# Can you buy Bologna in Bologna? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330 "2017-01-04T19:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/1 "2017-01-04T19:11:49Z")
Google was unhelpful in this query. I know you can buy Italian Mortadella easily in Bologna but is there anywhere in the city that would sell American Bologna? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/2 "2017-01-04T19:22:59Z")
When we were there we went into a market that had ever type of processed meat imaginable. Maybe not “Hebrew National,” but I’m sure you could get something close. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/3 "2017-01-04T19:51:21Z")
n/m, OP already addressed it ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/4 "2017-01-04T20:04:37Z")
ok, I asked my co-worker who is from Genova. According to him, you won’t find it in Bologna, since American bologna is essentially mortadella w/o the added pieces of fat. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/5 "2017-01-04T20:07:57Z")
Can you buy hamburgers in Hamburg? London broil in London? New York steak in NY? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/6 "2017-01-04T20:14:41Z")
In a bologna related coincidence, it was an answer on Jeopardy recently and Mr. Trebek pronounced it the same way we pronounce the lunch meat. Is that correct? I guess I assumed it was something more like BaLONE or whatever but I never though it was “baloney”. We all know that AT is impeccable when it comes to pronunciations (:rolleyes: ) so it left me kind of puzzled. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/7 "2017-01-04T20:16:23Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Can you buy hamburgers in Hamburg? There are several McDonald’s in Hamburg. > [@](#): > > New York steak in NY? In New York it’s often just called strip steak, but the [Strip House in NYC](http://www.striphouse.com/food-and-drink/) has it on the menu as New York Strip. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/8 "2017-01-04T20:21:20Z")
What about frankfurters in Frankfurt? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/9 "2017-01-04T20:23:28Z")
Or doughnuts in Berlin? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/10 "2017-01-04T20:23:37Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > In a bologna related coincidence, it was an answer on Jeopardy recently and Mr. Trebek pronounced it the same way we pronounce the lunch meat. Is that correct? I guess I assumed it was something more like BaLONE or whatever but I never though it was “baloney”. We all know that AT is impeccable when it comes to pronunciations (:rolleyes: ) so it left me kind of puzzled. I think you are mis-remembering. It wasn’t Alex who said it “baloney,” it was the contestant. Can you get chili in Chile? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/11 "2017-01-04T20:24:46Z")
Vienna sausages in Vienna? General Tso’s Chicken in China? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/12 "2017-01-04T20:32:06Z")
When the first pizzeria opened in Amman, Jordan, in 1974, there was bologna on it, because that was the only readily avaiable cold cut in the marketplace. Things like pepperoni were unknown, as, of course. were any products that contained pork or ham. Bologna is pretty universally available as one of the most popular items in grocery stores that cater to the ex-pat community. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/13 "2017-01-04T21:09:02Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I think you are mis-remembering. It wasn’t Alex who said it “baloney,” it was the contestant. I think it was Trebek. I remember being shocked. It’s Bo-LO-gna (with the “gn” pronounced similarly to the tilde n in Spanish). No? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/14 "2017-01-04T21:35:41Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > London broil in London? It has nothing to do with the city and is mostly unknown, but that part of the cow is usually called topside or silverside (US: round steak). > [@John\_Mace](#): > > I think it was Trebek. I remember being shocked. It’s Bo-LO-gna (with the “gn” pronounced similarly to the tilde n in Spanish). No? Basically, yes. Italian is not one language so much as a collection of related dialects, and it became “baloney” probably in the same way that Sicilian-Americans made “capocollo” into “gabagool.” Italian Wikipedia conveniently translates “Bologna sausage” as “Bologna sausage” :dubious: “Lyoner” seems to be _a_ term used in Europe, if not Italy. I don’t think “chili” and “Chile” are etymologically related, except that in some areas the latter spelling is used for the pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/15 "2017-01-04T21:49:18Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Vienna sausages in Vienna? > General Tso’s Chicken in China? Don’t know about Vienna sausages, but Wiener schnitzel practically grows on trees there. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/16 "2017-01-04T21:59:10Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Don’t know about Vienna sausages, but Wiener schnitzel practically grows on trees there. Breaded flat piece of veal != breadless long pork/beef sausage ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/17 "2017-01-04T22:40:19Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Breaded flat piece of veal != breadless long pork/beef sausage Pretty sure **Chefguy** knows that. ETA: And wait, Vienna wieners are “long pork” sausages? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/18 "2017-01-04T23:06:25Z")
In Wisconsin, several different types of baloney are found in markets. One would be Ring Baloney, which is very different from the pink blah cold cuts. Greasy and red inside, with a distinctive gristly texture, sold in a long loop-shaped form about two inches thick. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/19 "2017-01-04T23:17:10Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > ETA: And wait, Vienna wieners are “long pork” sausages? :eek: Meat’s meat, and a man’s gotta eat. I wonder if you can get a Philly Cheese Steak in [Philadelphia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia,_Turkey). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/20 "2017-01-04T23:39:25Z")
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