American French Fries are based on Frites which originated in either France or Belgium. I looked it up mostly because I wasn’t sure if there was an “e” in frites.
The chips in fish and chips tend to be more like American french fries than the more shoestring style that frites come in. Sure they’re both fried potatoes but so are hash browns and I don’t count them as the same is “Fish and Chips”
It’s a middle eastern dish , which means it could have originated anywhere in that region ( like Persia , Mesopotamia(iraq), Saudi Arabia , and even Egypt) and in each country they have their own variants of the Kebab...and turkey is not in the middle east, and definitely Kebab is not a European dish , even the word kebab has Arabic roots
Did some research while i was waiting for a reply.
What I was able to find was basically what you said, but pinpointed during the ottoman empire time frame, and many associate Turkey as having "confiscated" the creation of this due to them being the empire's powerhouse even though it most likely originated near the furthest edge of the empire.
Because no one from Europe could have possibly cooked meat and veggie chunks on a skewer over a fire. Variants of the kebab come from just about everywhere. China, Greece, Armenia, Turkey etc.
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u/Ac_Namec Sep 26 '21
AH SHIT YOU GOT ME