2003 Americans: "Freedom made this"
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That was in 2001 iirc
2003 was the Iraq invasion that France rightly opposed and led to the creation of freedom fries.
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French is actually the language of the fries.
Curious, so why is it I never heard them talk in French?
Well, have you given them any reason to want to talk to you? Or are you just murdering them all slowly with your mastication?
See, if you just sat there and killed a large stack of my friends and countrymen, I wouldn't want to talk to you either.
I'm not telling you anything you murderer!
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The term "frenching" is also a culinary term that means preparing food for even cooking and to make it visually appealing.
Man, we did that in middle school too
Even though we werent visually appealing...
Says you, I slayed.
Isn't it short for french-cut fried potatoes and had nothing to do with France at all?
Well, France developed the cut. No?
Potatoes are a food native to the Americas and the Belgians claiming them is cultural appropriation. French fries are Chilean.
This is a joke, right?
Spaghetti is an Asian-Native American fusion dish.
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Fun fact: what's known in the US as "Danish pastries" are known in Denmark as wienerbrød (Vienna bread) and it turns out that both terms have some merit:
It was invented in Copenhagen by immigrants from Vienna
WIENER BREAD
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I was curious about French Toast the other day. Turns out it was invented by someone with the last name French and the intention was to call it French's Toast. But when he printed the name, he forgot the apostrophe and 'S'!
Similar story with German chocolate cake. It was German's chocolate cake. A guy named German.
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Who wants to claim our Brussels Sprouts? Go ahead, take them. Nobody? Well well well.
Brussels sprouts look and taste like little green brains. I have no idea what brain actually tastes like, but I imagine it's brussels sprouts.
Brussel sprouts are delicious. Modern versions have had their bitterness bred out. Roasted until crispy with olive oil and garlic and salt and they're fantastic.
Problem is the fools that boil or steam them. That way lies little green brains.
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In Poland we have Greek style fish, Ukrainian borscht and Russian pierogi. None of which have anything to do with the place they are named after.
I forgot about French pastry. Which I just puff pastry, but we call it French pastry for some reason. Doesn't it come from Ireland?
A little correction, the name "ruskie pierogi" comes not from Russia but from Red Ruthenia/Red Rus, or Ruś Czerwona in Polish, a region in western Ukraine.
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But... alliteration is always awesome.
We could have called them Flemish fries.
Alternatively, alliteration am always awesome
No, Freedom made this.
Germany is French, right?
That's the Belgian flag. But don't worry, they are so rare and tiny, that it doesn't make a difference. We eat more Pommes in Germany anyway!
belgium is waffle france
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We call them pommes frites in Denmark
Oh hey, OpenDyslexic font.
America had just bad eyesight or the belgian flag was already faded. So black became more blueish and yellow became white.
Then the French play the Uno reverse card and invent "Le sandwich américain"
The real question is "why do every other country calls this infamous sweet sauce 'French Mustard'?" It's a disgrace to french gastronomy.
They don't. It's "French's mustard" -- "French's" is a brand.
Edit: unless you're talking about Dijon mustard, which was created in France, so no real mystery there.
The French's brand has a tough time weathering the political divisiveness of the early Iraq war. They had to put out a statement because they were worried about dumbass Americans boycotting their products during the Iraq War because France opposed joining the Coalition of the Willing.
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I really don't understand why Belgium is so upset about this. They're literally fried potatoes. Choose something else.
THEY'RE NOT JUST FRIED POTATOES THEY ARE A CULINARY MASTERPIECE! THEY'RE CRISPY ON THE OUTSIDE, FLUFFY ON THE INSIDE, AND SERVED WITH A DIZZYING ARRAY OF SAUCES AND TOPPINGS THAT ELEVATE THEM TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF DELICIOUSNESS!!
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I got hungy :(
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