Utah's greatest export and potentially its next flag
June 23, 2022 11:02 AM Subscribe
Folklore. Warring narratives. Murky origin stories. Documenting the true history of fry sauce can feel as muddled as the condiment itself. But, I wanted the truth. And so I set out to discover the genesis of Utah’s favorite condiment.
Fry Sauce. The best condiment for fried potatoes. It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.
And as Utah undergoes a redesign of its state flag, could Fry Sauce make it the top?
Bonus: How to Make Arctic Circle Fry Sauce | It's Only Food w/ Chef John Politte
Fry Sauce. The best condiment for fried potatoes. It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.
And as Utah undergoes a redesign of its state flag, could Fry Sauce make it the top?
Bonus: How to Make Arctic Circle Fry Sauce | It's Only Food w/ Chef John Politte
What RonButNotStupid said except mayo
posted by TheProfessor at 11:08 AM on June 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by TheProfessor at 11:08 AM on June 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
Aïoli for me because I'm sophisticated.
posted by Nelson at 11:11 AM on June 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Nelson at 11:11 AM on June 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
This FPP makes me happy. I love fry sauce and find it superior to plain ketchup with fries. It is ubiquitous within a fairly large contiguous area in the US, but outside of that it is a rare and happy moment when you encounter it.
posted by Dip Flash at 11:16 AM on June 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Dip Flash at 11:16 AM on June 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
Mustard is the one true condiment.
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 11:25 AM on June 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 11:25 AM on June 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
Vinegar, you hosers.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 11:29 AM on June 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 11:29 AM on June 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
I have invented sandwich sauce. Ketchup, mayo and mustard. I hereby stake my claim!
posted by Splunge at 11:34 AM on June 23, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by Splunge at 11:34 AM on June 23, 2022 [3 favorites]
I love fry sauce and find it superior to plain ketchup with fries.
Of course fry sauce is superior to plain ketchup. Just keep adding more mayo and it keeps getting more delicious, until you arrive at pure mayo, the clearly superior fry condiment.
posted by solotoro at 11:38 AM on June 23, 2022
Of course fry sauce is superior to plain ketchup. Just keep adding more mayo and it keeps getting more delicious, until you arrive at pure mayo, the clearly superior fry condiment.
posted by solotoro at 11:38 AM on June 23, 2022
Is this a potato post?
posted by madcaptenor at 11:57 AM on June 23, 2022
posted by madcaptenor at 11:57 AM on June 23, 2022
Yes. It's one of the posts potato.
It actually was going to be a post about Utah's flag redesign. But I reconfigured to match the zeitgeist around here this week. I'll probably do one about the new flag and some of the cool submissions once they make more of them public.
posted by inflatablekiwi at 12:20 PM on June 23, 2022
It actually was going to be a post about Utah's flag redesign. But I reconfigured to match the zeitgeist around here this week. I'll probably do one about the new flag and some of the cool submissions once they make more of them public.
posted by inflatablekiwi at 12:20 PM on June 23, 2022
Back when Arctic Circle still existed in WA state, I really loved the flavor of their burgers which, I assume, was sauced with their famous fry sauce. In recent years, I have tried various AC fry sauce recipes and have not been met with success—just doesn't taste like I remember.
posted by bz at 12:50 PM on June 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by bz at 12:50 PM on June 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
Of course fry sauce is superior to plain ketchup. Just keep adding more mayo and it keeps getting more delicious, until you arrive at pure mayo, the clearly superior fry condiment.
It's an inverted-U shaped curve of enjoyment: starting low with pure ketchup, rising to peak condiment bliss with fry sauce, then descending to the dismal depths of pure mayo. It's the mixture of the two that makes fry sauce optimum for me.
posted by Dip Flash at 1:00 PM on June 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
It's an inverted-U shaped curve of enjoyment: starting low with pure ketchup, rising to peak condiment bliss with fry sauce, then descending to the dismal depths of pure mayo. It's the mixture of the two that makes fry sauce optimum for me.
posted by Dip Flash at 1:00 PM on June 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
Oh well hey, the only place in the US I’ve ever lived was Utah, and I always just assumed fry sauce was a universal American thing, had no idea it was so specifically from Utah. I learned a thing!
posted by penguin pie at 1:52 PM on June 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by penguin pie at 1:52 PM on June 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
Vinegar, you hosers.
But it has to be malt vinegar.
posted by jgirl at 2:32 PM on June 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
But it has to be malt vinegar.
posted by jgirl at 2:32 PM on June 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
Both Zaxby's and Raising Cane's (up and coming chicken-focused fast food chains) have signature sauces that start with a mayo/ketchup mixture.
I'd prefer the raucousness of Popeyes Mardi Gras Mustard or the smooth horseradish bomb of Arby's Horsey Sauce, but somebody seems to like that ketchaise mayonnetchup kind of base.
posted by box at 2:57 PM on June 23, 2022
I'd prefer the raucousness of Popeyes Mardi Gras Mustard or the smooth horseradish bomb of Arby's Horsey Sauce, but somebody seems to like that ketchaise mayonnetchup kind of base.
posted by box at 2:57 PM on June 23, 2022
Arby's Horsey Sauce is my secret shame. Well, eating Arby's after a bad work day is my real secret shame. But Arby's Horsey Sauce is the enabler.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 3:14 PM on June 23, 2022
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 3:14 PM on June 23, 2022
I admit the first time I encountered fry sauce I thought it was for people who thought ketchup was just too gosh-darn spicy. Now it’s my favorite french fry condiment, although I won’t turn my nose up at ketchup or even mayo.
posted by gamera at 5:09 PM on June 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by gamera at 5:09 PM on June 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
Turns out my emergency salad dressing is actually fry sauce.
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 8:21 PM on June 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 8:21 PM on June 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
I’ve never heard of a container of fries being referred to as a salad before. But I guess….
posted by inflatablekiwi at 10:01 PM on June 23, 2022
posted by inflatablekiwi at 10:01 PM on June 23, 2022
That's a Pittsburgh salad except in Pittsburgh you just call it a salad with fries in. Like a sandwich has.
posted by away for regrooving at 10:22 PM on June 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by away for regrooving at 10:22 PM on June 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
Isn’t this just “Russian” Dressing? Thousand Island without the relish?
posted by snuffleupagus at 2:09 AM on June 24, 2022
posted by snuffleupagus at 2:09 AM on June 24, 2022
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