French Fry Holder For Your Car

Required Eating

Posted by Robyn Lee, April 24, 2008 at 4:30 PM

Driving is already frustrating enough: $4/gallon gas, collapsing bridges, the screaming kids in the back. The last thing humanity needs is the difficulty in simply enjoying french fries from behind the wheel... and failing. It's only inevitable that errant fries will spread their grease and salt all over your car's interior. There are containers for gum, chips, and nuts that fit in a cup holder, but the standard french fry container just won't fit.

However, thanks to Improvements, purveyor of "Quick and Clever Problem-Solvers," you can get a French Fry Holder for your car! Kind of. It's sold out right now, but if it weren't, you too could indulge in the convenience of a container whose no-slip rubberized base fits into your standard cup holder and holds one order of fries. There's even a clip-on ketchup cup for easy dipping! And if you're not eating fries, you can use it to hold other snacks. With so many uses, you can't afford not to have one.

18 Comments | Tags: french fries, gadgets, modern conveniences, the future

18 Comments:

I must have this!

The ketchup/dip holder is ingenious and would be so awesome to have! I certainly hope they make more soon!

bobcatsteph3 at 4:47PM on 04/24/08

With all the talk of rising food and fuel prices and more and more starving people in the world, this product shows us all in America that we can feel confident in our efforts to make a difference in the world... sad, very sad.

GingerSnap at 4:58PM on 04/24/08

gross

steveray at 5:25PM on 04/24/08

I thought this site was called 'Serious Eats.' This is clearly not for those that are serious about their eats.

BrianPrestonCampbell at 5:51PM on 04/24/08

@BrianPrestonCampbell: I believe you missed something commonly known as 'irony' or 'sarcasm.'

Raphael at 6:01PM on 04/24/08

BPC: It's for serious fry eaters.

Adam Kuban at 6:23PM on 04/24/08

Depends on what you mean by serious: serious=frowny or serious=expert. And maybe GingerSnap confused this with the Oxfam website somehow? This is a great gag gift for "serious" fry lovers.

Cookieeater at 6:28PM on 04/24/08

I would no sooner eat in my car then I would poop in my pants.

Seriously!

srhcb at 8:11PM on 04/24/08

I once saw a Dilbert comic strip in which an Elbonian tries to sell some incredibly tacky tchotchke to an American woman. When she agrees to buy it, the Elbonian tells her, "Your country has too much money."

I look at this, and I think ... my country has too much money.

galnoir at 9:32PM on 04/24/08

While I wouldn't want to exchange my life with that of a starving child in some third world country, I can't help but look at this product and think of some fatso in a minivan full of fatso kids eating fries... I like fries, but I can drive from place to place without having to eat. And please, don't mistake my seriousness to enjoy good and plentiful food and drink. Guess I just had a "serious=frowny" moment , jeeeese...

GingerSnap at 10:31PM on 04/24/08

What is really sad is that the article says the company is currently sold out of this - people actually bought this - how sad. No wonder we are the fattest (and most reviled) country in the world......

toots at 10:46PM on 04/24/08

Yes. Indeed. The french fry holder is what is wrong with America. This is the root of the downfall of civilization. Also eating in the car, totally demolishing the pillars of our society.

We also know that all people who eat fries or who eat in their car are fat. They are also beneath us and to be looked down upon.

ccbweb at 10:48PM on 04/24/08

Yeah, umm, I'm out on that one - someone obviously has a "I eat french fries and I shouldn't have to be ashamed of it" complex. It's OK! Norman Bates, I think your mother's calling you..?

GingerSnap at 12:32AM on 04/25/08

ccbweb, that.was.HILARIOUS.

lorelei76 at 12:33PM on 04/25/08

I so love it when people throw stones from their glass houses.

What's so bad about eating in a car? Have you never been on a ROAD TRIP? Sorry for your sheltered lives.

I have chronic HYPOtension, that is extreme low blood pressure upon standing (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) and I can't say how many times some salty french fries have saved me from passing out. Also, I'm not fat, very much the opposite, I'm tall and extremely thin and I make excellent food but partake in fast food when I need it. What a horrible person I must be! Step off your high horses please.

Right on ccbweb!

bobcatsteph3 at 2:18PM on 04/25/08

ccweb & bobcatsteph -- bring it to the haters!

seriously, people are assholes (i think that is supposed to be in a david cross voice but i'm not quite sure). i personally love there there are so many people willing to make decisions for me..it makes my life easier. i just wish i could figure out how to make them do my job for me while i sit back and sign the checks.

sloppy at 4:48PM on 04/25/08

Am I the only person who has good memories of sitting with my mom in the car and both of us reaching into the bag of fries as we drove home after a long day?

I don't eat McDonald's anymore, haven't for 7 years, but jeez, I do sometimes eat a protien bar or some grapes when I don't have time to have lunch.

But isn't the fun of eating fries in the car the sharing and the mixing up of the stuff in the bag as you ride home? A professional fry holder seems to fly in the face of such pleasure.

HeartofGlass at 8:14PM on 04/25/08

You have to admire the brilliance of the people who realized people would buy something like this.

apsteph at 11:25PM on 04/25/08

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