> -----Original Message----- > From: S.V. van Baardwijk-Holten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 02:18 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Freedom Vanilla Ice Cream (was RE: Commentary on > French-bashing) > > > On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:03:03 -0800, Miller, Jeffrey > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > How about this - historically speaking, "french fries" > aren't French > > in > > origin. :D > > > OK. I'll try again. I just figured something out. It's something of a > language thingy. Frietes (Belgian/Dutch for fries) the fried > patato stick > dish, generally translates into English as French fries.
Ah-ha! Here, what I /think/ you're describing is often refered to as "Home Fries" or "Pommes Frites" (fried potato/apple) in the more "upscale" places. > However 'French' > fries are translated literally to us 'Franse frietjes' which > in our (and > the Belgian) country are considered to be the very thin, long > and crisp > form of the same sort of fried patato stick meal. I can only > guess that > since the French quisine is known for it's daintyness the confusion > probably has it's origin somewhere there. Trivia - the potato chip was actually invented in France by a cook who had an American (or was it british..) customer who kept sending back his fried potato dish, demanding thinner and thinner slices of potato.. > >> Wentel teefjes (rotating bitches ?! :o), you just have to > be Dutch to > >> make that one up), Verwend schnitje, Verwoentes > Schnittchen (A Dutch > >> dialect and a German version of Pampered slices) .... just > to mention a > >> few very different ones. > > > > Mmmmm... any region variations in preperation or serving? > > The Germans use a fresh, hard kind of whitish like bread (any > one wanne > translate 'zuurdesem brood'?). The Dutch use one or two day > old formerly > soft white bread, the french use leftover baguette. They all > use milk and > egg to make the bread soft and nice again. Panfried and with > suger they are > the best kind of breakfast one can have. Sounds exactly like what I'm used to. I also through in a teaspoon of vanilla, sweet "baking" spices, and a touch of rosewater. > GCU What are Ham waffles? http://gourmet.org/images/waffle.jpg ..for what is often refered to as a "Belgian" Waffle. A Ham Waffle will have bits of ham (and cheese) mixed into the batter before hand (I've also seen them put on top, but thats just Wrong..) -j- _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
