In what culinary historians are already calling “a cry for help, but with potential,” one local man has announced that microwaving soggy-ish leftover fries alongside pasta creates what can only be described as a glorious, starch-forward goulash.
“People hear ‘wet fries’ and they panic,” he said, stirring a bowl containing noodles, limp potatoes, and the quiet dignity of a college meal plan. “But if you zoom out emotionally, it’s just rustic European comfort food.”
Food critics were divided. Some called the dish “deeply upsetting.” Others admitted that after 90 seconds in the microwave, the fries begin to break down into a soft, potato-adjacent sauce that “technically does something.”
At press time, the man was reportedly considering adding shredded cheese and calling it “Hungarian poutine carbonara.”