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Show z-i-Z':'Xox-zvs:-:-i-:-sX':-x-:-z-:-z'X-:-z-:-x-;-Z':-x-:-i':'i-:-Xvi:.3:.:.x-:-x-x-:' Gould Credited With French-Fried Potatoes lovers of French fried potatoes are under lasting obligations to -this forceful force-ful American. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Like all others who take delight in a platter of crisp, hot French fried potatoes, po-tatoes, 1 always supposed this particular particu-lar way of preparing them was originated origi-nated by some eminent French chef in the distant long ago, until along came one of those fellows who are always al-ways digging into history and finding tilings to shatter our pet illusions. According to his version, the French fried potato originated not in France but in New York. One day, so the story goets, Jay Gould dropped into Delmonico's restaurant in that city and said: "I want potatoes quartered and fried In deep fat." The desire to imitate the doings of a Gould probably caused the use of potatoes fried in this way to assume the proportions of a fad, although, unlike many other fads, this one survived. For years these were known simply as quartered potatoes. Then Delmonico took to slicing them thinner and called them by the name under which they are now known throughout trie country. Whatever may be said of Jay Gould as a financier and railroad builder, all |