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 carmelization?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]
- 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)