There are those dishes that are funny names ... As we are used to it, they do not sound necessarily funny to our ears, but when we stop, it tears us a smile. Here are our top 10 funniest names and often surprising origin.



1- Croque-monsieur

Frequently found in Parisian café menu, the name Croque-Monsieur has something to smile. This hot sandwich with ham and emmental cheese uncertain origin, but some argue that a bistro would once joked that the meat of the sandwich was human flesh.



2- sister Pet

Let's face eating flatulence seems unsavory ... This dessert is however still very popular in Quebec tables. As it was very easy to prepare, and we would have called because of the phrase "It's a pet to do" and also because the nuns sewed in in rectories.



3- Ears crisse
According to some, these salt pork chips have been named in a logging camp. A cook would have prepared this dish by inviting people to eat "the ears of the great Christ," referring to a brawler woodcutter who had cauliflower ears.


4- Vol-au-vent
The name of this pastry probably would be that the pastry was so light that it could fly away in the wind.


5- cheesy Head
This European origin sausage has a fairly descriptive name can even repugnant some. While today's release has changed the name comes from the original recipe that wanted one uses a whole head of brined pork in the preparation.


6- Pudding unemployed
This classic dessert still has a funny name! It would come from the 1929 economic crisis, when many Montreal workers found themselves unemployed. Before cope with limited resources, families have then developed this recipe with inexpensive and common ingredients: flour, butter, milk and sugar.


7- Pie
Does not have Asian origins, shepherd's pie dish typical Quebec, would have been born during the construction of the Pan-Canadian railway. The workers, mainly from Asia, there were almost exclusively fed ground beef, potatoes and corn.


8- beaver tail
This delicious fried pastry found in fairgrounds has a pretty funny name simply comes from the shape it has.



9- Grandfathers maple syrup
Of course, we do not actually eat Grandpa with syrup. It is rather small pasta balls soaked in maple syrup. According to some, we would have designated this dessert as well as grandfathers could easily eat, even without teeth.



10- guedille
It is the happiness of Quebecers, especially in the summer to snack, but his name is pretty fun. We prefer to eggs, chicken or lobster, the guedille Please across the province. In some areas, we even called the "luxury roteux" or "switched".



And you, what dish name makes you laugh the most?