Re: foods named after places

ranjit_mathews@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Joe Fineman wrote:
> > "retrosorter" <hrichler@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > Is there a process whereby names for foods are named after foreign
> > > locales? I ask this because I am bemused that what we call "Danish
> > > pastry " in North America is called vienerbrod in Denmark but called
> > > copenhager in certain German-speaking countries.
> >
> > I gather that the English have no need of a name for English muffins,
> > because they do not have the things. Are Frankfurters & Viennese
> > acquainted with frankfurters & wieners?
>
> We called French toast Bombay toast. On going to Bombay, I was amused
> to find that it was called Madras toast there.

But in England it's called "fried bread." (I first heard it in a Pinter
play but later observed it in lots of other places.)
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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