Talk:French fries - Revision history

DavidB4: re

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Gentenaar at 19:43, February 14, 2017

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Quasimodo: /* Hmmmm */

2009-05-31T00:06:05Z

Hmmmm

Chrysogonus at 10:59, April 9, 2007

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Chrysogonus at 10:58, April 9, 2007

2007-04-09T10:58:52Z

MyaR at 00:04, April 1, 2007

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Dpbsmith: /* False Statement? */

2007-03-30T15:17:11Z

False Statement?

Sersabian: /* False Statement? */

2007-03-30T04:28:28Z

False Statement?

Dpbsmith at 18:39, March 16, 2007

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Cracker at 17:35, March 16, 2007

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 :::::Well, since then I've turned up quite a bunch of conflicting origin stories, which I haven't had time to try to collect or make sense of. There is at least other source saying to "french" means to cut. Belgians do think they originated in Belgium, but it's not clear how widely this is believed elsewhere. I think folks should be careful about saying anything too definite about this. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 14:39, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
 ::::::I'm from Belgium and I can confirm that we find it very strange that they are called "French" fries because they originate from Belgium, it's even our national food and you can by it on almost every corner of the street in a so called "frituur". So I prefer the term fries without any addition. --[[User:Gentenaar|Gentenaar]] ([[User talk:Gentenaar|talk]]) 14:43, 14 February 2017 (EST)
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 ::::I'm sticking with the "caramalization" theory based on french toast.
 :::::Well, since then I've turned up quite a bunch of conflicting origin stories, which I haven't had time to try to collect or make sense of. There is at least other source saying to "french" means to cut. Belgians do think they originated in Belgium, but it's not clear how widely this is believed elsewhere. I think folks should be careful about saying anything too definite about this. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 14:39, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
 ==False Statement?==

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	How many things are wrong with this statement? I was not aware that the US was at war with France in 2003. Also, as far as I know there were not countries called Dachshundland and Sauerkrautania on the Germans' side in WWI. [[User:Chrysogonus\|Chrysogonus]] 06:58, 9 April 2007 (EDT)		How many things are wrong with this statement? I was not aware that the US was at war with France in 2003. Also, as far as I know there were not countries called Dachshundland and Sauerkrautania on the Germans' side in WWI. [[User:Chrysogonus\|Chrysogonus]] 06:58, 9 April 2007 (EDT)
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		+	Wait, a ''wave'' of anti-French sentiment swept the United States? All I saw was a few random restaurants renaming to freedom fries, and a few reports on TV. Isn't this a bit much, and misleading for this encyclopedia? --[[User:Quasimodo\|Quasimodo]] 20:06, 30 May 2009 (EDT)

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	''This was similar to other times when foods were renamed because they contained the name of a country with which we were at war. For example, during the first world war sauerkraut was renamed liberty cabbage and dachsunds liberty hounds.''		''This was similar to other times when foods were renamed because they contained the name of a country with which we were at war. For example, during the first world war sauerkraut was renamed liberty cabbage and dachsunds liberty hounds.''

−	How many things are wrong with this statement? I was not aware that the US was at war with France in ~~2004~~. Also, as far as I know there were not countries called Dachshundland and Sauerkrautania on the Germans' side in WWI. [[User:Chrysogonus\|Chrysogonus]] 06:58, 9 April 2007 (EDT)	+	How many things are wrong with this statement? I was not aware that the US was at war with France in 2003. Also, as far as I know there were not countries called Dachshundland and Sauerkrautania on the Germans' side in WWI. [[User:Chrysogonus\|Chrysogonus]] 06:58, 9 April 2007 (EDT)

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	This is, perhaps, the most awesome article on Conservapedia. [[User:MyaR\|MyaR]] 20:04, 31 March 2007 (EDT)		This is, perhaps, the most awesome article on Conservapedia. [[User:MyaR\|MyaR]] 20:04, 31 March 2007 (EDT)
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		+	''This was similar to other times when foods were renamed because they contained the name of a country with which we were at war. For example, during the first world war sauerkraut was renamed liberty cabbage and dachsunds liberty hounds.''
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		+	How many things are wrong with this statement? I was not aware that the US was at war with France in 2004. Also, as far as I know there were not countries called Dachshundland and Sauerkrautania on the Germans' side in WWI. [[User:Chrysogonus\|Chrysogonus]] 06:58, 9 April 2007 (EDT)

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	:Well, why not add something to the article about the actual food? [[User:Dpbsmith\|Dpbsmith]] 11:17, 30 March 2007 (EDT)		:Well, why not add something to the article about the actual food? [[User:Dpbsmith\|Dpbsmith]] 11:17, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
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		+	This is, perhaps, the most awesome article on Conservapedia. [[User:MyaR\|MyaR]] 20:04, 31 March 2007 (EDT)

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	I think this article spent too much time on the history of the name, and then went off on a tangent about different countries changing the names of foods because of war. this article should have more information about the actual food.--[[User:Sersabian\|Sersabian]] 00:28, 30 March 2007 (EDT)		I think this article spent too much time on the history of the name, and then went off on a tangent about different countries changing the names of foods because of war. this article should have more information about the actual food.--[[User:Sersabian\|Sersabian]] 00:28, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
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		+	:Well, why not add something to the article about the actual food? [[User:Dpbsmith\|Dpbsmith]] 11:17, 30 March 2007 (EDT)

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	They are called "pommes frites" in Swedish.--[[User:What\|What]]		They are called "pommes frites" in Swedish.--[[User:What\|What]]
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		+	I think this article spent too much time on the history of the name, and then went off on a tangent about different countries changing the names of foods because of war. this article should have more information about the actual food.--[[User:Sersabian\|Sersabian]] 00:28, 30 March 2007 (EDT)

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 :::En effet, le verbe "to french" signifie "couper" en irlandais. Il s'agit donc de "pommes de terre coupées".[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frite]
 ::::I'm sticking with the "caramalization" theory based on french toast.
 ==False Statement?==
 AustinM, what part of [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=French_fries&diff=31671&oldid=27716 this] was a "false statement"? They ''are'' called "frites" (short for "pommes frites", which in turn is short for "pommes de terres frites" - fried potatoes) in other languages. The Belgian origin is apparently a somewhat complex issue, but I wouldn't simply call it false, either. --[[User:Sid 3050|Sid 3050]] 11:44, 13 March 2007 (EDT)

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 Any chance of citations with that order of Fries dbpsmith? ;) --[[User:AustinM|AustinM]] 13:29, 11 March 2007 (EDT)
-:[[Goats]] got it. Good going!  You do ''know'' that the "french" in culinary terms does not refer to the country of France but is only a to denote a food (typically a vegetable) that has been fried to the point of carmelization?[[User:Cracker|Cracker]]<sup>[[UserTalk:Cracker|talk]]</sup> 01:27, 12 March 2007 (EDT)
+:[[Goats]] got it. Good going!  You do ''know'' that the "french" in culinary terms does not refer to the country of France but is only a to denote a food (typically a vegetable) that has been fried to the point of caramelization?[[User:Cracker|Cracker]]<sup>[[UserTalk:Cracker|talk]]</sup> 01:27, 12 March 2007 (EDT)
 ::Well, the French <small><font color=A0A0A0>Wikipedia</font></small> thinks that the phrase "French fries" might come from Ireland, where, it says, to "french" something means simply to '''cut''' it:
 :::En effet, le verbe "to french" signifie "couper" en irlandais. Il s'agit donc de "pommes de terre coupées".[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frite]
+::::I'm sticking with the "caramalization" theory based on french toast.
 ==False Statement?==
 AustinM, what part of [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=French_fries&diff=31671&oldid=27716 this] was a "false statement"? They ''are'' called "frites" (short for "pommes frites", which in turn is short for "pommes de terres frites" - fried potatoes) in other languages. The Belgian origin is apparently a somewhat complex issue, but I wouldn't simply call it false, either. --[[User:Sid 3050|Sid 3050]] 11:44, 13 March 2007 (EDT)