Do they have any Swiss heritage? If not, how do they come to be named?
Do you have any other examples of product names that don't appear to relate to their origin (Milky Way and Mars excluded )
The Swiss Roll and Swiss Buns are commonly sold in the UK. I have not seen either on my travels in Switzerland (not that I particularly wanted either).
Swiss Chard isn't from Switzerland, comes from Sicily originally and is very Mediterranean in terms of style.
English Muffins only exist in the States
Panama hats are not made in Panama. Or so i read somewhere
French letters are called English hoods in F/Suisse Romande, etc.
My kids loved to say 'how do you make a Swiss roll? Just push her down the hill?
In my native village we have a speciality called 'Fleurisanne' which is a Chelsea bun cake in UK.
.... but do they know how to make a Venetian blind?
Are Maltesers from Malta?
Bud is actually a ripped thing, Budweis is a town in Czech Rep, making Budweiser Beer that Americans tried to nick (I think they had to settle for Bud, but not sure).
Pilsener made all over the world should only be made in Pilsen, another beer city in Czech. I wish we were famous for other things than booze..
We have our own variation of Swiss role, it comes with cabbage and ham inside, sprinkled with caramelized onions on top.
I think Swiss wouldn't know it, either.
We also make Bavarian donuts (not sure why they are called this)
then Spanish birds
and not that many of my Irish friends actually mess their coffee with booze
One of my all time favourite bottled beers - makes the US stuff seem like the equivalent of making love on a punt. My preferred US bottle beer was MGD and even Zima had more natural colour and flavour (ha ).
Thanks for the other examples. Some of them appear to have some connection with the location in their name.
Irish coffee was apparently first served in Ireland for American tourists. Panama hats originate in Ecuador but were shipped via Panama. (From Wiki).
All I can see for the 'Swiss' products in my first post is that they don't originate from Switzerland. No explanation of how the 'Swiss' bit got added on.
A jam doughnut is called a berliner everywhere, except Berlin, where it is called a Pfannkuche .
Greetings from Berlin by the way, 2 days to go , had a great time so far. Everyone should visit this city at least once.
French doors are just called doors. In France.
Mars Bars are actually from Saturn.
Swiss Rolls, I've seen here - roulard .
I was going to ask, why is Swiss Toni called Swiss Toni? But the first Youtube I found of Swiss Toni, he explains it.
Built like an alp, rich like a toblerone.
Swiss cheese in the U.S, has never been near Switzerland. Actually, come to think of it, it's never been near a cow either.
Just like English toast bread here...
Scotch eggs
you mean Freedom doors?
Thanks for setting my tastebuds into memory mode: Eccles cakes, Bakewell tarts/pudding and Chorley cakes. I miss cornish pasties!
I see that Americans may have coined Swiss roll along with the "Yodel" cake in the 70's. I wonder if they're related and it was just marketing?
We just call them HoHos.