isn't a
>How can I have better fries
thread, its literally just open bag or closed bag.

Some people just can't keep from talking about themselves though.

>Did I mention I cook fries better than fast food
>What, you'd rather talk about the OP than listen to my useless ass?
>fucking dumbasses can't even cook some fries, lazy neckbeard virgins

[Anonymous No.9900522]

>Literally one butthurt samefag in thread who can't stop talking about how lazy/stupid people are for not wanting to cook their own fries.

>In a thread meant to discuss fast food

>Can't accept no one wants to listen to them

[Anonymous No.9900753]

>>9900510
>deflecting from his permavirgin incompetence
Keep trying, pal. The rest of us are laughing at how rooted in your own stupidity you are.

[Anonymous No.9900821]

>>9900494
This. Even if you just stop and park in the lot for a couple of minutes, that's your best bet.

[Acbn !7CUUUUUUUU No.9900876]

>>9897150

They can't beat anything from a fast food joint

Sorry, but fast food simply tastes better ALWAYS

[Anonymous No.9900914]

>>9897049
watch the language, this is a blue board... jeez..

[Anonymous No.9900951]

>>9897028
implying the fries are even crispy to begin with if you get them at a mcdonalds

[Anonymous No.9900997]

>>9900951
Tell them to make a new batch of fries, my man.

[Anonymous No.9901295]

You have to be seriously low-test if you devote any more than 10 minutes towards acquiring french fries. It's potatoes, oil, and salt, it's total junk food. If you make this type of shit on your own just for yourself you should sincerely consider taking your own life.

[Anonymous No.9901435]

>>9897028
open the bag
if you live far enough away that food getting cold is a concern why are you getting take out?

[Anonymous No.9901635]

>>9900522
>hurr durr anyone not agreeing with me is samefag xd

[Anonymous No.9901772]

>>9900876
It's always the dumbasses that wanna tripfag. Are you that starved for attention that you need to try to carve out an identity on 4chan?

[Anonymous No.9902022]

>>9901772
taking the bait

[Anonymous No.9902044]

>>9897028
>>9897167
/thread

Along with any 'hot and steamy' foods, keeping it rolled up and keeping the heat retained, you're bound to end up with a soggy mess within minutes. This is also apparent in microwaving foods and closing the lid on its container. It is always better to keep it slightly open to let the food 'breathe'.
Then, you can rebake if necessary.

t. anon who eats food on a regular basis