The History of French Fries | Food: Now & Then | NowThis

There’s a deep feud over who invented the french fry.

Who doesn't love the crispy salty golden french fries? In this food history video, we dive into the origins of french fries, asking these questions: Who invented french fries? Where do french fries come from? Are french fries French?

This is the history of french fries, and everything you need to know about french fries origins.

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[jmlepunk]

Belgian historian of food, Pierre Leqluercq noted that the first recorded mention of French fries is in a Parisian book in 1775. He traced the history of French fries and found the first recipe of what is a modern day French fry in a French cookbook from 1795, La cuisinière républicaine.

It was these Parisian fries that inspired Frederic Krieger, a musician from Bavaria who learned how to make these fries in Paris, to take the recipe to Belgium. Once there, he opened his own business and began to sell fries under the name ‘la pomme de terre frite à l’instar de Paris’ which translated to ‘Paris-style fried potatoes.’

[letsplay]

For thousands of years...People of Peru has not thought about frying the potato...😮

[MsNinaJacki]

In Belgium we have a “friterie” culture. In every town you can find several “friteries”: kiosks where you can buy fries and meats. We’re the only country that has these. It’s even officially recognized as intangible heritage. There’s a specific recipe you need to follow to get the real Belgian fries. So, I’m sorry America, you have to taste the real deal in Belgium, WITH the real mayonaise, which is also totally different in the US.

[ArienvanRijswijck]

well as a Belgian it hurts to say that French fries indeed are Parisian BUT we perfected the art of baking fries. It all depends how you make the fries . The French bake them usually once, while Belgium fries are always baked twice to make it crispy. So, you could call them French or Belgian fries based on how many times they are fried.

[bigsnakeman]

The difference lies in how you prepare them, I've eaten french fries all over the world alot of times but they just can't top those made in belgium for some reason, maybe I'm a bit patriotic after all

[Yago_]

The french fries are from Paris, but Belgium made it better

[Antarctide]

Recent research have proven that French fries are indeed French.

[homosapien.a]

It's wired to call it french fries in arabic
We call it fry potato 🙂

[sovetski]

They're called French fries becuase in WW2 the Belgians made the same thing but they spoke French so when the Americans showed up they assumed they were French

[iwto_ampere]

Potatoes were first used as actual plants ...

[Souliban]

Spanish explorers are actually responsible for bringing potatoes to Europe in the first place.

A Spanish explorer described potatoes in a journal entry dating back to 1577 as "a kind of earth nut which, after it is boiled, is as tender as cooked chestnuts." It was pretty typical at the time in Spanish tradition to fry basically anything, so fries definitely could have been on the menu back in the 16th century.

Apparently, fries were first served in Galicia (an autonomous area of northwest Spain), and eventually made their way up to Belgium. Belgium, at the time, was called the Spanish Netherlands. So fries became popular in Belgium because the tradition moved through Spanish communities.

[FiRdUpxx]

I only say “fries” feel like saying French fries it too much for me

[kntfhvn]

Forget the fries. I'd snack the host

[klloydplata]

I already always loved and liked twister Fries and original fries. Other fries I loved: waffle fries, wedge fries, and curly fries. 🤤🤤🍟🍟🇫🇷🇫🇷Happy International French Fries Day!! Month!! occasion Anniversary!!! celebration!!!! 🎉🎉🎉💯💯👍👍🎂🎂 (July 12th, 2024) greetings for all French Fries lovers out there as well as Fries different of kinds. 👏👏💪💪💪

[sudemzorlu]

When I was a child, I always used to tell my family that french fries come from Belgium, but my sister doesn't believe that because her 'friends' and teachers say that french fries come from France.

Can't believe that many amount of people actually still believe that french fries come from France.

They didn't seem to believe me because I was the child and the youngest in the house.

[vyra]

Fries, Belgium fries or chips are the only right ways to call fries

[mdnahidkhan]

That french version of yours was awesome.

[montshoayinde]

How can a man that had slaves invent something that had to be done the kitchen

[dizzy]

Thomas Jefferson took credit for French fries and Mac and cheese but if you think the president of the United States was cooking and invented these foods, and not his slaves your crazy

[ZZ-zuht]

The thing is they aren't french fries, they're frenched fries.