The Long Road

07/12/2003 Archived Entry: "sweet"

A few weeks ago I had sweet potato fries at The Black Thorn. Basically, they’re fries made with sweet potatoes. I really liked ‘em so today I tried to make them at home. Pretty easy right? Julienne some sweet potatoes and fry ‘em. Or so I thought. My first batch came out un-crispy which was very disappointing. I phoned my mom (she was out) and said “mom, my sweet potato fries aren’t crispy =(“ and she told me “ya, sweet potatoes don’t get crispy, make some batter”. Some tempura batter later, I had sweet potato fries that were crispy on the outside and sweet and moist on the inside. Delicious! Mothers are so useful!

Replies: 7 comments

You didn't Julienne them. Your pieces were to thick to be Julienned

Posted by Anonymous @ 07/14/2003 01:24 AM EST

technicalities...

Posted by Rayne @ 07/14/2003 01:58 PM EST

first of all, i'll say i don't know what julienned meant, until i thought of the context. and now i'm realizing that i still don't know what it means cause they have to be a certain size/thickness, according to thai's brother.

and next, i'd just like to know why thai's brother doesn't just sya he's thai phong in this, instead of being anonymous.

i mean, it's a complete giveaway when you're criticizing his fries like you were there. and thai tells everyone anyway. anonymous = thai's brother.

Posted by shawnathan @ 07/21/2003 04:03 PM EST

And Thai's brother = fan of animes.

Now we know everything!

Posted by Étienne @ 07/21/2003 06:02 PM EST

Julienne means to cut into french fry shape. I didn't know there was size criteria to it though...

Maybe Anonymous is his nickname.

Posted by Rayne @ 07/21/2003 09:30 PM EST

Who knows?

Posted by Anonymous #2 (not your brother, Thai) @ 07/22/2003 05:17 PM EST

I know.

Posted by The Shadow @ 07/28/2003 02:39 PM EST