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Hamburgers are also American despite being named after a place in Germany
Cheeseburgers are named after the German city of Cheeseburg.
Oh? I thought it was from Cheesebaden.
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Hawaiian pizza was not invented in Hawaii, but Canada.
Also Turkey (the bird) has to be the most hilariously named bird. Different languages attribute the bird to a different location.
Also Turkey (the bird) has to be the most hilariously named bird. Different languages attribute the bird to a different location.
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But English, Turkish, Hindi, and French aren’t the only languages with geographical confusion over the origin of this gobbling bird. Irish and Welsh call it after Turkey, but that’s probably just borrowing via English. Armenian, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, and Russian also refer to it as some sort of Indian bird, while Dutch, Indonesian, Icelandic, and Lithuanian get slightly more specific with their inaccurate Indian geographical references and call it a bird of Calicut. Khmer and Scottish Gaelic, on the other hand, call it a French chicken, Malay calls it a Dutch chicken, and various dialects of Arabic refer to it as a Roman, Greek, or Ethiopian chicken. The most sensible of the geographically confused names are the languages that name it after Peru, including Croatian, Hawaiian, and Portuguese. I mean, at least Peru is on the right continental landmass, even if it’s home to the Incas while it was the Aztecs who domesticated the turkey.
Fun!
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German chocolate cake is not German. It was originally called German's chocolate cake, as it was invented by a person with the last name German.
The "french" in French fries refers to the style of cut that the potatoes are in. Hence why you just call curly fries, curly fries, and not curly French fries.
It what made freedom fries doubly absurd. Not even close to the freedom cut.
I like my fries uncircumcised
Hawaiian pizza is from Canada.
By a greek in Canada inspired by chinese dishes. Truly mr worldwide food.
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German Chocolate Cake is from Pennsylvania or New York. It's definitely American. The guy's last name was German.
Considering the Amish proficiency for baked goods, I'd imagine it's from Pennsylvania, and actually German.
But just like whoopie pies it's an American invention.
No literally it was the brand name of the chocolate which was sold by a guy named German. Nothing to do with the country at all
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General Tso never even tried his sauce.
General Tso died in 1885, yet General Tso's Chicken is invented around 1970. They are almost 100 years apart.
IIRC the sauce was invented in San Francisco, as were fortune cookies.
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Belgium and Northern France have Filet Américain (American Filet). So an American dish right? Well no, it's raw ground beef, basically the last thing most Americans will ever willingly eat. Here it's basically the default sandwich topping.
how does one safely prepare raw ground beef?
By grinding it fresh under controlled conditions
Though according to experts, there's still a health risk, like raw egg.
The same way you safely prepare steak tartare?
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Yea, Singapore noodles are from Hong Kong and Tikka Masala is from the UK of all places.
My favourite weird food thing is that Japanese curry is a reinterpretation of UK curry which is in turn a reinterpretation of Indian curries.
I love the circuitous route it took to hop north east a ways, and how distinct it is due to this.
It's also the absolute fucking best
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Taiwan has created so many incredible foods and drinks I gotta say.
"Damn mongorians."
Keep ruining the shitty wok
Im living in Germany. We say "Wiener Würstchen" to some sausages. Wien = Vienna In Vienna/Austria they say "Frankfurter" to the same sausages. Frankfurt is a City in Germany.
What? Next thing you're gonna tell me is that sex on the beach doesn't involve any sand!
They just call it beef there. Kind of like how the French call toasted bread "le pain internationale" and French toast is just toast.
Is this a Quebec thing ? I have never ever heard anyone say "le pain international" in my entire life as a French man, sacre blue !
Toast bread = pain de mie
French toast = pain perdu
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Australian Shepherds are actually from the American West.
Gobi manchurian was made by Cantonese merchants in Kolkata.
Bird named Turkey:
The Portuguese word for turkey 🦃 is Peru
Wait until you find out about what Beaver Tails are made of
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