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French fries (North American English & British English), chips (British and other national varieties), [1] finger chips (Indian English), [2] french-fried potatoes, or simply fries, are batonnet or allumette-cut [3] deep-fried potatoes of disputed origin from Belgium or France.
McDonald's french fries alongside a chicken sandwich. Introduced in 1949, the french fries were cooked in a mixture of 93% beef tallow and 7% cottonseed oil. [2] [3]In the 1950s, CEO and founder Ray Kroc established quality control measures for McDonald's suppliers, ensuring potatoes maintained a solids content within the optimal range of twenty to twenty-three percent. [4]
McCain Foods Limited is a Canadian multinational frozen food company established in 1957 in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. [2] It is the world's largest manufacturer of frozen potato products, with 1 in 4 french fries in the world being a McCain fry. [3] Its major competitors are Simplot and Lamb Weston. [4] [5]
Home fries – referred to as fried potatoes (UK and regional US), it is a basic potato dish made by pan- or skillet-frying chunked, sliced, wedged or diced potatoes that are sometimes unpeeled and may have been par-cooked by boiling, baking, steaming, or microwaving. Lyonnaise potatoes – a French dish prepared with sliced pan-fried potatoes ...
Trans fat, also called trans-unsaturated fatty acids, or trans fatty acids, is a type of unsaturated fat that occurs in foods. Trace concentrations of trans fats occur naturally, but large amounts are found in some processed foods. Since consumption of trans fats is unhealthy, [ a] artificial trans fats are highly regulated or banned in many ...
Freedom fries was a politically motivated renaming of french fries in the United States. The term was created in February 2003 in a North Carolina restaurant, and was widely publicized a month later when the then Republican Chairman of the Committee on House Administration , Bob Ney , renamed the menu item in three Congressional cafeterias.
Moules, served in the pan, with fries. Moules-frites or moules et frites[ 1] ( French pronunciation: [mul.fʁit] ]; Dutch: mosselen-friet) is a main dish of mussels and French fries originating in Northern France and Belgium. [ 2] The title of the dish is French, moules meaning mussels and frites fries, with the Dutch name for the dish meaning ...
F. Freedom fries. List of accompaniments to french fries. French fry vending machine. Fried sweet potato. Frietmuseum. Friterie.