>"They're not cakes, they're gateaux."

I think we can blame our German cousins for selling us "Black Forest gateaux" in great abundance in the seventies. Black Forest gateaux is wonderful, in situ, but I doubt that the previously frozen concoction that was made and served up here would stand up to close inspection!

The national dish at the time was said to be:
Prawn Cocktail (we don't use the word shrimp very often), Steak and Chips followed by Black Forest Gateaux.

Nowadays, the national dish is said to be Chicken Tikka Masala (also a faux loan word/dish as there is no such dish in India!)