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Thanks! I'll try your recipe.Here in Toronto they have just stopped indoor dining for the second time. Over the summer we chose not to eat on patios and right now it is 44 deg so I wouldn't want to anyway. Thus most of our meals have been home cooked, Prior to COVID we ate out too much and not always healthy as often we were on the road. (In other news I have lost 20 lbs since March just from eating better food) However, we have had takeout/delivery regularly and have computed that part of the reason burgers/ pizzas/ chinese etc is so popular as fast food is because it is so much easier to transport/ keep warm than choices like Italian or pub grub.
We are pretty much off fries completely but, yes there is an addictive quality to McD's fries - the reason BTW is because in the factory they briefly par boil them before freezing so, when cooked in the fryer they are crisp and salty on the outside but soft and melty on the inside. All of which brings me to a recipe I recently discovered for roasted potatoes. Once the potatoes are cut, soak them in the hottest water you can for about ten minutes and then throw them in the oven. They will then have started to cook inside but will crisp up on the outside, and Voila! OK not exactly McD's but it really did make a difference.
We haven't eaten in a restaurant since Feb. Actually only a few stops for Mac fries, medium please that's all. No burgers, no drinks? No thanks just the fries. (voice in the box rarely believes me.) Mostly home cooking with some cherry picked carryout while holed up here.
One of our favorite things about traveling was stopping in the local dive for something different and equally satisfying was meeting the locals. Thats not happening.
