<P> When compared to steak - cut chips (UK), fries (US and global), roasted potatoes or crinkle - cut chips (UK), a wedge could be defined as having distinct corners when viewed as a cross-section perpendicular to the normal - a centreline running along the length of the cut potato form . This can be viewed as a triangular section, should there be 4 corners it would commonly be referred to as just a chip / fries . </P> <Ul> <Li> In some regions of the United States, potato wedges are known as jojos . This term originated in Waconia, Minnesota and is also used in the Northwest, Washington, Idaho, Ohio, Oregon, Minnesota, and other areas . Jojos are potato wedges fried in the same vat as chicken and usually eaten plain alongside fried chicken, coleslaw, and baked beans . A variation in spelling and pronunciation is mojos, particularly in Western Canada, the Western United States and Canada's Yukon . </Li> <Li> In Germany, they are known as Kartoffelspalten (' potato - clefts'), wilde Kartoffeln (' wild potatoes'), or Westernkartoffeln (' Western potatoes'). </Li> <Li> In France, they are called potatoes (pronounced as it is in English). </Li> <Li> In Sweden, they are called klyftpotatis (' wedge - potatoes'). </Li> <Li> In Russia, they are known as картофель по - деревенски (' village - style potato') or картофель по - домашнему (' homestyle potato'). </Li> </Ul> <Li> In some regions of the United States, potato wedges are known as jojos . This term originated in Waconia, Minnesota and is also used in the Northwest, Washington, Idaho, Ohio, Oregon, Minnesota, and other areas . Jojos are potato wedges fried in the same vat as chicken and usually eaten plain alongside fried chicken, coleslaw, and baked beans . A variation in spelling and pronunciation is mojos, particularly in Western Canada, the Western United States and Canada's Yukon . </Li> <Li> In Germany, they are known as Kartoffelspalten (' potato - clefts'), wilde Kartoffeln (' wild potatoes'), or Westernkartoffeln (' Western potatoes'). </Li>

Where did the term jojo's come from