Sunday, January 31, 2010

French Fries in Belgium

Who wants fries?! Hmm... I think everybody out there loves eating French fries… right?!

French fries have been a crowd favorite since then, not only because it is easy to cook and is heavy to the tummy but also because it can be served with different flavors and dips.

But do you know how “French fries” came to be?! Well… I’ll give you a little trivia. In 1980, the poor inhabitants of a place somewhere in Belgium was starving to death for they get no fish (main meal) from the river for it is frozen so what they did is cut potatoes lengthwise and fried them in oil to accompany their meals… and poof! French fries came into the world! As of now, French Fries or frietes, as it is called in Belgium, is considered as their national snack.

Why was it called ‘French fries’ rather than ‘Belgian Fries’ is another story.



January 31, 2010

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

cool post

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