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french fries
gainax2k1 Posted May 23, 2001
From doing a bit of research, pommes frites or "fried apples" are apparently quite German in origin.
French fries were actually founded in another European country, then brought to France by a restaurant owner somewhere. At this point, the potato slices were thicker.
During some war when people from the USA were eating at this French restaurant, the American's enjoyed the fried potatos. When they returned to the US, they started to prepare their potatos in the "French style", but eventually cut them into smaller, faster frying pencil-sized pieces.
After the passage of time, and several multi-billion dollar fast food restaurant chains later, you have the french fries of today.
french fries
gainax2k1 Posted May 25, 2001
upon further recollection, "papas fritas" (spanish for "fried potatos") are closer to the original french fries than those of today. They are (from experiance, at least) cut more like pickle spears then the pencil shapes of modern fries.
the question now is, how many different varieties of fried potato are there? off the top of my head, there's french fries, hash browns, tater tots, and potato chips. anyone think of other sorts?
french fries
coglione Posted Jun 28, 2001
saute' potatoes; potato croquettes (they're fried, sort of).
umm.. unsurprisingly i'm finding it hard to get inspired by root vegetables
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