No better way to make me feel old than things I remember as current events turning up on TIL.

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InvestmentMain8414@reddit

OK as a non American I remember Freedom Fries....but Liberty Cabbage? What is that?

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Curtainmachine@reddit

What they renamed Sauerkraut during ww1 in the same patriotic spirit to remove any German associations. See also: “liberty” steaks and pups for hamburgers and dachsunds

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maggie320@reddit

That reminds me of when the Cincinnati Reds changed their name to the Redlegs during the Red Scare of the 50s.

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xtlhogciao@reddit

And “kraut” then referred to the Germans themselves, at least to the British in WW1 (I don’t think Americans largely adopted it until WW2, but I could be wrong)

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InvestmentMain8414@reddit

Huh, TIL. Im going to mention this to my history buff dad when I see hum on Sunday.

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ThepalehorseRiderr@reddit

Salisbury steak became a patriotic alternative to hamburgers in WW1.

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CommonNative@reddit

Don't forget the people buying French wine to....pour down the sewers.

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maggie320@reddit

My poor mother would’ve been crying if she saw that. “Don’t waste wine like that”.

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ThepalehorseRiderr@reddit

Totally missed the opportunity to just give a bunch of homeless dudes a bunch of really swank, expensive wine.

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I love French dip sandwiches. When this was going on I would still order them as French dips, more out of habit than principle. Not one waitress cared, except one old battle axe in a greasy spoon by the warehouses. She said "you mean an American dip sandwich right?" And I was all sure whatever, she would not drop it until I said American dip. And I had to say freedom fries instead of just fries.

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djsynrgy@reddit

she would not drop it until I said American dip

I would have asked for her manager or otherwise walked out on her. F that noise. 😆

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BiscottiLeading@reddit

Nah, it wasn't that big of deal, and I never want to make a scene. Plus I was there with my husband (new boyfriend at the time) and his friends. It was by where they worked. We just giggled after she left, and than it was those times where you try to stop laughing but you can't. And every time the waitress came back it made it worse. The sandwich was pretty good too.

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fave_no_more@reddit

I was an intern in Congress when the freedom fries nonsense was going on.

What I remember from that time was, most people thought it was silly.

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TwistingEcho@reddit

That being said TiL about Freedom Fries... (Not American)

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clutzycook@reddit

I saw that too and thought, "that's silly. How could you not already know about something that happened...oh God."

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nudave@reddit (OP)

“Freedom fries” can legally drink now.

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nworbleinad@reddit

And join the armed forces.

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Homelessavacadotoast@reddit

Freedom Onion Soup was my favorite dish of the era…

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ThepalehorseRiderr@reddit

That was the dumbest clap back ever. I, as an American, had no I'll will towards France and didn't care that they held their own opinion. Hell, I agreed with them. It definitely seemed like at the time that we were interested in hitting back and didn't much care who.

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