I grew up in another country where Jamaican patties were popular and ordering a 'beef patty' would never get you a burger patty unless you were in a burger joint. Same as in Toronto; asking for patty (or beef patty) will 99% of the time get you a Jamaican patty.

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gruez 10 hours ago | parent [-]

>>Not being from Toronto, never in a million years would I even think of that as a visitor.

>I grew up in another country where Jamaican patties were popular [...]

Have you considered the possibility that Jamaican patties aren't universally popular and the fact that the two of you came from cities with a significant Jamaican diaspora doesn't invalidate the experience of the person who probably came from a city that didn't?

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arjie 40 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

All of that may be true and yet it seems overly prescriptive for a state authority to determine the name of food. After all, a cheesesteak is not a steak but a sandwich. Regional variations on names are quite reasonable. On the other hand, Canadians are a prescriptive culture. In Montreal, for instance, they are very strict about street signs and so on. Perhaps it is just how things are done by that people.

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beedeebeedee 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’m from New Haven and if you went into a place and asked for a beef patty you would get a Jamaican beef patty, not a burger. It may not be everywhere, but pretty much every city I’ve lived in that is the case

	▲	cwillu an hour ago \| parent [-]
		If you ask for a beef patty here, the server will look confused, and then bring you a hamburger patty on a plate

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