🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoAnon thinks the French are poserssh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down11
arrow-up1140arrow-down1external-linkAnon thinks the French are poserssh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareolosta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoNo we are not attributing fries to the Belgian, fries are french. The Belgian improved on our invention and make the best fries, but Frenchs invented it. Content warning, a lot of french: https://www.musee-gourmandise.be/fr/musee-gourmandise/articles-de-fond?view=article&id=132:la-veritable-histoire-de-la-frite&catid=77:articles-fond
minus-squarethedarkfly@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoAs a Belgian, this is my position as well. Fries is part of the Belgian culinary culture, but it’s chauvinism to claim they were invented in Belgium.
No we are not attributing fries to the Belgian, fries are french. The Belgian improved on our invention and make the best fries, but Frenchs invented it.
Content warning, a lot of french: https://www.musee-gourmandise.be/fr/musee-gourmandise/articles-de-fond?view=article&id=132:la-veritable-histoire-de-la-frite&catid=77:articles-fond
As a Belgian, this is my position as well. Fries is part of the Belgian culinary culture, but it’s chauvinism to claim they were invented in Belgium.