Does Anyone know why McDonalds call fries fries instead of chips? and why its called a Hamburger when it dont have ham in it?
2007-01-18 05:56:33 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dining Out ➔ Fast Food
Its american! what do expect?!
2007-01-18 05:58:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 7⤋
In the west, what you call chips we call fries. To us, chips are those round, very thin and salty deep fried pototoe things.
The Hamburger started in Hamburg, Germany, so the name has little to do with what kind of meat is used. Still, the pattie was usually pork or a combination of different meat scraps.
In 1891, an American cookbook referred to the hamburger as a meat pattie between two pieces of bread...called the hamburger sandwich.
The concept of the hamburger changed from then on.
2007-01-18 06:09:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
They're only called chips in England or Australia or places like that. The first hamburger was made in a german called Hamburg so it was named after the town.
2007-01-18 09:37:24 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Nintendo 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
French fries is the American name for it, taken from the French pommes frites, fried potatoes.
The name "hamburger" comes from the city of Hamburg, where they first started serving cakes of ground meat with gravy over them...the American "hamburger" has no real similarity to these "Hamburg cakes" these days.
25 yrs ago when I first moved to Spain, "hamburgers" were made of pork (and an awful lot of gelatine!) and had so much food colour in them they were bright pink.
2007-01-18 06:05:23 · answer #4 · answered by anna 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Cause Americans call fries "Fries" ALL the time (we never call them chips - chips to us are potato chips sold in bags - like a salted snack - not fries) Hamburgers are called "Hamburgers" because they orginated in Hamburg, Germany - see article below.
2007-01-18 06:01:32 · answer #5 · answered by svmainus 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
i can't answer the first question but i got the answer for the second one:
the word 'hamburger' are originated from Hamburg in GERMANY. the inhabitants of this city are also known as "Hamburger" in German but as Hamburgians in English. In Germany, local traditional snacks are often named after the place of origin, like the Frankfurter (also known as a hotdog), the Berliner (a type of "doughnut") or (Nürnberger) Bratwurst.
2007-01-18 13:58:30 · answer #6 · answered by foongwk140804 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Chips are what British would call crisps so everything is called fries. There are some Brit restaurants and pubs out here that use the word chips for chipped potatoes.
2007-01-18 06:05:35 · answer #7 · answered by Arizona Brit 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well in the goo old US Of A they call crisps are called chips! and they call it a hamburger because it was invented in Germany!!
2007-01-18 22:23:52 · answer #8 · answered by andy b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are called fries because they are fried in oil - it is an American term. "Chips" is a european term for slices or slivers of potato that is dipped in oil and fried or baked in the oven.
The term "hamburger" came out of Germany in reference to a pattie of cow meat that is served on a bun.
2007-01-18 08:35:07 · answer #9 · answered by quatrapiller 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because it's a potatoe fried french fry and not a potato chip, and it's called "ham"burger bacause it comes off the Ham "***" part of a cow. Heck I don't know are you that bored. You do give blondes a bad name sugar.
2007-01-18 06:56:30 · answer #10 · answered by sweetme35 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
They are called fries because that is what they are. Chips are totally different then fries. I think the term hamburger comes from germany.
2007-01-18 06:00:03 · answer #11 · answered by mystery_me 4 · 4⤊ 3⤋