Why do leftover fries taste so bad?

[redqueen]

What is it that happens to them that makes them inedible?

Whatever it is I wish it didn't happen.

[NJmaverick]

1. If you reheat them in the oven, they sometimes are edible

If you nuke them, they just disgusting. I think it has more to do with texture, than anything else.

[redqueen]

6. But that would make them crispy.

I don't want them to be crispy.

I think the trick is to learn to make just enough.

[NJmaverick]

11. True, I guess soft and bendy can only be had with the fresh

fried ones.

[Redstone]

2. Well, fried stuff in general doesn't keep well. It's the oil; oil doesn't take well to

being heated twice.

Redstone

[redqueen]

7. Sciencey...

but I don't mind reheated fried chicken, or chicken strips, or steak fingers.


:shrug:

[npk]

3. Do what I do

Smother them in a gravy assortment, of chili and cheese. It will bring any food back to life.

[redqueen]

8. GENIUS!

:9

[nuxvomica]

4. I think they eventually turn into soap as they cool

That's just my theory based on how bad they taste cold. I have no science to back it up.

[redqueen]

9. Tastier than Lifebouy I'm sure...

[Runcible Spoon]

5. the only way to really revive them is through refrying.

I used to work at a place that made famous hand-cut french fries. We actually fried them twice: once very quickly to "shock" them, and then later fried them to crispy perfection as they were ordered.

But yeah, in the oven is the second best.

[redqueen]

10. But I don't like crispy fries...

I like them bendy and soft.