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Then you'd think you'd know that Bologna is a US variant of Mortadella that omits the cubes of pork fat. It's named after your home city, and inspired by Morta
by abritinthebay 9y ago
Then you'd think you'd know that Bologna is a US variant of Mortadella that omits the cubes of pork fat.
It's named after your home city, and inspired by Mortadella, but it's not the same thing.
- mannykannot 9y agoAnd, more relevantly to this topic, frequently full of preservatives.
- jaclaz 9y agoAnd it is sometimes called baloney: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/baloney http://www.dictionary.com/browse/baloney or even polony: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/polony http://www.dictionary.com/browse/polony and pronounced VERY differently from "Bologna" (the city). To me calling the product just "Bologna" (as opposed to "Bologna sausage") sounds inappropriate (in the context of an article on theatlantic.com and particularly one with an intended "cultural" value), but as often happens it's probably just me.
- toyg 9y agoI know but I still think it's wrong; a city is a city and food is food, so at least people should have the decency of using the adjective form (like Frankfurter) or a made-up name like baloney, not the capitalized city name. So I'm taking it back (https://youtu.be/dWdVwt2deY4 https://youtu.be/dWdVwt2deY4 ).
- abritinthebay 9y agoGood luck with that.