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.
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cloudless@lemmy.world 8 months ago
French Fries are from Belgium English muffins are invented in the USA Singaporean Noodles are invented in Hong Kong
Wuhan virus? Most likely from Wuhan.
Liz@midwest.social 8 months ago
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
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.
TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It what made freedom fries doubly absurd. Not even close to the freedom cut.
Assman@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
freedom cut
Love me some mullet shaped fries
neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Not to mention Chicken Tikka Masala.
dutchkimble@lemy.lol 8 months ago
What part is a lie though?
CbtB@lemmynsfw.com 8 months ago
Not a lie. I think in India it’s weird because tikka already implies chicken. Like saying “beef hamburger” sounds a bit weird.
poppy@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Kinda like “chai tea” is often said in English too!
margaritox@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I assume it has to do with the part that says that its place of origin is Great Britain.
dutchkimble@lemy.lol 8 months ago
That’s true though. In India it’s butter chicken, and they made a slightly different version of it in the UK called chicken Tikka Masada, and they make a butter chicken there which is a sweet version of the OG butter chicken.
AdmiralShat@programming.dev 8 months ago
Hamburgers are also American despite being named after a place in Germany
Hildegarde@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Cheeseburgers are named after the German city of Cheeseburg.
synapse1278@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Oh? I thought it was from Cheesebaden.
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Big Macs are named after Bernie “Big” Mac
idunnololz@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Hawaiian pizza was not invented in Hawaii, but Canada.
poppy@lemm.ee 8 months ago
slate.com/…/turkey-in-turkish-and-other-geographi…
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Fun!
UmeU@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Nobody wants to take responsibility for this bird
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
The explanation ive heard as to why its called a turkey in English is cause the Turks took a liking to it early on and the association just kinda stuck.
squid_slime@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Little known fact, hamburgers are served with a slice of ham 🙂
explodicle@local106.com 8 months ago
Mmmmm, steamed hams!
CbtB@lemmynsfw.com 8 months ago
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casmael@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Steamed clams?
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They started life as the hamburg steak, which was brought to the US by Germans.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
So basically Americans or even German American immigrants went “this would be better as a sandwhich” and it stuck.
casmael@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Disappointed that it’s not a type of burger made of ham tbh