# Foods Named after Places **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772 "2008-12-18T17:59:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/61 "2008-12-19T02:16:59Z")
I could easily name fifty beers, wines and cheeses - among them, being named after the place of origin is pretty much standard. Anyone say Kobe beef yet? ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/62 "2008-12-19T02:45:58Z")
Concord Grapes Worcestershire Sauce Georgia Peach London Broil Cuba Libre (Do people still drink these?) Arkansas Wild Rice (Although as someone once pointed out, it isn’t wild, it isn’t rice, and it doesn’t come from Arkansas) ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/63 "2008-12-19T03:36:58Z")
> [@Ronald\_C.Semone](#): > > Cuba Libre (Do people still drink these?) Sure, why wouldn’t they? It’s a rum & coke with some lime. There’s about a zillion apple varieties that _are_ named after specific locations (e.g., the Roxbury Russet). Delmonico steak Fortescue Fries (fried oysters) A few more cocktails: Brooklyn Bronx (actually named after the zoo) Jersey (as in “New Jersey”) Fish House Punch …and a whole bunch of others, ranging from “Adirondack” to “Yale” ETA: It’s also common for oyster varieties to be identified by their point of origin. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/64 "2008-12-19T03:41:00Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > - This may be cheating as I don’t know if vanilla ice cream on a stick dipped in chocolate and rolled in peanut bits is called a Balboa bar anywhere outside of Newport Beach. In the South, those are called “fiddlesticks”. How 'bout Tabasco? Made in Louisiana but named for a Mexican state. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/65 "2008-12-19T09:50:16Z")
Lancashire hotpot Chorley cake Eccles cake Banbury cake Cumberland sausage Yorkshire pudding Cornish pasty Lancashire pasty Bedfordshire clanger Cullen skink Everton mint ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/66 "2008-12-19T09:54:13Z")
Montreal bagels and Montreal smoked meat. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/67 "2008-12-19T12:55:54Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > Manchester Tart Ah yes, I know her well;) ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/68 "2008-12-19T14:41:49Z")
Lima Beans Hawaiian Punch Slingapore Sling Dijon Mustard Welsh Rabbit Bavarian Creams Vienna Sausage Turkey Java ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/69 "2008-12-19T14:45:28Z")
> [@AudreyK](#): > > Besides, if Hawaiians did make a pizza, they’d put Spam on it, not ham. Brilliant folks those Hawaiians… now I know what I want to make for dinner! I think I used up my emergency spam in the ice storm of 2008, so I may have to restock. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/70 "2008-12-19T21:16:05Z")
Emergency Spam. You are a Hawaiian at heart. ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/71 "2008-12-20T01:14:57Z")
Tortilla espanola. Vichysoisse ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/72 "2008-12-20T05:04:50Z")
Peach Melba. Named after Dame Nellie Melba who took her name from Melbourne. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/73 "2008-12-20T05:11:06Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Peach Melba. Named after Dame Nellie Melba who took her name from Melbourne. If we include Dame Nellie, we can include all [four of the dishes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Melba#Legacy) Escoffier was inspired by her to create: Peach Melba, Melba toast, Melba sauce and Melba Garniture. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/74 "2008-12-20T05:14:00Z")
You could- I hadn’t heard of the other 3 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/75 "2008-12-20T06:23:10Z")
Walla Walla sweet onions. Copper River Salmon. Wild Alaskan Salmon. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/76 "2008-12-20T07:41:42Z")
Saigon Surprise (Kind of an involved backstory that’s not friendly towards Americans) Fight my ignorance: Isn’t hamburger named after Hamburg, NY? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/77 "2008-12-20T08:25:10Z")
Mars bars ---
**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:** [December 20, 2008, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/78 "2008-12-20T09:42:25Z")
Sandwich Beef Wellington ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772/79 "2008-12-20T19:43:03Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > Saigon Surprise (Kind of an involved backstory that’s not friendly towards Americans) > > Fight my ignorance: Isn’t hamburger named after Hamburg, NY? [http://www.bartleby.com/61/48/H0034800.html](http://www.bartleby.com/61/48/H0034800.html) > **[History and Legends of Hamburgers](https://whatscookingamerica.net/history/hamburgerhistory.htm)** > > There is a dispute about who actually made the first hamburger and bun in America.  Have you ever wondered where the first hamburger on a bun came from?  Which story > **[Hamburger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger#Etymology)** > > A hamburger, often known as a burger, consists of fillings—usually a patty of panfried or grilled ground meat, typically beef—placed inside a sliced bun, sesame seed bun, or bread roll. These patties are often served with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, bacon, or chilis, together in the bun or roll. The filling of the burger can be topped with condiments such as ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, relish or a "special sauce", often a variation of Thousand Island dressing. A burger with the patty to... It seems like both. Hamburger as a steak was invented in Germany but made into a sandwich in the US. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-named-after-places/477772.md?page=3)