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Have you ever dug into a plate of food with a really tasty-sounding name, expecting one thing and biting into something else altogether? Same. A lot of it happened when I was a kid, and while I discovered some really tasty foods, they weren't exactly what I was expecting, given the name.

In cases of delicious deception, sometimes a food's name just doesn't quite match up with the actual food itself. These are some of the biggest gastronomic gaslighters we've come across. 

Who doesn't love sweet bread? Sweet, fragrant, earthy, spicy . Moist banana bread. Hmmm... what's that? They're what now? Thymus or pancreas of calves or lambs? Okaaaaay.

For lovers of fluffy bunnies, this is good news. You are not about to eat Thumper. Instead, you'll enjoy a gooey, cheesy, toasty bread, also called Welsh rarebit. Also, the dish isn't actually Welsh, so it's pretty much a double liar. It's English, and the name's origins are a bit murky. It possibly boils down to the English making fun of the Welsh way back in the 1700s. 

Expecting a briny sea treat? You can stop right there with that, mister. It's testicles. 

If you're a Gordon Ramsay fan, then you know that our culinary friends in the UK refer to finely chopped meat as "mince." So it's totally understandable that, if you never grew up in a household that had mincemeat pies at the holidays, you'd naturally assume this is what mincemeat is. When I was a kid, even as I was eating it, I thought that's what I was eating. Sweet, spicy minced meat. Surprise, it's actually a spicy and sweet blend of chopped dried fruits and nuts. 

Mincemeat hasn't always been a liar, though. Originally, the sweet and spicy pie and tart filling did contain finely chopped meats and suet. But somewhere along the way, that stopped happening. And by the time it made its way to my dessert plate at Christmas? Not a scrap of meat to be found. 

Y'all — it's cake. 

This one is part truth and part lie. Yeah — it does contain head (cheeks, tongues, or ears from calves or sheep). But it is far from a cheesy snack. Instead, it's meat encased in gelatin. No cheese.

The nut poster child contains no peas and no nuts. Peanuts, like peas, are legumes, but they are not nuts. 

I'm just gonna leave this riiiight here and let you draw your own conclusions.

We know you probably already know this, but that doesn't make the name any less misleading. There's nothing eggy about this veggie, called aubergine in the UK and France. So, which came first, the color or the eggplant? It seems that the color aubergine is named after the vegetable. The more you know!

My sisters and I always thought it was hilarious when mom was making pork butt... or as we called it... pig's (redacted). (We were similarly amused by rump roast.) So imagine my surprise when I realized the whole pork butt thing was a good news/bad news situation. First, the good news. It's pork! Now for the bad news: no butts were harmed in the making of pork butt. It comes from the pig's shoulder. Years of childhood jokes down the drain on that one. 

I'm sure I don't even need to tell you why the names of these summer BBQ faves are filled with lies. 

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Boy oh boy, do I like pudding! And I'm also kinda a fan of licorice or maybe dark chocolate, so put it all together and it's a yummy flavor in a yummy texture, right? Wait, it's what? Pig's blood sausage? Ummm......

Relish the idea of a nice pickle relish on a hamburger or hot dog? You're not alone. And gentleman's relish sounds so refined, just like the Brits it came from. But spread this relish on your hot dog, and you'll notice something is fishy. Sardine-y, to be exact. Yes, gentleman's relish is a spiced sardine and caper paste. 

This one cuts deep for me personally. When I was pretty young, I was so excited because my grandmother said she'd be bringing fruitcake to our house for the holidays. Loved fruit. Loved cake. How could I not love the two together?

Now, maybe it was just Grandma's fruitcake, but one bite of that hard, heavy, dry, chewy, sticky-sweet confection she brought that Christmas, and I was forever off the stuff. I know many people love it, but I refuse to believe it's cake. 

You're not about to sit down to a poultry dinner. But if you love mushrooms, you're in for a treat, because that's what hen-of-the-woods are — they're tasty maitake mushrooms.

Nope. Not even .0000000000000001% duck in it.

Did they mean to lie to us? Are these names an attempt to mislead? Maybe... but here's what we do know for sure. While the names may be filled with lies, the foods are filled with lots of tasty flavors. And anything that misleads to a yummy bite of food may actually be a case of delicious deception.