SoCal Fries

[gdb]

I just lost the fry place at my local mall when they started selling chicken nuggets so I need some help. Other than In'N'Out fries, can any of my SoCal Freaks help me find some good fries? But here's the catch, the have to be gluten free.

French Fries should be gluten free unless they're seasoned with gluten or fried in the same oil as anything with gluten as the gluten (the protein in wheat, barley, rye, oats, malt) gets in the oil and coats anything that's cooked in it.

So basically, that means they have to not be fried in the same oil as any breaded foods -- and if they're sold from a place that doesn't offer breaded food cooked in a fryer, all the better! In fact, if a place does serve fried breaded foods they need to be militant in the kitchen about not dropping some onion rings or seasoned curly fries or criss cut fries in the same fryer as the French Fries or else I'm sick for 3 days.

I'm down to 3 places. In'N'Out -- any location, they're always good. Wendy's in Culver City has a dedicated fryer for their fries (Wendy's in Hollywood doesn't). And Burger King on Miracle Mile is good, other Burger Kings not so much. Can anyone help me out?

Oh and McDonad's are out as they fry the fries in a wheat flavoring banghead) before they're frozen and shipped out to the local restaurants to be fried again.

 

[GrueSam]

Hey, gdb, I've got a friend who's gluten free for a while now. I'll email her and see what she says.

I'm not allergic but definitely sensitive. Some things just slay me...

 

[gdb]

Hey, thanks, cool. After living with this for two decades, I was just diagnosed 15 months ago and I'm still feeling my way through food choices.

Do you avoid everything with gluten or are you able to limit it and be okay? Man, I just wish I could have a doughnut once in awhile...

 

[Darth Caedus]

I don't know if they're gluten free, but Red Robin has bottomless steak fries, and The Hat have great chili fries

The Hat- If you can actually eat one helping of them, then power to you; I still haven't

 

[gdb]

The Hat looks good... I didn't know about The Hat. Chili probably has gluten but the cheese fries... maybe some grilled onions instead like In'N'Out Animal Style... Thanks!

 

[The ill Jedi]

Gdb, have you checked out Fuddrucker's? They have really good wedge fries that aren't greasy at all, but I'm not sure how they make them. They seem to me like an establishment that'd have dedicated fryers though. Their burgers are also to die for, they have 1/4-1/2 pound burgers and tons of toppings for them and cheddar cheese for the fries!!

 

[Darth Caedus]

Gdb, have you checked out Fuddrucker's? They have really good wedge fries that aren't greasy at all, but I'm not sure how they make them. They seem to me like an establishment that'd have dedicated fryers though. Their burgers are also to die for, they have 1/4-1/2 pound burgers and tons of toppings for them and cheddar cheese for the fries!!

Yea, Fudds is pretty good. If you're in Hollywood, there is a Fuddruckers in the Sherman Oaks Galleria next to the new Arclight Cinemas

 

[gdb]

I'll have to look into Fuddruckers. That's a good call, thanks! Protein style burger and cheddar cheese fries...

I'm closer to Beverly Hills. But I think there might be a Fuddruckers in Century City.

 

[The ill Jedi]

I'll have to look into Fuddruckers. That's a good call, thanks! Protein style burger and cheddar cheese fries...

Let us know how you like it!

 

[gdb]

For sure! Thanks guys! Keep 'em coming!

 

[CAhobbit]

I find The Habit to have some good fries as well (their burgers are pretty good too). I can't say if the fries are gluten free though. I don't know if there are any of these establishments in L.A. county but there are a couple up here in Ventura county.

 

[The Josh]

I thought the title of this said SoCal Fires.

 

[gdb]

I find The Habit to have some good fries as well (their burgers are pretty good too). I can't say if the fries are gluten free though. I don't know if there are any of these establishments in L.A. county but there are a couple up here in Ventura county.

I remember those fries as being good but their onion rings being better. Last I checked they use the same fryer though.

 

[Darth Caedus]

I find The Habit to have some good fries as well (their burgers are pretty good too). I can't say if the fries are gluten free though. I don't know if there are any of these establishments in L.A. county but there are a couple up here in Ventura county.

Those are good, The Habit fries are what Jack in the Box's fries USED to be before they changed. I liked the old ones better.

https://www.thehabitburger.com

Doesn't look like there are man in LA County. There are ones in Sherman Oaks, Encino, Glendale, nothing near Beverly Hills

 

[Darth Caedus]

You can check this one out.

https://www.chowhound.com/topics/51242

 

[GrueSam]

Hey, thanks, cool. After living with this for two decades, I was just diagnosed 15 months ago and I'm still feeling my way through food choices.

Do you avoid everything with gluten or are you able to limit it and be okay? Man, I just wish I could have a doughnut once in awhile...

That's exactly what my friend whines about- missing doughnuts!

She also has suffered for years but is now, finally, gaining health. She's so sensitive that she can't even have anything with a small amount of soy sauce in the ingredients...

Her daughter's also Celiac and made some awesome, home-made, gluten-free chocolate chip cookies that tasted sooooo good. I'm gonna make them soon. No one would know they were wheat free. She used a pancake batter mix bought from Whole Foods:
https://www.pamelasproducts.com/index.html

They made pizza with Pamela's crust mix and said it was pretty good- definitely better than nuthin'!


I cannot eat cereals or oatmeal, etc. That was my own discovery, years ago- I kept getting nasty heartburn. And I realize that I just want to go to sleep! Realized that I didn't when I had bacon/sausage and eggs for breakfast. I've since become basically a low-carber, eating mostly meats, milks and veggies. (That's when I'm not in a restaurant. And I often suffer because of it!)

I recently discovered Rice n' Shine, which is like Cream of Wheat, but made, obviously, of rice. It's made me very happy because I was really missing a hot cereal in the morning, when I get sick of eggs! LOL

I do fine on spelt though, and pretty much only eat spelt tortillas (from Whole Foods) with my eggs or for sandwiches.

There's a slow leavened wheat bread (from Trader Joe's) that I can handle occasionally but if I eat it too often my heartburn returns.

Supposedly, if you make a loaf of bread at home and let it sour for a couple days, it breaks down the gluten enough so even Celiacs can eat it. That same friend of mine and I have been wanting to make a recipe that we've gotten from a nutritional foundation that we are members of.

https://www.westonaprice.org/moderndiseases/healing-celiac-disease.html
Scroll down to "ENCOURAGING FINDINGS ON SOURDOUGH BREAD" and "CAN CELIACS EVER EAT GLUTEN BREADS AGAIN?"

She and I were just discussing that we have to get off our butts and start making some home-made bread!


Anyway, her response re: fries was that she generally only eats from In-n-Out. (Neither of us eat fast food often, though...) But I heard that Burger King uses dedicated fry fryers but that you should ask each location.

And, Hubby and I ate at Bob's Big Boy in Burbank on Sunday night and I asked them and they also said they use a dedicated 'fry only' fryer.

Oh- and that "wheat flavoring" at McDeath's is MSG, which is a potent neurotoxin. Don't wanna be eating that stuff anyway!


So... there ya go- hope it helps!

samantha

 

[gdb]

Thanks! Big Boy in Burbank is good to know. Yeah, Pamela's is real good. I haven't found anything close to pizza dough that I like. The closest is this rice dough that bakes into finger food type pastry puffs that I stuff with sauce and black olives.

Thanks, Samantha!