Why are fries called french fries?

Answer 1

Because of the way they're cut, not the way they're cooked or their supposed origin. "Frenching" can have two meanings. The appropriate one here is "to cut into long thin strips".

Answer 2

French fries are generally considered to be a Belgian invention rather than French. In Belgium and France they are called "pommes frites", pronounced "pom frit". This translates simply as "fried potatoes".

The French part doesn't necessarily denote that the this is a French dish, but rather that the potatoes are "fried in the French style". There's also speculation that the French part refers to the julienne cutting of the potatoes, and since julienne was a bit cumbersome as a word, they started being called "French". Either way, the name stuck.

Answer 3

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.

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Just a quick note: in Britain, they are better known as chips - as in fish and chips.

Answer 4

Fried potatoes, or pomme frites, first appeared in Paris in the 1840s. Well, they came from France so we named them French Fried Potatoes. Then, in the 1930s the name was shortened to 'French Fries', and there you have it.

Answer 5

because french Fries were discoved by the french and also because they wanted to make a taste little treat so they can sell it at fast food restaurants and get a quick money by making people like it so they can buy it and mack people like it

Answer 6

It's named after its origin.

No, it originated in Belgium. The French know a good thing when they see it, especially if it tastes good , so they started making them too. When American troops came to France in 1917 they also knew what they liked. They took the idea back home with them, and since they had found them in France they called them French fries.

Answer 7

Because it originated in france and french people eat it. It's just like why do they call it french bread?

Answer 8

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