The Origin Of The French Fry
- Though the name is French Fries, the dish originated in Belgium, according to one story.
- When the frozen lakes of winter deprived its inhabitants of their favourite dish: fried fish, the villagers started frying peeled potatoes instead. During World War I, American soldiers tasted this new dish and named it ‘french fries’ as the main language in the southern Belgium area was French in those times.
- Today, Belgians have the most vendors of French fries, consuming it as a mainstream food, and even considering making it an official icon of their cultural heritage.
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French Fries: Alternative Stories Of Origin
Alternative stories of the origin of the famous fry:
- First sold in France, by street vendors on Paris’s Pont Neuf in 1780.
- Invented by the Spanish, as Spaniards were the first Europeans to encounter the famous South American Potato, and were famous for frying food in oil.
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