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Kennywood's New Potato Patch Fries Cheese Draws Diners' Wrath
Kennywood started the season experimenting with a new cheese. It didn't go over well.
PITTSBURGH, PA - Much to the disdain of Potato Patch diners, Kennywood started the 2019 season using a new cheese on what arguably are the southwestern Pennsylvania's most famous fries.
An outcry on social media over the switch prompted the West Mifflin amusement park to abruptly reverse course Tuesday and pledge to return to the traditional nuclear-colored cheese that Potato Patch fans love.
The reviews of the substitute cheese were not kind:
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Quickly realizing the mistake that was made, Kennywood quickly stepped up to correct the miscue:
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