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Comment by eeeficus

1 day ago

French fries is not a french invention AFAIK but belgian!

Also the French have the great Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, early and famous potato proponent. Do they even want credit for such a basic dish?

Yup, French fries are Belgian. Also - it's important to cook them twice, otherwise it's just McDonalds and not real French fries.

  • Tbf McDonalds is also double fried, just the first time happens before they are flash frozen and sent to the restaurant.

    • Okay, I didn't want to elaborate the entire recipe :)... was just a way of making a small joke by making it sound like the Champagne wine region.

    • Sysco does or used to sell a french fry that was indistinguishable from McDonald's when cooked similarly. They had a catalog that visualized lined up individual representative french fries.

  • That's how my grandfather made them using peanut oil. Blanch and then fry, with a thermometer in the oil.