What the Heck is Fry Sauce?!?!

Ogden Standard Examiner ^ | September 17, 1996 | By Michael Burkett

[restornu]

Let hear from your taste buds!

[Sam Cree]

That sounds pretty good. I think I may try to make some and put it on conch fritters, since the Bahamians are already making a version of it for that purpose.

[Grig]

"Fry Sauce is an abomination" - Generic Ketchup Dude

:)

[Utah Girl]

Fry sauce rules!!! I had friends from out-of-state a couple years ago, we went to a hamburger place in Heber City. There was fry sauce there, no one knew what it was except for me. I never realized that fry sauce is a Utah thing. :)

I make my own too. Just ketchup and mayo in equal proportions. Yum.

[Grig]

Methinks you missed the smiley --> :) and the in-joke.

Belive it or not, I've never heard of Fry Sauce before just now. My wife introduced me to the magic of ketchup/mayo mixing but never called it Fry Sauce.

[carlo3b]

The original (Arctic Circle) version of it is, as expected, a carefully guarded secret recipe, which is actually patented. Some say it is like thousand island salad dressing, but real aficionados argue that the pure version is smooth and creamy and not chunky like the dressing. But many have tried to come up with a recipe for this orange-colored marvel that is served with french fries and/or onion rings, and there are many optional ingredients to try and make it your very own specialty.

The basic recipe

1 part ketchup
2 parts mayonnaise
Mix together until thoroughly blended.
Other options:

Substitute barbecue sauce for ketchup.
Use buttermilk or half & half to thin the sauce.
Pickle juice (either dill or sweet) for a little zing (rumor has it the official recipe includes pickle juice)
Chopped pickles minced very tiny, so the sauce is a little chunky (this makes the sauce look suspiciously like thousand island dressing)
Seasoning salt
Horseradish
Garlic
Whatever exotic spices you have on your shelf--go ahead, experiment
 
 

[TradicalRC]

I had a similar experience when I moved from New Hampshire to Illinois. I discovered that candlepin bowling, Drake's cakes and meat pies seemed to be a regional New England thing. I would think that meat pies would be a big thing in Chicagoland where you can't drive for two blocks without passing places with names like "Mr. Beefy"...

[american colleen]

Sounds great! If it's fattening, I'll definitely try it.

We do malt vinegar on fries (an Irish and English thing, too) and my Newfoundland relatives do gravy and dressing - the dressing is stuffing like you'd put in a chicken or a turkey, put on top of the fries and all is covered with gravy. Oh yeah!!!

You got yer sweet potato fries with maple syrup on them.

You got yer "cheez" fries.

You got yer chili and cheese fries.

Who knew fries were so versatile ;-)

I'm starving.

[carlo3b]

Drake's Cakes I think is a close sister to the Hostess Brand of cup cake..but I may be way off base... New England meat pies?? Is that mincemeat, or a form of shreaded meat?

[Mike Darancette]

Don't Canadians use Catsup/Mayonaise on just about everything, eh?

[restornu]

I used to make something like it is was ketchup/mayo/dash of hot sauce! (Louisiana hot sauce because of it vinigar base)

[dixie sass]

Oh my, what can't be done with a tater! From "nuttin to sumtin in nuttin flat"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jellybean]

I like to dip my fries in almost any kind of sauce...ranch dressing, horseradish, honey mustard, mayo, bbq, gravy, etc... or sprinkle vinegar, tobasco, chili powder, cajun seasoning or paprika on them or load them up with chili 'n cheese. I notice a lot of people in this area using tartar sauce -- not my favorite, but to each his own.

Sometimes I just eat 'em plain :)

[Grig]

No, but in Quebec you can get fries with gravy and cheese curds on it. It's called poutine (poo-teen).

[Walnut]

theres a place in Arizona that hs a platter (ovenproof) filled with a layer of french fries, chilli (the real stuff) a layer of cheese and the whole thing is placed in the broiler to just melt the cheese. Its the greatest thing since Beer

[restornu]

Sounds like Fryzanya:)

[Walnut]

and tastes great. we order it every time we go West. we have friends that live in Lake Havasu and they actually have to make reservations in order for us to get in when we get there. thats how good it is. I have even made it here but it just isn't the same. (thats good though because I wouldn't look foreward to it so much (smile)

[restornu]

You should look for that place on the Google you might get a recipe.

[Walnut]

thanks for the idea. I never thought of that.