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by tbassetto 1219 days ago
Norway has a famous clothing brand simply named "Jean Paul". I've seen a lot of middle managers wearing clothes from this brand every single day. I've even worked with Norwegians thinking it was Jean-Paul Gaultier's own brand. This brand is unknown in France.

Meanwhile in France, every food which has (smoked) salmon on it will be called "Norwegian XXX". Pizza with salmon? It's a "pizza norvégienne". Salad with salmon? It's a "salade norvégienne". The only outlier here is the "omelette norvégienne" which is neither an omelette nor has salmon in it. It's a cake! Also known as "Baked Alaska" in the USA?

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Ah, glace au four [1] as we say in Sweden (yes really). Food etymology is the best.

[1] https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glace_au_four

Haha, thanks for sharing, I had no idea! :)