Foods invented in the wrong country

[norrahe]

Stilton is not actually made in stilton anymore

[NickFitz]

Stilton is not actually made in stilton anymore

It never was made in Stilton, it was just sold there.

[NickFitz]

Marks & Spencer "Oakham Chicken" doesn't come from Oakham. M&S merely registered the name of the town as a trademark for their chicken, but none of it is produced anywhere near there. Some of it comes from Northern Ireland, which is definitely not in Rutland.

M&S have form for this kind of thing: they used to sell "Melton Mowbray" pork pies that contained cured pork (pink), but of course a Melton pie is made with uncured pork (grey).

[Ignis Fatuus]

Pasta was brought to Italy by Marco Polo. Maybe.

Kraft bought a small factory in Philadelphia to head off a legal challenge to Philladelphia Cream Cheese, which never had anything to do with the place.

Yorkshire Pudding was invented in Lancashire. OK, just kidding.

[RichardCranium]

Yorkshire Pudding was invented in Lancashire. OK, just kidding.

According to my mother - a devout Tyke - Yorkshire Pudding was indeed not invented in Yorkshire.

It was merely Yorkshire where the recipe was found, when one of the angels dropped it.

[EternalOptimist]

A tin of alphabetti spaghetti in China, is three foot tall and weighs in at 83.1 kg

[Troll]

A tin of alphabetti spaghetti in China, is three foot tall and weighs in at 83.1 kg

Do they have seperate tins for báihuà and hànzi ?

[EternalOptimist]

Do they have seperate tins for báihuà and hànzi ?

dhooli makahi

secini

[Troll]

dhooli makahi

secini

Hope thats not rude...

[EternalOptimist]

Hope thats not rude...

I did a contract in Singapore, and the locals taught me some sweary words, and I told them about England. They were truly interested and facinated

Dhooli Makahi is the phonetic way to say fck off
sesini, likewise for thank you


thats what they told me, anyway