I think dipping fries in mayo is a European thing. I remember going to Europe twice in the 80s and whenever fries came with my meal, mayo was the default dipping “sauce”. In Canada (well North America actually) it’s ketchup that they will give you. When I eat out I am getting a bit better at remembering to ask for mayo when I have fries as part of my meal.
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And fries with vinegar in many parts of Canada, either white vinegar or malt. Some places offer both.
I lost my taste for ketchup on fries at some point, in my early 20s.
I still like vinegar on fries and sometimes I like dipping them in aioli at the fancier places that serve aioli with their fries.
And of course, gravy is an option at many places in Canada. I ate a lot of fries with gravy in the late 80s. In southwestern Ontario, that was a popular meal for high school students, before Poutine moved into the region around 1995. 
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Wow, you were serious about docking that Potato!
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Yes… I have a “POTATO” button on my microwave and a few years back I didn’t “dock” a certain potato enough. It wasn’t pretty and the microwave was a mess, so now I over “dock”…
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I had planned to make the Turkish kebabs I was too lazy to make over the weekend, but after a day buried in numbers I had no mojo for a cooking project.
Leftover bolognese from my lasagne adventure to the rescue – that plus pappardelle and parmesan made for a very quick and satisfying dinner.
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I bet 
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Home banquet burger/fries/gravy and a Coke classic to wash it down from my neighborhood burger joint. No fuss, no mess, just phone it in and waddle my arse down the street.
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I made peanut tofu Buddha bowls and brought a lightly modified version to a teacher in my son’s school who’s undergoing chemo and has two small kids. Her kids, and mine, had the toppings over sweet soy-butter fettuccine noodles. I steamed the broccoli and roasted the chickpeas – just personal preference.
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You know what I am going to say, so I don’t have to say it.
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Tacos with scarlet runner beans, smoked mozzarella, and roasted butternut squash. We had some purchased tomato habanero salsa with this. Sometimes you just need a big cheese bomb for dinner! I highly recommend the combination of Rancho Gordo’s scarlet runner beans and roasted butternut squash, btw! Perfect!
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Quiche made with the first of the foraged ramps (wild leeks) of the year, watercress salad with honey mustard dressing.
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I would happily eat your food errryday.
Korean Bibambap, with prime ribeye and garden asparagus. I like this Bon Appetit version, but added a little boiled apple cider to the marinade tonight (ala bulgogi).
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For dinner I made quesabirria using the last of a batch of Instant Pot beef birria from the freezer.
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Rice bowl with green chile braised chicken and beans (Julia Turshen) with lime, avocado, radish, sour cream and cilantro.
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Likewise! 
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Variation on Dak Naengchae (Korean chicken salad with pine nuts dressing) - diced poached chicken breast, shredded red cabbage, green beans, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, scallions in a dressing made in the blender with pine nuts, yellow mustard, gochuhang, lemon juice and some water.
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Another submarine sandwich with roast beef, Genoa salami, hard salami, provolone cheese, sliced tomatoes, Grillo’s pickle chips, horseradish sauce and instead of avocado in the last sandwich, I used hummus.
I was going to eat something lighter, but gave myself the OK to eat this because I added up the distances of my walks this month. I walked 29 of 30 days for a total of 264km/164mi. I really didn’t expect that I’d walked that much, but I’m happy that I did. I’m going to put on new shoes tomorrow and get a haircut as well. I haven’t had a haircut in the US since 2009 and am a bit scared because I’ve never had a bad one in Japan…but have had a good number of them in the US.
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