Talk:French fries

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'Shoestring'

The intro to the article claims that thin fried are called 'shoestring' in various anglophone countries. This is certainly not the case in the UK, where the term is seldom, if ever, used. Could someone who knows please adjust this appropriately? Also, the major distinction is that the term 'fries' is only used to refer to thin batons in the UK, whereas fried refers to all size batons in the US. This is an issue of fundamental importance and should be clear in the intro. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.156.212.1 (talk) 16:22, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

I thought that outside of American fast food chains, and Americanised youth, these were called chips rather than fries - as in fish and chips.101.98.74.13 (talk) 08:52, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

France/Quebec

I lived in france for 9 years and never once did i see them on the menu as "pommes de terre frites"

"pommes frites" and "frites" are the most common ways of them being listed, and thus should be placed before "pommes de terre frites", or better yet - just remove "pommes de terre frites"

Semi-protected edit request on 22 October 2015

Please Change: The first chips fried in the UK were on the site of Oldham's Tommyfield Market in 1860.[29] A blue plaque in Oldham marks the origin of the fish and chip shop and fast food industries in Britain.[30] To: The first chips fried in the UK were from a wooden hut at Mossley market in 1863.[29] A blue plaque in Oldham celebrates the origin of the fish and chip shop and fast food industries in Britain.[30] Because: The source that is quoted [30] states: "In Lancashire, John Lees is celebrated as the creator of Britain's favourite dish. He began selling fish and chips in a wooden hut at Mossley market in 1863. Today, in Tommyfield in Oldham, a blue plaque put up by the town council commemorates Lees' frying of the first British chip and the start of fish and chip shops and fast food in Britain."

The source states that "He began selling fish and chips in a wooden hut at Mossley market" not Tommyfield market. It only states that the plaque "[commemorates] Lees' frying of....." and this is because Mossley used to be an area of Oldham, though it is now a part of Tameside. 70.68.26.10 (talk) 18:52, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Partly done: Source 29, Chaloner, W. H.; Henderson, W. O. (1990). Industry and Innovation: Selected Essays. (https://books.google.com/books?id=EqXjvZoUidkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Industry+and+Innovation:+Selected+Essays%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAGoVChMI0PTU9s7gyAIVQuwmCh0FTAA3#v=onepage&q=tommyfield&f=false), is being used to source Tommyfield as the earliest. However, this is wrong, as the source says 1880, not 1860, for Tommyfield.

However, on preceding page, the same source notes that Mrs "Granny' Duce, in one of the Westing Riding towns, had been selling since 1854, and claims that Mrs Duce was the first person to fry chips for public sale. This is earlier than the Mossley market report. -- ferret (talk) 17:14, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

There is no heated debate about where fries where invented.

The article wrongly claims that there is a big feud between Belgium and France on who invented them first.

Anyone in France would directly associate "frites" with Belgium. Fries are to Belgium what frog legs are to France or pastas to Italy.

Only in Northern America do they talk about "French Fries". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.69.135.88 (talk) 13:37, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Right. The home of the French fry...makes sense as that is where the potato is from. We'll settle on America and move along to edit other things. Oh, we also invented the tater tot, hash browns, potato chips....
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 23:11, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

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