The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for February 26, 2023

Big ideas always come with simply solutions.

Ore Ida has a fast food fries in their potato section they are dang near as great as McDonalds.

I put the cold fries in a dry skillet and heat them while tossing them around until crisp.

Wendy’s have a way to keep FF crispy and warm for longer periods. NOT a Wendy’s person BUT I read that

As they should. The least you could do is move the car to a parking spot.

Almost never eat fast food and the few times we do, it’s because we are on route and can’t find a better restaurant. At least the fries are always hot then, as we can just eat them after we’ve parked the car. Never would occur to me to drive home with fast food, I like my burgers and fries warm.

Brutus really misses the days of the car hop.

There is a way to warm them up but it takes a few minutes. Dump the fries in a large cast iron skillet on med heat, scramble them around a bit. Microwaving doesn’t work, they won’t be crispy when you get them out.

You guy’s in your country don’t have fast food restaurants that have some tables where you can eat inside the restaurant?

Rally’s makes the best tasting fries IMO

https://locations.rallys.com/oh/cleveland

OK, I’m a little off topic here, but IMHO the best fried potato experience is home made potato chips. Use the wide-slice side of a box grater, and a deep fat fryer. Brutus is right about eating them hot. Most Canadians will add salt with apple cider, malt or balsamic vinegar. If you are going to add ketchup, gravy or mayonnaise, please don’t tell me.

Back when I was a kid, the rare going-out-to-eat involved going to McDonald’s, taking the food out to the car, passing out the food items (napkins, ketchup and salt packets), and eating your meal (hamburgers, fries, and a drink) in the car parked in front of McDonald’s.

Spot on Uncle Ted. Pipping hot fries – super good. Cold fries to the trash. Microwave warm up are disgusting.

At least you’re easy to ketchup to.

ba dum tss

True Story: Yesterday, as I was pumping my gas, I saw a woman in her car, sitting at the gas pump next to me, scratching off instant lottery tickets, while a line of cars sat behind her! She was not getting gas at all. I was there several minutes to get gas, and she never moved. I can’t believe anyone in one of the cars behind her didn’t walk up to her and tell her to move it!

maybe you should order inside, that way you’ll get free refills. ;)

I’d sooner make my own fries.

Fast food places do not allow for patience!

Uncle Ted’s look in the last panel seems to say “do I play Captain Obvious here or don’t I?”

What the heck happened to dilbert?

I can see how they might get a little upset. Why don’t you just take you and your Uncle down to that French Fry place and order a big cheeseburger and a drink to accompany those fries so they won’t be lonely and just enjoy each other’s company. You also won’t get that cacophony of car horns bothering you. Just a thought….

While Brutus enjoys his hot fries, the people behind him are getting steamed.

From the authority Dominos, French rise don’t deliver well. So they created tots with pizza toppings…

There used to be a few good frozen french fries. As for the fast food, most are okay as long as they are hot. I was told to use an air fryer to reheat them if they get cold. Sadly I was recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer and I am on a liquid diet and can’t eat anything solid, so I don’t know whether the air fryer trick works or not.

I guess Gladys never gets fries.

Best eaten from the bag in the front seat. Just park the car.

Been playing around with fries and the “Air Fry” function in our conventional oven. Pretty dang good… Pretty dang inexpensive… And Pretty dang better for you then fast food! And you don’t have to drive!!!

Five Guys fries. Fresh, hot, salty, and in abundance.

mmm, mmm, good. fast food fries that taste like deep-fried cardboard…

The Uncle Ted strips always generate my favorite discussions here!

I don’t eat in my car, no one eats in my car, and if I did want fast food, I would eat it inside at a table while it’s still hot, assuming my order actually came the way I wanted it. I like to eat out sometimes, and I like to cook sometimes. I do not like to bring home cold food.