“Home fries” is large, maybe skin on, probably with some round edges from the sides of the potato. As if they were homemade (although they probably aren’t). “French fries” in American means perfectly square, thin, shoestring style.
Depends on where you’re eating honestly. Some places call long flat fries home fries and other places call just like cubed fried potatoes home fries. Basically any fried potatoe shape that’s not shoestring French fries might be called “home fries”.
What’s a home fries? Isn’t fries just short for french fries? I don’t speak american
I think home fries is when you cut the potato in cubes and wedges (the recipe says 1 inch chunks) and then fry them.
We just call those chunky chips.
Isn’t that called “country potatoes”?
Those are baked in a skillet, not fried, says the cookbook. But YMMV.
Almost. Home fries, in my area, are flatter. So 1*1 square but 1/2 to 1/4 tall.
“Home fries” is large, maybe skin on, probably with some round edges from the sides of the potato. As if they were homemade (although they probably aren’t). “French fries” in American means perfectly square, thin, shoestring style.
That’s called country fries here.
Well when you live in the country, they’re home fries.
So, potato wedges?
Depends on where you’re eating honestly. Some places call long flat fries home fries and other places call just like cubed fried potatoes home fries. Basically any fried potatoe shape that’s not shoestring French fries might be called “home fries”.
in Pennsylvania it’s grated or flaked potato pieces fried in a skillet, like only one coarseness step above hash brown