2007-02-11 09:35:40 · 11 answers · asked by Banshee 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
they aren't Dutch nor French but Belgian:In Belgium two languages are spoken Flemish(like Dutch and WALLONIAN(LIKE FRENCH)
Their original name was :patates frites Patates:made of potato
frites:sticks
Since they were in deep frying fat:they had to came up with a word:everybody would understand
French.nothing to do with France at all
fries:from frying
and French fries sound better than:pommes frites:=French
patat:Dutch
patatakes:Belgian.
now you know
Drop.
2007-02-11 10:00:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because fried potatoes first originated in Paris, France by two chefs who first cut the potatoes the long way. When the recipe came to America, it was first called French Fried potatoes, but as time went on it was shorten to "French Fries."
2007-02-11 09:41:26 · answer #2 · answered by ♥♥Bree♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The straightforward explanation of the term is that it means 'potatoes fried in the French sense of the verb': 'to fry' can mean either sautéing or deep-fat frying, while its French origin 'frire' unambiguously means deep-frying : frites being its past participle used with a plural feminine substantive as in pommes de terre frites 'deep-fried potatoes'.[1][2] Thomas Jefferson, famous for serving French dishes, wrote exactly the latter French expression.[1][3] In the early 20th century, the term 'French fried' was being used for foods such as onion rings or chicken, apart from potatoes.[4][5] It is sometimes suggested that the verb 'to french' originally meant to julienne-cut.[6] But this term refers specifically to trimming the meat off the shanks of chops[7] and is not attested until after 'French fried potatoes' had appeared.
2016-05-23 22:31:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fried potatoes are cooked in a skillet whereas french fries are submerged in hot oil.
2007-02-11 09:42:02 · answer #4 · answered by Israel-1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the cut, I really dont know, fried potatoes are done in a skillet but I also do my french fries in a skillet.. I dont own a deep fryer lol
2007-02-11 09:46:05 · answer #5 · answered by catersqueen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were made in france so the "french" created it and fries means like it was "deep fried" and so u make it plural because there is more than one fry which equals... dum dum da dum!!!
"french fries"
2007-02-11 09:39:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because the french like to name things crazy names in english
2007-02-11 09:38:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
who cares? i'll take a large fries, no salt, and a strawberry shake.
2007-02-11 09:43:49 · answer #8 · answered by half sam, half amazing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the french invented the recipe
2007-02-11 09:39:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They aren't even frnch they're dutch
2007-02-11 09:39:41 · answer #10 · answered by ACV 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋