I have never made fries because deep fryers scare me...and they look like a pain to clean up.
I go potato wedges instead. They take so much less time and are just as tasty--maybe more so! My employer's children love my potato wedges. It's nice when people love what you cook. 
What does everyone do to keep their recipes organized? I keep a lot of recipes in my head, those are the recipes that I usually wing, the recipes that don't have strict amounts or change every time. I try and write down every recipes that I can, though. I have a journal with recipes in it, my own dear cookbook. It has barely anything in it right now, I wing cooking too often.
Never, in my entire life have I made or served grits to anyone. I don't like grits. They're gross, slimy stuff, as I recall. 
(I haven't had them but once in the past ten years.)
. Grits are like an edible yet blank canvas limited only by your imagination as to what you want to put in em' 
. Most folks I've talked to that don't like grits tried them with sugar and milk, so if that's what you did when you had them, I urge you not to do that anymore because that's not normal, and I suspect invented by some disgruntled Yankee. 
If you don't want raspberry, I'm sure you could substitute whatever berries you want. If you're interested in the recipe, 
It was dark chocolate this time.
). Do you know if I can use something else???