Quote Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf_c View Post
... And also Belgium is the origin of what Americans call "French fries"*, so in Asterix comics, they are forever dunking potatoes in oil.

(If you are about to objet about potatoes not existing in Europe until 1500 years later, be aware that Asterix is unconcerned with your complaints about anachronisms)

ETA: how many posters does it take to explain an Asterix joke? Three, as it turns out.

Grey Wolf

* Wikipedia claims this is "disputed", FWIW
Wether or not they invented it, the Belgians stereotypically eat more of those than we do.

Also potato in French is pomme de terre (ground apple) so French fries are often called pommes frites i.e. fried apples. In Astérix It is basically stated that they are frying slices of regular apples since they don’t have potatoes yet, much like the britons are drinking hot water with milk since they have no tea yet.