Crinkle-cutting facts for kids

Crinkle-cut French fries

Crinkle-cutting is slicing that leaves a corrugated surface.

Waffle fries

Cross-cut waffle fries with a hamburger

Pommes gaufrettes, grid fries, waffle fries, crinkle-cut or criss-cross fries are fries obtained by quarter-turning the potato before each pass over the corrugated blade of a mandoline and deep-frying. This increases the surface area relative to the volume, exposing a larger area to the cooking process and allowing more water vapor to escape, resulting in a product that is crisper, and perhaps tastier as more of it is subject to the browning and flavor-producing effects of the Maillard reaction which takes place during cooking.

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  Ruffled potato chips

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  Sweet potato fries or "wavy fries"