July 13, 2022 - National French Fry Day

Welcome to July 13th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate almost everyone’s favorite veggie and their rightful place in history. Fries are pretty much everyone’s favorite vegetable, but depending on where you live they may be called something else. The recipe for French fried potatoes first appeared in an English cookbook in 1856, but some believe the name became popular during World War I. When American soldiers discovered the fried potatoes served in French speaking Belgium, the nickname took hold. Legend has it that potatoes were first fried in Belgium in 1690 during a particularly cold winter. When the river froze and people couldn’t get to their supply of fish they cooked up potato slivers instead. And today no one would argue with making fries a meal. On National French Fry Day serve them with chili or cheese, ketchup or mayo or dare to go bare with some crave worthy seasoned fries. Anna: I can’t stand the suspense. Marlo are you moving Fry Day to Friday, should we even be celebrating fries today?! John, what’s the count on that petition? John: Not sure, but enough people have done their civic duty and voted so now it’s truly up to Marlo. Anna: There’s still time to visit frydaytoFriday.com to sign up and get a coupon for free fries. They’re not closing it out till later today. Anna: How does this not make sense to you Marlo? Think of all the happy, hard working people who will be celebrating for years to come with another reason to say TGI Fryday! This is a historical moment. I hope you do the right thing. I’m Anna Devere and I’m Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices