Belgian fries... where do we start? :)
What are fries?
Fries are those golden-colored fried potato strips. Everyone from us has already eaten fries. If not, I recommend you to change that soon! These golden (if well baked) bars are truly a Belgian product, and with our 5000 chip shop's or more it is also not surprising that we are real experts in baking fries.
There are more than 4,000 varieties of native potatoes, mostly found in the Andes. They come in many sizes and shapes. There are also over 180 wild potato species. Though they are too bitter to eat, their important biodiversity includes natural resistances to pests, diseases, and climatic conditions.
Fries are also used in many dishes. Now tell yourself who would eat ordinary potatoes if you can eat fries. :) So you have steak with fries, mussels with fries, etc.
In a chip shop you also have a whole range of snacks from which you can choose. Below are some of the most important snacks:
These snacks are really tasty and are very good for a packet of fries with accompanying sauce.
The term french fries is a common misunderstanding.
Unfortunately, our national product (besides chocolate) does not bear our country in its name when we speak abroad. This would actually come from "to French" cutting the potatoes and hence the misunderstanding. So you can call them Belgian fries or Flemish fries.
Fries are not so healthy is often said. This depends mainly on the frying oil that you use for your fries. Because let's be honest A fries contain mostly the frying oil (fries) that it sucks. So which oil you use is very important and so you'll see it refreshed regularly.
There are also people who are allergic to fries or actually to the used oil when frying. These can then try to make the fries themselves with the oil they do not have problems with.
You have different types of fries. Short fries, long fries, wide fries or long fries. For everybody so so. And besides, you also have items that are fried and come from a potato but have such exotic shapes that you are not sure if you can call it a fries.
After all this I got hungry, so time for a packet of fries! :) Be careful not to eat too much, you would not be the first to get sick! Eat fries with moderate amount!
Thanks for reading!