cottage fries

American  

plural noun

1. Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S.  home fries.

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Etymology

Origin of cottage fries

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Cottage fries are supposedly so named because each one looks like a shingle on the roof of a cottage.

From Salon

It should be noted that cottage fries are excellent for scooping up piles of tartare or finely minced salads, and that their surface area makes for satisfying salt to potato.

From Salon

It should also be noted that if you invited me over to a New Year's Eve party and served me cottage fries topped with crème fraîche and caviar, I would talk about it with great excitement every day for the rest of my life.

From Salon

Lawson and Granger add vanilla extract to their batter and River Cottage fries the fruit with orange zest, all ingredients that pair brilliantly with both pears and chocolate, if you feel the need to add something else to the mix.

From The Guardian

Against the deepening blue of the sky, the restaurant glows with what the manager, Ayet Karce, calls “earth tones”: brown plastic trays, orange walls, yellow tables, golden cottage fries and pub-style hanging lights with glass the color of fried mozzarella sticks.

From New York Times