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#Reverse Engineering Mcdonalds French fries Scrutinizing Mcdonalds French fries J. Kenji Lopez-Alt of The Food Lab (over at Serious Eats) likes a challenge, so he decided to reverse engineer what is considered to be worlds most perfect fries: Mcdonalds french fries. Now, you may disagree that the words oemcdonalds and oegood belong in the same sentence, let alone oeperfect but theres something in their french fries that makes Americans go nuts. I personally dont get it perhaps because I didnt grow up eating Mcdonalds fries, but my wife swears by em. And shes not alone: over 2 million pounds of Mcdonalds fries are consumed every single day. That makes Mickey D the largest potato buyer in the United states. Back to Kenjis quest. So how hard is it to reverse engineer Mcdonalds french fries? Turns out, it was very, very hard, so Kenji decided to do the next logical thing: hes going to steal Mcdonalds recipe Anyone with a buck can get a batch of fully cooked Mcdonalds fries, but I was after something more. I wanted to get fries from the store in their fully frozen state so that I could examine their surface for clues on how they were parcooked, as well as attempt to fry them myself at home to discover if there is any secret in the fry oil in the shops. I figured Id be just be able to walk into the store and order them straight from the cashier. oewelcome to Mcdonalds may I take your order? oeyes Maam. Id like a large fries please, hold the cooking. oeexcuse me? I know shes already said no in her head, but I press on just the same: oeum Id just like the frozen fries please. oeim sorry sir, we just dont do that. Time for some intimidation tactics: oeok. Could I speak to the manager please? oei am the manager. Sh*t. I bring out the really big guns: oelisten, the thing is, my wife is pregnantike really pregnantnd she sent me on a quest for Mcdonalds french fries. But she only likes them really fresh, like straight out of the fryer fresh, so I figured Id just get some frozen, and fry them for her at home. You know how it is. Womeno accounting forem, right? She remains unimpressed, and needless to say, I go home fry-less, contemplating whether attempting to leverage an unborn, un-conceived son in exchange for a couple dozen frozen potato sticks is grounds for eternal damnation. Thank goodness that Kenji didnt give up easily. One of his Facebook fans managed to come up with the perfect ruse. Head on over to Serious Eats to find out exactly what happened and how you can make your very own Mcdonalds fries in the comfort of your own kitchen: Link Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati F

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