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Any chance of citations with that order of Fries dbpsmith? ;) --[[User:AustinM|AustinM]] 13:29, 11 March 2007 (EDT)
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 carmelization?[[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]
==False Statement?==
==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)
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)