But French fries with a rich, wine infused, thick beef gravy ( hell...even add onions and/or shallots or mushroom to the gravy ! ) is the way to go. That used to be a New England ( maybe just in New Hampshire? I don't know for certain ) staple and it's delicious! :-)
You contradict yourself, or perhaps are more interested in picayune details than what tastes good.
Doesn’t gravy always have shallots (shalLOTS, as Gordon Ramsey would say) and mushrooms?
Here in Michigan we don’t fuss much about nomenclature or other small stuff. We just want to eat what tastes good.