Alright Austin, I need help understanding something.
I visited Austin over the holiday (but lived here for 4 years) from Southern California, a place that many of you rightfully roast, and yet we somehow figured out pastrami chili cheese fries and carne asada fries years ago.
Big. Messy. Filling. Feeds a small family. Costs like $12 – $15. Incredible value.
Meanwhile, Texas, the undisputed king of brisket, has no brisket fries?
You’re telling me we can smoke a cow for 14 hours, but putting chopped brisket on fries with cheese and maybe some sauce is too much to ask?
Brisket plus fries feels like the most obvious food combination imaginable:
Amazing meat
Crispy potatoes
Cheap, filling, drunk-food friendly
And somehow not a thing
This isn’t an attack. This is a genuine question.
Is there some historical reason? A city ordinance? A secret menu I don’t know about?
Austin food people, please explain yourselves or point me to the brisket fries I’m clearly missing.
by Amerifatt
33 Comments
Brisket is a high cost meat. Nobody’s gonna pay $30-40 for brisket fries.
Brisket is a peacock and you gotta let it fly.
I’m all for fries when the meat needs support, but brisket is a main.
Ew.
Would be a waste of brisket. Brisket is so good on its own.
That looks worse than it will going out the other end…
Get that cheese off that brisket before someone punches y’all in the face. This is a stand your ground state, son.
Sounds terrible
Because you’re supposed to put chili on the fries not brisket
Sounds like you don’t understand bbq.
What an absolute waste of brisket. Just say NO to this garbage.
Ya done fucked up son
Gross bro
You should have gone to Moreno BBQ and ordered the brisket nachos. Tortilla chips, not fries, in Texas.
because we have nachos, there’s no need to bring potatoes to the party
Carne Asada is better that’s why
Waste of good brisket.
Many spots have Brisket Frito Pie, that’s their version.
Neither of those pictures look good.
Look nasty dawg
Frito Pie bruv
Brisket over bagged shredded cheese is awful
There is plenty of brisket fries. Just not of that serving size. I would check out the loaded tots at lustre Pearl east
Asada fries
Neither of those are an appealing representation of what youre suggesting m8(weak ass cheese, bacon bits, ground beef instead of brisket). Carne asada fries from T locs are fire and brisket nachos from Slab are pretty good too.
because brisket deserves better than to be stacked on french fries and drowned in sauce/toppings
If these photos are example of what brisket fries look like, I pass
Cuz those look nasty. I wouldn’t eat that slop if it was free
That looks like a bad plate of food. I like chili cheese fries, and even just cheese fries. But the cheese needs to be melted. Who wants little shreds of cold cheese on their fries?
Coming in saying that Austin doesn’t know what to do with brisket and California does is bold.
I’m not against the concept of brisket fries, but holy hell those are some of the most unappetizing pictures of food I have ever seen. I’m not convinced that this isn’t a troll/ragebait post.
Also what the fuck is this ChatGPT formatted post? It literally reads like an AI prompt response.
https://preview.redd.it/ypldi7fqo8bg1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d21788f4cf009e67dd30dedb82a7e769fa9cfde6
That is disgusting in so many ways. I ate plenty of gravy fries at bowling alleys in the 80’s and that was nasty, but better than that un-melted cheese, pile on top lunch meat.
Holy shit, why the hell would we disgrace a great brisket by mincing it up and dumping it on fries and throwing cheese on top?
I love French fries but Goddamn, son.