Can't comment on the French, but I live about an hour south of the Quebec border. If I had to take a guess, it is has to do with taste when you cook them. Shhh....
*Sneaks up behind Frankie with spear and ketchup* <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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