anita_margarita ([info]anita_margarita) wrote in [info]food_porn,
@ 2008-01-09 12:59:00
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presentation


Now, then: I got an email from Epicurious today, which featured the above styling: French fries in a drinking glass.

It's interesting and amusing, but would anyone ever actually serve French fries like this?


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[info]badseed1980
2008-01-09 09:17 pm UTC (link)
I'd be afraid that if they were hot, the steam would condense on the glass and end up making the fries all soggy. Maybe if it were lined with paper.

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[info]lillbet
2008-01-09 10:18 pm UTC (link)
I was thinking the same thing. I bet they waited for them to get cool (yuck) before setting up that shot.

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[info]diana_molloy
2008-01-09 10:38 pm UTC (link)
It looks a bit steamy to me, or maybe it is the reflection...?

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[info]lillbet
2008-01-10 02:00 pm UTC (link)
I'm thinking reflection.

I'm relatively certain a food stylist would not put a bunch of hot fries into a glass- precisely because condensation would ruin the shot (or at least necessitate a whole lotta Photoshopping time). I'll ask my friend Matt next time I talk to him since he does this sorta thing for a living :d

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[info]smokeyourgender
2008-01-09 09:17 pm UTC (link)
At Brasa, we serve our fries in a paper cone held up by a spiraling wire stand, which is not the same but is kinda similar.

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[info]winemedineme
2008-01-09 09:26 pm UTC (link)
I've seen that many places, and that's what I thought of with the drinking glass.

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[info]talking_natural
2008-01-09 09:18 pm UTC (link)
Well it's a cute idea, and if I were aiming to only give small servings? Yeah, I think I might.

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[info]selenesue
2008-01-09 09:20 pm UTC (link)
Why not? Nathan's has served theirs in a paper cup for years.

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[info]ayoub
2008-01-09 09:21 pm UTC (link)
I used to buy fries from a stand near my local market, and they served them upright in a polystyrene cup... :D

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[info]talking_natural
2008-01-09 09:57 pm UTC (link)
Now I think about it, that tends to happen at open air events around where I live in the UK.

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[info]ayoub
2008-01-09 10:03 pm UTC (link)
Nice to see a fellow UK journaller :D

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[info]talking_natural
2008-01-09 10:15 pm UTC (link)
I sometimes feel we are few and far between, at least in the comms I lurk in. I see you went to UU... I live in a town near there *grin*

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[info]ayoub
2008-01-09 11:08 pm UTC (link)
:D

A beautiful area to live in! I used to live near Twickenham, and the drives out that way were always fun :D

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[info]talking_natural
2008-01-10 02:33 pm UTC (link)
It's lovely. Drives are fun until you realise that you've run out of road or all the road signs tell you it's 2 miles to the White Horse (regardless of which direction you go).

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[info]ayoub
2008-01-10 05:28 pm UTC (link)
Thankfully, I never got to a point where I ran out of road :D

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[info]talking_natural
2008-01-10 09:06 pm UTC (link)
It's been know. I think it has something to do with a hole in the space time continuinuim. Or something.

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[info]ayoub
2008-01-10 09:10 pm UTC (link)
LMAO!

Hey, would you mind if I added you? :D

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[info]talking_natural
2008-01-10 09:43 pm UTC (link)
Go ahead. But most of my f-list is filtered so you might want to sign up to a few if they float your boat *grin*

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[info]ayoub
2008-01-10 10:06 pm UTC (link)
:D

Thank you!

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[info]carlagaglione
2008-01-09 09:36 pm UTC (link)
it'd look neat if it were lined with butcher paper, so as not to get all nasty soggy, and suck up any additional bad-for-you grease.

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[info]kepharel
2008-01-09 09:49 pm UTC (link)
That's what I was thinking, too. Yeah, I'd do individual servings in paper-lined glasses. Besides, that way they don't soak up any juice from anything else on your plate. :) (Yeah, I was that kid who didn't want any of her foods to touch each other.)

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[info]carlagaglione
2008-01-09 10:00 pm UTC (link)
I know many people like that...I on the other hand, like intra food orgies

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[info]badseed1980
2008-01-10 02:36 pm UTC (link)
I do too, but I like to keep my fries crispy, and mixing them with wet stuff makes them soggy.

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[info]sparcck
2008-01-09 09:44 pm UTC (link)
I've only seen this done with parchment paper lining the glass. I know Barmarche and Schiller's (both in NYC) serve their fries standing upright, but I don't recall if it's in parchment in a wire stand or in a glass.

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[info]hydrolagus
2008-01-09 09:47 pm UTC (link)
I wouldn't want to be the one doing the dishes afterwards.

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[info]kitarra
2008-01-09 09:48 pm UTC (link)
Sure. If I wanted to give fairly even portions. It also makes for a nice upright presentation when other food is flat on a plate like a sandwich.

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[info]sidewalk_lick
2008-01-09 10:02 pm UTC (link)
what really gets me is when they try to spruce up something as cheap as french fries. xD No matter how original it is, it's still just 25 cents worth of spuds.

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[info]medancer
2008-01-09 10:03 pm UTC (link)
What a good idea - especially if the glass is lined w/ some kind of paper!

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[info]vox8
2008-01-09 10:09 pm UTC (link)
That is a lovely picture, but the fries do not look appetizing to me at all. They look greasy, like they would just be squishy when you bit into them instead of having a nice crispness.

The glass is pretty tho.

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[info]itsjustsomegirl
2008-01-09 10:16 pm UTC (link)
I once got fried green beans in a metal cup (with a paper lining) from a French bistro, and I thought it was a pretty cool way to serve them! :) But yeah, I agree with some of the others who've said a paper lining is probably a good idea.

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[info]noelleleithe
2008-01-09 10:22 pm UTC (link)
I agree that a paper lining would be a good idea, but I've eaten fries served in cups many times, usually the fast-food, waxed-paper kind. Krystal used to serve theirs that way, and Boardwalk Fries serves in cups.

Oh man, now I'm craving Boardwalk Fries. MMmmmmmmmmmm.

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[info]a_rockett
2008-01-09 10:33 pm UTC (link)
Yes.

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[info]randomjen
2008-01-09 10:34 pm UTC (link)
a local place i go serves fries in small terra cotta pots. i don't know if had anything to do with what they are served IN, but they are excellent fries.

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[info]brooklynmili
2008-01-09 10:52 pm UTC (link)
FRIESFRIESFRIESIWANTFRIESNOWNOWNOW

as for the serving recommendation, why not, if you want to be dramatic? it's a good style.

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[info]sushiho
2008-01-09 10:55 pm UTC (link)
A pub in London used to serve a 'pint of prawns' which were pretty good - fat largeish prawns in a snack-size portion. More of a gimmick than anything else though as anything in a glass is kinda fiddly to get to and it's not very elegant when you have to upend it over your plate anyway to get to the contents at the bottom.

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[info]fairbrook
2008-01-09 11:09 pm UTC (link)
what a great way to serve about 16 fries.......they probably charge 8 dollars for it too.....

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[info]eleri
2008-01-09 11:16 pm UTC (link)
Hee! that was my first thought "Lordy, that looks pretentious!"

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[info]elegantelbow
2008-01-09 11:21 pm UTC (link)
Heh. My sweetheart serves bacon this way.

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[info]langenoire
2008-01-09 11:56 pm UTC (link)
I think I might like them served like that. You could pre-warm the glass and that would help hold their heat, and it looks easy to pluck them out, one by one. Maybe as part of a tapas arrangement? But I'm sure they're charging ten dollars more because they're in a nifty glass.

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[info]pea
2008-01-09 11:57 pm UTC (link)
sure! crudite (ack, spelling?) are nice in glasses too.

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[info]carlagaglione
2008-01-10 12:55 am UTC (link)
nope you spelled it right!

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[info]__bin
2008-01-10 12:44 am UTC (link)
a lot of food stylists do things to food that you would never see at a restaurant or at home... wouldn't it be boring if you only saw pictures of fries in baskets or on plates? :)

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[info]delisammich
2008-01-10 01:33 am UTC (link)
Am I the only one that thinks it could be dangerous to stick your hand in a glass whilst not really paying attention? I guess I've washed too many glasses with a thin rim!

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[info]kazoogrrl
2008-01-10 03:34 am UTC (link)
No, because that is seriously not enough fries for my taste. Now last night I had fries served in this paper lined handled small bucket thing, similar to the wire stands, and THAT is my size of fries.

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[info]presenttense80
2008-01-10 04:01 am UTC (link)
They do at a place near me called Can-Can. French!

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[info]battlekitty
2008-01-10 12:59 pm UTC (link)
There's a Belgium pub in London (the Dove Tail Bar, Jerusalem Passage, Farringdon, FWIW) that serves fries in Hoegaarden glasses. (With mayo, of course!)

Having had several pints of fries there in my time, I can tell you they don't go soggy and the glasses don't fog up. Or at least not that I noticed :)

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