Here are a few:
- Boston cream pie and Washington Pie are cakes not pies.
- French fries probably originated in Belgium. The name comes from the cooking term to french which is a method of cutting into strips.
- French salad dressing is unknown in France.
- Head cheese is not cheese, but a terrine made from the meat of a calf or pig's head (in United Kingdom it is called brawn)
- German chocolate cake is not a German torte but a wholly American layer cake deriving its name from Sam German, who invented the sweet baking chocolate German's Baker's chocolate in 1852.
- Hot dogs - meat, but not dog meat. Reputedly named for the sausage's resemblance to the shape of the dachshund dog.
- Rocky Mountain oysters, also known as "prairie oysters", are not oysters, nor are they from the Rocky Mountains, particularly. They are calf's or bull's testicles, which some people consider to be a delicacy.
- Flaming Dr. Pepper tastes like Dr Pepper but contains none.
- Long Island Iced Tea has no tea in it and is extremely alcoholic.
- Chick-o-Stick: not a stick of chicken, or chicken on a stick, but a candy bar
- Chicken of the Sea: canned tuna
- Grape-nuts: cereal contains neither grapes nor nuts.
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