9 things you only recognize if you're really addicted to fries
Those fried potato sticks have been chasing you your whole life. You wish it didn't affect you, but unfortunately: you are infected with the fries virus. You breathe frying oil and no restaurant is safe. And yes, you say fries and chips, because a true potato lover does not discriminate. Yep, this one is for all the people who can no longer imagine life without fries.
1. During a dinner with friends, you are eyeing everyone's fries
You can't help it, your eyes are just drawn to them. You don't even find it embarrassing anymore and the people around you know: they better slide that container a bit more your way.
2. If someone steals a fry from you then...
...that person doesn't know you. You go crazy. Suddenly the restaurant feels too small.
3. You can't function normally the moment someone is eating fries
Your nostrils fill with the delicious familiar smell, there’s a short circuit in your brain and you want to head straight to the snack bar for a portion of golden brown goodies.
4. You know everything about the say-you-call-it-fries-or-chips debate
And deep down in your heart, you know: it's regionally determined. Above the big rivers, it's usually fries and below the rivers, they often say chips. But you know as a diehard fan that 200 years ago they talked about ‘patatfriet’, where patat was the noun (and meant potato) and friet (from fried) was the addition. So. There.
5. You judge restaurants based on their fries
Soggy fries? Hell no, NEXT!
6. You know, you actually don't care what you order in the restaurant...
...as long as you can finally say to the waiter: ‘Uh, can we also have an extra container of fries?’ And you know: that container will be empty within five minutes and maybe a second portion will need to be ordered afterwards.
7. You find people who don't like fries Really. Very. Strange.
Come on, are you kidding me? Are you okay? Are you an alien? How CAN that be?
8. Oven fries are not acceptable to you
Maybe nice for the Sonja Bakkers among us, but no, nothing beats an old-fashioned cone of fries fried in really fresh fat with real mayo. The rest is cheating.
9. Technically, you could eat fries at any moment of the day
The French fries from the McDonald's = broken breakfast. Curly fries = the shit for lunch. Raspatat = heaven for dinner. Flemish fries with truffle mayo = dessert. In short, a life without fries is something you just wouldn't understand. What would you eat with all your side dishes? No, a life without chips would really be a disaster for us. Guess three times what I've suddenly got a craving for.
P.S. Want fries next level? Simone knows where you can score the best haute fries in the country.
Source: Women’s Health
