| ▲ | eeeficus a day ago |
| French fries is not a french invention AFAIK but belgian! |
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| ▲ | speedgoose a day ago | parent | next [-] |
| That’s not true. https://www.rtbf.be/article/cuisine-la-frite-vient-elle-de-f... https://www.news.uliege.be/cms/c_10630394/fr/les-grands-myth... |
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| ▲ | bee_rider a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Also the French have the great Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, early and famous potato proponent. Do they even want credit for such a basic dish? |
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| ▲ | jfengel a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| There is considerable argument over it. |
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| ▲ | isodev a day ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Yup, French fries are Belgian. Also - it's important to cook them twice, otherwise it's just McDonalds and not real French fries. |
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| ▲ | yurishimo a day ago | parent | next [-] | | Tbf McDonalds is also double fried, just the first time happens before they are flash frozen and sent to the restaurant. | | |
| ▲ | isodev a day ago | parent | next [-] | | Okay, I didn't want to elaborate the entire recipe :)... was just a way of making a small joke by making it sound like the Champagne wine region. | |
| ▲ | burnt-resistor a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | Sysco does or used to sell a french fry that was indistinguishable from McDonald's when cooked similarly. They had a catalog that visualized lined up individual representative french fries. |
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| ▲ | boobsbr a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Met ossenwit. | |
| ▲ | burnt-resistor a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | That's how my grandfather made them using peanut oil. Blanch and then fry, with a thermometer in the oil. |
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