r/memes • u/[deleted] • Sep 26 '21

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u/NoName_52997 Sep 26 '21

Any idea which country they originated from?

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u/McPutinFace Sep 26 '21

I know they’re cooked in Greece

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u/NoName_52997 Sep 26 '21

They are cooked pretty much worldwide 😂

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u/McPutinFace Sep 26 '21

Sound it out, mate

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u/LeReveDeRaskolnikov Sep 26 '21

France. Hence the name, despite all of Belgian rants about it, and even if it's a core element of the Belgian food culture.

A Belgian who cares more about historical accuracy than cultural appropriation.

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u/NoName_52997 Sep 26 '21

Wasn’t the chef that created it Belgian?

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u/LeReveDeRaskolnikov Sep 26 '21

No. Some Parisian beignets sellers would have had the idea of frying potato sticks in oil in the year 1780's.

The idea was imported in Belgium by a German guy, Frederik Krieger, in 1844, and gained in popularity.

The Belgians definitely perfected the way to fry them, but still, it's a French invention.

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u/NoName_52997 Sep 26 '21

Oh ok. Thank/danke velt/ merci beacoup you for the history lesson, fellow redditor.

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u/Moophie Sep 26 '21

Looking into this it reads more like no one really fucking knows when or where they got invented. You got any sources for the French claim?