Nothing is better than a pile of salted French fries. Potato is an extremely comfortable food, and human beings are creatures eager for salt. Imagine who can resist the sizzling of a frying pan. Almost everything from fried squid to fried potatoes is delicious after frying. People call sliced fried potatoes "French fries", but where did French fries originate? Let's take a look.
The history of French fries
1802 At the dinner party held at the White House, Thomas Jefferson, then president of the United States, ate "potatoes eaten in the French way", although history did not tell us his exact meaning. Despite Jefferson's support, French fries did not become popular until 1830, and did not really become popular until 1900.
It was not until the late1920s that it was officially called French fried potatoes. Subsequently, the name was abbreviated, first French fries, then French fries, and finally in the 1960s, it was just ordinary French fries. The oldest French fries we know today appear in 1856, a book called "All-round Maid Cooking", which is a cooking book. The contents are as follows: "French fried potatoes. Cut the new potatoes into strips, put them in boiling oil and add a little salt; Fry both sides into light golden brown; Control dry water. "But how do you call fried potatoes French fries? It may have originated in Belgium.
The story can be traced back to the late17th century. At that time, the residents known as the Dutch had a habit of frying potatoes when they could not catch fish or fish. It is recorded that "when the river freezes and fishing becomes dangerous, they cut the potatoes into strips and put them in the frying pan ..." But this statement comes from the manuscript of 178 1, which is somewhat inaccurate. Potatoes arrived in Europe on 1735. They are crops of the New World, and like turkeys, they are imported into European plates. Another story can be traced back to World War I, when British and American soldiers enjoyed French fries at local institutions on the border between France and Belgium, where the worst fighting took place. Soldiers don't know much about their country, but everyone speaks French, so they call potatoes French fries.
Geographically, they are in Belgium, but where are they from? Of course, Belgians want the honor of being the birthplace of French fries. The Dutch used to call it Flemish fries or Flemish fries. Belgians have all kinds of French fries seasoning, far more than ketchup and mayonnaise.
French fries and our health
There is no doubt that ordinary potatoes are much better for our health than French fries. Medium-sized potatoes only pack about 150 calories, which is an important source of complex carbohydrates, and complex carbohydrates are the main source of human energy. The same number of French fries contains more than 500 calories, of which more than 30% comes from fat, and there are more than a dozen additives to make French fries delicious, but we still can't resist it. Americans eat an average of 29 pounds of French fries every year, which is equivalent to 77 large orders of McDonald's French fries. Some surveys show that French fries are children's favorite food.