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The fries are often accompanied by ketchup, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, and sometimes a vaguely béarnaise-like sauce called "sauce pommes frites" (found also under the same name and with a similar form in French-speaking Belgium, and in Dutch-speaking Belgium and the Netherlands as fritessaus), which is available at local McDonald's restaurants ...
The thick-cut fries are called pommes Pont-Neuf [6] or simply pommes frites (about 10 mm or 3 ⁄ 8 in); thinner variants are pommes allumettes (matchstick potatoes; about 7 mm or 1 ⁄ 4 in), and pommes paille (potato straws; 4 mm or 1 ⁄ 8 in). Pommes gaufrettes are waffle fries.
In 2008, TNS Sofres carried out a survey among the people of the North. Mussels and French fries came in second place with 25%. The dish is outstripped by steak frites which gets 33%. [16] In France, according to the same TNS-Sofres poll, moules-frites are in second place among the favorite dishes of the French with 20%. [17]
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Poutine (Quebec French: [puˈt͡sɪn] ⓘ) is a dish of french fries and cheese curds topped with a brown gravy.It emerged in Quebec in the late 1950s in the Centre-du-Québec region, though its exact origins are uncertain, and there are several competing claims regarding its invention.
Steak frites, [a] meaning "steak [and] fries" in the French language, is a dish consisting of a steak paired with fried potatoes. It is commonly served in Belgian and French brasseries , and is considered by some to be the national dish of Belgium, which claims to be the country of origin.
A friture, baraque à frites or friterie (pronounced) in French-speaking Belgium and Northern France, or frituur or frietkot in Flanders and the Netherlands, also fritkot in French-speaking Belgium and friture or frietkraam in the Netherlands, is a traditional restaurant, kiosk or van serving quick-service fast food, particularly fries from ...
During World War I in the United States, due to Germany being an enemy of the United States, [3] "German" place names (such as Berlin, Ohio) and the adjective "German" were often expunged from the American language; by 1918, "French fries", shortened to "fries", had won the name game in the United States and Canada". [2]