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[Pachirisu_1551552076 5]

Oh.

I see

[Novayon 192]

Well, over here they both fall under "chips" but the thin ones like McDonald's are known as fries

?

[KH-Queen 15]

Why do we call fries "French fries"????? The French didn't make them, so why??

Why not call them potato fries

[Amaterasu_1549906707 19]

actually..

let me think about that..

[KH-Queen 15]

Like "sweet potato fries"

[Amaterasu_1549906707 19]

pretty ssure it comes from belgium.. in origin

[KH-Queen 15]

[KH-Queen 15]

Really???

[Amaterasu_1549906707 19]

Iirc my food history right.. It originates from a belgian village whehre they'd fry fish often.. and during one really harsh winter, the'd have to find other sources.. like potatoes.. so they then decided "Hey, what if we prepare this like we do fish??"

[KH-Queen 15]

[Amaterasu_1549906707 19]

it dates from like.. the 1600s or somehting

[KH-Queen 15]

Oh wow

......... -_-

[Amaterasu_1549906707 19]

And then soldiers during WW1?? Were introduced to it.. And since the language of the belgian army was french, that's how the name stuck... haha @KH-Queen

[The V-Blade 2]

In Australia, fries are called chips. And bagged chips are called chips

[KH-Queen 15]

Haha that's such a cool fact!!!

[Amaterasu_1549906707 19]

A lot of foods have interesting history if you just look

Tho, i like how the US is giving the credit to the wrong country even decades later..

[KH-Queen 15]

US gives wrong credit all the time

[Amaterasu_1549906707 19]

They technically should be call Belgian Fries, basically

[KH-Queen 15]

Basically

[Novayon 192]

They should be called chips <:seasaltshinji:512668704102940673> <:seasaltshinji:512668704102940673>

[KH-Queen 15]

[Amaterasu_1549906707 19]

They're only chips when they're that big one, weaklings

[Novayon 192]

No

[KH-Queen 15]

I prefer to call them potato fries

Cause it's literally

potato

LOOOOL

[Amaterasu_1549906707 19]

call them "Polysaturated, salted cuts of frie dpotato"