Belgians work together when the chips are down

BELGIUM: People agree on few things in linguistically divided Belgium, but an effort to get Belgian potato fries recognised as cultural heritage, putting them on a par with Peking opera and the Argentinian tango may get unequivocal support.

Belgian fries are traditionally sold, in a paper cone, from a ‘fritkot’, generally a shack or trailer.

There are some 5,000 of these in Belgium, making them 10 times more common, per capita, than McDonald’s restaurants in the US.