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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.
Moules-frites or moules et frites [1] (French pronunciation:]; Dutch: mosselen-friet) is a main dish of mussels and French fries originating in Northern France and Belgium. [2] The name is French, moules meaning mussels and frites fries, with the Dutch name for the dish meaning the same.
Pommes dauphine, sometimes called dauphine potatoes, [1] are crisp potato puffs made by mixing mashed potatoes with savoury choux pastry, forming the mixture into quenelle shapes or rounds that are deep-fried at 170 to 180 °C (338 to 356 °F).
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.
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]
The novels include details of the classic French dishes tasted by Pamplemousse, and on occasion by Pommes Frites, whose palate is put to the test in Monsieur Pamplemousse and the French Solution, in which his skills are shown off in a blind tasting where he distinguishes top quality poulet de Bresse, agneau des Pyrénées and Charolais beef ...
The Yorkshire-born chef Brian Turner recalled in his memoirs (2000) being given an identical potato dish in his childhood, [16] and Bobby Freeman in a 1997 book about Welsh cuisine gives a recipe for traditional Teisen nionod (onion cake), which she describes as "the same dish as the French pommes boulangère ". [17]