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Foods with misleading names

Name a food whose name is misleading. Hopdown accepts 165 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper. Foods or dishes whose name suggests something that is not true of them, such as peanut (not a nut), buffalo wings (no buffalo) or sweetbread (not bread).

Most common answers

• PeanutExtremely common
• Buffalo WingsExtremely common
• SweetbreadUncommon
• GrapefruitUncommon
• PineappleUncommon
• HoneydewUncommon
• LadyfingersUncommon
• Head CheeseUncommon
• Angel Hair PastaUncommon
• Hot DogUncommon
• Cream of TartarUncommon
• Boston Cream PieUncommon
• HamburgerUncommon
• Shoofly PieUncommon
• Pigs in a BlanketUncommon

Rare answers

• Russian DressingRare
• Mock Apple PieRare
• Bombay DuckRare
• Coconut MilkRare
• PancakeRare
• Corned BeefRare
• Fortune CookieRare
• Gummy BearsVery rare
• Moose TracksVery rare
• Bunny ChowVery rare
• Ants Climbing a TreeVery rare
• Buffalo SauceVery rare
• Duck SauceVery rare
• ButterfingerVery rare
• Long Island Iced TeaVery rare

Deep cuts

The answers almost nobody gives.

• Century EggDeep cut
• Plum PuddingDeep cut
• YamDeep cut
• GooseberryDeep cut
• Black-Eyed PeaDeep cut
• Cashew NutDeep cut
• ChiliDeep cut
• Pigeon PeasDeep cut
• Crab AppleDeep cut
• Mexican Wedding CookiesDeep cut

Plus 125 more answers you'll have to find yourself.