Oh the British, how ridicuous can things get?

[Ben]

From the Times (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2458696,00.html)

A SPICY sausage known as the Welsh Dragon will have to be renamed after trading standards’ officers warned the manufacturers that they could face prosecution because it does not contain dragon.

[guapo]

I assumed, wrongly, this must have been a joke, given the name of the journalist (see below)???

Sausages affected by draconian trade laws
By Simon de Bruxelles

[greytop]

As the article says "including the Welsh Dragon, which is made with chili, leak and pork" I don't think I'll be eating them even if I knew who had a leak in them. >:D

[omeyas]

It's happened before, remember hedgehog flavoured crisps!

Do you remember Hedgehog Flavoured Crisps?


Description: In the UK in 1981, Hedgehog Foods Ltd decided, as a joke, to produce Hedgehog flavoured crisps (potato chips). To everyone's surprise, the crisps were a huge success.

Hedgehog flavoured crisps were actually flavoured with pork fat and no hedgehogs were used in the manufacturing process. Consequently, it wasn't long before Hedgehog Foods Ltd was in court (1982), up against the Office of Fair Trading, on a charge of false advertising.

Bizarrely, a settlement was finally reached when Mr Lewis, of Hedgehog Foods, interviewed gypsies who actually did eat baked hedgehogs, to ascertain the flavour of hedgehogs. Mr Lewis then commissioned a flavourings firm to duplicate the flavour as closely as possible and changed the labels from "hedgehog flavoured" to "hedgehog flavour" and all interests were satisfied!

[omeyas]

It's happened before, remember hedgehog flavoured crisps!
How come "toad in the hole" gets away with? Or...

NUNS' FARTS
You can eat nuns' farts straight out of the
oven with a little cream on top, or cold.
They're great either way!

Nothing to do with food, but I love the way the Spanish call what we call puff balls, pedo de lobo! So descriptive!


Do you remember Hedgehog Flavoured Crisps?


Description: In the UK in 1981, Hedgehog Foods Ltd decided, as a joke, to produce Hedgehog flavoured crisps (potato chips). To everyone's surprise, the crisps were a huge success.

Hedgehog flavoured crisps were actually flavoured with pork fat and no hedgehogs were used in the manufacturing process. Consequently, it wasn't long before Hedgehog Foods Ltd was in court (1982), up against the Office of Fair Trading, on a charge of false advertising.

Bizarrely, a settlement was finally reached when Mr Lewis, of Hedgehog Foods, interviewed gypsies who actually did eat baked hedgehogs, to ascertain the flavour of hedgehogs. Mr Lewis then commissioned a flavourings firm to duplicate the flavour as closely as possible and changed the labels from "hedgehog flavoured" to "hedgehog flavour" and all interests were satisfied!

[guapo]

well of course taking the name of the food literally can lead to complete madness. For example, shepherds pie needing to contain shepherds and we should not even discuss what you may expect to find in spotted dick!!!

[gary]

My favourite food fau pas was made by Frank Bough whilst closing down an edition on Nationwide in which Fanny Craddock had demonstrated the preparation and cooking of doughnuts.

"...thankyou and goodnight and I hope all your doughnuts turn out like Fanny's" :blush:

[Brian]

well of course taking the name of the food literally can lead to complete madness. For example, shepherds pie needing to contain shepherds and we should not even discuss what you may expect to find in spotted dick!!!

Reminds me of another....

http://www.endevil.com/images/funnyfood3.jpg

And there's always:

http://www.endevil.com/images/funnyfood13.jpg

And many more unsavoury ones here (http://www.endevil.com/funnyforeignfood.html).