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Correct. The “frites” part means exactly the same as “fries” (well, technically it means “fried”).

Americans just LOVE to make things sound fancier by adding “French” to the name to give it some “ooh là là”. See also: “French” vanilla ice cream (everywhere else in the world it’s just vanilla).

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DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Actually, French vanilla is used when actual vanilla bean is used in the flavouring, if t just says vanilla its either artificial or a miniscule amount of extract.

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- __nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  French vanilla ice cream is vanilla ice cream in the French style. The ice cream is French not the vanilla.
  
  French vanilla ice cream has egg yolks. Regular vanilla ice cream does not.
  
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- Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Lul, instead oft making vanilla mean (real) vanilla and calling fake “vanilla flavoured” or vanilin like a sane person
  
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Kojichan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
My favorite is French Toast. It’s just “golden bread”, pain doré.

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- Noodle07@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Nah it’s “pain perdu” which means lost bread. It’s list because it’s too hard to eat normally anymore
  
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  - Kojichan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Maybe it’s called that where you are? In Quebec we call French Toast “pain doré”. :)
    
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    Noodle07@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Oh interesting
    
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__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
“French Fries” is a shortening of “French fries potatoes” and they indeed came to America via France.

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- toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  French fried potaters
  
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Mubelotix@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Indeed. Actually the real french word is “fries”, and “frites” is a mistake children make, like saying “pourrites” instead of “pourries”

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