Dishes that have the same names in different places but are essentially different

[Gangster Octopus]

CRACKERJACK!

[Satchmo Distel]

I had gnocchi in Venice last year and it tasted fantastic. Tried it in several other places and it was too dry.

Octopus: best I've ever had was in Israel. Also lovely in Greece, served on a bed of chickpea puree. It's bad elsewhere when overcooked.

[Gangster Octopus]

Hmmm...

[Satchmo Distel]

No offence intended.

[Felicity, I guess so]

Don't think anyone's mentioned Frikadelle(n), but if youve never frequented towns either side of the Dutch-German border you wouldn't need to:

Dutch ones are mildly spicy dark brown sausages, historically horsemeat probably pork nowadays, a few km away you get balls of roughly minced meat, rather like faggots

[Felicity, I guess so]

No offence intended.

careful or he'll have you sleeping with the fishes

[Wouter D]

Don't think anyone's mentioned Frikadelle(n), but if youve never frequented towns either side of the Dutch-German border you wouldn't need to:

Dutch ones are mildly spicy dark brown sausages, historically horsemeat probably pork nowadays, a few km away you get balls of roughly minced meat, rather like faggots

Frikandel on the Dutch side, Frikadelle on the German side.

[treibeis]

Frikandel on the Dutch side, Frikadelle on the German side.

Don't get me wrong, with all due respect, no offence intended, etc., etc., but:

I love going to The Netherlands and I've met splendid people from The Netherlands, but the food and beer are appalling (and I live somewhere that specialises in appalling food and beer). The one time I ate a frikandel, I had the rather unpleasant feeling that somebody, or something, had farted in my mouth.

[Nocturnal Submission]

Sensation or suspicion?

[treibeis]

Sensation or suspicion?

You've been watching too many of those, as a hut regular calls them, "Danish westerns", haven't you?

[Nocturnal Submission]

Haha. I'm certainly not Googling that phrase!

[Felicity, I guess so]

I like frikandel(len?) and my old (RAF Germany) school Facebook group has regular ‘where can I get some?’ posts so I’m not alone.

[Wouter D]

Don't get me wrong, with all due respect, no offence intended, etc., etc., but:

I love going to The Netherlands and I've met splendid people from The Netherlands, but the food and beer are appalling (and I live somewhere that specialises in appalling food and beer). The one time I ate a frikandel, I had the rather unpleasant feeling that somebody, or something, had farted in my mouth.

Ha! What were you expecting? It's deep fried meat that cannot be sold without being ground into an unrecognizable stick. The pinnacle of Dutch cuisine.

If you ever find yourself in the Netherlands, you can eat really well, but in order to do so you must seek out non-Dutch cuisines. We have great Indonesian food.

[Nocturnal Submission]

I had a great Indonesian meal in Scheveningen.

It was so good, and the service too, that I got into a huge row with my sister about the size of the tip, though that was mainly to do with her control freakery.

[treibeis]

Ha! What were you expecting? It's deep fried meat that cannot be sold without being ground into an unrecognizable stick. The pinnacle of Dutch cuisine.

If you ever find yourself in the Netherlands, you can eat really well, but in order to do so you must seek out non-Dutch cuisines. We have great Indonesian food.

I go to The Netherlands once every two years or so. And I want to eat stamppot. But they never have it.