It’s to do with a metalworking technique used in Dutch foundries, I believe. So no, I don’t they’re they’re specifically Dutch, but there were some made using a Dutch process which kicked off the name.
Swiss Rolls, to the best of my knowledge, are not Swiss.
I thought a Dutch Oven was when you gas your bedmate by holding the covers over their head after flatulence? Not sure if that was invented by the Dutch, tho.
How about Belgian waffles? I know they have waffles in Belgium, but I am not sure they are like the once we have in the US going by that name, and maybe they are called something else?
Wow. By “bedmate” in this scenario I assume you mean erstwhile bedmate, who kicks you out of the house right after punching you in the face.
I don’t think Swiss Miss is from Switzerland, either.
Budweiser does not come from the Czech city of České Budêjovice, aka Budweis (except for the Czech kind that does)
In History Laid Bare: Love, Sex, and Perversity from the Ancient Etruscans to Warren G. Harding, Richard Zacks recounts researching old court records from various European countries.
He found records of English women filing for divorce, on the grounds that their husbands wanted to do it “French style”.
He found records of French women filing for divorce, on the grounds that their husbands wanted to do it “Italian style”.
He found records of Italian women filing for divorce, on the grounds that their husbands wanted to do it “Greek style”.
Apparently, sodomy is always blamed on those decadent easterners.
The French disease.
The English disease.
The Spanish disease.
The French disease.
The English disease.
The Spanish disease.
I don’t know about the UK, but Marathon bars in the US didn’t have almonds in them. Are they still available? I haven’t seen them in years.
Dutch chocolate/cocoa is a process to make cocoa mix that isn’t dutch
Countries get this a lot, for some reason.
Republic of Cape Verde – has nothing to do with the actual Cap-Vert in Senegal.
Benin – named for the Bight of Benin, which was named after Benin City in Nigeria.
Madagascar – named for Mogadishu in Somalia by Marco Polo, whose geography was severely screwed up.
Modern Ghana – named for ancient Ghana, which was hundreds of miles away in…
Mauritania – named for the ancient Mauretania which was hundreds of miles away in Morocco.
Appalachian Mountains – named after the Apalachi tribe who lived in Tallahassee, Florida, hundreds of miles away.
I believe they’re sold at some Cracker Barrels, but, of course, they’re only about 1/4th their original size.
Pâté chinois is a dish popular in Quebec and parts of New England with a strong Franco-American heritage. It’s similar to shepherd’s pie. It’s certainly not from China. One theory is that it was made by Chinese cooks to sell to railway workers. Another, highly unlikely, theory has it that it was invented in the town of China, Maine.
The US has Marathon bars? :eek: I had no idea! And I meant peanuts, not almonds. Is this what you’re talking about? Because, then, that’s another candy bar that is different from its US and UK incarnations. This is the Marathon I was thinking of.
The Virgin Islands produces only a tiny percentage of all virgins.
Boston butts are not from Boston, nor are they butts.
More likely cohabitating siblings, frat brothers, and other close knit pranksters, though modern romantic pairings could I suppose, have ventured into such territory in our liberal times… 
Red Hook ale got its start in Ballard (Seattle) which is nowhere near New York. Not sure where it comes from these days.
What’s the Red Hook - New York connection I’m so obviously missing?