what's your favorite thing to put on fries that isn't ketchup?

Sea salt and malt vinegar. I am Canadian and it's a thing.

Same here. Not Canadian though, I just have good taste and a penchant to apologize. Sorry.
- It's ok, I'm sorry too.
American, and this is the correct answer
yeah I've got a bottle of malt vinegar in the fridge because of my frequent pilgrimages to Québec as a child. is the sea salt larger grains?
- Slightly larger, not like kosher salt larger.

In Belgium: Tartare or Mayo. Andalouse for the gal, thanks

In the UK: Salt and Vinegar

In both cases: I will have to change seat if you plop yourself in front of me with your poor fries inundated by ketchup. Only the French do that, and it is a Casus Belli in my book.

@asklemmy @reallyzen casus belli for a simple meal ? :ablobcatknitsweats: @tilefan
- On a des valeurs en Belgique. Surtout sur l'assaisonnement des frites, la hauteur du col de mousse de la biere, et le caractère optionnel d'un gouvernement de plein exercice.

Mayonnaise

Garlic mayonnaise!

Wendy's Frosty

Came to see if anyone said this. I grew up with that shit and it was fantastic! Nothing compared, not even regular ice cream!
Vanilla, chocolate, or doesn't matter? I'm team vanilla.
- I prefer chocolate myself, but I can make other flavors work.

Mayo

Also hot sauce.

Mayonnaise. Fight me.

Mayo + Ketchup combined, the classic "Rot-Weis"-combo in Germany.
That or, preferrably, mayo + a good chilli sauce
Mayo on fries is great. It's also the Quebecois way.

Malt vinegar 🇨🇦

Or cheese curds and gravy 🇲🇶

I saw the instance tld and the flag, and my mind immediately jumped to maple syrup. Now, I wanna try this cursed, and unholy abomination

Gravy and squeaky cheese curds

Bb

Gravy or curry sauce

I haven't seen anyone mention nutritional yeast yet, but that's become my go-to seasoning for almost everything; popcorn, pizza, scrambled eggs, bread, ramen, soft pretzels, and of course on fries. So damn good!

(Yes, I realize the name "nutritional yeast" sounds vaguely unpleasant and unappetizing, but I promise it's incredible if you like savory flavors, and it can also be used as a cheese powder substitute in vegan recipes.)

I find it to be an okay parmesan replacement, but prefer parmesan
- Yeah nothing ever came close to Parmesan for me. I'll use yeast when its the only option at my vegan friends places but I'll never be able to be truly vegetarian because of Parmesan
I put this only on popcorn but always on popcorn. Oh and sometimes in grits. So good in cheese grits, with cheddar, jalapenos and butter and salt. Way better than with just the cheese. So I guess only on corn.

Chili and cheese

Salt and Vinegar.

Never really liked ketchup.

I mean you're almost there, that's 50% of the flavorings from ketchup. salt, vinegar, tomato, sugar. doesn't even have to be tomato to be ketchup
- True. But it's the proportions of each that matter. And the type of salt and vineger.
  Vinegar goes first because it gives the salt a sticking surface. Apply it when the fries are fresh so that it soaks in a bit better.
  heavy on the salt before the vinegar has fully soaked in. Then toss the fries and add a little bit when serving.
  Sea salt and Malt vinegar are the best, but any old salt and vinegar will do in a pinch.

peanut sauce / satay sauce

nothing beats it

I like fries with peanut sauce, but I love fries with peanut sauce + mayonaise + raw onions.
Yes, I'm Dutch.. ;)
- Yum, war fries :)

Mayonnaise

This is the correct answer.
- Actually, mayodenoche is correct

Ranch dressing powder

hey now

mustard! its always available and awesome.

Mustard is great on its own, but better mixed with ketchup, IMO.

Malt vinegar or brown sauce

"Did you know that salt and malt vinegar is not a traditional way to dress your French fries in the United States?"
"What the f#$% is wrong with them?"
- We have better condiments than vinegar.
Well, there are at least three of us. Last time I said brown sauce in a thread like this I got downvoted. 😆

More fries. ¯(ツ)_/¯

Bucket of fries club.

Curry sauce

Blue cheese dressing

YEP! I was coming here to say it.
It's just soooo good. Bonus points if it has some chunks.

Seasoning salt

Ranch dressing and Buffalo sauce

chili cheese!!

Barbecue sauce

Sweet Baby Ray's in combination with ketchup is mint

I hate ketchup, so almost anything else. That said, mustard or some sort of flavored/spicy mayo are top choices.

see, I hate mayonnaise, but there are two applications where it's perfectly fine (the very thin layer on a toasted sandwich, and a little bit to make tuna salad). do you find there's any single application where ketchup is fine?
- Not who you are asking but I hate ketchup as a condiment with a burning passion, but can use it as an ingredient, so cocktail sauce or really anything where it is sort of hidden, it's fine. It's just way too sweet on its own to use the way people use it.
  I like mayo and hot sauce, mixed, on fries. Tartar sauce, anything you like on other potatoes is good (gravy, cheese, salsa, chili powder, sour cream)

Mayyoo

But for serious bacon and melted cheddar with caramelised onion. Maybe ketchup mixed with bbq sauce near to dip in

Old Bay

Spicy BBQ

Where I live Zoervleis is a favorite of many. One can get it in any Snackbar.

Green chile and cheese.

If it's just fries, then nothing other than salt.

Otherwise, cheese curds and gravy.

Chili Umami or Mayo

Tarter sauce or ranch dressing.

I used to work at a sports bar where we made our own burgers and all by hand. Pretty damn good if you ask me.

We made our own Nashville hot sauce that was really fucking good on our fries. I couldn't stop eating them, even if my mouth started burning. Then I started mixing the Nashville with a bit of ketchup...

I got so unhealthy there.

my local place has these pineapple habañero wings that are right at the threshold of heat that I can enjoy. I definitely overindulge

Chicken salt

Hot sauce

Ranch dressing, or a mix of half ranch dressing and half ketchup I call "krantchup". Specifically Marie's ranch mixed with Primitive Kitchen ketchup is so good on fries.

Cheese and gravy (not the Canadian thing)

I'll not have you bad mouth poutine, friend. It's a national treasure and deserves respect.
- Oh, no disrespect intended! Where I come from though we use cheese instead of curds, it's practically a national dish.

Whenever I got to my favorite falafel/kebab place, I order a side of tahini sauce. I mix a bunch of ketchup in there and dip my fries in it.

There's a fries place near me that has some amazing dips: chipotle ranch, parmesan peppercorn, thai peanut sauce... there's like 20 options

Also nobody's said bbq sauce yet
- I love me some fries in BBQ. Especially McDonald's ones in their BBQ sauce.

Chicken salt

Salt and vinegar
Mayonnaise
Edinburgh chippy brown sauce (a particularly vinegary variant of regular brown)

Ranch. Or whatever sauce comes with the blooming onion at outback.

Make sure you're not missing out in joppie sauce

Gravy. I put gravy on a ton of things. People look like they’re going to be sick when I term them I have pasta with gravy.

hong kong mcdonald's is currently serving shaker fries, where you can purchase a packet of seasoning powder along with your fries and shake it all together in a bag.

anyway, my all time favourite (so far) is mcdonald's honey bbq seasoning; fucking delicious. their sakura shrimp seasoning is pretty good too.

i got frozen fries that i heat up in the air fryer occasionally whenever i get a craving; tried some taiwanese popcorn chicken seasoning (i bought a jar of it from a taiwanese noodle restaurant) on it and it's really good.

Salt

Kebab, cheese, garlic sauce and lettuce

Everything that normally goes on street corn.

Remoulade is great with fries.

On a des valeurs en Belgique. Surtout sur l'assaisonnement des frites, la hauteur du col de mousse de la biere, et le caractère optionnel d'un gouvernement de plein exercice.

sounds good to me, but what do you put on your fries?
- Not Ketchup.

Freddy's fry sauce, barbecue sauce, teriyaki sauce, honey mustard, cocktail sauce, malt vinegar, cheese sauce

Garam Masala!

Chili powder, salt, and black pepper.

Salt

Garlic sauce and grated cheese

Andalouse / Diablo sauce

Buffalo aioli.

But I bet nacho toppings would slap on fries.

I recently got nacho fries and it was the best thing ever
- You ever have carne asada fries?

Not at the same time, but

Soy sauce
Cheese
Spicy brown mustard
Fried hot dogs and pink sauce / mayochup (aka salchipapas)
Hot sauce

Ranch dressing

Garlic.

Mac sauce
Tartar sauce
Truffle aioli (American style)

I guess I like mayo-based sauces

Edit: formatting

Au jus. When it comes with something else I dip the fries also.

spicy mayo, but sour cream isn't bad either

Rogan josh curry sauce (although most other curry sauces are also good). Chips and curry sauce is a really popular fast food in the UK, but the curry sauce in question is much closer to a brown sauce than it is to anything that's usually associated with the word "curry". So I make my own curry sauce and put it on instead. This does, of course, completely ruin the "fast" part of "fast food", but it is very tasty

Mayo Sriracha Mayo + sriracha Mayo+ ketchup Oregano Cheese Cheese and bacon

I picked up a love of curry sauce or garlic sauce on my fries during my time living in London.

Those folks do fast food right - cheap, easy to find, and greasy.

I find putting things on fries disgusting. I dip.

And my favorites are garlic butter or tzatziki.

I hate to break it to you, but dipping is putting something on your fries.
- Really? I totally understood “putting something on your fries” as the maniac art of directly drowning the crispy goodness in ketchup.

Honey mustard

Ranch

Morphine - French Fries and pepper

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Green Chili, or any hotsauce, with an egg and cheese

Sauce Remoulade. Or Sauce Mornaie (SP?)

Salt

Sriacha is what I normally put on fries. I also like the suggestion of curry sauce.

More fries.

I like barbecue sauce or A-1 steak sauce on my fries.

Hot sauce and mustard.

Tartar sauce.

Best thing I've ever had with fries was the pepper sauce they have at some "Frituurs" in Belgium. Can't really get that here in Germany unfortunately.

Chili, nacho cheese sauce, and diced onions.

Grilled cheese.

Heinz 57

Truffle oil and lightly salt it

Sesame

like sesame oil?
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Shoarma or döner kebab, cheese, garlic sauce, a bit of sriracha or sambal, and some greens.

Or if I'm feeling simple, mayo and a bit of mustard.

Make sure you're not missing out in joppie sauce

Cheese 🧀

Utah fry sauce

That has ketchup in it though, I'm not sure it's quite in the sprit of the question, though it's definitely astoundingly popular specifically in Utah.

Repost

Weird flex, but ok.

Maggi's Hot and Sweet

Cooked barbeque sauce.

None of that raw shit.

On fries I really only do ketchup. I use Sriracha on almost everything else that's primarily potato, but not fries. I used to use A1 steak sauce every so often a while back. I hadn't thought of that in years; might need to go pick up a bottle.