Thu Jul 12, 2012, 07:43 AM
Ichingcarpenter (36,988 posts)
London: No chips for you unless you get them at McDonalds
Hundreds of food outlets at Olympic venues have been forced to take chips off the menu, because of a demand from sponsor McDonald's.
Olympic chiefs have banned all 800 food retailers at the 40 Games venues across Britain from dishing up chips because of 'sponsorship obligations.' The only loophole in the agreement, announced in a memo to staff, is that chips can be served with fish - safeguarding Britain's most famous dish. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2172168/London-Olympics-2012-McDonalds-force-Olympics-bosses-ban-restaurants-selling-chips-unless-FISH.html#ixzz20PLJd6Ko
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Ichingcarpenter | Jul 2012 | OP |
JHB | Jul 2012 | #1 | |
jberryhill | Jul 2012 | #2 | |
JHB | Jul 2012 | #7 | |
jberryhill | Jul 2012 | #8 | |
RandiFan1290 | Jul 2012 | #3 | |
TlalocW | Jul 2012 | #4 | |
Javaman | Jul 2012 | #5 | |
Ichingcarpenter | Jul 2012 | #6 | |
Javaman | Jul 2012 | #9 |
Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 07:47 AM
JHB (35,265 posts)
1. That would be 'fries' to us 'Mericans...
...and 'pommes frites' in France, Belgium, and Amercia.
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Response to JHB (Reply #1)
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 08:13 AM
jberryhill (62,444 posts)
2. Vlaamse Frites
A good part of Belgium calls them "Flemish Fries".
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Response to jberryhill (Reply #2)
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 10:03 AM
JHB (35,265 posts)
7. Interesting...
Which part? Is it the Flemish claiming them as their own? Or the Walloons saying "eh, don't blame us, it belongs to the other guys"?
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Response to JHB (Reply #7)
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 10:17 AM
jberryhill (62,444 posts)
8. I believe it's the Dutch that tend to call them Flemish
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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 08:19 AM
RandiFan1290 (6,059 posts)
3. So much for competition
Free market and all that
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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 09:29 AM
TlalocW (14,464 posts)
4. Change them slightly - crinkle cut, make wider, etc.
And call them French Fries.
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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 09:32 AM
Javaman (59,649 posts)
5. Daily fail.
sorry, I don't believe anything they print.
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Response to Javaman (Reply #5)
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 10:00 AM
Ichingcarpenter (36,988 posts)
6. Sorry but its true just goggle it yourself...
Response to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #6)
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 10:33 AM
Javaman (59,649 posts)
9. Okay, I believe it now...
but using the daily fail as a link for "truth" just doesn't wash withme.
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