shoestring potatoes

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plural noun

long, sticklike slices of raw potato that are deep-fried until crisp.

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Origin of shoestring potatoes

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

However, that switch to potatoes occurred around the 19th Century.
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Mixing meat and dairy is a kosher rule-breaker, so they switched the cheese for potatoes.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yeonmi had been hospitalized at the time for a stomach illness, likely from her diet of rotten potatoes.
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The French fries are made out of real potatoes, the burger is great and you can get it all kinds of ways, and it tastes good.
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I must have had lamb and potatoes 180 times since I have been here.
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We had new potatoes for dinner, boiled with their skins on, and Liszt threw one at me, and I caught it.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Potatoes also are extensively planted, and I never saw a more vigorous growth.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
They would feed him apples, potatoes and sometimes bits of cake that Bob's mother gave them.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
Three men were sentenced to grow potatoes at Botany Bay the rest of their lives.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
In the community her father was the wealthiest man, having made his fortune in the growing of potatoes and fruit.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux