| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:25 PM |
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tjoepapke
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really why do you people call it french frites, the real FRITES are from belgium not france, and really honest the french frites sucks, a little time back i buy'd there some frites bah, ok but they have verry good wine but not the frites, so why??
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:32 PM |
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PullMyFinger
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Probably cuz most people equate the French with being greasy...I could be wrong.
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:33 PM |
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beckyiv42000
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:35 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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And actually, up until recently our government was calling them Patriot fries... 
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:37 PM |
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warrior674
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What are "frites"? 
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:39 PM |
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DoorWatcher
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Fries, maybe?
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:41 PM |
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warrior674
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:42 PM |
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kattsmeow
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I have worked in alot of restaurants, we called they freedom fries or american fries.
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:42 PM |
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BandTMom
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I was wondering why we call then frites too! I think a frite is something scary!
I call them French Fries!! 
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:42 PM |
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PullMyFinger
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Yup...In Belgium french fries are called frites.....it's a huge thing there...
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:46 PM |
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BandTMom
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Well..when in Belgium......
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:50 PM |
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SHASTAEAGLE
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In Germany they call french fries, "Pommes Frites"
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:51 PM |
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wiccked
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The Belgians are noted for claiming that "French" fries are in fact Belgian, but definitive evidence for the origin has not been presented. Whether they invented them, 'frites' quickly became the national snack and a substantial part of both national dishes — making the Belgians their largest consumers[citation needed] and to Europe at least their "symbolic" creators.
The Belgian historian Jo Gerard recounts that potatoes were already fried in 1680, in the area of "the Meuse valley between Dinant and Liège, Belgium. The poor inhabitants of this region allegedly had the custom of accompanying their meals with small fried fish, but when the river was frozen and they were unable to fish, they cut potatoes lengthwise and fried them in oil to accompany their meals."[4]
The term 'frites' lends itself to puns with the name 'Fritz'. In 1857, the newspaper Courrier de Verviers devotes an article to Fritz, a Belgian entrepreneur selling French fries at fairs, calling him "le roi des pommes de terre frites". In 1862 a fries shack (frietkot, see below) called "Max en Fritz" was established near Het Steen in Antwerp.[5]
Another Belgian legend claims that the term 'French' was introduced when British or American soldiers arrived in Belgium during World War I, and consequently tasted Belgian fries. The supposedly called them 'French' as it was the official language of the Belgian army at that time.[6][7] But the term 'French fried potatoes' had been in use long before the War.
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:54 PM |
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BandTMom
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In Spain they are Pappas fritas, but I live in America!
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:55 PM |
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robodad
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really why do you people call it french frites "Us" people call them french fries. "Those" people call them patates frites....so there 
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:56 PM |
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blueyes101
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Well, HELLO miss encyclopedia...............  Glad to have ya back.......  
[Edited on 2/9/2007 8:57 PM]
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:56 PM |
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warrior674
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Hmmm...I did not know that stuff wiccked.
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:58 PM |
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BandTMom
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She is actually Wicckipedia!!
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 9:11 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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| Feb 9, 2007 @ 9:14 PM |
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wiccked
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mom!!!! dont tell everything.......  i want to have a little "mystery" to me
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