Belgium is launching a bid to have potato fries recognised as a part of its cultural heritage. Long believed to have been created in France, Belgians now want the item officially endorsed by the United Nations’ Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Both the French-speaking community of Wallonia in southern Belgium and the German-speaking community in the east have announced that they’re joining forces with their Flemish cousins in the north to set up a petition calling for the culinary item to gain UNESCO status. Belgium is launching a bid to have potato fries and Friktot shops recognised as a part of its cultural heritage
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Long credited to France, Belgium want item officially endorsed by UNESCO
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Belgian fries are traditionally sold in a paper cone from a ‘fritkot’  trailer
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Belgium has over 5,000 - more common, per capita, than McDonalds in US
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UNESCO has a list of 314 items of  cultural heritage and 1007 heritage sites including Stonehenge
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Potatoes reached @placeholder in the 16th century, but it was not until the 19th century that they were widely sold chipped and fried as a meal in themselves.
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UNAFRI says 95 percent of @placeholder visit a fritkot at least once a year.