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*** Corned beef and cabbage, contrary to American belief are actually Irish-American staples, due to the poor Irish immigrants flocking to Jewish delis to eat (''bacon'' and cabbage is much more traditional in Ireland itself.)
* Indian: Tends to be so spicy [[Fire-Breathing Diner|it burns a hole in the diner's guts]] (somewhat Truth in Television). Or curry. Lots and lots of curry. British TV tends to take a more charitable view of Indian food since it's now a staple food over there. And even then, it's usually the generic version of North-West Indian food seen in restaurants.
* Italian: Pasta, pasta, and more pasta. Sometimes even pizza, too, if that isn't thrown into American cuisine instead. ''Macaroni''. Standard dishes also include spaghetti with meatballs and its close relative, ''spaghetti alla bolognese'' (crumbled ground beef added to the tomato
* Japanese: Like Chinese, except with raw fish!
** Sushi! [[Did Not Do the Research|Which everyone thinks is nothing but raw fish!]]
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*** Afghan: Goat? Maybe? (It's actually rather like Pakistani.)
* Polish: Sausages may appear unless they're already taken by Germans. Possibly vodka ... unless taken by Russians. [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|No, this is not a metaphor for Poland's bloody history.]]
** Outside of Hollywood, bigos may
* Russian: Other than vodka and borscht, Hollywood doesn't know much about Russian food. Caviar ''might'' be mentioned. Whatever the case, it will be of poor quality and probably served in massive canteens, as if it were still Soviet days.
** And then, even the borscht is actually Ukrainian.
*** Not according to half-a-dozen other nations who claim they invented it.
** And vodka was invented by the Poles.
*** ''[[Berserk Button|Never]]'' ever mention this if you want to escape [[Internet Backdraft]]. Or remain in a sound mind, because in [[Real Life]] such discussions inevitably end up in a drinking competition. And both Poles and Russians consider Americans [[Can't Hold His Liquor|incredible lightweights]]
** "Russian dressing" is a French invention that has absolutely nothing to do with Russian cuisine.
** ''Pelmeni'' (dumplings with a variety of fillings, usually meat) may mistakenly be called pierogies. They are not remotely similar.
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** And meatballs (which are exclusively Swedish in Hollywood Cuisine, although Finns make them too in real life).
*** Note that in Babylon 5 G'kar confirmed that every intellegent spicies in the galaxy had their own version (with its own unique name) of Swedish Meatballs similar to Douglas Adams's assertion that every intellegent species in the galaxy had their own version (again with its own unique but somehow phonetically similar name) of gin and tonic. One may be a shout out to the other but YMMV.
** Occasionally lutefisk will garner a mention, of only for its [[Squick
*** Although these days, that's more a Norwegian American (and particularly Norwegian Minnesotan) thing, if Garrison Kiellor is to be believed.
**** At least in Finland, it's more of a seasonal thing associated with Christmas.
** Smörgåsbord/smørrebrød, always rendered as "smorgasbord", will be used without any explanation of what it is. It means "table of (buttered) bread" and refers to a type of open-faced sandwich.
*** The other Wiki does agree with the above poster for the definition of Smorgas being buttered bread/open faced sandwich but the wiki states that a smorgasbord is similar to the [[wikipedia:
* Swiss: Cheese. And fondue. And chocolate. To drink there is hot chocolate.
** [[Gannon Banned|But not chocolate fondue]]. ''Never'' chocolate fondue.
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