Editing French fries (section)

=== France ===
In France and other French-speaking countries, fried potatoes are formally {{lang|fr|pommes de terre frites}}, but more commonly {{lang|fr|pommes frites}} ("fried apples"), {{lang|fr|patates frites}}, or simply {{lang|fr|frites}}. The words {{lang|fr|aiguillettes}} ("needle-ettes") or {{lang|fr|allumettes}} ("matchsticks") are used when the french fries are very small and thin. One enduring origin story holds that french fries were invented by street vendors on the [[Pont Neuf]] bridge in [[Paris]] in 1789, just before the outbreak of the [[French Revolution]].<ref>{{cite news|date=2 January 2013|title=La frite est-elle Belge ou Française ?|language=fr|work=[[Le Monde]]|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/style/article/2013/01/02/la-frite-est-elle-belge-ou-francaise_1811949_1575563.html|access-date=3 February 2014|archive-date=15 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140215144331/http://www.lemonde.fr/style/article/2013/01/02/la-frite-est-elle-belge-ou-francaise_1811949_1575563.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, a reference exists in France from 1775 to "a few pieces of fried potato" and to "fried potatoes".<ref name="ppc_hess1b">{{cite book|last=Le Moyne Des Essarts|first=Nicolas-Toussaint|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DhMEi6nMuRAC&q=pomme%20frites&pg=RA1-PA81|title=Causes célebres curieuses et interessantes, de toutes les cours&nbsp;..., Volume 5, p. 41 and P. 159|date=1775|author-link=Nicolas-Toussaint Des Essarts|access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref> Eating potatoes for sustenance was promoted in France by [[Antoine-Augustin Parmentier]], but he did not mention ''fried'' potatoes in particular. A note in a manuscript in U.S. president Thomas Jefferson's hand (circa 1801–1809) mentions ''"Pommes de terre frites à cru, en petites tranches"'' ("Potatoes deep-fried while raw, in small slices"). The [[recipe]] almost certainly comes from his French [[chef]], Honoré Julien.<ref name="ppc_hess1" /> 
The thick-cut fries are called {{lang|fr|pommes Pont-Neuf}}<ref name="stange" /> or simply {{lang|fr|pommes frites}} (about {{cvt|10|mm|disp=or|frac=8}}); thinner variants are {{lang|fr|pommes allumettes}} (matchstick potatoes; about {{cvt|7|mm|frac=8|disp=or}}), and {{lang|fr|pommes paille}} (potato straws; {{cvt|4|mm|frac=8|disp=or}}). {{lang|fr|Pommes gaufrettes}} are [[waffle fries]]. A popular dish in France is [[steak frites]], which is steak accompanied by thin french fries.