Why french fries

Share using Email. By Emily Monaco 31st July The inventor of the fried potato will probably always remain anonymous. The fry is a daughter of street cooking. The Belgian fry remains the reference of quality, the one to beat. Maybe this is what makes all the difference. Fries, or French fries, are one of the most popular side dishes in the world. They find accompaniment in dips, mayonnaise, ketchup, and even vinegar.

The tasty snack also has a day assigned to it. In , Belgium sought to give French fries a cultural heritage status. Follow more stories on Facebook and Twitter. Share Via. Get our Daily News Capsule Subscribe. Nobody Apr 11, I though French fries were just a name.

But what about french toast??? Demetrius Mar 23, Apr 12, Amber May 10, No, They are just named that they come from the U. Wonderopolis i have some advice. Most are pretty boring. Kurt Mar 28, Mar 29, Jan 27, Tommyv Oct 2, I'm from Belgium. OG Flemish fries eater. I have never ever eaten a fried egg on top of my fries Steak or Stew with fries is a way better example. Ziyhon Nov 30, French fries are not from France they are just form of phrase.

Dec 1, We're glad you learned something new with us, Ziyhon! Visit again soon, Wonder Friend! Oct 2, Thanks for sharing your experience with us, Tommyv! Mike Reys Jul 20, Just like "frenched beans" cut julienne style as mentioned above , french fries is short for frenched fries.

Nothing to do with language. Jul 21, Hi, Mike! Thanks for sharing the additional information! Very interesting! Kristen May 21, The fact that they are called "French" fries has nothing to do with language or nationality at all.

It's how they are cut. Cutting something into long thin stripes is cutting julienne style aka French style. Steak fries, what fries are rendered to in French are normally what Americans would call potato wedges, nor actually fries. French is just a cut, like French style green beans. Pieter Jun 28, Jun 28, Thanks for joining the conversation, Pieter!

May 24, Hi, Kristen! That's very interesting! Bob Wassenaar May 21, I prefer to dip my fries in spicy peanutbutter sauce. If that can't be had i'll take mayo. Over my dead body!

Joe Feb 2, This is wrong. The first potato was fried in Paris around Bob Sep 30, Oct 3, Thanks for joining the discussion, Bob! Feb 23, Philip Jul 24, Jul 25, That's very interesting, Philip! Thanks for sharing all those cool facts!

Threadbed13 Sep 19, I never didn't care where the french fries came from till I had to do a how-to report and I decided to do it on french fries cuz I love them, I leaned a lot from this site, thank you!!!

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