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Have you ever had them with honey and melted butter? You might feel differently.

The only time I have ever had sweet potato fries was at the Galaxy Cafe in Austin, TX. They were absolutely wonderful. I guess you just have to find a place that knows the secret.

LOVE LOVE LOVE sweet potato fries!!!

That BBB does sound good! My daughter gets really bad cramps. Does any one know how to make it?

I will be attempting to make a sweet potato pie and a shoofly pie, just for something new and different. :-) Might make them as minis for the sake of ease.

YUM - I love sweet potato fries! I've only had them at a tapas place by my house and they have always been crisp on the outside, tender on the inside and definitely not greasy. They serve them with a great dipping sauce too! My only complaint is that the serving size is way too small for people to share, think McD's average size fries serving...

Extensive discussion of SPF, many by professionals

http://www.cheftalk.com/forums/food-cooking-questions-discussion/31088-sweet-potato-fries.html

Great site, too if you don't know it already

You guys crack me up!! Nothing like a lively conversation among friends and sluts and others.

That BBB sounds great. And are you aware of it's medicinal properties??
Good for diahhrea, constipation, belly aches, headaches and menstrual cramps...I swear! Found this out years ago when I worked in a restaurant. My boss asked me if I was "on the rag" (he had 6 daughters and KNEW when someone was "off") and sent me to the bar out back and told the 'tender to set me up with "the cure". Within 15 min. I felt so much better and got through my shift with no problems. Or falling down.

If you wanna share that recipe, I am sure there will be many takers!

Oh, and Martha Stewarts Parkerhouse rolls are a dream to make and very good. Made them several times. Family loved 'em.

I make an awesome Praline Sweetpotato casserole that cooks the sliced spuds in heavy cream before having a praline topping put on for the last half-hour. Soooo damn good. I cry when the last of it is eaten.

Happy T-day, all.

Maybe I have been lucky in having sweet potato fries that are hot and crisp, not soggy and greasy. But I like my fries with vinegar, and sweet potatoes have that extra bit of flavour that stands up to it better than white potatoes. So if you get a chance, make proper fries at home, using sweet potatoes, and sprinkle with malt or cider vinegar and salt. THEN decide.

When I eat out, I pretty much never get fries of any kind because I don't like them. But I do like them when I make them, because I get them right.

Another idea, as HelloChris suggested - do them in the oven. Cut the sweet potatoes into frylike shapes, toss with just a smidge of oil, and bake in a very hot oven until the insides are soft. When I do them this way I sprinkle with chili powder (sometimes homemade) for a lovely extra punch. Or bake them plain and sprinkle with chili-salt instead of plain salt when they are out of the oven. Not quite the same crispy as fried, but pretty good and fine for those wanting less oil in the diet.

1) Make them YOURSELF.
2) Make them in an oven.
I love them.

I LOVE great sweet potato fries!! I make my own sometimes, cut fairly thin, and either fried in grapeseed or peanut oil, or coated with one of those and baked in a hot oven. I 'garnish' them with ginger salt, which I make by grating fresh ginger into sea salt, tossing about for a bit, then sprinkling on the fries. I make mashed sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving...(I can't ABIDE the nasty marshmallow ones) by baking the potatoes unwrapped in the oven till soft, cooling slightly till I can peel them, adding a bit of butter, fresh orange juice, orange zest and grated ginger and freshly ground white pepper. I also LOVE them simply baked as Soigne outlines above. I add a sprinkling of freshly ground pepper to finish them off. I eat them at least twice a week during the 'season'. They go so well, however they are prepared, with pork and chicken and any kind of barbecue. I'll even have a large one baked as an entire meal. I don't understand anyone who doesn't like sweets, probably they got turned off by the marshmallow goop served at many Thanksgiving dinners. (Kinda like how people hate Brussels Sprouts, since they've only ever had them over-boiled from frozen.)

I never liked them until I had them CRISPY at a restaurant in Longmont Colorado. YUMMMM. Now I can't get enough. Prefer them to regular fries even!!

@linghuey: I think we can reach across the aisle on this one.