Who invented the french fries??

Answer 1

As much as invent them, probably in different places people used to fry potato slices as far as history can trace.

The idea of slicing them into square sticks, and frying those, can be attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte.

He was always trying to maximize his supplies, ans it is said that he came up with this one in Poland, right before the Russian campaign.

Answer 2

The French!

Answer 3

According to legend, the french fry, or pomme frites, were invented by a Belgian chef in France who was adapting a Spanish recipe based on the newly discovered potato from the New World.

Answer 4

Clarence Birdseye Clarence Birdseye invented french fries

Answer 5

Jim French in 1927

Answer 6

YOU Know I often wondered my self. Seems to me once some one told me it was the french that did it. F R E N C H fries sound reasonable

Answer 7

Frites spread to America where they were called French fried potatoes. You asked how they got their name--pretty obvious, I'd say: they came from France, and they were fried potatoes, so they were called "French fried potatoes." The name was shortened to "french fries" in the 1930s.

Answer 8

I would say it was in Brussels,and they speak french so they said .pommes frites
and the brittish got something against things called pommes so they called it french fries
the potatoes originate in chili .they still got hundreds of varieties over there
and that is from my head
not copied like the guy who copied a book about it

Answer 9

France!

Answer 10

the french