Since it is National French Fry Day I thought it would be a good time to remind everyone that French fries aren't really French. In WWI American soldiers in Belgium were introduced to a delicious fried potato,and since the official language of the Belgium army was French,they called them French fries. Other things not French,but called French include the French Poodle,which is German, French apple pie,French dressing,French cut green beans and French vanilla ice cream or for that matter French kissing...however French onion soup is French! Don't quote me on this but it seems like I read something about calling ordinary items French was a marketing ploy from years past and the various names stuck.
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