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Spanish explorers are actually responsible for bringing potatoes to Europe in the first place. A Spanish explorer described potatoes in a journal entry dating back to 1577 as "a kind of earth nut which, after it is boiled, is as tender as cooked chestnuts." It was pretty typical at the time in Spanish tradition to fry basically anything, so fries definitely could have been on the menu back in the 16th century. Apparently, fries were first served in Galicia (an autonomous area of northwest Spain), and eventually made their way up to Belgium. Belgium, at the time, was called the Spanish Netherlands. So fries became popular in Belgium because the tradition moved through Spanish communities.
I'm Irish & potatoes are our # 1 staple food, I eat them appx. 280-300 days a yr in some form, during the potato famine centuries ago in Ireland we Irish nearly starved to death because of that even though there were other foods to eat
I think you need to look deeper into the potato famine history a little closer. I’m not trying to be rude, but the reason so many Irish people died of starvation wasn’t because they wouldn’t eat other foods. It is also to note that the potato crop failures were not limited to Ireland so please, look into it closer. (Or was this an attempt at humor?)
James was the brother of Sally Hemings, who bore several children by Jefferson. Jefferson was married to Martha Jefferson at the time. Martha Jefferson & Sally Hemings were actually half sisters as Martha’s father had previously owned Sally’s mother. During their time in France, Sally was thankfully able to negotiate freedom for her children.
Edit to correct the misinformation I previously posted. James Hemmings, son of Jefferson and the woman Jefferson kept enslaved, Sally Hemmings 😔 James Hemmings was Sally Hemmings older brother, nor her son. Thanks again to @Charlie Harris fur the update.
@Charlie Harris: oh my! I knew Sally was the wife's half sister and I had always believed James was the son, didn't know he was the brother. So, i stand corrected, thanks so much! 😊
This is indeed the origin! It came to Europe via Spain, was used for decades as animal food then was street food in France after Parmentier encouraged French citizens to eat. The Belgian claim is bogus (ww1) as it came +100 years after President Thomas Jefferson and others discovered "potatoes in the French manner"....there is also evidence street vendors in Paris sold these..some claim around Pont Neuf.
Thomas Jefferson was also the man who finds that tomatoes are not poisonous, much to superstitious non-belief; that, and potatoes, as well as tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, tomatillos, (and surprisingly, tobacco) are part of the common nightshade (or Solanacaea) plants.
So when you say "The origin of FF", that would be the French. That seems dubious as does the Hemmings story. My guess is that if potatoes were known anywhere as a food, there would also be cooking in fat. Find the origin of those two product and you have the origin of frying potatoes in fat. As for Hemmings, I'm sure everything you say is true, except that if there were potatoes and fat in America before Hemmings, then so were fried potatoes.
That sounds way too much an American version of someone else culture. French fries come from Belgium and northern France where potatoes were « frenched » in sticks and fried. Added twist, potatoes « frites » are fried in beef fat and twice
These little snippets are overly simplified to be sure, but they are still useful (like Wikipedia) for a good starting off place for our own research. Also consider that the original recipe for frenched fries may have changed significantly since their inception. The twice-fried version you mentioned sounds very delicious!
@@TitoTimTravels She says the potatoes came from South America to France. I am refuting her « French fries » statement and how they became widely consumed in the US. Dough boys coming back from WWI in northern France and Belgium made them popular in the US, not the president. Apply your recommendation to yourself.
Fish and chips, as we think, originated in the UK. At first, we were told that the meal arrived in England from Lithuania by Jews. Since then I have read that only the battered fried fish is from Lithuania and the chips, from Portugal. As you may know, the Portuguese method of frying battered food went around the World with Japan being a recipient. Hence Tempura! I feel that perhaps it’s the Portuguese influence on the United States (New England) that the original French fries came to America! OR, The French stole the fried potato from Portugal as the French had no explorers in central and South America and only the English, Spanish and Portuguese brought the “spud” to Europe.
@@protocolofficer2629 - I believe @Ara Gregorian point was a correction to your assertion "the French had no explorers in central and South America". The French arrived there in 1503 and it was colonized by 1643.
Not quite....the Spaniards did indeed bring both tomato and potato plants back from the Americas in the 16th century; however, the plants were used only as decoration. The Florentines were the first to eat the fruits of both plants AND the first to deep-fry ANYTHING in Europe. Every other country/chef(yes, including Russia and Parmentier) followed. The influence of the Italian renaissance is not to be underestimated.
Her older brother. They were both also the half-siblings of Jefferson’s wife. Jefferson was not the only one fucking his slave, his daddy-in-law did so as well.
@Heidelbergaren -- Uh... "America's Test Kitchen," is in the U.S. of A., on an American platform and for a mostly American audience. So your point is? Admittedly the title would have been more accurate if: The Origin of French Fries in the U.S.
?? In approximately 80 seconds this clip mentions the Andes Mountains, Europe, Conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, France, Prussian POW Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (French pharmacist and agronomist), slave and French-trained chef James Hemings and then-Minister to France Thomas Jefferson. Fries came to the US when Hemings returned to Monticello and served them to Jefferson's dinner guests. So yes it's a US perspective and yes, the whole world is not mentioned, but *no* consideration for any non US parts of the world? That's not accurate either.
Typical American response when there is really nothing to say. This whole thing is about fried potatoes, yet you guys go off on a tangent getting completely away from the subject. No wonder the World is fed up with yanks!
These history snippets are great! I love the recipes, but also enjoy learning how food is shared worldwide. 😎
I saw the title and the Universe brought me here.
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Spanish explorers are actually responsible for bringing potatoes to Europe in the first place.
A Spanish explorer described potatoes in a journal entry dating back to 1577 as "a kind of earth nut which, after it is boiled, is as tender as cooked chestnuts." It was pretty typical at the time in Spanish tradition to fry basically anything, so fries definitely could have been on the menu back in the 16th century.
Apparently, fries were first served in Galicia (an autonomous area of northwest Spain), and eventually made their way up to Belgium. Belgium, at the time, was called the Spanish Netherlands. So fries became popular in Belgium because the tradition moved through Spanish communities.
Love to learn the food and related history. Thanks for this great segment.
Thanks for the information. :)
I'm Irish & potatoes are our # 1 staple food, I eat them appx. 280-300 days a yr in some form, during the potato famine centuries ago in Ireland we Irish nearly starved to death because of that even though there were other foods to eat
I think you need to look deeper into the potato famine history a little closer. I’m not trying to be rude, but the reason so many Irish people died of starvation wasn’t because they wouldn’t eat other foods. It is also to note that the potato crop failures were not limited to Ireland so please, look into it closer. (Or was this an attempt at humor?)
@@thelostone6981 no attempt at humor my friend, but I will look into
@@stevelogan5475 Good luck my friend.
@@thelostone6981 thank you friend, God Bless you & yours & stay safe
Very interesting! Thank you for sharing! 🥔🍟
Nice presentation.
James was the brother of Sally Hemings, who bore several children by Jefferson. Jefferson was married to Martha Jefferson at the time.
Martha Jefferson & Sally Hemings were actually half sisters as Martha’s father had previously owned Sally’s mother.
During their time in France, Sally was thankfully able to negotiate freedom for her children.
Cool. I love me some history. ❤️
Toni! = )
Edit to correct the misinformation I previously posted.
James Hemmings, son of Jefferson and the woman Jefferson kept enslaved, Sally Hemmings 😔
James Hemmings was Sally Hemmings older brother, nor her son. Thanks again to @Charlie Harris fur the update.
?? James was Sally's older brother. They were half siblings of Jefferson's wife, Martha.
@Charlie Harris: oh my! I knew Sally was the wife's half sister and I had always believed James was the son, didn't know he was the brother. So, i stand corrected, thanks so much! 😊
New york restaurant started the fry
Maybe 1880s to 1890s
Was hoping for cooking tips
We call them chips .... goes great with fish
This is indeed the origin! It came to Europe via Spain, was used for decades as animal food then was street food in France after Parmentier encouraged French citizens to eat. The Belgian claim is bogus (ww1) as it came +100 years after President Thomas Jefferson and others discovered "potatoes in the French manner"....there is also evidence street vendors in Paris sold these..some claim around Pont Neuf.
This is not accurate you don't mention Belgium, who are considered the inventors of them.
Thomas Jefferson was also the man who finds that tomatoes are not poisonous, much to superstitious non-belief; that, and potatoes, as well as tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, tomatillos, (and surprisingly, tobacco) are part of the common nightshade (or Solanacaea) plants.
Freedom Fries 🇺🇸😂
But, but, but, who created Freedom Fries!? 😁
So when you say "The origin of FF", that would be the French. That seems dubious as does the Hemmings story. My guess is that if potatoes were known anywhere as a food, there would also be cooking in fat. Find the origin of those two product and you have the origin of frying potatoes in fat.
As for Hemmings, I'm sure everything you say is true, except that if there were potatoes and fat in America before Hemmings, then so were fried potatoes.
Ahem, the Belgians, not the French, invented the deep frying of potatoes.
No.
No, the Spanish did and introduced them in the Spanish Netherlands
That sounds way too much an American version of someone else culture. French fries come from Belgium and northern France where potatoes were « frenched » in sticks and fried. Added twist, potatoes « frites » are fried in beef fat and twice
These little snippets are overly simplified to be sure, but they are still useful (like Wikipedia) for a good starting off place for our own research. Also consider that the original recipe for frenched fries may have changed significantly since their inception. The twice-fried version you mentioned sounds very delicious!
They did credit it to France.
She said they came from France... sounds like you need to watch it again. 😎
@@TitoTimTravels She says the potatoes came from South America to France. I am refuting her « French fries » statement and how they became widely consumed in the US. Dough boys coming back from WWI in northern France and Belgium made them popular in the US, not the president. Apply your recommendation to yourself.
Fish and chips, as we think, originated in the UK. At first, we were told that the meal arrived in England from Lithuania by Jews. Since then I have read that only the battered fried fish is from Lithuania and the chips, from Portugal. As you may know, the Portuguese method of frying battered food went around the World with Japan being a recipient. Hence Tempura! I feel that perhaps it’s the Portuguese influence on the United States (New England) that the original French fries came to America! OR, The French stole the fried potato from Portugal as the French had no explorers in central and South America and only the English, Spanish and Portuguese brought the “spud” to Europe.
Then you haven't heard of French Guiana.
@@aragregorian6039 What type of potatoes originated there? After all the information I imparted, this is what you comment about?
@@protocolofficer2629 - I believe @Ara Gregorian point was a correction to your assertion "the French had no explorers in central and South America". The French arrived there in 1503 and it was colonized by 1643.
Not quite....the Spaniards did indeed bring both tomato and potato plants back from the Americas in the 16th century; however, the plants were used only as decoration. The Florentines were the first to eat the fruits of both plants AND the first to deep-fry ANYTHING in Europe. Every other country/chef(yes, including Russia and Parmentier) followed. The influence of the Italian renaissance is not to be underestimated.
nah fries are belgian ;)
ask anyone in europe exept the french, everybody says belgian
If you ask a Canadian, they originated in Canada.
?-ing in Canadian.
Any relation between James Hemings and Sally Hemings?
Yes, as already noted in another comment. You don't have to just leave a comment, you're allowed to read them too (ideally before).
Her older brother. They were both also the half-siblings of Jefferson’s wife. Jefferson was not the only one fucking his slave, his daddy-in-law did so as well.
French fries, brought to you by prisoners and slaves. How much of our modern life is built upon the unrecognized labor of the unfortunate?
Too much
WTF
So basically a slave invented “french” fries.
Fried potatoes explained from a US perspective without any consideration for the rest of the world
@Heidelbergaren -- Uh... "America's Test Kitchen," is in the U.S. of A., on an American platform and for a mostly American audience. So your point is? Admittedly the title would have been more accurate if: The Origin of French Fries in the U.S.
?? In approximately 80 seconds this clip mentions the Andes Mountains, Europe, Conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, France, Prussian POW Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (French pharmacist and agronomist), slave and French-trained chef James Hemings and then-Minister to France Thomas Jefferson. Fries came to the US when Hemings returned to Monticello and served them to Jefferson's dinner guests. So yes it's a US perspective and yes, the whole world is not mentioned, but *no* consideration for any non US parts of the world? That's not accurate either.
The shortest most lazy video anyone could possibly make
These segments are so politically slanted, and rife with inaccuracies.
Wrong. Liberals screamed for over a decade that ‘French fries don’t even come from France!’ So obviously you are incorrect. ;)
Typical American response when there is really nothing to say. This whole thing is about fried potatoes, yet you guys go off on a tangent getting completely away from the subject. No wonder the World is fed up with yanks!