On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 08:58:40AM -0400, Scott Courtney wrote:
> right with my wife, who does not. They do not have English muffins.
That is not entirely surprising, since somehow there seems to be a very
distinct trend to call things by the wrong name. Whomever coined the
term 'French fries' ought to be prosecuted for commiting one of the most
hideous crimes in human history. There is nothing French about them, and
the French do not even call them French.
Then again, similar to the English muffin, Belgian waffles rarely resemble
anything that you can order in the US when asking for a Belgian waffle. I
am often so tempted to ask whether their Belgian waffles is a 'Luikse wafel',
'Brusselse wafel', 'Brugse wafel', and so on... They are all different.
At least Belgian beer is not being called anything else! Except in extreme
cases, such as asking at an Applebee's what Belgian beers they have, the
waiteress going to the bar to check and coming back stating that the only
Belgian beer they have is Heineken. Yuck!!! Ordering a coke was the best
thing to do in that case.
Kris
