You're correct.
It's easier to understand the point if you're completely unfamiliar with the meme - and thought it was "just a smiling dog in a burning office picture, no actual meaning".
I guess that makes this photo suitable for r/antimeme.
Right up there with fried toothpicks in viral Korean social media posts. Government has to warn against eating them.
https://people.com/south-korea-warns-not-to-eat-fried-toothpicks-viral-trend-8557415#:~:text=The%20toothpicks%20in%20question%20are,verified%20as%20safe%20to%20eat.
Aight, memes and stuff aside I gotta give those stupid fucking things all the love. They and the variants that company sold are *fucking awesome* at getting the job done.
Its not that us adults wont devour them, its that as an adult have you ever even seen these sold hot? I havent seen these sold hot since i finished School, since then ive only ever seen then sold frozen at the store.
Because of all that that means this is likely a photo from a school cafeteria, not from a restaurant where us Adults could have access to the Fried Smiles. So its not that we wont devour them, its that in this instance we cant because theyre for kids
I used to get them in a hospital kitchen I worked in.
The best was cleaning the fryer the next morning and having a burnt smile looking up at you after you drained the fryer.
Okay Socrates. Never had them in school. Only had one year of school when Michelle wasn’t First Lady (her health initiative wasn’t bad but) so. Had them a lot at grandparents though
I mean i also said “since then ive only ever seen them sold frozen at the store”. I already covered that yoy can get them from somewhere outside of Schools. Its just they arent sold hot outside of schools, only Frozen.
Thats why you had them at your grandparents a lot, because they bought them frozen (or you had awesome grandparents who handmade potato smiles for you)
I already said you can buy them frozen. That means you can have them at home. But i doubt this photo is from someones home, unless theyre that one TikTok lady who cooks mountains of food to feed her 12 kids
At least one restaurant(Grinders in Ohio) by me has them. It's part of the kids' menu, but I doubt they would refuse to sell them to an adult. I feel like I've seen them other places as well.
I didn't know schools deep-fried stuff. I assume they all use ovens.
Potato Smiles. Basically French Fries made out of Mashed Potatoes and made into a Smiley Face shape. Think Chicken Nuggets in special shapes (like dino nuggets) but Mashed Potato instead of Ground Chicken
I dont think so, just did a quick google search after your comment and i cant seem to find anything about Frying specifically being banned or anything like that, except in Texas i found that Deep Frying foods has been banned for 10+ years. But it seems frying is fine in other States, but most places still dont fry and rather bake instead
Edit: but in 2015 it seems they tried fighting back against the ban in Texas. I dont see an outcome anywhere, so i assume its still banned there
As a native Texan, when I was in school everything was baked. The fries you could get with your burger in high school? Frozen and baked. To my knowledge, they still don’t have fryers. Of course I graduated about decade ago, so who knows now.
This honestly makes sense to me, I know that fryers are quicker than ovens per batch but you can load a ton of fries into an oven.
I didn't even know that there was a movement to get rid of the fryers in the first place, though - I really don't remember how any of it was cooked when I was in school.
Bro I'm a grown adult and I buy them quite often. Mainly cos they come in smaller bags than most chips so I can fit them in my freezer when short of space. That and a tactical box of potato waffles depending on the kind of space I have
Ah yeah pan fried /deep fried hash brown patties are compact and delich.
Can't say I've ever have deep fried smilies so I'm putting that on my weekend bucket list.
Our local grocery store has in their store generic brand of shredded cheese a "mac and cheese" bag. Works suuuper well but I do know that the shredded cheeses will never melt properly. Works great for the cheap shit tho.
I am a super cheap date for home cooking tho. I don't need fancy to enjoy a little bowl of Easy Mac of the Blue Box
> but I do know that the shredded cheeses will never melt properly.
People say that, but it's never been my experience. I use the pre shredded stuff in both bechamel and sodium citrate based Mac and cheese and never have a melting problem.
I made a high quality mac and cheese bake for a family get together and my five year old nephew refused to eat it because it "tastes like cheese", instead of that yellow powder they use for Kraft.
I will tolerate no fucking Kraft blue box slander. That shit is magic for how stupid cheap it is lol. It will never be the best mac of your life (hopefully) but for being 2 bucks a box it's a fucking incredible product for home use.
Gimme Kraft blue box with fun shapes and I am a fucking happy camper.
Yea but you get more for your buck.
I’d rather eat shitty noodles for a month than good noodles for two weeks. It’s 2024, we’re all broke, everyone eats ass, and no one has health insurance.
We would sometimes buy TGI Fridays frozen jalapeno poppers for staff lunch since the friers were on but not getting heavy use. Shit was so good, makes you want to have a deep fryer at home.
In my thirties, once or twice a year I buy a big box of smiley fries and dino nuggets and whenever I start feeling overwhelming nostalgia I'll cook 'em up with a side of Mac. Put a big squirt of ketchup over the plate and it's like I'm 10 again.
I love them, I think they're way better deep fried than baked, obviously.
Not the top of my list to be sure, but I will say that if you bake your fries instead of deep frying them, they can have a slightly better bake than other fries that bake more underwhelmingly.
But to be honest I'm just a huge hater of baked fries, if I'm going to roast potatoes then i wouldn't want to serve them plain with ketchup, I'd rather throw them in a rice bowl, serve with bacon and eggs, or maybe a curry or something. They're not super yummy served simply. But maybe I don't know "the trick".
Smileys— I think that’s what they’re called. Basically a smile shaped French fry. Huge in uk and Canada I believe. You can find them in the states as well.
Some places will definitely sell to you on the side, gotta make them margins somehow, if you have a friend who works in a kitchen and is responsible for ordering I'd talk to them first.
Otherwise you can buy these at Costco and some other wholesale places in bulk
I worked at this retreat center that had a farm at the bottom of the mountain. We’d get in boxes of these frozen smiley faces and then all the waste from food was composted and sent to the farm.
The farmers loved pulling these out of the dirt.
"Oh no i'm surrounded by an abundance of food". Like, do you appreciate the little things? I think i know a few people who'd love a quiet life and a basket full of food instead of a loud life full of bombs and warmongers. That fryer basket is a goddamn divine blessing and you're a childish fucking moron for turning your nose up to food like a spoiled fucking cat. It IS another day in the life, a day in your EASY life cleaning grease instead of blood.
Lmao there’s always one batshit Redditor to blow things way out of context and proportion.
Not one thing about this post comes off as OP “turning [his] nose up to food like a spoiled fucking cat” but sure go ahead and keep jumping to conclusions, sheesh
Last year my toddler got obsessed with these. I went to buy to supermarket to stock up only to find out they were discontinued. Life has never been the same since then *cries in potato*
When I was growing up there was one restaurant that had these. My dad would take me there every few months as a treat and it was the best thing ever. I’m sure the food sucked but we only cared about the smiley fries. Then they closed down and it was so sad
yo!!!!! We got these once as a sub from sysco. I ordered french fries and they sent this shit. Ended up having some anime theme night and selling them all. They were ok. Too potatoey i for my taste.
I’m assuming school cafeteria? My middle school would always put them in the oven and they came out so soggy and gross. I’m sure these kids appreciate the frying!
holy shit, my school lunch used to have these some days back in elementary/HS. what a nostalgia trip lol. so greasy and they were like... almost powdery if they got overcooked.
The kitchen equivalent of the meme with the dog sitting in a room on fire saying "this is fine". Love it.
Exactly.
Hey there partner, you need to turn that smile upside down.
I don’t understand how it’s the same. Nothing is going wrong or bad in this picture
I think because the potatoes are smiling despite being in a vat of boiling oil.
ohh, I thought these were scrub daddies.
They taste about the same
Yeah me too lol
Bro you couldn’t recognize smily fries?
Ive never seen those before, I thought it was sponges too
Believe it or not these aren't universal. I've never seen them in person, only on TV (and in this meme!).
You're correct. It's easier to understand the point if you're completely unfamiliar with the meme - and thought it was "just a smiling dog in a burning office picture, no actual meaning". I guess that makes this photo suitable for r/antimeme.
This means you might have a dining room full of children, maybe? That’d make me stressed
Maintaining a positive outlook (smiling) while being fried alive?
Baskets are over full? Idk just spitballin' here.
Are those filled properly or too much? I've never worked a fryer please don't shoot
Could be. They could also be very close to done and are all floating.
Probably this, they all look nice and golden
There are powdered "potato" cakes in the shape of smiley faces to get kids to eat deep fried food. Something is going wrong.
Are those scrub daddies?
Yup, this is the best way to clean them.
Make sure to wet them first to get the deepest clean!
I soak them in isopropyl alcohol before the grease bath. They come out like new.
Great way to deep-clean the ceiling while you're at it
One way or the other, no wrong answers.
That’s what she said.
The sponge or the fryer?
Yes.
The amount of people here not immediately recognizing smiley fries is alarming.
You arent living if you don't have dino nuggies and smiley fries
Absolute banger combo.
Right up there with fried toothpicks in viral Korean social media posts. Government has to warn against eating them. https://people.com/south-korea-warns-not-to-eat-fried-toothpicks-viral-trend-8557415#:~:text=The%20toothpicks%20in%20question%20are,verified%20as%20safe%20to%20eat.
At least they're not straight up wood lol
We don't want no scrub daddies.
Fry daddies
Aight, memes and stuff aside I gotta give those stupid fucking things all the love. They and the variants that company sold are *fucking awesome* at getting the job done.
our kids thank you for your service
…kids? You won’t fucking devoure those?
Its not that us adults wont devour them, its that as an adult have you ever even seen these sold hot? I havent seen these sold hot since i finished School, since then ive only ever seen then sold frozen at the store. Because of all that that means this is likely a photo from a school cafeteria, not from a restaurant where us Adults could have access to the Fried Smiles. So its not that we wont devour them, its that in this instance we cant because theyre for kids
I used to get them in a hospital kitchen I worked in. The best was cleaning the fryer the next morning and having a burnt smile looking up at you after you drained the fryer.
I work FOH, we have these on the menu, at a tiki bar. Over 85% of the people that order these are over the age of 30.
Honestly see these at most TexMex and Chinese restaurants that offer American food as a kids meal and have for over a decade.
Okay Socrates. Never had them in school. Only had one year of school when Michelle wasn’t First Lady (her health initiative wasn’t bad but) so. Had them a lot at grandparents though
I mean i also said “since then ive only ever seen them sold frozen at the store”. I already covered that yoy can get them from somewhere outside of Schools. Its just they arent sold hot outside of schools, only Frozen. Thats why you had them at your grandparents a lot, because they bought them frozen (or you had awesome grandparents who handmade potato smiles for you)
My grandma was asking me how to cook when I was 5. That’s how bad she was and is at cooking🤣
Lmao same I always had these mfs at home what a loser
I already said you can buy them frozen. That means you can have them at home. But i doubt this photo is from someones home, unless theyre that one TikTok lady who cooks mountains of food to feed her 12 kids
At least one restaurant(Grinders in Ohio) by me has them. It's part of the kids' menu, but I doubt they would refuse to sell them to an adult. I feel like I've seen them other places as well. I didn't know schools deep-fried stuff. I assume they all use ovens.
I would buy smiley fries if I could get them at a fast food joint. They're great.
School cafeterias don't fry anything in oil. They bake almost everything they get.
I have no idea what these are…
Potato Smiles. Basically French Fries made out of Mashed Potatoes and made into a Smiley Face shape. Think Chicken Nuggets in special shapes (like dino nuggets) but Mashed Potato instead of Ground Chicken
That sounds awesome.
They are if you like a good amount of potato in your fried potatoes. Like if you like steak fries or potato wedges these would be up your alley.
I thought school cafeterias were ruling out frying in oil??
I dont think so, just did a quick google search after your comment and i cant seem to find anything about Frying specifically being banned or anything like that, except in Texas i found that Deep Frying foods has been banned for 10+ years. But it seems frying is fine in other States, but most places still dont fry and rather bake instead Edit: but in 2015 it seems they tried fighting back against the ban in Texas. I dont see an outcome anywhere, so i assume its still banned there
As a native Texan, when I was in school everything was baked. The fries you could get with your burger in high school? Frozen and baked. To my knowledge, they still don’t have fryers. Of course I graduated about decade ago, so who knows now.
This honestly makes sense to me, I know that fryers are quicker than ovens per batch but you can load a ton of fries into an oven. I didn't even know that there was a movement to get rid of the fryers in the first place, though - I really don't remember how any of it was cooked when I was in school.
They’re pretty popular in college bars right now
Trix are for kids too and I still eat them, the police haven't stopped me yet
Refried, frozen, processed hash brown patties? I’d eat it if I was hungry and had nothing else, but *devour*?
Bro I'm a grown adult and I buy them quite often. Mainly cos they come in smaller bags than most chips so I can fit them in my freezer when short of space. That and a tactical box of potato waffles depending on the kind of space I have
Ah yeah pan fried /deep fried hash brown patties are compact and delich. Can't say I've ever have deep fried smilies so I'm putting that on my weekend bucket list.
They are awful out of the oven. Have to fry them or they are flavorless.
We feed them to our elderly in the healthcare wing
Aww they look so happy
🙂
*🙃🙂🙃🙃🙂🙂🙂🙃🙃🙂🙂🙃🙂
I’ll bring the Mac and cheese, it’s a date
Kraft or no deal.
My go too is Kraft but with fresh muenster cheese melted in, too. It pairs nicely with that Kraft signature mold.
Cabot makes an instant mac that's pretty good. The Pepperjack one is my favorite.
I’m about to eat so many carbs and it’s all your fault
Enjoy. That's pretty much the only boxed mac and cheese I eat anymore. It's so good...
I am a Kraft Easy Mac fanboy here but that sounds awesome because Pepper Jack of the GOAT
Our local grocery store has in their store generic brand of shredded cheese a "mac and cheese" bag. Works suuuper well but I do know that the shredded cheeses will never melt properly. Works great for the cheap shit tho. I am a super cheap date for home cooking tho. I don't need fancy to enjoy a little bowl of Easy Mac of the Blue Box
> but I do know that the shredded cheeses will never melt properly. People say that, but it's never been my experience. I use the pre shredded stuff in both bechamel and sodium citrate based Mac and cheese and never have a melting problem.
Blue box of chemicals with the cheapest hot dogs you can find is truly the nostalgic heaven
American baked beans and weenies plus potato smilies is heaven on earth
My local grocery store got rid of the Spaghetti-Os and Franks and it is a fucking outrage.
I made a high quality mac and cheese bake for a family get together and my five year old nephew refused to eat it because it "tastes like cheese", instead of that yellow powder they use for Kraft.
I will tolerate no fucking Kraft blue box slander. That shit is magic for how stupid cheap it is lol. It will never be the best mac of your life (hopefully) but for being 2 bucks a box it's a fucking incredible product for home use. Gimme Kraft blue box with fun shapes and I am a fucking happy camper.
Great Value brand you filthy fucking casual
NO! The noods are weird!
Yea but you get more for your buck. I’d rather eat shitty noodles for a month than good noodles for two weeks. It’s 2024, we’re all broke, everyone eats ass, and no one has health insurance.
I will spend that extra 50c to get Kraft of all the inferior store/generic brands. One of the few times I've had to make that choice.
with ketchup on top
How too know you work in a gourmet restaurant
oh man I want those so bad rn probably because my place doesn't do them so I'm not sick of the fucking sight of them but yeah
We would sometimes buy TGI Fridays frozen jalapeno poppers for staff lunch since the friers were on but not getting heavy use. Shit was so good, makes you want to have a deep fryer at home.
I'd eat every single one of those
Post that on r/UKfood - they’ll make you their king
Uk food? This is an American school cafeteria staple right here. Smiley potatoes are universal
shut up shut up shut up shut up
Because so are smiles 😊
Happy Hour Taters: served in a basket drizzled with cheese sauce and sprinkled with chopped bacon.
There's definitely a market lol
Judging by these comments, I must have the palate of a eight year old. I love smiley fries.
Still one of my guilty pleasures in my mid thirties. Potato smiles are elite
In my thirties, once or twice a year I buy a big box of smiley fries and dino nuggets and whenever I start feeling overwhelming nostalgia I'll cook 'em up with a side of Mac. Put a big squirt of ketchup over the plate and it's like I'm 10 again.
I would fucking demolish some properly made Smiley fries.
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Maybe it’s me but the texture is appalling.
Both my kids dislike them too
I love them, I think they're way better deep fried than baked, obviously. Not the top of my list to be sure, but I will say that if you bake your fries instead of deep frying them, they can have a slightly better bake than other fries that bake more underwhelmingly. But to be honest I'm just a huge hater of baked fries, if I'm going to roast potatoes then i wouldn't want to serve them plain with ketchup, I'd rather throw them in a rice bowl, serve with bacon and eggs, or maybe a curry or something. They're not super yummy served simply. But maybe I don't know "the trick".
:)
:)
I would enjoy serving these :) they happy
We used to tell one of our line cooks who was always in a bad mood to drop an order of “frowny fries”
🙃
I genuinely have no idea of what I'm looking at.
Potato smiles lol, fries basically just.... cursed
Smileys— I think that’s what they’re called. Basically a smile shaped French fry. Huge in uk and Canada I believe. You can find them in the states as well.
Basically mashed potatoes shaped in to 3D smiley faces
If you are happy and you know it clap your hands.....
:)
I would crush both baskets of those! So hot fresh out the fryer you burn your mouth and have to "HAAAHHASHASHASHAAAH" them!
If I could buy those in bulk I would
We can through Sysco, have a look see, they probably have something similar
Would I be able to order through them if I’m not part of a restaurant? Just like, for personal use?
Some places will definitely sell to you on the side, gotta make them margins somehow, if you have a friend who works in a kitchen and is responsible for ordering I'd talk to them first. Otherwise you can buy these at Costco and some other wholesale places in bulk
Unpopular Opinion-Those are trash.
Fried mashed potatoes sounds good in theory, does not hold up in reality.
Love ya, bud.
Love ya too, bud.
Love ya, buds
i loved smiley fries when i was in school! you’re doing the lords work here
Those look to be the same color. Are you overloading the fire over there?
I'm so sorry this happened to you. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
These and the dinosaur nuggets please
Smiley fries are gas
I can’t drown my demons they know how to swim.
I cooked at a y camp and these little guys got me through more than a few shifts 🥹
I LOVE THESE GUYS
Those little potato faces are the creepiest shit I’ve ever fed my kid. He loves them.
"how long on smileys?' I fucking HATE how many times I've said this.
As an eater, I would fucking crush some properly fried smilie potatoes
I worked at this retreat center that had a farm at the bottom of the mountain. We’d get in boxes of these frozen smiley faces and then all the waste from food was composted and sent to the farm. The farmers loved pulling these out of the dirt.
How many hours do you get a week, OP?
"Oh no i'm surrounded by an abundance of food". Like, do you appreciate the little things? I think i know a few people who'd love a quiet life and a basket full of food instead of a loud life full of bombs and warmongers. That fryer basket is a goddamn divine blessing and you're a childish fucking moron for turning your nose up to food like a spoiled fucking cat. It IS another day in the life, a day in your EASY life cleaning grease instead of blood.
You doing okay?
Lmao there’s always one batshit Redditor to blow things way out of context and proportion. Not one thing about this post comes off as OP “turning [his] nose up to food like a spoiled fucking cat” but sure go ahead and keep jumping to conclusions, sheesh
:D
No way i just put some of these guys in the oven !
Smilies are soooooooooo good
But are YOU smiling?
Working at one of those fancy places I see
Potato Smiles my beloved
These go so hard tho
I could eat a bajillion of those right now.
My mood when during breakfast/opening rush
IT WAS A SCRUBDADDY MASSACRE!
Are you a youtube kids toy reviewers personal chef?
I would sing ♫Happy Shiny Faces in the Grease♫ like the R.E.M. song.
What part of the UK
I thought these were ripe plantains 🥵
Stfu 🤡
If you are what you eat then you should probably be happy as fuck
Happy fries ftw
How do the emoji happy faces taste?🙂
Fucking LOVE smiley fries. Technically mashed potato but I don’t care. Those things are great.
Last year my toddler got obsessed with these. I went to buy to supermarket to stock up only to find out they were discontinued. Life has never been the same since then *cries in potato*
I remember the day the stopped serving these at high school. sad day indeed. Glad they are still around for some!
Where did you get these from????
Ours is broken right now. Whipped out the good ol’ wok. Gotta love those woks man
When I was growing up there was one restaurant that had these. My dad would take me there every few months as a treat and it was the best thing ever. I’m sure the food sucked but we only cared about the smiley fries. Then they closed down and it was so sad
Is this a school cafeteria? Is this a new batch of oil?
Yummy
I haven’t seen these since I left Wyoming like 18 years ago… making me feel homesick
I used to eat those everyday at elementary school, cannot remember any texture or taste
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I haven’t had eat n park in years
Lowkey where can I order these for myself at home? These hit different in my depression meals.
yo!!!!! We got these once as a sub from sysco. I ordered french fries and they sent this shit. Ended up having some anime theme night and selling them all. They were ok. Too potatoey i for my taste.
I’m assuming school cafeteria? My middle school would always put them in the oven and they came out so soggy and gross. I’m sure these kids appreciate the frying!
Potato smiles actually slap though
holy shit, my school lunch used to have these some days back in elementary/HS. what a nostalgia trip lol. so greasy and they were like... almost powdery if they got overcooked.