[LonePalm]

The French in French fries refers to the cut of the potato and not the country of origin. They originated in Belgium. FWIW - The eat their fries with mayonnaise instead of ketchup.

The cut is known as a Julienne. It is referred to as the allumette (matchstick) cut when used on potatoes.

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LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[greeneyes]

I saw article about poor crop of potatoes this year—hence possible French fry shortage.
That’s gotta be some kind of code or satire. I’ve never bought imported French Fries in my life.
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Huh?? I don’t understand your comment.
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The French in French fries refers to the cut of the potato and not the country of origin. They originated in Belgium. FWIW - The eat their fries with mayonnaise instead of ketchup.
The cut is known as a Julienne. It is referred to as the allumette (matchstick) cut when used on potatoes.
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Well I know that. Which is why I don’t understand why you would be talking about imported French Fries.

[Empireoftheatom48]

Visiting a frittery in Belgium they had 30 some different sauces for their fries. They were great.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Thank you!

There is no end to Trivia with which to fill the corners of the mind! This potato information will probably endure in my mind long after I forget things like my Social Security number and middle name!

(Ugh! Mayonaise on Fries is decadent!)

OK Rita....food slide over!

When you see what A. Shiff does with the truth, it makes you wonder how many of his prosecutions resulted in innocent people being sent to jail...

[ROCKLOBSTER]

The eat their fries with mayonnaise instead of ketchup.

The Canadians eat their potats with vinegar...However to further exacerbate the suffering of the Europeans and their own life threatening potato famine, there also looms the spectre of a chronic mayonnaise shortage, due to farm worker and food processing union strikes.....investigations seemingly indicate the crisis to also be caused by the Trump Administration.

[Bigg Red]

Thank you. I learned something.

However, re:

The eat their fries with mayonnaise instead of ketchup

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Uncivilized!

[bagster]

The eat their fries with mayonnaise instead of ketchup.

What do they call a Quarter Pounder in France?

(imgflip.com is down. Imagine a meme with John Travolta from Pulp Fiction saying something funny about the metric system here).