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What's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory? (reddthat.com)
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[–] 50 points 1 year ago (13 children)

That a lot of non-american food is rebranded to use tacky american names to get people to try it. Too many americans are afraid to try "foreign" food, but will happily try "Cajun Jim's Cornballs". A couple I can think of are Aioli to "Garlic Mayo" and Chicken Satay becoming "Peanut Butter Chicken". Sounds like mm mm good home american cookin' to me, course I'll try some.

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Multinational conglomerates regularly rename their products worldwide to try to cater to local tastes

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, I was going to say, we get more localized names here in the non-USA. If it's USian, it's usually called Dove, Cheetos, etc., not "Cajun Jim’s Cornballs". That honestly doesn't sound like it'd sell at all for local tastes based on the name alone.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Out of curiosity, what are Hush Puppies outside of the US? I mean, it's corn batter deep fried, seems right up our alley.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Would this be the same s 'corn fritters' in Canada?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Corn meal, egg, salt+pepper. Add water until self-supporting balls can be formed. Drop 30mm balls into hot grease.

    Like that?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Aioli isn't garlic mayonnaise, it's minced garlic cloves emulsified into olive oil, sometimes with a bit of lemon juice. The modern sauce usually called Aioli is actually garlic may made to sound more up market and "traditional". It's kindof the inverse of your point but perversely done for the same reason, to get Americans to eat it.

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