Amusing product discrepancies

But then what do you call muffins?

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We call them “muffins” too. We usually distinguish them by flavor - chocolate muffins, blueberry muffins, etc.

Maybe they’re using bugs from Maine. See this thread. :wink:

If you’re Stateside, try to find Guinness that was made in Ireland. Unless you go WAY out of your way to find the Irish stuff, its all Canadian (“Imported” is displayed prominently) brewed.

I once took part in a market research focus group that was using us to gauge their new spin campaign for a well known beer imported from Italy. They apparently wanted to move production to the US but wanted to keep ‘Italy’ and ‘Italian’ in the marketing literature and televised ads.

Examples: “Finely crafted in the Italian brewing tradition.” or “The taste of Italy in every sip.”

Swiss cheese from Ireland.

I actually started a thread on this…http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=279933&highlight=swiss+cheese

Evidently the Swiss didn’t put a lock on this and any number of countries can make it and call it Swiss cheese. Who knew?

I heard a radio ad driving through Lafayette, Louisiana recently – for Cajun Clear Mountain Spring Water, “from deep in the heart of Acadiana.”

Only problem is, a mountain in Lafayette would be no more than maybe a mound of dirt six feet tall. If that. I nearly drove off the road at that one.