As someone who lived in England for three years, I have encountered many a food with a shocking name.
1I actually bought spotted dick at the local store here a few years ago just to see what it was. While it is nothing more than cake in a can I just couldnt get over the name that i gagged on it. hahahah get it spotted dick and gagged... yeah that just doesnt work for Americans :P
210-25-2008 @ 5:32PM
I had a whole conversation at work yesterday about how wrong cock-a-leekie soup sounds. Apparently my coworkers and I are all about 5 years old on the inside.
710-26-2008 @ 12:20AM
Half of the items on your list are just American connotations for certain words. They have nothing to do with cooking or what the item really is.
810-26-2008 @ 12:43AM
Annie you poor girl are you so prudish that those foods sound dirty or was your article just another example of inane, unfunny, stuffy, British humor?
1110-26-2008 @ 8:56AM
A delightful post! Of course we take delight in funny or odd (or dirty) names for our food. Here are some I remember:
Hung Wang (noodles)
Whoopie Pie
Hot tamales
Sloppy Joes
Whore's eggs (spiny sea urchins)
Nipples of Venus (chestnut truffles; capezzoli di Venere)
Grunt
Bangbelly
Hooshums
Lassy Mogs
And how did Prairie Oysters get left off the list?
1210-26-2008 @ 4:06PM
Pasta Puttanesca - means pasta made in the style of a whore in Italian.
Chi-Chi's - the 'Mexican' restaraunt, means boobs in Spanish.
1310-26-2008 @ 6:25PM
Don't forget Squirrel Nut Zippers.
http://www.oldtimecandy.com/squirrel-nut-zippers.htm
18Don't forget the Don and Mike show (now the Mike O Meara show) used to use the term "Gentleman's Relish" as a euphamism for that special substance that gentlemen produce in a state of sexual excitement. Even though that's not what it is, I can't hear the term Gentleman's Relish without being reminded about their use of the term...
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