Fry Tasting

 We all really like french fries and there are a lot of options for fries here in Lynden. After church last week, we decided to test out a few places and see which ones we thought were the best.

Our plan was to test Rustlers, McDonalds, Dairy Queen, Underground Burger, Popeyes, Taco Time, Burger King, Bob's Burgers, and Grants. However, after the amount of time it took in the first place, we realized we might need to modify our plan. Underground Burger wasn't open so they were scratched off the list. Taco Time does more of a tater-tot type fry so we decided that was too different to compare. Instead of Taco Time, we added Jack-in-the-box to the list. And by the time we made it through six places, we decided we were ready to be done and crossed Bob's and Grant's off the list. (They are less 'fast food' and it was getting late!)

Rustlers was our first stop.

Rustlers

From here, we drove over to McDonalds. Since all the remaining restaurants were within 1/4 mile from each other, we walked from one to the next.

Burger King

Jack-in-the-Box

Dairy Queen

McDonalds

At each restaurant, we rated the fries based on temperature, flavor, and crispiness. We actually found some to be too hot (nobody wants to burn their tongue on a French fry!) and someone weren't quite as tasty. Based on our scoring, McDonalds won, although we all said we would pick Dairy Queen over McDonalds (mostly because of the size of each fry!)

Our score sheet

It was a fun family activity and we were all surproses by the number of french fry options on the corner of Meridian and Birch Bay Lynden Road! Also, the girls decided we need to test hamburgers next!