2010/3/18 John Sessoms <[email protected]>: > > pommes frites.
true. that is what us Germans plus the French and Belgians call them. short for pommes de terre frites. short because pommes means apples. > The wide style of fried potatoes commonly known as chips in the U.K. were > already popular in the U.S. as "Fries", when some fancy NYC restaurant > introduced "French" (style) Fries in the 1890s or so. > > The "French" in French Fries refers to very thin sliced strips of potato in > the French style, julienning, rather than to the frying in oil, which is > universal. I wasn't aware of this. But I do own and use regularly a julienne cutter as well as occasionally a 26 cm usuba for katsura muki. So I ask to be excused =) > The potato deep fried in oil appears to be independently invented where-ever > the potato is known. Local styles differ, but it's the same delicious food > item where ever you roam. delicious indeed. lets all join for delicious whatchamacallit! cheers ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
