11/02/2021
Love it or hate it, fry sauce reigns in Idaho.
The creation of fry sauce history.......
It was originally called "pink sauce," and was something designed to go on burgers.
Sometime between 1941 and 1943, Chef Don Carlos Edwards dipped a fry in it.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Edwards was so impressed with pink sauce on fries, he had his friends and customers sample it.
"They fell in love with it," says Arctic Circle CEO Gary Roberts. "From that point on, anyone who had been there that day in history, who came into the restaurant, they asked if they could get some 'fry sauce' to dip their fries in."
Fry sauce is actually older than the Arctic Circle chain.
The pink stuff was created in what used to be known as Don Carlos Barbecue.
Edwards expanded his restaurant business in 1950 when he created the first Arctic Circle in Salt Lake City, just a block away from his barbecue joint.
Eventually, Don Carlos Barbecue was converted into another Arctic Circle.
Basic Fry Sauce Recipe..........
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup ketchup (roughly a 2 to 1 ratio)
1/2 tsp onion powder
3 to 4 teaspoons pickle juice (add one teaspoon at a time & check for taste)
Mix together in small bowl. Eat.
Or try this recipe.
1 Cup real mayonnaise
1/4 Cup ketchup
1/4 Cup BBQ sauce
1 Tbsp Dijon mustard “grey poupon’
1/4 tsp garlic powder
splash of Worcestershire sauce
This is the basic recipe. There are a million and one variations out there. I’ve heard of using barbecue sauce instead of ketchup, or chili sauce. And some people add a “kick” with cayenne pepper or tabasco sauce.
Do you have a recipe for fry sauce ?
Post them in the comments.