2007-01-27 09:04:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
SCWID is the only one on target; it is a FRENCH cut, most likely that word was originnally used because the cook was French, in fact for assorted reasons the French havealways been touted as good cooks and throughout the 1800s and 1900s if a man was nicknamed 'French' most likely he was a chef or cook. A french cut can applie to greenbeans, carrots, onions, celery and on to potatoes. Those thicker fried potatoes are usually described as homestyle.
Outside of food, French cut can refer to cuffs.
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2007-01-27 09:13:13 · answer #1 · answered by JVHawai'i 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Technically they are 'french fried' potatoes - in other words, potatoes cut and fried in a style associated with France. At the time of their introduction this cooking method was largely unknown in the US; when Americans at the time fried potatoes at all they were usually grill fried (what we call 'home fries' today). Only later did the term get shortened to 'french fries '
It's sort of like 'chicken fried steak' which contains no chicken - it's steak fried the same way you fry chicken.
2007-01-27 17:44:44 · answer #2 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
French Fries are actually Belgian
2007-01-27 17:11:41 · answer #3 · answered by april_c_a 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am guessing it is because they cut french fries in a Julienne style...which is a french word which probably means it is a cutting technique originally used by the French...even if the food was originally made in America.
2007-01-27 17:12:35 · answer #4 · answered by Rackjack 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Frenched is the type or style of cut used on the potato's.
French style green beans is my source. Look at them, they are green beans that are cut into tiny slivers of the original bean a lot like fries.
2007-01-27 17:08:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they are fried french style.
2007-01-27 17:08:03 · answer #6 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
b/c cutting things into long strips used to be called "frenching." So French-Fried were the 2 steps done to potatoes.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_sf/episode/0,1976,FOOD_17616_37989,00.html
2007-01-27 17:41:04 · answer #7 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WE call them French fries. They are called frites or pommes frites in French speaking countries. Origin is Belgian.
2007-01-27 17:08:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it depends on the size if they are cut into french fries are cut quite thin whereas chips would be cut thicker.
2007-01-27 17:12:56 · answer #9 · answered by peter g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
French is the style they're cut.
2007-01-27 17:20:21 · answer #10 · answered by Miss §hopaholic 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋