Different Origins of food

The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus, Etymology: from Late Latin carōta, from Greek καρότον karōton, originally from the Indo-European root ker- (horn), due to its horn-like shape) is a root vegetable. It is a domesticated form of the wild carrot Daucus carota, native to Europe and southwestern Asia. The domestic carrot has been selectively bred for its greatly enlarged and more palatable, less woody-textured edible taproot.

Very good, how about sweet potato ?

The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are an important root vegetable.[1][2] The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. Of the approximately 50 genera and more than 1,000 species of Convolvulaceae, I. batatas is the only crop plant of major importance—some others are used locally, but many are actually poisonous. The sweet potato is only distantly related to the potato (Solanum tuberosum).

The center of origin and domestication of sweet potato is thought to be either in Central America or South America.[6] In Central America, sweet potatoes were domesticated at least 5,000 years ago.[7]

In South America, Peruvian sweet potato remnants dating as far back as 8000 BC have been found.[8]

Ok, who invented the hamburger and why is not ham in it?

The hamburger; a ground beef patty between two slices of bread, was first created in America around 1890. Its origins remain unclear, with claims of its invention by Charlie Nagreen, Frank and Charles Menches, Oscar Weber Bilby, Louis Lasson and Fletcher David. White Castle traces the origin of the hamburger to Hamburg, Germany with its invention by Otto Kuase. However, it gained national recognition at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair when the New York Tribune namelessly attributed the hamburger as, "the innovation of a food vendor on the pike." No conclusive claim has ever been made to end the dispute over the inventor of the hamburger with a variety of claims and evidence asserted since its creation.

I know one thing, French fries don't originate from France but from Belgium. So they should've been called Belgian fries!
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Once in a posh restaurant I was asked if I wanted French Fries as a side dish. I said "No, but I'll have a plate of chips!" The waiter was not impressed, his problem not mine. :-)

French fries

I think you're right!

IIRC from my short time in Germany they also refer to french fries as pomme frits

To be honest, French fries or whatever you call them are just skinny chips!

and nowhere near as good as a decent bag of chip shop chips after closing time (warped in a three day old copy of a tabloid newspaper...)

(broadsheet papers are too big, unless you are getting a family sized bag of chips...)
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and nowhere near as good as a decent bag of chip shop chips after closing time (warped in a three day old copy of a tabloid newspaper...)

warped in a three day old copy of a tabloid newspaper

To be honest, French fries or whatever you call them are just skinny chips!