Comment on Anon thinks the French are posers

• Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Wikipedia for one

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• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I never knew there was a different name for it. The cafetière is a new one on me, and I did French in high school. Guess we weren’t talking about coffee much, though apparently french fries came up enough for me to remember pommes frites (they probably don’t fry apples much over there).

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Pommes de terre frites or patates frites

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Or just ‘frites’

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      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Most commonly, yes, just frites. Was just saying that pommes frites wasn’t exactly right

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  • RunawayFixer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Some fruits can be fried in the form of “beignets”, which is fruit covered with batter and then fried. Apples are traditionally the most popular beignet recipe I think: “beignets aux pommes”.

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    • oce@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The typical beignets aux pommes are made with apple compote (apples slowly cooked in a pan with a bit of water until they become liquid).

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      • RunawayFixer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I have never eaten beignets like that, where I’m from it’s always a recognizable apple before it gets battered and fried (in thick slices if it’s large or whole if small).

        If I search for beignets aux pommes, the 1st, 2nd and 4th result is without compotes, just apple slices like I know them. The 3rd looks to be the compote version. Adding compote to the query finds recipes for “beignets a la compote de pommes”, so I suspect that it’s a regional thing that those are called apple beignets.

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• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The US calls everything “French” because they think it’ll sell better.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Until we collectively decided to be jerks about it in the early 2000s and called them “freedom fries” and “freedom toast.” I think it’s so weird that we’re closer to the British than the French when France totally helped us out in the early days.

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  • oce@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, I think so too, Japan does the same with food and luxury shops.

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