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Food misnomers | 55 comments (55 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

A common error is to think french in french fries has to do with France or the French. It comes from the verb - to french, having two meaning in food preparation, according to Webster's.

to trim the meat from the end of the bone of (a rib chop).
to cut into long, thin slices before cooking.

So, it looks like french fries are being frenched before cooking. :-)

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Oct 25th, 2009 at 01:45:28 PM EST

Re: Food misnomers (4.00 / 2)

I guess Freedom Fries would then mean shredded.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sun Oct 25th, 2009 at 04:43:02 PM EST
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Re: Food misnomers (4.00 / 3)

Explosively disassembled I would have thought.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Oct 25th, 2009 at 04:45:40 PM EST
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Re: Food misnomers (4.00 / 4)

waterboarded

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Sun Oct 25th, 2009 at 07:01:46 PM EST
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