Amarr
Amarr
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Aeliyah Ombra
Last Active:
8 days ago
Birthday:
Apr 8, 2017 (8 years old)
Next Birthday:
Apr 8, 2026 (211 days remaining)
Combat Metrics
Kills
3,836
Losses
426
Efficiency
90.0%
Danger Ratio
90.0%
ISK Metrics
ISK Killed
7102.98B ISK
ISK Lost
32.34B ISK
ISK Efficiency
99.5%
ISK Balance
7070.64B ISK
Solo Activity
Solo Kills
54
Solo Losses
144
Solo Kill Ratio
1.4%
Solo Efficiency
27.3%
Other Metrics
NPC Losses
20
NPC Loss Ratio
4.7
Avg. Kills/Day
1.2
Activity
Very High
Character Biography
The real history of French fries.
What we recognize today as Belgian ‘frites‘ or ‘friets‘ is thought to have originated in the Meuse region in 1680. The poor inhabitants of the Meuse valley area subsisted mainly on fish. When the River Meuse froze in 1680, potatoes were cut into the shape of fish, fried, and used as a substitute to their main staple.
Belgian fries – ‘les frites’ – were incorrectly named ‘French fries’ by American servicemen when they came to Belgium at the end of World War I. The French fries mislabel was reportedly the result of naming the fries after the French language spoken in Wallonia.
There has been much disagreement over the origin of frites as the region lies in the heart of French-speaking Wallonia, forcing Flanders to desperately seek a Flemish origin to the food. But, as in most countries, food can define culture and in frites are generally accepted as a unifying force and thoroughly ‘Belgian’ – francophone or not.
French fries (or rather Belgian fries) are thought to have arrived in the US in the late 1700s. Thomas Jefferson brought the method back to the colonies. We can guess it’s the method he brought back and not a soggy bag of chips.
In the UK, the first chip is believed to have materialised at Dundee Market in the 1870s, traded by a Belgian immigrant named Edward De Gernier.
As for the frites add-on essential, mayonnaise, its origin is cloudy. One theory connects it to the harbor town of Mahon, liberated by Cardinal Richelieux from the English. The towns of Bayonne and Mayon, however, also claim the golden morsels as their own.
What we recognize today as Belgian ‘frites‘ or ‘friets‘ is thought to have originated in the Meuse region in 1680. The poor inhabitants of the Meuse valley area subsisted mainly on fish. When the River Meuse froze in 1680, potatoes were cut into the shape of fish, fried, and used as a substitute to their main staple.
Belgian fries – ‘les frites’ – were incorrectly named ‘French fries’ by American servicemen when they came to Belgium at the end of World War I. The French fries mislabel was reportedly the result of naming the fries after the French language spoken in Wallonia.
There has been much disagreement over the origin of frites as the region lies in the heart of French-speaking Wallonia, forcing Flanders to desperately seek a Flemish origin to the food. But, as in most countries, food can define culture and in frites are generally accepted as a unifying force and thoroughly ‘Belgian’ – francophone or not.
French fries (or rather Belgian fries) are thought to have arrived in the US in the late 1700s. Thomas Jefferson brought the method back to the colonies. We can guess it’s the method he brought back and not a soggy bag of chips.
In the UK, the first chip is believed to have materialised at Dundee Market in the 1870s, traded by a Belgian immigrant named Edward De Gernier.
As for the frites add-on essential, mayonnaise, its origin is cloudy. One theory connects it to the harbor town of Mahon, liberated by Cardinal Richelieux from the English. The towns of Bayonne and Mayon, however, also claim the golden morsels as their own.