The term “frenching” is also a culinary term that means preparing food for even cooking and to make it visually appealing.
In Poland we have Greek style fish, Ukrainian borscht and Russian pierogi. None of which have anything to do with the place they are named after.
I forgot about French pastry. Which I just puff pastry, but we call it French pastry for some reason. Doesn’t it come from Ireland?
I thought pierogi was polish 🤔
As all dishes, it’s not from a specific country, but from a region of the world. Eastern Europ in this case. When we fill them with potatoes, we call it russian style. Apparently Russians like carbs.
America had just bad eyesight or the belgian flag was already faded. So black became more blueish and yellow became white.
Germany is French, right?
That’s the Belgian flag. But don’t worry, they are so rare and tiny, that it doesn’t make a difference. We eat more Pommes in Germany anyway!
Hot dogs are bastardized from three separate Germanic names. Frankfurt sausages sounded a bit formal, so you got “hot dachshunds,” except Americans could neither spell nor pronounce the name of that breed, so you get “hot dogs.” If you asked what a hot dog was you’d probably be told it’s a wiener on a bun, where the English word “wiener” is a loanword from the German conjugation of “from Vienna.” And we’ve come full circle by routinely referring to dachshunds as wiener dogs.
The less-fun tangent about the prominence of German food in American culture is that New York was famed for its wealthy German-American families until all their wives and children were on a boat that sank. I am not joking.
I always found it funny that it is called “dachshund” in English. In German it is called “Dackel” and “dachshund” would be translated as “badger dog”. I don’t think that a badger is really meant here, but that the language has just developed a bit strangely (like with the word ampersand).
We call them that because they were meant to drive badgers from dens. It’s why they are so inclined to be aggressive little shits when not properly trained
Thanks for the explanation, I didn’t know that and wikipedia does not explain that in their etymology section.
Always happy to help, it’s not often that my families multiple generations of dog breeding and training actually provides relevant information to internet conversations
Who wants to claim our Brussels Sprouts? Go ahead, take them. Nobody? Well well well.
Brussels sprouts look and taste like little green brains. I have no idea what brain actually tastes like, but I imagine it’s brussels sprouts.
Brussel sprouts are delicious. Modern versions have had their bitterness bred out. Roasted until crispy with olive oil and garlic and salt and they’re fantastic.
Problem is the fools that boil or steam them. That way lies little green brains.
They taste like the worst version of a cabagge and they smell god awful while being prepared. I do believe some michelin star chef could make me a version I can eat but it would be a much more involved version not just roasted till crispy.
Potatoes are a food native to the Americas and the Belgians claiming them is cultural appropriation. French fries are Chilean.
This is a joke, right?
Kinda but also, it’s true. Potatoes come from the Incan Empire
Which has practically nothing to do with Chile lol more like Peru / Bolivia
All three, tbh
