Crinkle-cutting
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Crinkle-cutting is slicing that leaves a corrugated surface. It can be done to enhance the texture or mechanical properties of food. Crinkle-cutting French fries makes them absorb more fry oil, as well as increasing their ability to retain dipping sauce.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-05 |title=The Gastronomic Purpose Of Crinkle Cut Fries |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/1184016/the-gastronomic-purpose-of-crinkle-cut-fries/ |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=Tasting Table |language=en-US}}
Waffle fries
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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.
{{cite web
|title = Les pommes gauffrettes
|language = fr
|publisher = "Chef Simon" Sabine et Bertrand SIMON cole
|url = http://chefsimon.lemonde.fr/marques/chef-simon/recettes/pommes-gaufrettes
|access-date = October 3, 2015}}
{{cite web
|title = Make Singapore's KFC Cheese Fries
|date = 8 May 2020
|language = en
|publisher = Easy Travel Recipes
|url = https://www.easytravelrecipes.com/recipe-guide-how-to-make-singapores-kfc-cheese-fries/
|access-date = May 8, 2020}}
Today, waffle fries are closely associated with Chick-Fil-A which first produced them in 1985. Additionally, in Canada, waffle fries are the most ordered item on the Chick-Fil-A menu.{{cite web |title=Five Things You Need to Know About Chick-fil-A Waffle Potato Fries |url=https://www.chick-fil-a.ca/en/stories/inside-chick-fil-a/what-to-know-about-our-waffle-potato-fries |website=Chick-Fil-A |access-date=15 September 2022}}
Gallery
McCoy's Crisps.jpg|Ruffled potato chips
Sweet potato fries (1).jpg|Sweet potato fries or "wavy fries"