The potato fries museum (Frietmuseum) participated with a fry shop to the "day of the vegetables" organized by the city of Tienen in Belgium on the 25/09/2010.
Eddy Cooremans fried 260 kg of potatoes. We distributed them for free to the many visitors.
His wife Josée was preparing the portions, fries and Légumaise sauces from Frank Fol. She reached almost the 2000 portions !
At the occasion of the week of the Belgian fries (chips), nine well-known Flemish personalities designed a special chip fork.
These creations have been auctioned on e-Bay.
The Frietmuseum Bruges has been able to buy them all, with the purpose to help Cliniclowns but also to put them on display in the museum.
Opening of the Frietmuseum in Bruges
The
official opening of the Frietmuseum took place on Saturday 26th of April in
presence of Patrick Moenaert Mayor of Bruges, the aldermen Bogaerts, Boydens,
Roose and Vandenberghe, other personalities and business partners.
The Mayor cuts the ribbon together with Eddy Van Belle.
2/We
had the visit of Messrs. Hoeberigs father and son.
Father Hoeberigs is the inventor of the fry-matic in 1965, for this invention he
was awarded a gold medal at the inventors fair in Brussels.
He is from Bruges, so he is very pleased that the Frietmuseum opened in his
hometown.
In 1989 he invented the Fry baker, an automatic machine heating 1 portion of
fries. It is exhibited in the museum.