What makes fries french

I proliferated the size to usable then in I invented the deep fryer and lard deep frying at Chicken in the rough resteraunt Pine Grove avenue Port Huron Mi. Shoestrings they were first called. Then after I invented all the varieties we have today over the years.

Love it! They were invented in Salem at a witch burning event when a clever potato salesman, who unable to sell the ugly spuds as food started slicing them thickly for people to rub on the burns they got stoking the fires! Belgium did not exist until The reference to the French fry having its beginning in the area between Dinant and Liege should indicate that it was not in Belgium, but in the Netherlands, Southern Netherlands as the area was referred to from the Treaty of Vienna in until Squashed potatoes, dipped in flower with or without herbs and cooked in grease.

This is literally mentioned in recipes from that time. Thus we do not know WHEN someone came up with the idea to cut it in slices. Vincent, I reply to your comment of YES! Dylan: Yep, thanks for catching the typo! On your second bit, is that just a little bonus fact or were you specifically referencing something in the article? It is known that I created the potato and fries but not to a large number of people. The hogwash about the ancients eating them is pure hogwash.

Until I began proliferating our food suplies and varieties in man survived on strictley bread and water and it was break your teeth rock hark unleven and people were too stupid to invent the drinking glass they just sucked water from the ditch like all the other animals I invented carnival glass in and pitcher sets man what an improvement.

Your first and fourth pictures show potato CHIPS, which have a nice crusty exterior and a somewhat edible interior. If the potato is cut perpendicular to the long axis into thin about 1mm thick discs, dumping these into boiling oil will produce CRISPS which are, well, crisp all the way through; they get put into airfilled packets to prevent squashing and consumed cold — and noisily — in large quantities at movies, barbeques, sports events etc.

Chips on the other hand are much more likely to be served hot on a plate alongside steaks, vegetables, burgers etc. Crisps are therefore likely to be deepfried almost by definition, while chips can be fried in a variety of ways. While crisps and chips are likely to be made from potatoes, they can be made from a remarkable variety of vegetables, including beetroot….

Unfortunately for you, everything you said is only true in one location, Great Britain. Fish and chips was my original concept and Sarnia Ontario was where I invented putting the vinager on the chips the year was or about.

Aurthur Treacher fish and chips spun off the original resteraunt. Stupid autocorrect…. Excellent article. Some times it helps when we view the history of foods from a less Euro-centric perspective. I addition it is important not to focus on how certain food were introduced to the US as an expansion from the original 13 founder states. But how they were introduced in general Southwest, Fl, LA, etc. Potatoes originated in Peru fact. Spain conquered and colonized Peru in the second half of the 16th century fact.

Spaniards introduced new foods, spices, animals, and techniques including frying fact. By analogy the Portuguese introduced frying to Japan Catholics ate a lot of fried fish during during lent: Tempora. Thus derives modern Japanese Tempura. Most likely fried potatoes were made and consumed in South America long before potatoes were introduced and later popularized in Europe. Think about it why wait two hundred years to fry readily available potatoes when you are already frying fish and other foods?

Gustavo, Just additional information on your comment in YES! Thus we know this because recipes do still exist from that time frame that fries WERE NOT cut in slices, in thin tranches, but were round.

Not Belgium. Gustavo — Excellent thoughts and fascinating information. Basil — I appreciate your thoughts on the names of fries versus chips versus crips… but please include what part of the world you are speaking for. I am guessing Britain? In the my part of the U. I like having my fries with mayo and the waiters hate me for it since it slips their mind and they have to go back to the kitchen.

Drop the bucket, hit the timer. Shake the bucket, dump the fires in the bin and salt them. I still see that procedure, so where do you get the idea they fry them twice? Jennifer: I believe, if memory serves, they are fried before they are frozen and sent out to the restaurants.

Yes, you are correct. They are pre-fried, then left to cool before being fried again. A skin forms on them and this way you get a nice crispy skin and soft center. My family had fish and chip shops in New Zealand for years. And any fries you buy to cook at home, oven fries, etc, are all precooked. If you cook them from scratch, they tend to burn on the outside without getting the inside soft. A cold, thinly cut potato slice is a potato chip to New Zealanders, what the British call a crisp.

Hi, a belgian here, we actually fry our delicious fries twice. There are specific rules concerning temperature for the first and second bakingperiod. And we mostly eat them with mayo sometimes adding a belgian beef-and-beerstew. In the seventies there where no fries to find in France.

I am Belgian and the only thing that we could find there In those years was potatoes cut in four parts and yes with mustard. In that time Belgium was full of friteries with all the sauces you can dream about.

So please stay close to your own experience. Not some google search for so called correct History. Thank You Frites is a genuine original Belgian Product. Come and check it out in France Holland and Belgium. Give me a break. Erwin: Of course. Sure Mr.

Hiskey, ignore what any Belgian says right? Erwin Cools. Belgians like to believe that. Only no manuscript was found. It was simply not the truth. Only no proof or real indication has been discovered. Furthermore… it is not know at all this means not discovered who or when people started to slice their potatoes in thin tranches.

We do know that it originated in Paris, France. Sorry to tell you this. I researched it as much as possible. Fries with an egg on it? Fries, or French fries, are one of the most popular side dishes in the world. They find accompaniment in dips, mayonnaise, ketchup, and even vinegar. The tasty snack also has a day assigned to it. In , Belgium sought to give French fries a cultural heritage status. Follow more stories on Facebook and Twitter.

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