Is this a joke I’m too German to understand?
As others have pointed out, Neapolitan ice cream is not named after Napoleon.
Extra painful when you consider there is a pastry called Napoleon:
That’s a custard slice where I’m from.
Worst cake ever, since any attempt to bite into it results in all the custard being ejected from it.
If that’s the best he could come up with, it’s no wonder they exiled him to a remote island.
There’s also a weird Danish marcipan tricorne cake named after his hat 😁
Neapolitan ice cream is not named after Napoleon
you really can’t joke in lemmy huh? it’s the same joke as “caesar salad was invented by julius caesat”
it’s the same joke as “caesar salad was invented by julius caesar”
Except it’s a bit different because the Caesar in Caesar salad (named after chef Caesar Cardini) is actually spelled the same way as Julius Caesar, whereas Neapolitan (meaning of Naples) is not related to the name Napoleon at all.
It hadn’t occurred to me that Neapolitan ice cream might have something to do with the name Napoleon before I saw this meme; the similarity of the words and incorrect implication that they are related is what makes it funny.
What’s that?
Fürst (von) Pückler, a German nobleman who that icecream is named after.
Is the cluelessness the joke or is it genuine ignorance?
Yes
I work with a woman who believes she is the most wise and informed person alive, but is shockingly consistent in how very wrong she is about almost everything. Whether it’s a completely incorrect fact or a misunderstanding of how letters work, she’s always sure to hit you with a “Believe it or not, [insert either extremely common or wildly incorrect knowledge here]”.
Recently she went on for a day about the new Napoleon cake out bakery was selling, and wound up buying half a cake for herself. She invited several of us back to try this Napoleon cake (which was nice of her). As you have likely predicted, though, this was not a Napoleon cake.
