30-November-2006, 09:25 PM
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Belgian Fries
Who knew?!
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...That's when this guy René comes out from the kitchen. He's the son of Belgians who came to San Diego in 1961..."Fries are practically the national religion back there," he says. "Because we invented the French fry, not the French."
And, guess what? We can blame the U.S. government -- well, sort of. Seems Thomas Jefferson, who loved all things French, was offered a plate of them when he was ambassador, traveling in what's now southern (French-speaking) Belgium. Back home, he started serving them at Monticello as "potatoes, fried in the French manner."... San Diego Reader
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