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Is any food named after a place ever actually from that place?
Champagne notwithstanding.
Russian dressing. French dressing. French fries, toast, German chocolate cake. Are good examples.
However,
Cheddar cheese is actually from Cheddar (England).
Italian dressing originated in Rome with olive oil and vinegar among some other ingredients like seasonings.
Romaine lettuce came from countries around Mediterranean sea and named "Roman lettuce" from Italian translation. Whoever named it that may have been from Rome or Italian. It was also called that in the other countries, sources say possibly named by someone Greek calling it Roman lettuce.
Buffalo wings are from Buffalo, NY.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
You left out the best part! The diagram!
Oof, I'm on dark mode, apparently their 'white' background is actually transparent.. ☹️
Either way, have an upvote for the thought and effort 👍
I had no idea toast was from Toast! You learn something new every day...
French Fries are from Belgium
Reminds me of the origin of potato chips being a product of revenge from an angry restaurant worker.
Soy beans are named after soy sauce, which isn't what you asked but it's a fact I recently learned that surprised me.
Another TIL for me. Japanese: shōyu.
The colour orange didn't exist until they discovered oranges.
Canaries are named after the Canary islands. The islands were named after dogs (canines).
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I didn't know that, so I'll accept it lol
Isn't it the reverse, since soy sauce uses soy beans?
I'm glad you asked! That's the fun bit. The sauce, called shōyu in Japanese, became popular among westerners and they called it "soy sauce." When those westerners traveled to Japan and were shown the beans, they called them "soy beans" because they were used to make the sauce.
No, but I hear Julius Caesar invented a salad.
Which is weird, because Parmesan cheese didn't exist until the middle ages and I have no idea about croutons.
And Bob Cobb invented the Cobb Salad at the Brown Derby in 1937
I couldn't find any info on that. Only that the Caesar salad was named after someone named Caesar.
That's because Julius Caesar didn't invent it and I was joking.
I knew he didn't invent it. I googled whether he invented any salad or had a favorite but all the results were about how he didn't invent Caesar salad lol.
The joker here is Caesar Romero who actually invented the caesar salad.