You Want Fries With That?

[hobie16]

Just to show how stupid Knott's management can be, after France and the U.S. had some kind of falling out--forget what now--they changed stuff with the word France or French in their names. Now they don't sell French Fries, they sell "American" fries. I looked up the origin of French Fries, and they are actually Belgian in origin; the word French describes how the potatoes are cut. Of course the French tried to claim that they invented them, but to no avail. The Belgians were selling their fried potatoes from carts in the mid -1850s.

I remember how French's mustard was assailed because of their name; they refused to bow to pressure. Face it, we can be pretty stupid at times. Like during both World Wars we accused people who owned dogs of German origin, notably dachshunds, of being sympathetic to the German cause, Kaiser or Fuehrer. Most people aren't aware that during WWII, there weren't just persons of Japanese ancestry being sent to relocation centers, but people of German and Italian ancestry as well. Stupid on top of stupid.

Change my name to WHAT?!?!

[dazyhill]

I think at the Knott's food stands and menus, it's now back to French Fries. Not that I really notice since it's not my department and avoid almost all Knott's food.
In reference to felinefan's note of how people who owned German dogs (such as daschunds), in the UK, the German Shepherd's breed name was changed to the Alsatian during the war years.

[Ms. Matterhorn]

I never could understand that, If I want something to snack at Disneyland, I would want something that I can't normally get every day! Like A Mickey Bar, or a Dole Whip, etc.

Exactly! Why pay extra for crappy fries you can get anywhere in the world?

[Ms. Matterhorn]

Change my name to WHAT?!?!

Mr. Stench!

[EpcotFan]

Hey Zazu, that one takes the cake. But then there are always one or two people who just don't get the idea. I was at the Party for the Senses first weekend in October and saw one couple come in dressed in those plastic Viking helmets they sell in the Norwegian pavillion! I guess they completely missed the information on the dress code when they booked the event. Now I've occasionally scene people come into the party in jeans and a T-shirt but this is the first time I've seen someone come in wearing inappropriate head gear! Of course the fact that they were already pretty pickled prior to the event had nothing to do with it...

(Why bother paying for booze in advance when you can have all the wine you want at the event so long as you remain vertical?)

P.S. Thanks again for the misguided tour! It was a highlight of the trip!

[CBeilby]

Most people aren't aware that during WWII, there weren't just persons of Japanese ancestry being sent to relocation centers, but people of German and Italian ancestry as well. Stupid on top of stupid.

In all fairness, you do have to remember that the German-American Bund (essentially the American Nazi Party) was, up until WW2, a fairly powerful political entity, and it was their members for the most part who were being interred. Not that it makes it any less wrong, of course, but, but many of these people had openly supported Hitler and the German Reich, unlike with the Japanese-Americans, most of whom were in fact loyal US citizens, and many of whom would volunteer to fight with what would become the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (the most decorated US regiment in history in relation to it's size and length of service.)

[felinefan]

I think in the U.K., they've decided to let bygones be bygones and now the German Shepherd is no longer called an Alsatian there. In WWI, the Pennsylvania Dutch had to disguise their sauerkraut under the name of Liberty Cabbage. I know about WWII, my mom was a teenager during it, and you can ask her. And just about anytime a WWII documentary comes on , she's watching it. Heck, she still has her family's war ration books.

[Manetoys]

I never could understand that, If I want something to snack at Disneyland, I would want something that I can't normally get every day! Like A Mickey Bar, or a Dole Whip, etc.

Or Popcorn! oh, wait...

[hobie16]

I think in the U.K., they've decided to let bygones be bygones and now the German Shepherd is no longer called an Alsatian there. In WWI, the Pennsylvania Dutch had to disguise their sauerkraut under the name of Liberty Cabbage. I know about WWII, my mom was a teenager during it, and you can ask her. And just about anytime a WWII documentary comes on , she's watching it. Heck, she still has her family's war ration books.

My former father-in-law was an old French war dog who participated in the landings on D-Day. We went on vacation with his family. We camped out on a beach in Greece and ended up next to a German couple. It took four days before these two old war dogs would talk to each other. It was interesting to watch.