Now can we start calling them "french fries" again?

[mindseye]

Now that it's clear that French doubts about Bush admin WoMD claims were not ill-founded, is the anti-French thing fading out in the US?

I can't tell from over here. Please tell me that embarassing display is over!

[DinoDoc]

I suggest calling them Belgian fries in honor of thier place of origin.

[The Mad Monk]

Yes, the Belgians must be rewarded for abandoning that silly court of theirs.

[alva]

I agree

Belgian fries !!!

[BeBMan]

No, but you can call France "Home of the Freedom" now

[DanS]

You can call them whatever you want. Just don't expect people to know what you mean.

[Kidlicious]

I don't think the thing is over.

[Sava]

I never stopped calling them French Fries in the first place.

[Gary]

Or you can call them chips, like the civilised world does

[BeBMan]

We call them Pommes Frites

[Traianvs]

we call it: "ne pak fritte" , or in better dutch : "een pak frieten"

Btw someone abroad should start serving fries in our typical pointed, paperlike recipients like this





A godlike gift it is!

Also for those people who like to drink a glass or two: this meal is so greasy and full of fattening unhealthy substances that is perfect to eat before a night out drinking.. You won't get drunk that fast if you eat this... Well that's what we do over here anyway

[Atahualpa]

Pommes Frites exactly!!

"Pommes" is french for "apple".
"Pommes de Terre" is french for "Potatoes"; it means "apples of the earth"

And frites because they are fried.

Btw, I like Burger King fries much more than McDonald's. Much much more!

[Cruddy]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
I suggest calling them Belgian fries in honor of thier place of origin.

Eh? The potato came from Belgium???

Some of us never called them French fries anyway.

What's wrong with calling them American fries?

[Sir David]

Trajanus, the thing is that you shouldn´t eat before going out - so that you get drunk fast

Ata, I must agree with you on that one. For the Pommes, Burger King is far more better than McDonalds (or 'Donken' in west-swedish) will ever dream about being. But then again, what is good at McD these days?

[Traianvs]

In case you were wondering...

the explanation is quite simple: in English, 'to french' means (or at least meant) 'to cut into lengthwise pieces'. You probably know 'frenched beans'. So logically, French Fries is short for 'frenched and fried potatoes'. In fact, the English call them 'chips', a word which has a similar meaning (a chipped piece of wood).

belgian fries