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I like to think that fries are our national pride, but foreigners call them French fries, and are confused when you explain they're actually from Belgium.

So, what is our national pride?

Not a big waffle guy myself, so I guess chocolate then?

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[–] Katt 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Definitely fries and beer. Switzerland gets away with being an excellent chocolate producer. But Belgian beer is renowned everywhere.

Fries may be associated with France, ours taste better because we fry them twice.

Sidenote: am I the only person offended by foreign mayonnaise? It's somehow always sweet. What the heck?

[–] savjee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can confirm: foreign mayonnaise sucks.

[–] KilroyIsHere 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Especially usa ones, soo much sugar

[–] antik 1 points 2 years ago

They would put sugar in their sugar

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Belgium actually has a "mayonnaise law", dictating how much fat and egg yolk is needed before it can be called mayonnaise on the jar.

If I remember correctly, that's also one of the reasons Dutch mayo can only be sold as fritesauce here.

[–] protput 3 points 2 years ago

In holland they call their mayonaise "mayonaise" and they call our mayonaise "zure mayonaise". Juste like we call our mayonnaise "mayonnaise" and their mayonnaise "zoete mayonnaise". I've seen hollanders order zure mayonnaise.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

That's the one thing I cannot stand about eating fries in the Netherlands. Half the time I cannot even choose a sauce, and so I am forced to eat their disgusting mayo that is somehow so sweet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The swiss have decent chocolate, but it's a whole different tradition from ours. Bring them some decent pralines and watch them struggle to admit that yeah, this is gooooood 😁

Fries are called French in English, not because of their origin but because it's the name of the cut... But few people know that.

As for mayo, yep. The French also have the good stuff, and i have to admit that murrican Helmans has ask the right ingredients and no sugar... But it still tastes off, somehow.