home fries

plural noun

Updated on: 13 Apr 2018

Definition of home fries

: potatoes that have usually been parboiled, sliced, and then fried — called also home fried potatoes

Recent Examples of home fries from the Web

The menu is scrambled eggs, French toast, home fries, ham, sausage, coffee, tea, orange juice and hot cocoa.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Colchester Edition," 10 Apr. 2018
My go-to there is the Good Table special with extra crispy home fries and a blueberry pancake.

— john johnson, BostonGlobe.com, "Hanover’s Lambert is the go-to scorer at Westfield State," 29 Mar. 2018
But these days some of my favorite restaurants are redefining the most important meal of the day and serving it morning, noon, and night—with no under-salted, soggy, home fries in sight.

— the healthyish team, Bon Appetit, "6 Recipes Inspired by Our Favorite All-Day Cafés," 22 Jan. 2018
The menu is scrambled eggs, pancakes, home fries, bacon, sausage, toast, coffee, tea, and orange juice and hot cocoa.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Colchester Edition," 11 Dec. 2017
Mayweather also typically eats protein-rich breakfasts that include eggs, home fries, grits, pancakes, and meats like bacon, turkey sausage, turkey ham, and turkey kielbasa.

— sarah rense, Esquire, "Floyd Mayweather Prepared for His Historic Fight by Eating Pasta," 29 Aug. 2017

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