# Non-PC Food Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587 "2016-05-01T10:52:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/21 "2016-05-01T19:20:58Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > The French term for shepherd’s pie is _pâté chinois_ = “Chinese pâté”. They say that it refers to the town of China, Maine and not the People’s Republic of China. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/22 "2016-05-01T19:42:44Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > In German {…} chocolate-coated marshmallows used to be called ‘Negerkuss’, i.e. ‘nigger’s kiss’. Umm, is that the German translation? CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/23 "2016-05-01T19:47:43Z")
Welsh Rarebit was originally called Welsh Rabbit, implying the Welsh we so dumb they couldn’t tell the difference between rabbit and cheese on toast. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/24 "2016-05-01T19:54:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Half Man Half Wit** : > > (is ‘schnitzel’ the proper English word to use here, btw? Perhaps escalope?) “Schnitzel” is more familiar to English speakers than “escalope” is. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/25 "2016-05-01T20:00:34Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > “Schnitzel” is more familiar to English speakers than “escalope” is. I think most English-speakers say “cutlet.” ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/26 "2016-05-01T20:38:00Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Umm, is that the German translation? Well, it’s maybe not equal in crassness. Perhaps ‘Negerkuss’ is more aptly translated ‘negro kiss’—very un-PC, but not as offensive as the first translation I gave. > [@Chronos](#): > > “Schnitzel” is more familiar to English speakers than “escalope” is. > [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I think most English-speakers say “cutlet.” Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/27 "2016-05-01T20:41:26Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I live a few blocks from a Bimbo commercial bakery. It’s the Wonder Bread of Mexico. I’m impressed the company has gotten a toe-hold in the US (I’d be impressed even if their name were PC in English). And it’s not like they are catering to the Latino population; there isn’t much of one in western Wisconsin. They are, I think, genuinely competing with Wonder Bread and the like. erm bimbo OWNS what passes for wonder bread these days…they bought it when the original hostess went under ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/28 "2016-05-01T20:45:47Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I live a few blocks from a Bimbo commercial bakery. It’s the Wonder Bread of Mexico. I’m impressed the company has gotten a toe-hold in the US (I’d be impressed even if their name were PC in English). Bimbo is the main sponsor of the Philadelphia Union soccer team. I always feel sorry for the players running around with the word “Bimbo” plastered across their chest. I’m not sure if it helps or hurts jersey sales… ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/29 "2016-05-01T20:46:07Z")
what they call sugar babies used to be called "ni\*\*er babies in the old candy stores and theres atill horehounds… ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/30 "2016-05-01T20:48:44Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Chicken soup is still sometimes called “Jewish Penicillin.” I never saw that as offensive, more like praise for a Jewish mother’s chicken broth. When I’m sick I like to swing by the local deli for some matzoh ball soup. Now back in college I’m pretty sure referring to accounting as “Jewish engineering” was meant to be offensive… ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/31 "2016-05-01T22:09:50Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Bimbo is the main sponsor of the Philadelphia Union soccer team. I always feel sorry for the players running around with the word “Bimbo” plastered across their chest. I’m not sure if it helps or hurts jersey sales… Perhaps so, but the female cheerleaders just HATE it. 😃 ---
**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:** [May 1, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/32 "2016-05-01T22:19:28Z")
Is “Spic and Span” cleanser still on the market? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/33 "2016-05-02T00:57:57Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Is “Spic and Span” cleanser still on the market? Yes. They sell it at the Dollar Tree. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/34 "2016-05-02T01:11:12Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > I’ve joked that Kraft’s [Cheese Nips](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_Nips) are every bit as good as Kellogg’s [Cheez-its](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheez-It) and that Cheese Nips are only held back back their racist name. > Of course, I’ve never heard anyone other than myself complain that Cheese Nips are racist and I only say it as a joke. I used to work with a guy who was of Japanese descent; he would from time to time bring in a box of Cheese Nips, after which he would loudly berate the Kraft corporation for its racist packaging…in between bites, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/35 "2016-05-02T01:30:40Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > Welsh Rarebit was originally called Welsh Rabbit, implying the Welsh we so dumb they couldn’t tell the difference between rabbit and cheese on toast. It’s still properly called that. Because there is no such thing as “rarebit,” except in this mondegreen/euphemism. The implication is that Welsh are poor hunters; if a Welshman goes after rabbits, his dinner will be meatless. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/36 "2016-05-02T01:52:31Z")
Coon cheese. > **[SCA Corporate Website | Southern Cross Austereo](https://www.southerncrossaustereo.com.au/)** Still sold in Australia. Standard comedian fare. Before you get too excited, it was named after it’s inventor - Edward Coon. From Philadelphia, if you must know. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/37 "2016-05-02T02:17:46Z")
It’s not a food, but you do put it in your mouth, and it is offensive. I speak, of course, of Darkie/Darlie toothpaste: [Darlie - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/38 "2016-05-02T02:27:13Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > There was a recent thread about the term Kaffir in South Africa, a racial slur, and the Kaffir Limes used in Thai cooking. Awhile back I asked the SD if ‘Kaffir’ was a racist term, turns out the answer is ‘it depends’. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/39 "2016-05-02T03:09:09Z")
**Conguitos** , Spanish chocolates: [![](http://cd00.epimg.net/cincodias/imagenes/2011/03/22/empresas/1300964334_740215_0000000001_noticia_normal.jpg) ](http://cd00.epimg.net/cincodias/imagenes/2011/03/22/empresas/1300964334_740215_0000000001_noticia_normal.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587/40 "2016-05-02T03:48:19Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Cooked chicken’s tail is a “Pope’s nose” (more PC version “parson’s nose”), I’ve always thought that the priest’s/parson’s nose was the chicken’s tail, while the Pope’s nose was the (much larger) turkey’s tail. > [@TriPolar](#): > > I haven’t heard ‘Nips’ used to refer to Japanese much. McHale’s Navy was probably the major source for this I’ve heard in my lifetime. ‘Japs’ would be more common, and that’s kind of rare also. Actually, I think that McHale’s Navy used “nips” to avoid saying “Japs.” It was regarded as less offensive than a name actually based on “Japanese.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-food-names/753587.md?page=3)