) Potato wedges with cheese and bacon, accompanied by sweet chilli sauce and sour cream. | |
| Course | Hors d'oeuvre, side dish |
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| Main ingredients | Potatoes |
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Potato wedges are wedges of potatoes, often large and unpeeled, that are either baked or fried. They are sold at diners and fast food restaurants. In Australia, potato wedges are a common bar food, that are almost always served with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce. One may also use ketchup, ranch, and honey mustard. They are usually seasoned with a variety of spices, commonly paprika, salt and pepper.
Disambiguation
When compared to steak-cut chips (UK), fries (US and global), roasted potatoes or crinkle-cut chips (UK), a wedge could be defined as having distinct corners when viewed as a cross-section perpendicular to the normal—a centerline running along the length of the cut potato form. This can be viewed as a triangular section. Should the potato have four corners, it would commonly be referred to as just a chip or fry.
Other names
- In some regions of the United States, particularly Oregon, Washington, Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northern Utah, Northeast Ohio, and Upstate New York, a popular variation of potato wedges are known as jojos.[1] Jojos are potato wedges fried in the same vat as chicken and usually eaten plain alongside fried chicken, coleslaw, and baked beans.[2] A variation in spelling and pronunciation is mojos, particularly in Western Canada, the Western United States and Canada's Yukon.[3]
- In Germany, they are known as Kartoffelspalten ('potato clefts'), wilde Kartoffeln ('wild potatoes'), Westernkartoffeln ('Western potatoes') or Kartoffelecken ('potato wedges').[4]
- In Sweden, they are called klyftpotatis ('wedge-potatoes').
- In Russia, they are known as картофель по-деревенски ('village-style potato') or картофель по-домашнему ('homestyle potato').
- In Czechia, they are called Americké brambory ('American potatoes').
- In Finland, they are called lohkoperunat ('potato sections').
See also
- List of hors d'oeuvre
References
- ^ DiStefano, Anne Marie (July 4, 2013). "Restaurants add another chapter to jojos' long history". Portland Tribune. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ Price, Nikki (2009-09-25). "A fry with MoJo: The Coast loves its JoJos". Oregon Coast Today. Lincoln City, Oregon. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ "Greensboring - Outside the Media Beyond the News". Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
- ^ "Potato-Wedges" (in German). EDEKA.