The best way to preserve fries is to freeze them

after the first frying stage. You can then fry them
the second time straight from the freezer. But do
they lose quality? To test this, I tried freezing half a
batch of fries and letting them sit in the freezer
overnight before frying them up and tasting them
against their unfrozen counterparts. The results
were surprising: the frozen fries were actually
better, with a distinctly fluffier interior. Why?
Freezing potatoes causes their moisture to
convert to ice, forming sharp, jagged crystals. These
crystals damage the cell structure of the potatoes,
making it easier for water to be released and
convert to steam when they are heated, and this