LOL. I have lots of Scots Irish and a little German: While Dad sometimes ate Weinerschnitzil, and sugar in his tomatoes, that’s about it.
We were big on salt and pepper, but you know there’s some things like bay leaf to make chicken soup, chile and paprika, garlic and onions for chile etc. that were always around.
French????? Pffft. Never heard of that till I was older and married.LOL
One of the few things I miss about California is picking fresh bay leaves for cooking, and eucalyptus leaves for dresser drawers.