when were french fries invented
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. However, a reference exists in France from 1775 to a few pieces of fried potato and to fried potatoes.n France and other French-speaking countries, fried potatoes are formally pommes de terre frites, but more commonly pommes frites, patates frites, or simply frites. The word  aiguillettes  or allumettes is used when the French fries are very small and thin.