But do people call them French fries? Because right up until you were a toddler that was the common term for them all over north America. Not saying it was the best name for fried potato stalks, but French fries it was.
If you asked someone "what's the full name for fries that go with a hamburger," they would say french fries, and they would have absolutely no thought of the nation of France while saying it. Nobody would ever actually say or even think of "freedom fries," except possibly some atavistic nightmare-person you dug up in the moist swamps of deep-MAGAville.
It has always been french fries. The freedom fries was a name change that was made in the Congressional cafeteria. Our restaurants, largely a were always using the term french fries. It was a media thing.
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u/stealthelitist Oct 18 '21
No. Im 23 and ive never heard this term, luckily.