from where french fries belong to?

Answer 1

I just wanted to mention that by no means did sweet and sour dishes come from san francisco. that's laughable.

Answer 2

French-fried potatoes were probably invented in France or Belgium during the 18th century, and the name "French" was applied to them in English in the 19th century. However, there are various more-or-less plausible alternative theories.

Culinary origin of the term

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]

It is sometimes suggested that the verb 'to french' originally meant to julienne-cut.[4] But this term refers specifically to trimming the meat off the shanks of chops[5] and is not attested until after 'French fried potatoes' had appeared.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries

Answer 3

Origin

There is disagreement as to the origin of this method of cooking potatoes. Because the term "French" is used in the name, many people give cooks in France credit for having first prepared french fries. A French writer of the nineteenth century who went by the name of Curnonsky (his real name was Maurice Edmond Sailland) said that if there were regional Parisian cooking, its greatest contribution to gastronomy would be pommes frites (French fried potatoes). Others have suggested that "French" refers to the way in which the potatoes are cut, into lengthwise strips, as with frenched green beans.

Legend has it that President Thomas Jefferson introduced the deep-fried potatoes at a state dinner in 1802 upon his return to the United States from a trip to France. There seems to be no record of them in the United States for about sixty years. Some restaurants were selling them by the 1860s, but this form of potatoes was not popular here until the 1920s when World War I veterans returned from Europe. Drive-in restaurants, opened in the 1930s and 1940s, sold french fries. Since they did not require a utensil, they were easy to eat while driving.

A British food history book states that "chipped" potatoes were introduced into Britain from France about 1870. The term "chips" is used to designate fries in Britain, while potato crisps is the British name for what are known as chips in North America. The British "chipped" potatoes were paired with fried fish and sold in shops instead of the sliced bread or baked potatoes that had accompanied fried fish since about 1850.

Answer 4

France,Belgium & Germany lay claim to being the first to cook & serve deep fried potatoes in the form of "fries"as we know it today,the potato travelled a long & challenging journey before being accepted as a food item in many parts of the world,Ireland,Americas & Europe mainly,When american soldiers returned after World War I ,they are said to have popularised 'fries' which they had grown to like ,while in Europe.

Answer 5

It is a word you yanks made up for them.
To most of the English speaking world they are Chips.
Imagine going out on a Friday night for some Fish and French Fries.
Sounds pretty ludicrous

Think that MacDonald Character started it to make his chips sound a little posher

Answer 6

They're originally from Belgium. When they spread to America, they were known as "frenched" fries. ("Frenched" referred to the way the potato was cut, not the country of France as is popularly believed.)

Over time, the "ed" was dropped and the name of the dish was shortened to french fries.

Answer 7

Are you asking where do french fries come from, like what counrty? I think it was the English who first put chipped potatoes in boiling oil. However potatoes are from the Americas as are tomatoes and what are known as bell peppers.
Why are they called french fries? I'm not sure but I think it has to do the the French's food company. These are the people who introduced bottled yellow mustard to the world at the 1910 Worlds Fair in St.Louis, MO. This idea makes the most since to me as there are several "Ethinic" foods out there that carry a name that is also a country. German's Chocolate cake for example. The recipe is from a contest that the German's Coco Company sponcered in the mid 50's, it's not German food. Tacos, as most Americans know them, were invented in San Deigo and Sweet and Sour dishes and Fourtune Cookies come from San Fransico.

Answer 8

They were actually invented by the Belgians (who speak French for the most part) and were originally called pommes frites. When they caught on in America, they were called French fries in the mistaken belief that they originated in France.

Answer 9

French fries are originally from Belgium

Answer 10

France?

Answer 11

Europe. Spartan