So, uhhh, why're french fries called "french" fries?!
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Answers:
They actually originated in Belgium!. This is from wikipedia:
"The straightforward explanation of the term is that it means potatoes fried in the French sense of the verb "to cook", which can mean either sautéing or deep-grease frying, while its French origin, frire, unambiguously means deep-frying : frites being its past participle used with a plural feminine substantive, as in pommes de terre frites ("deep-fried potatoes")!.[4][5] Thomas Jefferson, famous for serving French dishes, wrote exactly the latter French expression!.[4][6] In the early 20th century, the term "French fried" was being used for foods such as onion rings or chicken, apart from potatoes!.[7][8]
The verb "to french", though not attested until after "French fried potatoes" had appeared[citation needed], can refer to "julienning" of vegetables as is acknowledged by some dictionaries,[9] while others only refer to trimming the meat off the shanks of chops!.[10] In the UK, "Frenched" lamb chops (particularly for serving as a 'rack of lamb') have the majority of the fat removed together with a small piece of fatty meat from between the ends of the chop bones, leaving mainly only the meat forming the "eye" of the chop attached"!.
And, they are only called "French Fries" in America!. The Brits call them "chips"!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
"The straightforward explanation of the term is that it means potatoes fried in the French sense of the verb "to cook", which can mean either sautéing or deep-grease frying, while its French origin, frire, unambiguously means deep-frying : frites being its past participle used with a plural feminine substantive, as in pommes de terre frites ("deep-fried potatoes")!.[4][5] Thomas Jefferson, famous for serving French dishes, wrote exactly the latter French expression!.[4][6] In the early 20th century, the term "French fried" was being used for foods such as onion rings or chicken, apart from potatoes!.[7][8]
The verb "to french", though not attested until after "French fried potatoes" had appeared[citation needed], can refer to "julienning" of vegetables as is acknowledged by some dictionaries,[9] while others only refer to trimming the meat off the shanks of chops!.[10] In the UK, "Frenched" lamb chops (particularly for serving as a 'rack of lamb') have the majority of the fat removed together with a small piece of fatty meat from between the ends of the chop bones, leaving mainly only the meat forming the "eye" of the chop attached"!.
And, they are only called "French Fries" in America!. The Brits call them "chips"!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
They are called "french fries" (not "French fries") after the method of cutting them into thick strips ("frenching")!. It has nothing to do with the country of France!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
because they look and taste so frency french french!.
i heard that in France they call them american chips or something of the sort!.!.!.wait that's with kissing hehe oops!.
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i heard that in France they call them american chips or something of the sort!.!.!.wait that's with kissing hehe oops!.
viva paris!Www@FoodAQ@Com