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dblack246 t1_jbcvmdv wrote

Burger King used to have (or maybe they still do) a sandwich called the "Chick'n Crisp". The unconventionally spelled food item promoted my wife to joke "We never said there was chicken in this."

That observation dissuaded me from buying one.

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andygchicago t1_jbdivqx wrote

Any time I see a meat intentionally misspelled I assume it’s for legal reasons because it’s plant based

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mitom2 t1_jbftc6g wrote

in Austria, horse is the best meat, especially for our national to-go-food
"(pferd[e])|leber|käs|semmel".

pferd[e] = horse[s]
leber from laiber. laib = loaf
käse = cheese (it has the size of a cheese-loaf, before sliced)
semmel = kaiser.

don't be confused by the käseeberkässemmel, where cubes of Emmentaler cheese are added, before the leberkäs is baked in the oven.

both the leberkässemmel (without "pferde"), and the käsleberkässemmel are made from pork. confusing, but delicious.

ceterum censeo "unit libertatem" esse delendam.

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HammerTh_1701 t1_jbge3t0 wrote

The longest German word ever coined was a law meant to prevent exactly that.

Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz - the law to transfer the duty of monitoring the labelling of beef

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DocFGeek t1_jbecofn wrote

Actually a real thing in US food labelling laws. Look into the difference between "Krab" and "Crab".

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DaStalkingBiscuit t1_jbefis3 wrote

It's a thing in Europe too. Atleast my country. Tbh, while I find laws like that kinda dumb, I also find the creative ways companies get around it kinda hilarious

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Extension-Ad-2760 t1_jbehb5t wrote

Why are they dumb though? This study shows that the consumers can see through the ways companies try to get around it

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DaStalkingBiscuit t1_jbeqlfh wrote

That's not what the article is about. I've never blamed vegan substitutes for not being legally able to call themselves 'chicken substitute' etc.

Laws that prevent misrepresentation of your product are good, but I feel like your should be allowed to explicitly state that your product tries to mimic something else.

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Sparktank1 t1_jbd1szc wrote

Made of only baby chicks. Hence Chick part.

When all the male chicks get culled, they get a top hat and cane to do a little dance before they get turned into sandwiches.

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Sterlod t1_jbdi9ft wrote

Well a lot of other slaughterhouses aren’t giving male chicks the creative outlet, the only thing they have is their choreography, are you implying we take that away from them?

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dghammer t1_jbebolg wrote

A guy I worked with years ago, when the web was new, insisted that the reason KFC started calling themselves KFC was that they no longer served real chicken....he told me this the first time I met him and he said he learned this on the internet. The dude was a nutter.

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jereman75 t1_jbewtrn wrote

This was a popular meme back then. Like in the ‘90s maybe. It was said that they were serving lab grown meat or something.

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dghammer t1_jbmd17q wrote

That’s what he told me…I knew he was mental.

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