Talk:French fries
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Any chance of citations with that order of Fries dbpsmith? ;) --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 caramelization?Crackertalk 01:27, 12 March 2007 (EDT)
- Well, the French Wikipedia 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".[1]
- I'm sticking with the "caramalization" theory based on french toast.
- En effet, le verbe "to french" signifie "couper" en irlandais. Il s'agit donc de "pommes de terre coupées".[1]
- Well, the French Wikipedia thinks that the phrase "French fries" might come from Ireland, where, it says, to "french" something means simply to cut it:
False Statement?
AustinM, what part of 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. --Sid 3050 11:44, 13 March 2007 (EDT)
- I got a little confused. In (half of) Belgium they speak French, so its not true to say they are called frites in other languages (although in German they are allso called pomme frites). HAving done some reading you are righ in saying the french consider them belgian. ANyway you can put it back if you can find the right citations.--AustinM 08:30, 15 March 2007 (EDT)
They are called "pommes frites" in Swedish.--What