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I have a bone to pick with Mexican beans


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2 hours ago, tous said:

Being old, irascible and slightly bored, I did some research.

One would think that frying anything is a sin in French cuisine and refrying is a mortal sin,

Yes, they have les pomme frite, French fries, but that is for the tourists and the Germans, not found on a haute cuisine menu.

I imagine a true Frenchman would never consider actually eating a bean (le haricot,) much less smashing them up and frying them.

And knowing how anal they are about foreign words corrupting their language, I was surprised that, yes, there is a French term for refried beans, you know, the beans that are only fried once:

des haricots frits.

They do recognize that you only fry the danged beans once.

There is a term  refait, I saw on some menus for Spanish or Mexican fare,, but the word refait means to make again, not to fry again.

I can assure you, however, that the French are just as flatulent as us bean eaters.

 

I need nap.

Someone stop me before I get to Finnish.

 

Proper fries are dipped in oil twice.  ?

Al's flatulence mitigation program is soak, discard soaking water, and add kombu, which as we know, this tip is not appreciated by SP.

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