I tried dipping french fries in a milkshake for the first time at age 34

Everyone's been telling me this is amazing for years. I finally did it at a diner in Albany last Tuesday and honestly I don't get the hype. Like the salt and sweet thing is fine but it just makes the fries soggy and cold. My buddy Mark was watching me like I was committing a crime when I said it's overrated. Has anyone else tried this and been let down?

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walker.hayden1mo ago

Gotta push back a little on the soggy part. If you eat them fast enough right after dipping, they stay crispy on the outside. I think the problem is waiting too long or dipping too deep. Try it with a fresh, hot fry and just a quick dunk, not a full soak. The cold shake firms up the hot fry coating in a weirdly good way, almost like a tempura batter effect. But yeah, if you're comparing it to like, a perfectly salted fry on its own, nothing beats that.

gray_roberts1mo agoMost Upvoted

So are you saying the secret to perfect fast food is basically a speed eating contest with yourself? Because that sounds a lot like what I do with my fries when I'm not looking, just shoveling them in before they have time to realize they've been dipped. I get the tempura comparison though, I've noticed that weird crispy shell thing too. But here's the thing, if you have to eat them that fast, isn't that kind of admitting the shake is a flawed vehicle for fries? It feels like we're working around the problem instead of just admitting a frosty is better as a stand alone dessert and fries are better with ketchup or salt. But hey, you do you, I'm not here to yuck anyone's yum on a battle of the soggy fry.