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. They are usually seasoned with a variety of spices, commonly paprika, salt and pepper. "Jojo" fried potato wedges originated in Ohio
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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 centreline running along the length of the cut potato form. This can be viewed as a triangular section, should there be 4 corners it would commonly be referred to as just a chip/fries.
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Other names
- In some regions of the United States, potato wedges are known as jojos. This term originated in Northeast, Ohio and is also used in the Northwest, Washington, Idaho, Ohio, Oregon, Minnesota, and other areas. Jojos are potato wedges fried in the same vat as chicken and usually eaten plain alongside fried chicken, coleslaw, and baked beans. A variation in spelling and pronunciation is mojos, particularly in Western Canada, the Western United States and Canada's Yukon.
- In Germany, they are known as Kartoffelspalten ('potato-clefts'), wilde Kartoffeln ('wild potatoes'), Westernkartoffeln ('Western potatoes') or Potato Wedges.
- In France, they are called potatoes (pronounced as it is in English).
- In Sweden, they are called klyftpotatis ('wedge-potatoes').
- In Russia, they are known as ????????? ??-?????????? ('village-style potato') or ????????? ??-????????? ('homestyle potato').
See also
- List of hors d'oeuvre
References
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