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The Academie Francise has long been the ultimate authority in the protection of the French language. There are a persnickety lot, beloved by a people bent on codification. I'm one of those who is happy to reserve the word Champagne for sparkling wine made in that region and Camembert for the little round cheese with the big history. But sometimes gatekeepers go too far.
UK's Independent reports that French MP's have voted to prohibit the use of such meaty terms as sausage and burger for anything that isn't made from meat. Something similar happened in the US when the Unilever folks got nuts over a brand of eggless mayonnaise called Just Mayo. The owners of Hellman's and Best Foods contended that, by law or regulation, if it's may it should have eggs. They lost. Then they came out with a version of egglessness of their own. It's selling relatively well so far.
So now there's a tussle over words like sausage or burger or bacon. In this case, the Academie is being not only ridiculous but self-sabotaging.
There is no question that Champagne is from, well, Champagne. Burgers? The origins are not so clear. Wikipedia does a fine job of reporting the various claims, stories, rumors and conjecture about where this popular portable meal got its name but the question arises; is this really a fight for the French? Clearly, the meat lobbies of that Republic think so. The rest of us know that a burger or a sausage can be a lot of things, not all of them made with or filled with meat. And very few of them French.
Who thinks tofurky comes from a feathered animal? Who believes Veganaise is made with eggs, or from vegans? And who in their right mind would want to listen to French classicists about a street food of German or Midwestern or State Fair or obscure diner fame that was fairly firmly opposed by those same French folks when it got plopped down on the Champs Elysee in the late 70's? The town elders managed to banish a McDonald's from that grand avenue for a few years, until Burger King made some Parisian landlord a few doors down an offer they couldn't refuse.
A careful review of a pretty amusing Wikipedia pages reveals burgers in Mexico, India, Pakistan, UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan...and more. But alas, nothing remotely French. Well, maybe the Belgiums count. They did, after all, invent French Fries.
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The Academie Francise has long been the ultimate authority in the protection of the French language. There are a persnickety lot, beloved by a people bent on codification. I'm one of those who is happy to reserve the word Champagne for sparkling wine made in that region and Camembert for the little round cheese with the big history. But sometimes gatekeepers go too far.
UK's Independent reports that French MP's have voted to prohibit the use of such meaty terms as sausage and burger for anything that isn't made from meat. Something similar happened in the US when the Unilever folks got nuts over a brand of eggless mayonnaise called Just Mayo. The owners of Hellman's and Best Foods contended that, by law or regulation, if it's may it should have eggs. They lost. Then they came out with a version of egglessness of their own. It's selling relatively well so far.
So now there's a tussle over words like sausage or burger or bacon. In this case, the Academie is being not only ridiculous but self-sabotaging.
There is no question that Champagne is from, well, Champagne. Burgers? The origins are not so clear. Wikipedia does a fine job of reporting the various claims, stories, rumors and conjecture about where this popular portable meal got its name but the question arises; is this really a fight for the French? Clearly, the meat lobbies of that Republic think so. The rest of us know that a burger or a sausage can be a lot of things, not all of them made with or filled with meat. And very few of them French.
Who thinks tofurky comes from a feathered animal? Who believes Veganaise is made with eggs, or from vegans? And who in their right mind would want to listen to French classicists about a street food of German or Midwestern or State Fair or obscure diner fame that was fairly firmly opposed by those same French folks when it got plopped down on the Champs Elysee in the late 70's? The town elders managed to banish a McDonald's from that grand avenue for a few years, until Burger King made some Parisian landlord a few doors down an offer they couldn't refuse.
A careful review of a pretty amusing Wikipedia pages reveals burgers in Mexico, India, Pakistan, UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan...and more. But alas, nothing remotely French. Well, maybe the Belgiums count. They did, after all, invent French Fries.
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