US Frites

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• Enkers@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Frites is a portmanteau of the words “French” and “frites”, so it’s still just “frites”.

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  • Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Occasionally they throw in a “Frunch” as well just to keep historians on their toes.

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• Kojichan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Trick question. They’re called patate frites normally, but everyone just calls them frites.

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    is it not pommes frites? fried apples?

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    • Kojichan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My bad. I had really bad nausea when typing that. Patate frites. I messed up the pomme de terre in there.

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  • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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    • Kojichan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My favorite is French Toast. It’s just “golden bread”, pain doré.

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    • __nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “French Fries” is a shortening of “French fries potatoes” and they indeed came to America via France.

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    • Mubelotix@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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• Frozzie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, the question is, what are French?

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