I went to a little restaurant in my little town that I had never been to before. I ordered a BLT and french fries shaped like potato chips. The BLT was not very good, and the french fries were unsalted. My guests had persuaded me to order the fries, which came in a soup bowl as if ketchup was meant to be poured over them. Instead, I dumped the fries on my plate, poured salt in the bowl, then dipped each fry in my water before dunking it in the salt, rolling it around, then eating it. They were very good this way.