food named after a country or city

[worldtravele]

I am having an around the world party and would like to have food and drinks, that have nothing to do with geographical name, like chile con carne, baked alaska, hamburgers, zuppa inglese, cuba libre, canada dry,etc. Does anyone have more suggestions?

[Dom Tuk]

Chicken madras and the contents of all indian takeaways, they have no resemblance to anything cooked in India.

[Narolines]

Sorry if I'm being dense, but I don't quite follow the question; are you asking for foods that are, or aren't, connected with name of a place? Chilli con carne obviously has nothing to do with Chile (it's not even pronounced the same - the country is "cheelay" while the hot pepper is "chilly"), whereas hamburgers are, in fact, named after the city of Hamburg, just as frankfurters are named after Frankfurt and "wieners" (as our US cousins like to call them) are named after Vienna - "Wien" in German. So, are we looking for food & drinks that have nothing, or something, to do with a city or country?

[Ouisch]

Chili <- the food is usually spelled like so

Anyway, I don't quite understand your question, either, but two geographically named foods (which don't necessarily have any connection to their geographic name) that come to mind are Swiss steak and Denver omelet.

If you're going to serve geographically named food that actually has a connection to its place name (which would make for a better party, I think), consider serving Buffalo wings, Philadelphia cheesesteak sandwiches, Boston baked beans, Coney Island hot dogs and New England clam chowder.

[worldtravele]

The name does not relate to the country, like Baked Alaska has nothing to do with Alaska, but you immediately know what it is.

The same goes for Zuppa Inglese, a kind of trifle, or a Turkey, that has nothing to do with the country.

So, actually, decieving names that have a geographical name but are not related to the country or city mentioned. So Irish coffee will not do, because you make it with Irish whiskey.

[ursula62]

Baked alaska isn't really a party food - if you leave it on the sideboard you'll get a really nasty mess after half an hour or so.

[-=BigD=-]

Surely Cuba Libre has a connection? It should be made with Havana Club Rum. Not Bacardi or its a rum and coke. Havana Club is made in Cuban whereas Bacardi WAS Cuban trademark, and is made elsewhere now. That why Americans drink Bacardi because Havana Club, as a Cuban export, is illegal.

Creme Anglaise - English Cream. Its just custard, which has been made everywhere for ever! no real English connection, it just sound better on a menu!

[worldtravele]

the party is in Curacao, which is a liqueur and the island where I live. it is in the Caribbean and nice and warm and the food won't be standing around for long.

we eat and then dance and I am making individual baked alaska's that will be gone in a split second.

[Litchick]

How about that Welsh Rarebit that came up a few days ago?

[Narolines]

While the food certainly may be spelt "chili", whether it is usually so spelt is open to debate; the OED gives "chilli", with "chili" as a variant.

However, back to the question (now that I understand it!); not easy, as pretty well all the foods I can think of with a country or place name do actually have a connection. If all else fails you could give them a bowl of Alpen!

[spudqueen]

Swiss Roll?