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Just go for the really chunky Belgium "pommes frittes" (something which the Dutch call "patate~~s~~") to follow the letter of the rule but not quite the spirit of it.
Also, they're amazing!
Edit: turns out the Dutch call them "patate" (also friet and frieten) which I incorrectly pluralized in the French way because I also speak French so it just sounded wrong to me in the singular form and I assumed I recalled it wrong. Thanks to all that corrected me and explained it.
It's patat or friet in Dutch. I think it depends on region mostly?
I was under the impression that the plural of that word in Dutch was "patates" since it's originally a French word so the plural is done the French way rather than the Germanic-way (which would yield the word "pataten").
Like the other commenter said, we generally use the singular form. Though I have heard plural, usually to refer to Vlaamse frieten or Flemish fries. I believe in those cases it's generally meant to be a fun thing to say though