How did I not think of those? I love a good onion ring!
How about gnocchi? Easily flavoured and not hard to make, it takes some time, but most fast food places will get them in frozen and just reheat them instead.
Alternate to French Fries (Fried Potato) in Fast Food
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How about gnocchi? Easily flavoured and not hard to make, it takes some time, but most fast food places will get them in frozen and just reheat them instead.
Patties or strips of fried soylent green. The ingredients for it are widely available and the production could be expanded on a very large scale without sustainability issues for a while, after all.
I love gnocchi, but I don't generally think of it as "road food".... I'm sure in the US someone could come up with a way to deep-fry it though
marathag
Banned
not really 'finger food' like FriesI love gnocchi, but I don't generally think of it as "road food".... I'm sure in the US someone could come up with a way to deep-fry it though
them not actually being edible isn't a barrier to fast food success
I wonder if that in of itself would have butterflies since a plate of onion rings is more likely to cause heartburn than a plate of fries (or at least it is for me and some people I know), meaning more people avoid it and go for some other available side. Even if only like 5-10% of the population has a reaction like that, that's a lot of potential revenue lost especially if it spirals into lost sales on drinks.
Gut bacteria doesn't seem to react well to fast-food in general.
Panisse
https://www.saveur.com/panisse-provence-best-french-snack/
Or something similar, deep fried. If you ever have the chance to try these, do it. They are an epiphany.
https://www.saveur.com/panisse-provence-best-french-snack/
Or something similar, deep fried. If you ever have the chance to try these, do it. They are an epiphany.
Nick P
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I have a couple of ideas that might explain potatoes being less popular or unavailable.
Disease or blight. The Irish Potato Famine originated in the US where a local blight devastated local crops and then crossed the Atlantic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytophthora_infestans#Historical_impact
This could happen at any time in history but around the time of the Great Depression would make it hit hardest.
Science goes Wrong: Chemical spraying, genetic modification and/or plant breeding leads to strains of potato seeds that die off after one or two generations. The taste gets worse or the plants fail to grow big enough to be edible.
Trading rules. There was The Great Maine Potato War in the 1970s that caused chaos and lawsuits.
Before that was the Great Onion Corner of 1955 when Vincent Kosuga effectively bought up all the onions in the US and was able to set his own price. Take those a step further and see multiple farmers go bust and potatoes become a luxury foodstuff.
Thin slices like you get from Maccas are fries. Long and thick are chips. The latter are better.