Places named after food and vice versa!

Question

Sólo he aprendido a que ' pomegranaté significa ' granadá en español...Que es un lugar en el sur de España. ¿Conoces los pueblos o ciudades que son nombradas de comida o bebida? I have just learned that 'pomegranate' means 'granada' in Spanish... a place in southern Spain. Do you know any towns or cities named after food or drink?

Speaking of Pomegranates, Nova Scotia has created the Pomegranate Cell Phone, easily 5 times as good as any Apple or Android cell phone! - Esteban3304, May 29, 2012

With icecream or just with cream? - annierats, May 29, 2012

Answer 1

What about Mahon, the capital city of Menorca where, it is said, mayonnaise originated?

Pues, hay Mahón, la capital de Menorca donde, según se dice, la mayonesa se originó?

good one! Gracias! - taraqueen15, May 26, 2012

Interesting! Who knew? - robinflight, May 29, 2012

Answer 2

Berliner. A sort of pastry. I believe that according to myth JFK mistakenly called himself 'ein Berliner' . This could be a kind of doughnut, or a male inhabitant of Berlin. Quite a few French beverages an cheeses are named after their place or region of origin, such as camembert, armagnac, calvados, champagne. Odly enough, the village Champagne is not allowed to call its wines 'champagne'. And for Annie, I believe there is something like Richmond cakes, to be quite exact, 'Richmond maids of honour'.

Those look good! - gringojrf, Jun 5, 2012

Ah, they do... I want to eat one... - quoththeraven, Jun 6, 2012

Answer 3

Rhubarb is a plant that is considered food. In 2700 BC, it was grown in China along the Volga River which the Chinese called "Rha". The Chinese called this plant Rha-barbum.

El ruibarbo es una planta que es considerada comida. En 2700 A.C., se cultivó en China al lado del río Volga, que los chinos llamaron "Rha". Esta planta los chinos llamaron "Rha-barbum".

Interesting. - annierats, May 29, 2012

Answer 4

Wesh cakes

. These break your teeth.

This comment must be flagged as an insult to Welsh people and I won't bother to put a picture of broken teeth.

I have a degree from Aberystwyth so I will actually be able to prove my point. ( Dentist bills..)

Cynllun laith Gymraeg - ian-hill, Jun 5, 2012

Tack ska du ha! Talar du welslhiska? - annierats, Jun 5, 2012

Answer 5

Salami comes from the Italian town of Prado, I believe, and is usually made from the meat of donkeys or mules. It is a very dry and shrivelled sausage. Quite tasty.

Salami is donkey spelled badly, asino, in Italian. I'm adding this for information, obviously there is an Iberian equivalent, but this is not allowed to be called salami because it doesn't come from Prado.. It is caled chorizo and is a very similar shrivelled sausage.

Experts on sausages can tell a salami from a chorizo.

Answer 6

Sandwich

Cognac

Dundee cake

Pontefract cakes

Cheddar cheese

Edam and Gouda cheese

champagne

Wienerbrød = Danish Pastry (Vienna)

Salteñas - Salta Argentina

Weren't sndwiches named after the Earl rather than the place? - annierats, Jun 5, 2012

Yep the Earl of Sandwich - ian-hill, Jun 5, 2012

I thought so. You uneducated English, really, the question is about place! Where does beer come from? - annierats, Jun 5, 2012

Usually a bottle - ian-hill, Jun 5, 2012

Ian, I'm so glad you've proved Vienna to be located in Denmark.. - annierats, Jun 5, 2012

:) - ian-hill, Jun 5, 2012

Pils or Pilsner is named after the Czech city Pilsen. And Orval and Westvleteren after the abbeys in the places with the same name. I'm not quite sure about Carlsberg.;) - Castor77, Jun 5, 2012

Answer 7

Se han dado el nombre de Alaska al continento de Alaska despues de comer un postre de Alaska al horno .

The continent of Alaska was named after the Baked Alaska pudding.

Alaska is not a continent, it is located in the northwest portion of the North American continent. Alaska actually comes from a Russian word, meaning "mainland". The term "Baked Alaska" was not coined until 1876. - Esteban3304, May 30, 2012

You're right, it's the Antarctic that's a continent.. But I still believe in baked Alaska, it was found in a volcanic natural oven..By the eskimos! So there!! - annierats, May 30, 2012

The shape of the picture is sexualy suggestive, please flag it at once! - annierats, Jun 5, 2012

Answer 8

Hamburgers were named after the city of Hamburg, Germany. (There is no ham in hamburgers.)

Answer 9

Aunque ahora se llaman "las islas de Hawaii," esas islas se llamaban "las islas de bocadillo." No estoy segura, pero pienso que el nombre viejo de las islas y la nombre de la comida vienen del nombre de un hombre importante de Inglaterra. Although they are now called "the Hawaiian islands," those islands used to be called "the sandwhich islands." I'm not sure, but I think that the old name of the islands and the name of the food come from the name of an important British person (does the Earl of Sandwhich ring any bells, or did I completely make all of this stuff up?).

Answer 10

Hamburgo, Alemania - hamburguesa

Hamburg, Germany - hamburger; there can't be ham there, contrary to popular belief.

Answer 11

Lima, Peru. Lima means lime so the capital of Peru is "Lime". I've always found that kind of interesting to have your capital named after a fruit!

Answer 12

Chicken Kiev's originated from the Ukrainian capital city and Neopolitan ice cream originated from Naples, Italy

Also Champagne comes from the Champagne region of France.

Answer 13

I believe the frankfurter comes from Frankfurt, Germany.

Yo creo que el "frankfurter" (salchicha) viene de Frankfurt, Alemaña.

Answer 14

Thanks Taraqueen15 for using my Pomegranate Photo in your question This was taken in Granada, Spain in Autumn when they are in season

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