The Origin of French Fries
Last Modified: 07/03/2022
While many people think that this popular snack came from France, its origin is not as simple as its name suggests.
- 1God,
- 2I
- 3love
- 4these
- 5fries.
- 6If
- 7you
- 8love
- 9them
- 10so
- 11much,
- 12why
- 13don't
- 14you
- 15marry
- 16them?
- 17Ah,
- 18the
- 19good old
- 20French fries.
- 21Just
- 22because
- 23of
- 24the
- 25name,
- 26their
- 27origin
- 28story
- 29isn't
- 30any
- 31simpler.
- 32It
- 33is
- 34not
- 35entirely
- 36clear
- 37who
- 38invented
- 39the
- 40yummy
- 41strips
- 42of
- 43fried
- 44potatoes.
- 45Spanish
- 46travelers
- 47have
- 48said
- 49to
- 50have
- 51introduced
- 52potatoes
- 53to
- 54Europe.
- 55According to
- 56historical
- 57records,
- 58somewhere
- 59between
- 60the
- 6117th
- 62and
- 6318th
- 64century,...
- 65...Belgians
- 66began
- 67using
- 68potatoes
- 69to
- 70create
- 71thin
- 72fried
- 73strips.
- 74They
- 75would
- 76catch
- 77small
- 78fish
- 79and
- 80fry
- 81them
- 82for
- 83a
- 84quick
- 85meal.
- 86But
- 87during
- 88the
- 89winter
- 90months
- 91when
- 92fishing
- 93was
- 94difficult
- 95and
- 96dangerous,...
- 97...they
- 98decided
- 99to
- 100substitute
- 101potatoes
- 102for
- 103the
- 104usual
- 105fish.
- 106French
- 107people
- 108argued
- 109that
- 110fries
- 111were
- 112first
- 113created
- 114by
- 115Parisian
- 116cooks...
- 117...under
- 118several
- 119bridges
- 120that
- 121crossed
- 122river.
- 123However,
- 124there
- 125is
- 126no
- 127recorded
- 128evidence
- 129of
- 130their
- 131invention...
- 132...or
- 133who
- 134initially
- 135came up with
- 136the
- 137dish.
- 138It
- 139has been
- 140documented
- 141that
- 142the
- 143French
- 144never
- 145ate
- 146potatoes...
- 147...as
- 148they
- 149believed
- 150the
- 151vegetable
- 152caused
- 153disease.
- 154The
- 155French
- 156parliament
- 157banned
- 158the
- 159cultivation
- 160of
- 161potatoes
- 162in
- 1631748,...
- 164...casting
- 165serious
- 166doubt
- 167that
- 168the
- 169French
- 170created
- 171the
- 172famous
- 173fries.
- 174Nevertheless,
- 175by
- 176the
- 1771700s,
- 178potatoes
- 179were
- 180declared
- 181edible
- 182for
- 183people
- 184in
- 185France,...
- 186...and
- 187eventually
- 188French fries
- 189were
- 190discovered...
- 191...or
- 192possibly
- 193created
- 194by
- 195an
- 196experimenting
- 197cook,
- 198and
- 199the
- 200popularity
- 201skyrocketed.
- 202Thomas
- 203Jefferson
- 204is
- 205credited
- 206with
- 207introducing
- 208the
- 209fries
- 210to
- 211America...
- 212...when
- 213he
- 214discovered
- 215the
- 216snack
- 217during
- 218a
- 219trip
- 220to
- 221Paris.
- 222In
- 2231802,
- 224the
- 225White House
- 226menu
- 227listed
- 228potatoes
- 229served
- 230in
- 231the
- 232French
- 233manner.
- 234It
- 235was
- 236a matter of
- 237time
- 238before
- 239French fries
- 240made their way
- 241around
- 242the
- 243United States.
- 244Pop quiz
- 245time.
- 246Who
- 247do
- 248you
- 249think
- 250invented
- 251French fries?
- 252A.
- 253French,...
- 254...B.
- 255Belgians,...
- 256...or
- 257C.
- 258the
- 259Chinese.
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