# Foods/dishes whose name does not compute **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [April 3, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092 "2023-04-03T16:11:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092/261 "2023-07-29T21:52:53Z")
Ahhh…_belated laugh_. Far too intellectual for me. But I get it! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092/262 "2023-07-29T22:07:54Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > What is so Rare as a Summer Roll? Shall I compare thee to a summer’s roll? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092/263 "2023-07-29T22:18:34Z")
The best fried egg rolls I’ve ever had were made by one of our Explorer Scouts’ mom. Awesome. I usually get summer rolls at Vietnamese restaurants. There’s something about all those fresh chopped veggies that I really love. It’s why I love banh mi sandwiches, too. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092/264 "2023-07-29T23:03:51Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Is the calendar reckoned by the light of the Two Cheese? Yes, such as Lyburn ancient Gold and Telemea the Silver. Their flavors are preserved now only in a few fragments of Siltcoos. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092/265 "2023-07-30T20:06:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@CalMeacham](#): > > > > What is so Rare as a Summer Roll? > > Shall I compare thee to a summer’s roll? O my luve is like a summer roll That’s newly fried in June… ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092/266 "2023-07-31T03:43:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > What is so Rare as a Summer Roll? A June day, clearly. I love spring and summer rolls. They make a fabulous meal on a hot day. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092/267 "2023-07-31T21:46:06Z")
> [@digs](#): > > If olive oil is pressed olives, and peanut oil is pressed peanuts, then what’s baby oil made from? Not to mention: if vegetarians eat vegetables, then what the hell do humanitarians eat??? Not specifically food, but that peruvian delicacy, cui, also called the guinea pig, is not a pig nor does it come from Guinea. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092/268 "2023-07-31T22:10:05Z")
Jerry Seinfeld could come up with a whole set from the material in this thread! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092/269 "2023-08-01T01:06:31Z")
On an unrelated note, a radio comedian was talking about how Jerry Seinfeld stopped playing college campuses because some people were offended by some of his material. Although I don’t know specifics, and so can’t speak for those involved, the radio comedian had no such qualms. “If you are offended by _Jerry Seinfeld_, then (predictable epithet, obscene gerund)”. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092/270 "2023-08-01T01:37:06Z")
Agreed; Jerry Seinfeld was a pretty “clean” comedian. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092/271 "2023-08-01T15:34:52Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > And something I read today. Sugar Plums are not plums. And plum pudding does not contain plums either. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092/272 "2023-08-01T17:32:13Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > what the hell do humanitarians eat??? Humanity, of course. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092/273 "2023-08-01T18:07:55Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Not to mention: if vegetarians eat vegetables, then what the hell do humanitarians eat??? Manatees named “Hugh”. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092/274 "2023-08-01T19:27:36Z")
And good luck finding one in Coney Island. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092.md?page=13)