French Fries are from Belgium!

That explains everything!

Next they'll tell us that poutine is from Nova Scotia.

Calls for a Breakup Grow Ever Louder in Belgium

New York Times, By ELAINE SCIOLINO, September 21

BRUSSELS, Sept. 16 — Belgium has given the world Audrey Hepburn, René Magritte, the saxophone and deep-fried potato slices that somehow are called French.