French fries are often salted, and are served with a variety of condiments, notably ketchup, curry, curry ketchup, curry sauce, hot or chili sauce, mustard, mayonnaise, salad cream, honey mustard, bearnaise sauce, remoulade, tartar sauce, tzatziki, garlic sauce, fry sauce, burger sauce, ranch dressing, barbecue sauce, gravy, brown sauce, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar (especially malt vinegar or a cheaper "non-brewed condiment" alternative), aioli, butter, honey, feta cheese, lemon, piccalilli, pickled cucumber, gherkins, very small pickled onions, mushy peas, baked beans, pickled eggs, sour cream and fresh cheese curds (especially in Canada).
Australia In Australia, French fries (which Australians call "chips" or "hot chips") are common in fast food shops, cafes, casual dining and pubs. In fast food shops, fries may be sold by dollar amount, customers may order for instance "$10 worth of chips" or "the minimum chips" which is the smallest amount of chips the shop will fry at once, differing per shop. At other shops, fries may be sold by container size (e.g.: small, medium, large, family). Fries are often coated in chicken salt, a savoury, salty seasoning which was invented in South Australia but is now popular across the country. Alternatively customers may ask for plain salt or no salt. Fries may be served with sauces such as tomato ketchup (which Australians call "tomato sauce"), barbecue sauce or aoli (common at cafes, casual dining and pubs). Gravy may be poured over the chips, or sold in a separate container. A halal snack pack (sometimes called a snack pack or HSP) is a fast food item that consists of fries topped with salt or chicken salt, doner kebab meat, grated cheddar cheese and a sauce such as garlic sauce, chili sauce or barbecue sauce, or a combination. The dish arose in the late 20th century as a culinary fusion between the cuisine of Middle-Eastern Australians and European Australians.
Belgium
Even the smallest Belgian town has a frietkot (literally, "fries shack"). Traditionally, take-away fries were picked by the fingers out of a tip bag wrapped from a square sheet of paper, while walking on the streets. By the 1970s and 1980s, with several meat accompaniments gaining popularity, more practical open carton boxes and tiny plastic forks became available. One can order a small or large portion; often three or four sizes are priced. Fries with mayonnaise or one of a wide variety of other typical Belgian sauces is a fast food classic in Belgium, often eaten without any side orders. Prior to 1960, the choice of accompanying items was limited to a pickled herring, a large, cold meatball boulet or red-coloured garlic sausage cervela, or a beef or horsemeat stew. Since 1960, choices include stoofvlees or stoofkarbonade and a wide variety of deep-fried meats, such as chicken legs, beef or pork sticks, minced beef, pork, chicken, or turkey in all shapes (balls, sticks, sausages) mixed with a dosage of fat and condiments to one's preference. An example of an additional on-the-spot preparation is sometimes in Flanders called mammoet speciaal (mammoth special), a large frikandel (curryworst in Antwerp and Flemish Brabant) deep-fried and cut so as to put chopped onion in the V-shaped length and dressed with mayonnaise and (curry-)ketchup. The earliest of the current wide array of sauces, are mayonnaise, fritessaus or sauce pommes-frites ("fries sauce" in English—see the sections on France and the Netherlands) and a local pickle-sauce similar to piccalilli. Though Belgians do not sprinkle vinegar on fries, they may eat them with cold mussels out of the shells preserved in vinegar, entirely different to the national dish with freshly boiled hot mussels served in the shells.
Bulgaria In Bulgaria, a serving of fries can be ordered with a covering of sirene, a grated white brine cheese.
Canada In Canada, French fries are the main component of a dish called poutine, a mixture of French fries with fresh cheese curds, covered with a hot gravy (usually), hot chicken sauce (much less common), or chicken BBQ sauce (rarely). This dish was invented in rural Quebec in the late 1950s and is now popular in many parts of the country and is served at many fast-food chains. Several Québécois communities claim to be the birthplace of poutine. A variant, "disco fries", may be found in the Northeastern United States, notably in New Jersey. In Newfoundland, "chips, dressing and gravy" (referred to by outsiders as "Newfie fries") comprise French fries topped with "dressing" (turkey stuffing made with summer savory) and gravy. Another variation consists of topping the French fries with either ground beef, hot dogs, dressing and cheese and topped with gravy. Yet another Newfoundland recipe called a "mess" (compare with "poutine") consists of fries, gravy, dressing, and wieners. In Prince Edward Island, "fries with the works" (or FWTW as it is sometimes called) is a combination of French fries, fried hamburger, fried onions, gravy (usually beef), peas, and optionally mushrooms. Other common toppings include green onions, tomatoes, carrots, sour cream, and grated cheese. In the Ottawa Valley, French fries are sold from trucks known as "chip wagons," and fries are available topped with melted butter. It is also customary for the server to allow the customer to add seasonings like salt, pepper, and vinegar halfway through filling the container.
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