From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Fri Mar 21 2003 - 02:07:14 MST
> House restaurants have renamed french fries "freedom fries."
I confess I don't understand these actions. I doubt that 'french
fries' have anything to do with the French people. I suspect that it
is an American invention, like 'french toast' is probably an
American invention. (French people don't have french toast in their
recipe books.) This sort of cultural naming of food is not limited to
Americans, Hawaiians don't have Hawaiian toast, either, which you can
find on many German menus!
Amara
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