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Anon thinks the French are posers (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

It's because deep frying was not very common in the U.S. Immersion in hot fat was considered a French style of cooking, so they're French style fried potatoes. I think "fries" instead of "frieds" is dialect that caught on nationally in the U.S. in the 70s.