I worked McDonald’s when I was 16 (37-years ago 😢) and we didn’t do that.
Worked a famous bar-and-grill in college and they taught us that, but we called it “blanching”. You could damn near serve hour-old fries, still crispy.
They’re fried before they’re packaged and sent to the franchises who do the actual end frying
Blanching is the same as frying but instead of an oil you use water and then also sink or rinse it in cold water to quickly halt the cooking. Doing that with fries would ruin them, but I don’t think it’s wrong enough if a term to care. If someone knows what blanching is and you say you did it to your fries with oil they’ll get what you mean
I worked McDonald’s when I was 16 (37-years ago 😢) and we didn’t do that.
Worked a famous bar-and-grill in college and they taught us that, but we called it “blanching”. You could damn near serve hour-old fries, still crispy.
Is blanching the wrong term?
They’re fried before they’re packaged and sent to the franchises who do the actual end frying
Blanching is the same as frying but instead of an oil you use water and then also sink or rinse it in cold water to quickly halt the cooking. Doing that with fries would ruin them, but I don’t think it’s wrong enough if a term to care. If someone knows what blanching is and you say you did it to your fries with oil they’ll get what you mean