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Permalink Reply by Ben on February 25, 2011 at 2:22pm

If the empires ended then their dominance ended. Whether or not they contributed to humanity does not change the fact that as empires they ended. Making the statement entirely true.

i am also aware that Turkey was never an empire. However the Ottoman or Osmanli Turks ruled the empire making the use of the term Turkey an informal description.

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Permalink Reply by T A A on February 25, 2011 at 9:21pm

I was tempted to say "reality TV", but dang, that came from the French and the Dutch too!

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Permalink Reply by Jaume on February 25, 2011 at 9:32pm

Shopping malls, televangelism and junk food. Although I'm not sure there's that big of a difference between those three.

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Permalink Reply by T A A on February 25, 2011 at 9:48pm

Hey! Fries are from Europe too! :P

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Permalink Reply by Heather Spoonheim on February 25, 2011 at 10:14pm

The famous American "French fried pataters" are most definately not of European origin.  They were, in fact, introduced to America by one of its own founding fathers.

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Permalink Reply by T A A on February 25, 2011 at 10:23pm

Thomas Jefferson at a White House dinner in 1802 served "potatoes served in the French manner"  from French Fries

French fries (not of France) were a classic eaten with Mussels back in the 1600s in Belgium and Netherlands.

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Permalink Reply by Heather Spoonheim on February 25, 2011 at 10:30pm

Was it Jefferson who introduced the ritual of serving them with an equal mass of catsup?

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Permalink Reply by T A A on February 25, 2011 at 10:34pm

LoL, I've always preferred mine with Mayonnaise, as the French/Belgians do, I can't stand ketchup, never could! :P

Permalink Reply by Heather Spoonheim on February 25, 2011 at 10:39pm

The 'better restaurants' here actually serve the fries with mayo.  I happen to prefer gravy, which you can really only get if you order 'poutine' (which is also topped with unripened cheese curds).  I do love my ketchup on my hashbrowns though.

Permalink Reply by Chris G on February 25, 2011 at 11:54pm

French Fries are strips of potatoes deep fried in duck fat.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Heather Spoonheim on February 26, 2011 at 12:02am

LOL!  That is what I call 'hashbrowns' - but only since moving to Québec.  Duck fat is the core of "French" cooking as I have come to know it, which really means "Quebecois" cooking.  Duck is truly the porc of poultry!

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Permalink Reply by T A A on February 26, 2011 at 1:07am

Foie gras has long been out of favour in Quebec! yuk. I used to cook it for rich yacht owners... never developed a taste for it myself. But poutine, and guedille and galvaude, mmm, greasy greasy! No duck grease tho! LoL

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