Politically-motivated euphemism like this is reminiscent of anti-German sentiment during the First World War, when sauerkraut was renamed liberty cabbage, and hamburgers, liberty steaks. (Even the German measles got a new name: liberty measles.) This similarity is intentional: Rowland described a conversation about these renamed foods during World War I as the inspiration for "freedom fries."
Previous attempts to rename food during wartime have been largely unsuccessful, with two notable exceptions being the change of frankfurter to hot dog during World War II; although frankfurter is still recognized, it is no longer commonly used; the simplified form frank is still popular. The other was the renaming of "hamburger" to "Salisbury Steaks". Both of these attempts were an effort to remove reminders of two German cities: Frankfurt and Hamburg. 💃
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so i says to the man: " have you ever gone to old mexico? i heard they tried to replaced the old goverment by asking for a new plaza down on the beach. they said no, of course. and would you believe it if i said, that they got together and walked out of the court house, leaveing the poor side of town without a new plaza?"