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" Pommes frites" or just "frites" (French), "frieten" (a word used in Flanders and the southern provinces of the Netherlands) or "patat" (used in the north and central parts of the Netherlands) became a national snack. [60] Fries also come in the form of a common Dutch street food, known as Patatje Oorlog, translated to as "war fries". It ...
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.
The French Revolution (French: Révolution française [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.
Pomme, pomme, pomme", the Luxembourgish entry in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest; La Pomme Marseille, a former name for cycling team Marseille 13-KTM; Pommie, Australian slang word for British; Pom (disambiguation) Pomme de Terre (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Pomme ; All pages with titles containing Pomme
This glossary of the French Revolution generally does not explicate names of individual people or their political associations; those can be found in List of people associated with the French Revolution. The terminology routinely used in discussing the French Revolution can be confusing. The same political faction may be referred to by ...
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. [1] Historically, the rump steak was commonly used for ...
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. For many years, it was used by some to mock Quebec ...
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]