[CMichael]

Some of you may have heard that the House of Represenatives changed the menu in their cafeteria from French Fries to Freedom Fries and from French Toast to Freedom Toast.

What do you all think?

[AJ Dual]

It's getting a little out of hand though...

I went down to the adult book store to buy a dirty gag-gift for a friends 40th birthday, and they had quite a selection of "freedom ticklers" in the display case...

[4v50 Gary]

Pommes Fries? In Belgium, they call them Belgian Fries. How about "fries" for the 'merican version. We tend to say that anyway.

As for the French toast, just dawned to my small mind what's toasted about it? It's fried in a pan. Can't call it fried bread since it would be confused with Native American Fried Bread. Not originally part of their diet but was something the Dept. of Interior gave them (flour, lard, along with beans and coffee) since it was good enough (?) for the boys in blue (circa 1870s), it's good enough for everyone else!????? Can't call it egg battered bread or worse, battered bread either. Sounds like an abusive situation that either the local cops (or FDA) gets called to investigate. 'Scuse me ma'am, you're under arrest for felony beating of bread. Gawd how I am lost for a descriptive yet short name for French Toast.

[Joe Demko]

My grandmother always referred to french toast as "egg bread."

[4v50 Gary]

Darn if Granny ain't the Einstein of us all. :)

[T.Stahl]

Yeah, why not call them "Belgian Fries"? After all they invented them, didn't they? :cool:

[buzz_knox]

Mmmm. Egg bread. A truly descriptive name, which conjures up a great deal of hunger.

[Quartus]

That's probably the most useful thing that body has done in a long time.

[TheeBadOne]

They origionally called them French Fries because of their habit of being dropped on the floor.......... :D

[Freedom in theSkies]

:neener: To think that they are being paid with your tax dollars...:neener:

...Mind you , my gov't does some pretty bizzaro things too...:scrutiny:

[Mike Irwin]

How about greasy potato sticks?

That seems to be a lot more descriptive.

[M67]

Fries? Why not do as the Limeys and simply call them "chips"?

Of course, to make proper chips, you need lots of grease and vinegar. :D

[DeltaElite]

I like it, every way we can annoy the toads, errrrr frogs is fine by me.

Check this out.
Soldiers of Surrender. :D
Thanks Flashbunny. :D
http://www.flashbunny.org/content/frenchmagazine.html

[4v50 Gary]

DeltaElite: are you suggested frog fries or fried frogs? ;) :barf: Almost as bad as Monty Python's "crunchy frog" candy. :D

[Joe Demko]

Re: French Fries
They aren't called that because of anything to do with France, per se. In cooking, cutting things into strips used to be called "frenching." Thus, the name describes how the taters are cut rather than the origin of the dish. We see echoes of the same idea in "home fries", "steak fries", "hash browns", "crinkle-cut fries" and so on. Be that as it may, I guess it just won't do to allow the French to claim even mistaken credit for them. I say go with one of the alternate names above, if appropriate, or just call them "fries."

[El Tejon]

I'd pass on both or you'll end up looking like that widebody Iraqi. Have some fruit instead.

[Tamara]

Does this mean that we're going back to calling sauerkraut "victory cabbage"? :confused: