Well they did invent the "chip"

Jacques circa, which would be a great name for some animated Frenchman, has dissed English cuisine while at the G8 summit in Scotland. Click here for story. The offending remarks were "The only thing the British have given to European farming is mad cow disease." He added: "You can't trust people who cook as badly as that. Apart from Finland, [Britain] is the country where you eat the worst."

Chirac added that France's differences with Nato began after its Scottish former secretary general Lord Robertson offered him a local Scottish specialty, believed to be haggis. Believed to be haggis? What is this world coming to when the head of France cannot identify haggis.

All haggis is a sheep's stomach stuffed with vegetables and suet. Hey the French want you to eat snails.