Political battles can prescribe what we call our nutrient and friends , and even what games we toy . During WWI , sauerkraut was popularly rebranded Liberty Cabbage . When anti - French sentiments began to build a few years ago , " French Fries" were rechristened " Freedom Fries . “ ( Nevermind thatThomas Jeffersonmay have been the one to first rave about the luscious side item in the U.S. ) . And while most loyal terms fade , place like Berlin , Iowa , and Germantown , Nebraska , have terminate up permanently renamed . Here are a few other examples of reactionist vocab rebranding endeavor from all over the Earth .
1. THE KIWI
The iconic fruit of New Zealand was originally acknowledge as a Chinese Gooseberry . When the country exported the fruit to the US go in the 1950s , marketers referred to them as a melonettes to forefend evoking the Cold War difference between China and the US . The name was later on exchange again to Kiwifruit came to invalidate tariffs on melons and Chuck Berry and to honor the state ’s national hiss , the Kiwi .
2. KIWI LOAVES
In 1998 , New Zealand bakers were gravel by scourge of Gallic atomic testing in the Pacific Ocean . So they took matters into their own hands by rename French bread as Kiwi staff of life . The action mechanism received little tending compared to the Freedom fry movement here in the states .
3. FRENCH VANILLA
Of course , now that theStar Spangled Ice Creamcompany has rename its internal-combustion engine cream from " I Hate the Gallic Vanilla" to " Air Force " ˜Plane ' Vanilla,“ the late anti - Gallic sentiments may have leave alone US kitchens , for now .
4. ROSES OF MUHAMMAD
After the 2006 tilt over Danish cartoons depicting Muslims , the Persian Confectioner ’s Union alter the figure of Danish pastry to " rosiness of the Prophet Muhammad . “
5. BOURBON
To wash down the sweet taste of independency , Americans began drinking Bourbon — a Whisky first brew in the US in 1789 . Rev. Elijah Craig rebuked the UK origins of the drunkenness , naming it after Bourbon County , Kentucky .
6. MECCA COLA
In 2002 , Muslims put forward their drink independence too . A Muslim - run companionship enclose Mecca Cola as an choice to Coca Cola . The manufacturers imitated the Coca Cola flavor and packaged it with a red label and ashen book . Arab boycott of American brands boost the cola ’s sales agreement .
