I do not doubt Monsiuer Gutz's culinary capabilities for an instant, perhaps he received some french instruction at some point oui? His grande mamans potato salad is legendary even as far away as the caves of inland france! Oui Oui, huge chunks of pickles in there.
Our finest french chefs have been secretly working for years trying to immulate this recipe but alas our french pickles are just too tiny, we cannot compare to your enomrmous huge manly american pickles

...if there is one thing we french know its cuisine