French fries are a food that I won’t be sad for losing from my life. They are unhealthy and always the thrifty side dish option, fried in horrible oils reused to oblivion. They are a staple only because they are quick to make with the right equipment and in large quantities on demand. Aka, they are fast food. And fast food in the US is arguably a cartel. Thankfully, I’m not in the US, I’m in Greece, with a very different fast food market, culinary tradition, and definition for a fried potato. If they want to corner the market on McDonald’s style fries, fine I don’t care. I enjoy my soft potato fries, gnocchi, my jacket potatoes, my rice better anyway.
Oh it’s simple. If the king wants the UK to follow his last french counterpart’s fate, this would be a romantically dramatic way of doing this.