Comments on: Eating People

By: Club Penguin Cheats

Club Penguin Cheats — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:20:49 +0000

The Sushi and Steak Viking is a real place and unfortunately doesn't serve beer otherwise I would have abused the hell out of it!

By: Deas

Deas — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:01:46 +0000

Brett – that’s pretty spammy of you. Especially considering that I use the CommentLuv plug-in. Please refrain from using comments as commercials in the future. Thanks.

By: Brett McCluskey

Brett McCluskey — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:00:09 +0000

Baikin in katakan also… you know…
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By: Deas

Deas — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:55:51 +0000

Jonadab – following on the German theme, I could add JFK’s infamous Berliner. Mmmm. Caesar salad wasn’t named for the Caesar. It was named for the chef who is credited with first creating it – one Cesare Cardini. (Yes, despite the spelling.) Good call on the Earl Grey tea. General Tso’s, though…it really changes names too frequently for me to feel like it’s a legitimate reference to a person. Ha ha. (Tso’s, Tsao’s, Cho’s, etc.) No clue about Dolly Madison. Anyway, thanks for the comment. Ha ha.

By: Jonadab the Unsightly One

Jonadab the Unsightly One — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:13:27 +0000

Tea, Earl Grey, hot. Kaiser rolls. General Tso’s. And isn’t there a food item named after Dolly Madison?

There are also a *lot* of foods named for people involved somehow with their creation, e.g., fruit cultivars named after growers. But that’s not quite the same as appropriating the name of an uninvolved third-party who is famous for something else. Rumor would have it that the sandwich also falls into this category.

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By: Jonadab the Unsightly One

Jonadab the Unsightly One — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:00:57 +0000

Oh, and there’s caesar salad…

By: Jonadab the Unsightly One

Jonadab the Unsightly One — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:57:01 +0000

Hmm, I think Wellington referred to a man and a place before it became boots and beef. There are alcoholic beverages named for various famous people, not least Mary I. The hamburger and frankfurter are both named for cities... Jonadab the Unsightly Ones last blog post was: Bad Analogies 101

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:41:20 +0000

Is the original version of that song not in German? I’ve never actually heard it in English. Every time it’s come up in karaoke it’s been in German, and seems to be pronounced similar to Japanese, like “Jenghis Kan”.

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By: Deas

Deas — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:57:15 +0000

Aileen – I have heard the song! Isn’t it from a Hello! Project group? Maybe Morning Musume? Ha ha. I actually didn’t know that it was an English song first. I gotta look it up now.

By: Aileen

Aileen — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:22:24 +0000

Have you heard the song?!?!?

I’m sure in English we have a song about Genghis Khan….and I’ve recently heard a Japanese cover of it – same tune – but they sing “Jingisu Kan”……is it a play on words?! Are they actually singing about mutton?