Trick question. They’re called patate frites normally, but everyone just calls them frites.
US Frites
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Spoilt@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Kojichan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 weeks 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).
DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 2 weeks 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.
Kojichan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My favorite is French Toast. It’s just “golden bread”, pain doré.
__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
“French Fries” is a shortening of “French fries potatoes” and they indeed came to America via France.
Mubelotix@jlai.lu 1 week ago
Indeed. Actually the real french word is “fries”, and “frites” is a mistake children make, like saying “pourrites” instead of “pourries”
lime@feddit.nu 1 week ago
is it not pommes frites? fried apples?
Kojichan@lemmy.world 1 week ago
My bad. I had really bad nausea when typing that. Patate frites. I messed up the pomme de terre in there.
Frozzie@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No, the question is, what are French?
Enkers@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Frites is a portmanteau of the words “French” and “frites”, so it’s still just “frites”.
Donkter@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Occasionally they throw in a “Frunch” as well just to keep historians on their toes.