Why are French Fries.....?

Question

called French fries when they weren't invented in France?

Answer 1

No one really knows... The French claim that they were the Belgians were the first to have fried chopped potato but there are many theories. Either way, it is not something complicated so my assumption would be that in many places people have fried their potatoes chopped in one shape or the other. They are called French Fries only in USA, so my best guess would be that they were introduced en masse to north America through the French eateries. In UK they are called chips, and in continental Europe they are called pommes frites, pommes or frites or variations of these words - from French, which might add to the impression that they are a French "invention."

Answer 2

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Many attribute the dish to France—though in France they are often thought of as Belgian—and offer as evidence a notation by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. "Potatoes deep-fried while raw, in small slices" are noted in a manuscript in Thomas Jefferson's hand (circa 1801) and the recipe almost certainly comes from his French chef, Honoré Julien. In addition, from 1813[9] on recipes for what can be described as "French fries" occur in popular American cookbooks. Recipes for fried potatoes in French cookbooks date back at least to Menon's Les soupers de la cour (1755). Eliza Warren's cookbook The economical cookery book for housewives, cooks, and maids-of-all-work, with hints to the mistress and servant used the term "French fried potatoes" in around 1856.[10]

It is true that eating potatoes was promoted in France by Parmentier, but he did not mention fried potatoes in particular. And the name of the dish in languages other than English does not refer to France; indeed, in French, they are simply called "pommes de terres frites" or, more commonly, simply "pomme frites" or "frites".

During the controversy over Freedom Fries, French people from around the world repeated the story that the food was actually Belgian, or at least, a Belgian speciality."

Answer 3

Why do they call them french fries....?
It's strips of fried potatos--deal with it!! l
Why are French Fries.....?
called French fries when they weren't invented in France
why are french fries called **french fries**? and where did they originate?/?
...both Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake, but generally agreed to be in the 1590s. The Protestants in northern Ireland and Scotland refused..
why is french fries called FRENCH FRIES?
French Fries are actually Belgium in origin, not French . The name derives because the potatoes are frenched -cut into lengthwise strips.
Why are french fries called french fries?
wikipedia is awesome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ French _ fries scroll to origin. :)
Why are FRIED FRIES called FRENCH FRIES??!! This question is bugging me and i need an answer!?
...quot;fried in the French manner . The English verb fry is ambiguous: it...the verb to french did not start...
Who knows why they are called "French Fries" instead of another name.....?
...generally accepted story is that a French army officer named Parmentier...became fashionable and entered French cuisine. From France, to the...
Are french fries really French?
...quot;fried in the French manner . The English verb fry is ambiguous: it...the first f in french fries is generally...
Why do they call french fries,"FRENCH" if they are not French?
...quot;fried in the French manner . The English verb fry is ambiguous...of the frozen French fry invented by the...
Why are French Fries called French Fies? (Are they really French?)?
...have been fried in the french manner . The English verb fry is ambiguous: it can refer to...

Answer 4

Not fried in the French manner, "Frenched." Meaning that they are cut into strips. "French" fries were invented in Belgium.

Answer 5

The straightforward explanation of the term "French fried potatoes" is that it means "potatoes fried in the French manner": the verb fry can mean either sautéing or deep-fat frying, while French 'frire' unambiguously means deep frying. Thomas Jefferson, famous for serving French dishes, referred to fried potatoes in this way.

Answer 6

Possibly because of the way they are cooked. They are fried in the french manner. The verb fry can mean sauteing or deep fat frying....or possibly because the way the french fries are cut--Julienne (which is another french term)

Answer 7

"French Fries" means potatoes fried in the French manner, thats why they are called French fries.

Answer 8

who still calls them french fries? Not me! I just call them small, medium, or large fries

Answer 9

They are called "Patate Frites" in france

Answer 10

Go to this website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries