# The rules for capitalizing (food) dishes named for their inventor **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 2, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-for-capitalizing-food-dishes-named-for-their-inventor/1012482 "2025-01-02T15:22:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-for-capitalizing-food-dishes-named-for-their-inventor/1012482/41 "2025-01-04T10:33:44Z")
> [@chela](#): > > chicken Kiev Chicken Kyiv please. Kiev is the transliteration from Russian, Kyiv from Ukrainian. Yes, they sound the same to western ears, but it was a big thing in Europe at the start of the war. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-for-capitalizing-food-dishes-named-for-their-inventor/1012482/42 "2025-01-04T14:05:05Z")
But if the name of a place changes, does the name of a dish named after that place have to change? Do we now have to call it “[Beijing duck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_duck),” for example? ---
**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, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-for-capitalizing-food-dishes-named-for-their-inventor/1012482/43 "2025-01-04T14:11:33Z")
Madras curry? Bombay potatoes? Saigon cinnamon? Ceylon tea? Persian cucumbers or limes? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-for-capitalizing-food-dishes-named-for-their-inventor/1012482/44 "2025-01-04T14:25:31Z")
Crab Rangoon? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-for-capitalizing-food-dishes-named-for-their-inventor/1012482/45 "2025-01-04T15:32:07Z")
Which usually contains neither crabs nor rangoons. That one always baffled me. 😉 [just kidding]. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-for-capitalizing-food-dishes-named-for-their-inventor/1012482/46 "2025-01-04T15:41:55Z")
Some of the restaurants in my town label it “seafood Rangoon”. I’m not sure if I should applaud them for being honest, or worry that I’m eating aquatic Mystery Meat. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-for-capitalizing-food-dishes-named-for-their-inventor/1012482/47 "2025-01-04T15:53:09Z")
Fake crab AKA surimi AKA Krab has a long history in legit cooking. And in cost-conscious processed foods. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-for-capitalizing-food-dishes-named-for-their-inventor/1012482.md?page=2)