Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 18 Mar 2026 23:49:36 GMT Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <10odsq2$er59$1@dont-email.me> <1772787512-12588@newsgrouper.org> <10oeeru$kih0$1@dont-email.me> <10oeiea$lo5g$2@dont-email.me> <6our7mxi9i.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <2jipqkts0iiap7qekf3mr8n580hh3tgph6@4ax.com> <10oj4iv$256in$7@dont-email.me> <10ojmjv$2ashr$1@dont-email.me> <10okvro$2qvnj$1@dont-email.me> <10p7bp4$1g2jr$1@dont-email.me> <10p8ukd$1vi0v$9@dont-email.me> <10p901u$1vi0v$16@dont-email.me> <10pa3ad$2ea0n$1@dont-email.me> <1rs5akm.1myx7u1152yy81N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <10pej4d$3v6t9$2@dont-email.me> <10peki3$jk8$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net KQfh7XkFjLCXbj+feIRaXw+L8GuHnCfGEQqYQHopuaF9EubFfJ Cancel-Lock: sha1:sUtVnVHVG2QoWNk3kK7RPWJJOh8= sha256:C/B/vyY0VLq6UrAhQQbhdOl5/8Pgaug5KV8Vn5M1AaY= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83412 alt.usage.english:1140046 On Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:00:26 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2026-03-18 17:40, Bobbie Sellers wrote: >> >> >> On 3/18/26 09:16, lar3ryca wrote: >>> >>> -- >>> I was told that french fries are not cooked in France. >>> The are cooked in Greece. >> >>     French fries are cooked in oil, beef tallow or lard but mostly >> in Belgium.  You can call the oleagenous substance grease but Greece is >> just another nation and it is famous for olive oil which is not >> suitable for French Frying. > > In Spain we do fry them in olive oil and we love them, although we don't > call them "French". Just fried potatoes. If your budget is tight, then > we use other oils. https://www.californiaoliveranch.com/articles/yes-you-can-deep-fry-with- evoo I only use olive oil but I don't deep fry stuff. Decades ago I used canola (rapeseed oil) that was promoted as heart healthy. I didn't use it very often and one day when I opened the bottle I realized it smelled like the linseed oil I use for wood finishing. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-potato-king-frederick-the-great The story probably is an early example of non-internet rumors but it did take a while for those new-fangled foods from America to become popular like the potato and tomato. Then they were embraced with a passion, along with tobacco. Potatoes probably had the biggest impact, feeding the peasants on the cheap.