Looking for French Fries & Slider Buns

[FoodieGirl29]

Hi Everyone!

Where can I find mini hamburger buns to make my own sliders for my Christmas Party in Toronto on Saturday?

I am looking for suggestions on where I can get a large order of fries to feed 15 people. I'm preparing a 'poutine bar' and would prefer to not fry everything myself.

Thanks Chowhound Friends!

[FoodieGirl29]

Thanks everyone! I decided to go with Silverstein's - 2 day notice for mini egg buns. I also checked out the Frozen Fries suggestion and ended up going with the Cavendish Coated Fries - $3.99 for a gigantic bag! I figure I might as well bake them because they will go soggy anyway once the gravy is ladled on.

Now does anyone know where I can find french fry boxes and those wooden chip truck french fry sticks? One side is 2 points and the other is usually flat?

[OnDaGo]

go to a fry truck and offer to buy them from him..

[FoodieGirl29]

I got them off Don Juan's Chip Truck - $5 for about 40 sticks! Thanks!

[OnDaGo]

Sometimes the simplest solutions are the easiest... glad I could help...

[alisongwilliams]

Hi -- can you give me an estimate as to what the mini egg buns cost? Thanks so much!

[FoodieGirl29]

I think $2.69/dozen? Around there, not over $3.

[FoodieGirl29]

Success!

[neighborguy]

NYFries.
Great party idea you have!

[likescrab]

what is this? when i lived in england we called this a chip butty....french fries on white bread with brown sauce...is that what you call a slider?

[Wahooty]

slider = mini hamburger. The fries are a separate item.

[duckdown]

I thought a chip buddy was french fries on buttered wonderbread?

[DishyDiva]

If you don't have the time to call Siverstein's bakery as suggested, you can use small dinner rolls (round ones). I've made mini-burgers this way and prefer dinner rolls because you can mix it up with different kinds -- white, whole wheat, multigrain, rye. sourdough, cheese, etc. I've also used the pull-apart dinner buns that you can get at artisanal bakeries.

Good luck!

[Davwud]

What I use is the small, oblong dinner rolls, 24 to a pack. I cut ends off to make them square and they're perfect for a 1 - 2 oz. burger patty.

DT

[JamieK]

Fries -- Swiss Chalet?

[millygirl]

Have you considered buying frozen fries. I was pretty suprised myself to find that the McCain premium brand is actually very good. We find we need to bake them a few minutes longer than recommended but they turn out very nice and crisp. Just a thought because I figure you'll probably have to warm them up anyways so why not just do them yourself.

[jayt90]

The Costco poutine uses Cavendish coated frozen fries. I like them, as they have some flavour and bite. They sell bags of the frozen Cavendish, which can be oven prepared.

[TorontoJo]

Silverstein's bakery will sell them to you if you call their headquarters/manufacturing facility. They are on McCaul.

And I think Ace may make some, as well, though they are not available everywhere.

[duckdown]

Buy the biggest burger buns you can find, like those Presidents Choice gigantic buns, and just cut them into halfs or quarters...thats the way i've seen it done before :)