Tag: German Fries

I spent this summer working at a restaurant, and despite all the hard work, it does come with some benefits, mainly if you work in the kitchen. Even though I was familiar with most of the recipes, it still opened my mind to others that I’ve never heard off. One of those recipes was german fries. I thought this was just some fancy name and the potatoes had nothing german about them, but after a little digging online, I was surprised to see that in fact there was a reason. This recipe is originally from Germany, and it’s called Bratkartoffeln which simply translates to fried potatoes. And once this new recipe step outside the border, it gained the name of the country of origin. The same way french fries were named in America. So basically, this Greman way of frying potatoes is using raw or pre-cooked potatoes, slice them in …