What are the fries?
Freedom Fries is the name of the French French fried by some Americans angry on the strong opposition of France against the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. The anti-French sentiment, known as Francobia, led to challenges after the boycott of French companies and products. Other culinary victims were French toast.
The term came from Beaufort in North Carolina, when the private owner of the Neal Rowland restaurant exchanged the word French for freedom in his menu. The renaming was reported in the press and attracted national attention. Several others watched Rowland's leadership, including members of the US Congress.
11. March 2003 came an insult to French directly from the US government. Walter B. Jones Jr. And Robert W. Ney, both Republican members of the US House of Representatives, were replaced by the Frenchman's name by freedom from offer in three office buildings of the Chamber of Deputies. NEY position as chairman of the Committee for House Management, which appears without a congress hearing.
Freed fries did not come without controversy. Several journalists in the American media believed that the measures were ridiculous and called it an attempt to demonize a long -term ally. The French reaction to the culinary wedding was minimal; They point out that French fries come from Belgium. Nathalie Loisau, a spokesman for the French embassy in Washington D.C., said, "We are at a very serious moment when we are dealing with very serious problems, and do not focus on the name you put potatoes." These changes reflected similar events during World War II, when hamburgers became sandwiches of freedom and cabbage. Critics pointed out that Germany was a direct enemy of the US during World War II, while France is an ally of NATO.
, along with the fries of freedom, other criticisms were shown in the mainstream. Phrase “Syr-Eating Surrender Monkeys” has become a notorious phrase used by canVative journalists in the days of the war. The phrase first appeared in the American TV Shoe episode in 1995, which reflected one American opinion, or in military feeling, or in military opinion, or half, or during, or in military opinion. century.
When Jingoism retreated reason, Jones called for Freed's Fresh Policy to turn his policy. In July 2006, the restaurant of the House of Representatives returned "French" to the fries and Toast. Jones expressed regret and was quoted as he said, "I wish it would never happen." Since 2007, his restaurant still nodded Neal Rowland has been on patriotism.