McDonald's french fries are exactly that, fried french-cut potatoes.
you put cut up potatoes and fry them in a pot of oil.
French fries are both. You have processed fries, and you have natural cut fries. Processed fries go through many processes and machinery to get as good tasting as they are. Natural cut fries are just sliced and put in the oven, such as Wendy's fries or home fries.
French fries are not coated with flour. They are potatoes that are cut into fries and then fried in oil.
Fries are made of potatoes :D
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They are called french fries because of the way they are cut and the way they are cooked. In cooking, a long thin cut is called a french cut, and then of course they are fried, so you get french fries. I wouldn't be surprised to find out they were once called french cut fried potatoes and it just got shortened along the way.
Belgium. The way they are cut is the french way, so they are called french fries in America. in France they are just called frites, or fries.
They are called French fries because "to french something" is to cut it into thin slices. The French themselves don't call their fries "French".
Tater Tots and Fries are made primarily in Ontario, Oregon.
McDonald's fries are made from potatoes, but they contain preservatives and are cooked in oil.