National French Fry Day

casirdms

.. is today.

What cruel person came up with this?

Barneystinson

My baked sweet potato fries knock the socks off of any McD's fries.

godroxmysox

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, french fries are my weakness =\

Gilbrod

Cool. I'll bake my own today. Season them with some garlic power. Dab a lil schmutz of ketchup and call it a day.

cafeteriagirl

@*#&amp! is all I can say!:grumble:

byHISstrength

This is horrible!

Recently, I read somewhere that there is a National Junk Food Day...are you kidding me!? Do we really need an excuse to eat junk food. Who in the world comes up with this stuff!? :huh:

Larius

Barneystinson

:drinker:

Cool. I'll bake my own today. Season them with some garlic power. Dab a lil schmutz of ketchup and call it a day.

Gilbrod

People, PEOPLE!!!! The potato is not the bad guy. Us eating more than 5 with butter, fried in oil and showered in salt is the bad thing. Slice a potato up. Spray some butter Pam on it (0 calories). Bake it until your desired texture. Sprinkle something with no salt and use a lil katsup. You'll be fine. Look up the calorie calculator and see what that does. Someone suggest a sweet potato. Even smarter idea!

Clew

It's also national embrace your geekiness day. Yay for me!

Pseudocyber

Mmmmm... French Fries. I'm a carboholic (diabetic). I will celebrate by remembering some of my dearly departed friends ....

McDonalds fries - long and thin and salty.

Wendy's - may I please have a extra large fry with my gallon of Ketchup?

Bojangles/Popeyes - Seasoned & battered cajun fries with another Gallon of Ketchup and 2 Liters of Coke.

And just "Chips" with malt vinegar.

Please hold the Heart Attack.

Thanks .... oh well. Off to the Salad bar to pig out.

Pseudocyber

It's also national embrace your geekiness day. Yay for me!

Ps. As a Cisco Network Engineer ... YAY ME TOO!!!

paradog

Sorry I will not be celebrating!

casirdms

sounds good ... maybe I'll just make my own!

casirdms

Mmmmm... French Fries. I'm a carboholic (diabetic). I will celebrate by remembering some of my dearly departed friends ....

McDonalds fries - long and thin and salty.

Wendy's - may I please have a extra large fry with my gallon of Ketchup?

Bojangles/Popeyes - Seasoned & battered cajun fries with another Gallon of Ketchup and 2 Liters of Coke.

And just "Chips" with malt vinegar.

Please hold the Heart Attack.

Thanks .... oh well. Off to the Salad bar to pig out.

Hello.. you forgot Chickfila waffle fries!! Yummm

Pseudocyber

People, PEOPLE!!!! The potato is not the bad guy. Us eating more than 5 with butter, fried in oil and showered in salt is the bad thing. Slice a potato up. Spray some butter Pam on it (0 calories). Bake it until your desired texture. Sprinkle something with no salt and use a lil katsup. You'll be fine. Look up the calorie calculator and see what that does. Someone suggest a sweet potato. Even smarter idea!

Hmm. I have to disagree. Potato's are evil :mad: - they're my carboholic gateway drug. :explode: Baked, fried, made into chips ... etc.

losingthejunk

Come onnnn, you've got a national french fry day? Even in France we don't have one! (ahahh)

Pseudocyber

Hello.. you forgot Chickfila waffle fries!! Yummm

Those are OK ... never really into the whole waffle thing - kind of french fry abuse if you ask me. :laugh:

Rilke

I think I will buck the trend here and celebrate! A small order of waffle fries from Chick-Fil-A is only 270 calories and 125 mg of sodium. . . . and they fry them in canola oil, so no trans fats

chridow

I will be making sweet potato fries in honor of this auspicious occasion :-D thanks for the heads up!

altho i must admit this week has NOT been good for those of us who are dieting. 7-11 on monday w free slurpees and now national french fry day! oooh the temptation!!

AtticusFinch

Neither the French or McDonald's do this invention anything like justice. The true delicacy is fat, chunky British chips, piping hot out of the deep fat fryer, and drenched in fresh vinegar. (Optionally served with mushy peas, curry sauce or a pickled egg).

Enough porn for the day ?

Pseudocyber

Hmm. There are several other days that don't seem to get the recognition they deserve (from lack of Googlehits)

National Sugar Day (I'm really surprised the sugar manufacturers & growers don't have this one)

National Fat Day (Not sure who would sponsor this one - Swine herders?)

National Obesity Day

Barneystinson

Neither the French or McDonald's do this invention anything like justice. The true delicacy is fat, chunky British chips, piping hot out of the deep fat fryer, and drenched in fresh vinegar. (Optionally served with mushy peas, curry sauce or a pickled egg).

Enough porn for the day ?

Heinz malt vinegar I should hope. That's basically what makes them delicious, IMO.

Saruman_w

Fries can GTFO, as far as I'm concerned it's Apple day.

AnnThereseRN

Potatoes are not all that bad for you. Loaded with potassium! Hows about we bake up some potato wedges with a little garlic and rosemary? Yum diddly ummm!

Pseudocyber

Fries can GTFO, as far as I'm concerned it's Apple day.

LOL. Where's the "like" button when we need it?

casirdms

Fries can GTFO, as far as I'm concerned it's Apple day.

LOL

Gilbrod

Hmm. I have to disagree. Potato's are evil :mad: - they're my carboholic gateway drug. :explode: Baked, fried, made into chips ... etc.

Carboholics nightmare? Of course!!! LOL!!! That's why, like everything else, moderation is necassary. Instead of eating a whole back or box. Make ONE potato. Like liquor. You don't drown yourself if you know it's unhealthy.

Pseudocyber

Carboholics nightmare? Of course!!! LOL!!! That's why, like everything else, moderation is necassary. Instead of eating a whole back or box. Make ONE potato. Like liquor. You don't drown yourself if you know it's unhealthy.

Yeah, but like an Alcoholic (I imagine), once I start the first french fry ... before I know it, they're all gone, and I want more. Best to avoid them - for me.

Gilbrod

LOL!!! Nosce Te Ipsum.... know thyself. Good chap!