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French fries [a] (or simply fries, also known as chips [b] among other names [c]) are batonnet or julienne-cut [3] deep-fried potatoes of disputed origin. They are prepared by cutting potatoes into even strips, drying them, and frying them, usually in a deep fryer.
On the other side of the country, Washington state farmer Mike Pink is weighing whether to plow under 30,000 tons of potatoes worth millions of dollars that would have been turned into french ...
Menu from a Congressional cafeteria featuring freedom fries. Freedom fries was a politically motivated renaming of french fries in the United States.The term was coined 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.
French historian Justin Vaïsse has proposed that an important cause of public hostility in the US is the small number of Americans of direct or recent French descent. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] Most Americans of French descent are descended from 17th- and 18th-century colonists who settled in Quebec , Acadia , or Louisiana before migrating to the United ...
Steak ‘n Shake has announced that it’s going to start frying its french fries in 100% beef tallow. The change comes a week after the chain posted a poll on X asking whether it should switch to ...
For half a century, the economy in Connell, Washington, was hotter than oil. Up until last fall, this plant processed 300 million pounds of potatoes into french fries every year. Adam Kunkel moved ...
4. Best French Fry Accompaniment: Sonic. Perhaps you don't like dipping fries into your shake, but guess what: We do. It's one of life's great pleasures.
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]