I have a very serious question for you today. Which goes better on french fries: ketchup or mayonnaise?
This is an ongoing debate between my friend Robbie and me. He is a mayonnaise lover. He doesn’t just put it on french fries, he puts it on everything. He would probably eat mayonnaise-covered mayonnaise if he could get away with it. And he hates ketchup. I, on the other hand, will eat almost anything if it has ketchup, but I abhor mayonnaise unless it has been mixed with hard-boiled eggs and a little mustard. I doubt we will ever be able to settle our debate, since neither of us is willing to try the other’s preferred condiment, but we have managed to look past our differences and remain friends.
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Mayo is gross. If poutine isn’t available, I use vinegar, ketchup and gravy together, or HP sauce. I put HP sauce on everything.
It all depends on the fries.
McDonalds – Mayo!
All other fast food – Ketchup
Bistro or Pub – Mayo OR Gravy OR Vinegar OR Ketchup OR Vinegar and Ketchup*
And poutine forever!
* This is not something that can be decided in advance, people! :)
As a french fry connoisseur I think it depends on the fries. Ketchup is my standard dip but sometimes I prefer ailoi, sometimes ranch, also mixing Tabasco sauce in ketchup rules.Buffalo wing sauce works quite nicely as well. Marinara sauce and fries is also delicious. I had an order of fries over the summer with a  truffle oil,jack cheese and bechamel sauce.bomb.com. I am now excited to try this vinegar  you are all talking about. I have never seen anyone eat fries in that way although I am aware of its existence.
With all that being said, if I had to choose, team ketchup is for me. Also, a side note on the increasingly popular sweet potato fry. They are good and I will eat them, with pleasure, however when they put traditional fries out of work on a menu it pisses me off.
Mayo?!?! What fresh hell is that? Ketchup is ok, barbecue sauce is better. I usually just dump a pile of salt and pepper on my plate and dip the fries directly into that. Yum!
Oh, and fries dunked in the au jus that comes with a French dip sandwich is pure heaven.
Ketchup or vinegar (preferably malt). Mayonnaise on fries is an abomination whose popularity confuses me.
Alternatively, poutine :)
POUTINE
Ew. The correct answer is vinegar. Gravy if you want to be fancy.
Mayonnaise? Who puts mayonnaise on their french fries? That’s disgusting.
both! I love a ketchup-mayo mix with my fries (also my grilled cheese). so good!
now I have a wicked poutine craving (no mayo or ketchup with that though, ew).
I like mine plain. I’m weird with condiments. But if I have to dip, definitely ketchup. Mayo is blehhhhhhhhh.
Malt vinegar, please. Â If the choice really is between ketchup and mayo only – if the mayo is fresh and a little citrusy or garlicky, I’d love a dollop or two.
Neither. Ranch dressing.
But between the two, DEFINITELY ketchup. Mayonnaise is gross.
If I had to choose between only those two, I’d say ketchup. Â But really, I’d rather have some honey mustard for my fries. Â And I really can’t see how mayonnaise would be good on fries, but then again my friend Victor is still trying to convince me that it’s the best when slathered on corn on the cob. *shudders*