The story of one embarrassment was told by an online acquaintance on the New Year's Eve.
It happened at the very beginning of the nineties - when the USSR was still breathing somehow, but the laws became much softer, and from distant capitalist countries, a relative, a former chorus girl, who perished in marriage with no less, but a very real Swiss.
A relative was not only a beloved - her marriage once put an end to the careers of other family members, however the visit threatened with a profit in the form of gifts, and everyone wanted to see this lady (and especially her husband, as much as the Swiss). The relative, apparently, wanted to wipe her nose
And at a gala dinner hosted either by her cousin, or by her second cousin, according to all the precepts of benefits for good housewives, French meat was solemnly served on the table.
- What - what is it? - the Swiss asked in surprise, in his own, in a foreign language, and his wife translated the question and at the same time very impolitely told her family that this one was all - no meat in French, and in general, pork with mayonnaise and other things has nothing to do with France, so "do not fear, do not fear the powers", because her husband is not only Swiss, but also Frenchman.
The funny thing is that the Swiss, and even the French, bravely tasted the offered dish and even the additives then he took it, and in general, he ate well everything, no matter what he was treated to, and even toiled.
But the hospitable hostess remembered forever - there is no French meat! Even if we serve it under this name in every canteen.
They say the French are horrified at the mention of this recipe and consider it an insult to their cuisine.
Although they themselves are not far away.
They have, for example, "tartar" sauce, that is - Tatar sauce. Tartar has nothing to do with the Tatars, and I think the Tatars would be very surprised if they tasted it. It's just that the French believed that the Tatars eat pickled cucumbers ...
The French have Russian sauce - with a small amount of caviar in the composition. You understand, Russian - because caviar, not because the Russians invented it. The funny thing is that the rest of the ingredients in it are not Russian at all - mayonnaise and lobster broth.
For the sake of interest, I threw a cry in the FB - who else knows the supposedly "national" dishes that we consider foreign, and which have nothing to do with the country that is credited with creating them in the name.
I've got a decent list:
• Korean carrots
• Mexican salad
• Budapest salad (sometimes called Prague salad)
• Chicken in Spanish (who knows the recipe, throw it in, interesting!)
• French bun (yes, the one whose crunch is sung has nothing to do with France and was baked from granular flour by Russian bakers)
What do you remember?