There's a place called Eagle's Deli near Boston college that was featured on some cable show for the "#2 place to pig out". Their challenge burger is 5 lbs. of beef, 20 slices of cheese and 20 slices of bacon with a side order of 5 lbs of fries. One guy on the show wanted to double that challenge and wound up puking after eating the burger and half the fries.
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there's an objectively right way to cook french fries.
they're doing something else?
But it's got that sort of browned taste to it that just makes it taste... better. I don't know, it just tastes slightly burned, and it's good.
There's a window of correct for french fries, and they let you push towards one end or the other.
But just in case you're not weirded out yet, I read an article last night about culinary experiments, including fried mayonnaise and "knot foie".
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/dec/blinded-by-science