| March 11th, 2005 04:42 PM |
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| kath |
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Mar 11, 2005 — A Dutch cafeteria owner used piping hot french fries to fend off a gun-wielding would-be robber, police in the southern city of Helmond said Friday.
Fries, or "frites," are a national snack in Holland and Belgium, where they are deep-fried in oil and then salted and eaten with mayonnaise and chopped onions.
It was not known if the culprit, whose age was estimated at 16, was burned. He had threatened the owner and his wife with a handgun Thursday night, police said.
"He wanted money," a police report said. "But once he had hot frites coming his way, he decided he had had enough."
The fries were cooling in a pot when the owner threw them at the intruder.
Police described the youth, who is still at large, as "thin, white, and with a plump nose."
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| March 11th, 2005 04:46 PM |
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| voodoopug |
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kath wrote:
i have found him!
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| March 11th, 2005 04:47 PM |
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| kath |
LOL!!!!!!!! excellent work!!!!! |
| March 11th, 2005 04:59 PM |
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| voodoopug |
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kath wrote:
LOL!!!!!!!! excellent work!!!!!
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| March 11th, 2005 05:11 PM |
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| Angiegirl |
"Fries, or "frites," are a national snack in Holland and Belgium, where they are deep-fried in oil and then salted and eaten with mayonnaise and chopped onions."
Chopped onions? With my fries??? Very well informed... 
And actually, we call fries either 'friet' or 'patat'... |
| March 11th, 2005 11:57 PM |
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| glencar |
I liked that mulled wine over there... |
| March 12th, 2005 10:25 AM |
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| Monkey Woman |
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Angiegirl wrote:
And actually, we call fries either 'friet' or 'patat'...
Yeah, they call it "frites" in France and in the French-language part of Belgium. Different countries altogether!  |
| March 12th, 2005 12:30 PM |
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| littleredrooster |
They were actually invented in Belgium weren't they ?
Now a snack around the world! |
| March 13th, 2005 01:34 AM |
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| gorda |
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littleredrooster wrote:
They were actually invented in Belgium weren't they ?
Now a snack around the world!
I thought French Fries were invented in France!
P.S. Potatoes are originally from Peru! |
| March 13th, 2005 02:07 AM |
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| littleredrooster |
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gorda wrote:
I thought French Fries were invented in France!
P.S. Potatoes are originally from Peru!
If Chris from Belgium was online, he'd set the record straight! |
| March 13th, 2005 07:28 AM |
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| egon |
we need a new tour! |
| March 13th, 2005 09:35 AM |
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| lotsajizz |
the Dutch also serve their fries with a spicy peanut butter sauce sometimes |
| March 13th, 2005 10:21 AM |
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| magicwoman21 |
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lotsajizz wrote:
the Dutch also serve their fries with a spicy peanut butter sauce sometimes
yes your right
its a delicious sauce  |
| March 13th, 2005 03:05 PM |
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| littleredrooster |
Sorry that I missed the peanut sauce during EuroLicks 2003 |
| March 13th, 2005 07:27 PM |
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| Angiegirl |
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gorda wrote:
I thought French Fries were invented in France!
Yes, but we're not talking about French fries (the thin ones) but actual fries (thicker chuncks). |
| March 13th, 2005 07:29 PM |
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| Angiegirl |
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littleredrooster wrote:
Sorry that I missed the peanut sauce during EuroLicks 2003
We also got a dish that's called 'Patatje Oorlog (War Fries), with this peanut sauce, curry ketchup and mayonaise...(ok, and maybe even chopped onions?). |
| March 14th, 2005 02:18 AM |
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| littleredrooster |
You are tempting me to come back to Holland!
That also sounds good, even with onions!
I want poffitjes!
That restaurant outside the entrance to Musikzentrum Vredenburg made some tasty ones! |
| March 14th, 2005 06:21 AM |
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| magicwoman21 |
and we have "kroketten"and "frikandellen"there are delicious.Only i prefer kroketten |
| March 14th, 2005 06:34 AM |
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| egon |
even a remastered version of dirty work will do... |
| March 14th, 2005 07:31 AM |
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| Irresistible-Lady |
Yeah poffertjes are delicous..also pancakes are or spinaziecake..that's my favorit.. |
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