Tue Mar 11, 8:10 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - France's refusal to back a possible U.S.-led attack of Iraq has triggered a verbal food fight in the restaurants of the U.S. House of Representatives as "French fries" and "French toast" are replaced on menus by "Freedom fries" and "Freedom toast."

McDonald's is also getting into the act...

• Hamburger = Liberty Burger
• Cheeseburger = Liberty Burger with American Cheese
• Big Mac = The MOAB
• Quarter Pounder = Qusay Pounder
• Happy Meal = Patriot Meal
• Big N' Tasty = Brave N' Tasty
• Crispy Chicken = Homeland Chicken
• McChicken = Coalition Chicken
• Hot N' Spicy McChicken = Honorable N' Spicy Coalition Chicken
• Chicken McGrill = Chicken McRegimeChange
• Chicken McNuggets = Courage McNuggets
• Crispy Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad = Operation Colon Shield
• McFlurry = (still) McFlurry

It's not the first time. During WWII, Americans stopped putting sauerkraut on hot dogs in favor of “Liberty cabbage”. Instead of a hamburger, the nation enjoyed “America steaks”. Why not love America (and hate Europe) by exchanging all familiar European words and phrases:

• French bread = Amber waves of grain
• Crepes = Fruited plains
• French kiss = First Amendment kiss
• French onion soup = Sovereign soup
• French dressing = My Cold Dead Hands dressing
• Champagne = Citizen-pagne
• German Chocolate cake = Autonomy cake
• Wiener schnitzel = Love it or Leave it schnitzel
• Bratwurst = Apple Pie
• hors d'oeuvres = Independence bites
• sauté = emancipate
• bon voyage = See ya, pussies!
• de ja vu = Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Marcel Marceau = Robin Williams
• Adolph Hitler = Tom Hanks
• Gesundheit = God Bless You...and America

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