# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/21 "2017-01-05T00:13:49Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Pretty sure **Chefguy** knows that. > > ETA: And wait, Vienna wieners are “long pork” sausages? :eek: Maybe he just really hates Che Guevara, and he’s “Che? F that Guy” :dubious: Long relative to their own width, not compared to a regular hot dog. > [@Trancephalic](#): > > Ain’t no turkey in Turkey, turkey. The name of the bird basically means “from some furrin’ country.” Which is why in other languages like French, they decided it was probably from India, or d’Inde, which eventually became dinde. The Portuguese thought it came from Peru, which is a little more on the nose. ---
**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 5, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/22 "2017-01-05T00:15:37Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Breaded flat piece of veal != breadless long pork/beef sausage Just riffing along with the tumbling tumbleweeds. I’d wager I’ve spent more time in Vienna than most on this board. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/23 "2017-01-05T00:40:07Z")
I wonder what the people smell like in Cologne, Germany? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/24 "2017-01-05T01:04:22Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Just riffing along with the tumbling tumbleweeds. I’d wager I’ve spent more time in Vienna than most on this board. An honorary wiener? Besides, everybody knows that it’s spaghetti that [grows on trees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti-tree_hoax). > [@Biotop](#): > > I wonder what the people smell like in Cologne, Germany? Considering the German name is Köln, you’d think that all the perfume is compensating for something a bit more scatological. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/25 "2017-01-05T02:46:23Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Vienna sausages in Vienna? > General Tso’s Chicken in China? I watched a documentary somewhere (Netflix or a specialty documentary online website) which attempted to track down the origin of General Tso, but failed pretty badly. It was interesting watching, though. Bob ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/26 "2017-01-05T02:58:07Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > New York steak in NY? > [@Colibri](#): > > 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. In Kansas City, it’s called a Kansas City Strip, as it was in New York and everywhere else until it was renamed by Delmonico’s in the 1930s. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/27 "2017-01-05T03:18:01Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > General Tso’s Chicken in China? They don’t call it that, but yes, according to this video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1dih4az-WI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1dih4az-WI) “Chinese Girl Tries American Chinese Food” by laowhy86 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/28 "2017-01-05T17:33:41Z")
Years ago, David Letterman took a camera crew along with him to various swanky San Francisco restaurants, asking for Rice-A-Roni, long advertised as “The San Francisco Treat.” None of them had it - and some had never even heard of it. > [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > …The name of the [turkey] basically means “from some furrin’ country.” Which is why in other languages like French, they decided it was probably from India, or d’Inde, which eventually became dinde. The Portuguese thought it came from Peru, which is a little more on the nose. A Staff Report on the very subject: [Is turkey (the bird) named after Turkey (the country) or vice versa? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1972/is-turkey-the-bird-named-after-turkey-the-country-or-vice-versa) ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/29 "2017-01-05T18:00:15Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Considering the German name is Köln, you’d think that all the perfume is compensating for something a bit more scatological. Oddly enough that town _was_ accused of smelling like sewer gas by British travel guides \* in the beginning of the 19th century; then again a lot of places did before Joseph Bazalgette reinvented sewers on the grand scale, not least London. And Slander insists that Philadelphia still does. - And maybe Coleridge, I don’t recall. He was always a barrel of laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/30 "2017-01-05T18:25:41Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > Ain’t no turkey in Turkey, turkey. There’s at least one, or at least used to be. I snapped [this pic](http://s86.photobucket.com/user/teamced/media/Turkey%20and%20Greece%20-%202010/IMG_4957.jpg.html?sort=6&o=103) of a real turkey in Turkey (Asian side, no less!) Also in Turkey (Istanbul), I got a pic of a [cat on a CAT.](http://s86.photobucket.com/user/teamced/media/Turkey%20and%20Greece%20-%202010/IMG_4950.jpg.html?sort=6&o=97) ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/31 "2017-01-05T20:01:25Z")
> [@urban1a](#): > > I watched a documentary somewhere (Netflix or a specialty documentary online website) which attempted to track down the origin of General Tso, but failed pretty badly. It was interesting watching, though. > > Bob We may not know who General Tso was, but we do know who invented his chicken dish. The inventor recently [died](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/world/asia/general-tso-chicken-peng-chang-kuei.html?_r=0). In the article it links to a website for a documentary about the search for General Tso which may be the one you saw. ---
**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 5, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/32 "2017-01-05T20:43:23Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > An honorary wiener? I was intimately familiar with the public transit system, and the best pubs and schnitzel houses before it was all over. 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/33 "2017-01-05T20:54:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Years ago, David Letterman took a camera crew along with him to various swanky San Francisco restaurants, asking for Rice-A-Roni, long advertised as “The San Francisco Treat.” None of them had it - and some had never even heard of it. Do they have [It’s-It](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s-It_Ice_Cream) at least? > [@](#): > > A Staff Report on the very subject: [Is turkey (the bird) named after Turkey (the country) or vice versa? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1972/is-turkey-the-bird-named-after-turkey-the-country-or-vice-versa) Thanks, didn’t know about that one. ---
**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 5, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/34 "2017-01-05T22:32:35Z")
I was surprised there is an actual place called [Tabasco, Mexico](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabasco). It was a name I long assumed was a corporate one, on account so many corporate names end in “-co.” Also, I was astonished to find out “Chicago Mix” popcorn is an actual trademarked name, one its owner, Candyland, inc., only started enforcing in recent years. It was a staple of our home for years and I was mystified why Meijer’s changed it to “Lakeshore Mix.” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/35 "2017-01-05T22:47:36Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > I was surprised there is an actual place called [Tabasco, Mexico](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabasco). It was a name I long assumed was a corporate one, on account so many corporate names end in “-co.” If Tabasco ever goes to war against Chile and [Cayenne](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayenne), you can bet things are going to heat up pretty quick! Until Anaheim goes in and conquers them all with their Mouse King. ---
**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 5, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/36 "2017-01-05T22:49:30Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > I was surprised there is an actual place called [Tabasco, Mexico](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabasco). It was a name I long assumed was a corporate one, on account so many corporate names end in “-co.” Just like Mexico, right? 🙂 (Actually, it never occurred to me that it could parsed that way. Interesting.) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/37 "2017-01-06T00:04:15Z")
On a similar note, you can’t find Japanese Peanuts in Japan because they were invented in Mexico. 🙂 They still have that name because the inventor was a Japanese immigrant to Mexico. > **[Mexico: Land of the Japanese Peanut | Hazlitt](https://hazlitt.net/feature/mexico-land-japanese-peanut)** > > Post-NAFTA snack culture in Mexico City meant locally made candy gave way to products pumped out by Nestlé. But cacahuates japoneses remain as popular as ever—distinctively Mexican, yet also a rare artifact of cultural diversity in a largely... In the USA you can find them in your ethnic food section of big supermarkets, but despite the name you need to look in the Mexican section of it or the Hispanic market. Just tried them a few days ago and I wonder how did I miss them all my life, they are very good. ---
**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 6, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/38 "2017-01-06T00:10:56Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > On a similar note, you can’t find Japanese Peanuts in Japan because they were invented in Mexico. 🙂 > > They still have that name because the inventor was a Japanese immigrant to Mexico. > > [Mexico: Land of the Japanese Peanut | Hazlitt](http://hazlitt.net/feature/mexico-land-japanese-peanut) > > In the USA you can find them in your ethnic food section of big supermarkets, but despite the name you need to look in the Mexican section of it or the Hispanic market. > > Just tried them a few days ago and I wonder how did I miss them all my life, they are very good. I’ve been seeing those in my neighborhood for nigh over a decade now, and I’ve always wondered why they were called “Japanese peanuts” as they didn’t seem like something that came from Japan. Now I know! ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/39 "2017-01-06T03:00:45Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Can you get chili in Chile? Yes, I am sure they have refrigeration. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330/40 "2017-01-06T03:14:41Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Or doughnuts in Berlin? What most Germans know as["Berliner"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_(doughnut)) (a jelly-filled pastry, but not exactly a doughnut cause it’s got no hole), or in some places as “Krapfen” or “Kreppel”, is called “Pfannkuchen” in Berlin itself, which just means “pancake” in most of the rest of Germany. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-buy-bologna-in-bologna/776330.md?page=3)