6 "AMERICAN" FOODS That Wouldn't Exist Without IMMIGRANTS

[@christians.9058]

American Bud is a joke but not a beer😂

[@luciamacakova7516]

In Slovakia, is a dish called French Potatoes. French people call it Alsatian Potatoes, Alsatian people call it German Potatoes, German people call it Kartoffelngratin. Scalloped potatoes, just.

[@gnericgnome4214]

Here's another one; the "hamburger" was originally the "hamburger sandwich" in the US... the sandwich having been invented by the British Earl of Sandwich as a snack for his late-night poker games.

[@alakntvr7179]

What a true balkaner here!! "6 American Foods" - 1st thing she starts talking about is alcohol! 😆😆😆 Cheers from Ro!

[@woodreauxwoodreaux6298]

I had both Budvar and American Budweiser. No shocker: the Czech one is another galaxy in terms of quality and enjoyability. The only thing the U.S. version got right about it is the German name, as the Bohemian beer tradition took-off when the locals hired a German braumeister to setup a brauerei in Plzeň.

[@skoczi]

In Poland Frech Fries are Frytki Thank you for your amazing content! :)

[@bigjoe122181]

The term French fries is a bit misleading. While many people accept it, it originally came from frenched fries, referring to the cut, not the nation.

[@gnericgnome4214]

I always remember the scene from "Time after Time" where H.G. Wells walks into a McDonald's and tastes a French fry and goes, "French fries are pomme frits".

[@gnericgnome4214]

The "hamburger" was originally the "hamburger sandwich"... said name being from the inventor of the sandwich, the Earl of Sandwich, who used to have sandwiches made to eat while he played poker.

[@greywolf5093]

A little story about Budweiser: I come from Germany and therefore appreciate good beer. One day I was in a Bohemian restaurant that had a few Bohemian beers on the menu. I tried them all and they were all excellent. They also had Budweiser, but I didn't really want to try it because I already knew it and remembered it tasting pretty bad. Thin and more like dirty water than beer. But since it was the last one on the menu, I decided to give it another chance and what can I say? That day I learned that the difference between Bud and Budweiser is MUCH BIGGER than it seems at first glance. Absolutely excellent beer that has a bad reputation among many beer lovers, probably quite wrongly, because of its well-known American cousin. @No.2 Pommes frites in German. Also often just called "Fritten", which sounds very similar to the slovenian name.

[@danstrikes]

The ancient Romans had a form of hamburger. They had ground meat placed in-between two pieces of bread. They flavored it with garum (fish sauce) pine nuts and other flavors.

[@ninguemvj]

If you ever make t-shirts I think: Get ready to get your blain brown shold be one of them.

[@EverydayMusician]

As an [authentic] American, I can confirm that right after we learn the pledge of allegiance, we learn to not listen to anyone who isn't American who is talking about America, especially if it's criticism. I had to watch this seven times just to trick my ears into hearing the audio.

[@acadianalien]

It's not criticism, it's just to highlight that most foods in the world come from somewhere else in part.

[@ananovak1468]

@@acadianalienmore or less true. We brought potato, beans, corn, paprika, … from South America and garlic from China. And apricots are also from East somewhere. Just to mention some 😊

[@donscott2681]

Fun fact : The Slovenians invented SPAM. Actually, it was Barbara's great-grandmother. She was the best.

[@rickwarner516]

What about the fried chicken? Getting a Sunday roast is always on the list of foods to have traveling and when in Slovenia the bean and sausage slow baked is to die for.

[@minime7375]

Add pastrami to the list Barb. It’s called “pastrama” it’s a very old traditional Romanian dish and it was brought to America (in NYC) by Romanian Jewish migrants who opened a bodega iirc. It was sold along with other meats like salami and peope found it easier to say “salami and pastrami” rather than “pastrama”. (Not food related but it is possible we Romanian also gave Americans baseball. It’s called “oina”, it’s our national sport and even though an Englisman is credited as its “invetor” it appears it actually became popular due to Romanian immigrants during the gold rush era.) About “French fries” we call them “cartofi pai”, it means “straw potatoes” in English.

[@Andinus3000]

Everything has been shared, borrowed and comes from somewhere else now in this world, what matters is whose version is best!

[@tubojan]

Behind, under the lamp. "Living hell is the best revenge" WTF 😳Then I read it again. "Living well..." 😂

[@William1866]

Someone needs to tell her only Native Americans are originally from America.

[@Jon7763]

now do one about European foods that wouldn't exist without the Americas.... hint all potato and tomato based dishes

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

Great Information Barbara. Not all of this I knew.

[@fanstream]

So I guess the only food or beverage item created in the USA is moonshine. Well, maybe grits too? :) Wait, what about that cocaine drink that evolved into Coke -- yay!

[@jeffsaviola2109]

Love this .. and very informative

[@MrsRosmarynn]

In Italy we call french fries: patatine fritte (fried potatoes). That's what they actually are 😅

[@aleshain5479]

Hm, izredno dobra izgovorjava Nemških besed, znaš nemško?

[@hstrykid]

Here in the Czech Republic, French Fries are called Hranolky. Also, Czechs have a form of baked potato wedges which they call "Amercian potatoes". ;-)

[@grigorione7824]

The earl of sandwich... interesting story . I worked on Dunk island for a while and learned about him there .

[@desertdenizen6428]

The most amazing "french fries" I ever had were in Belgium at a Grand Prix race there when I was in the military. They were abnormally long. I remember thinking that they came from massive potatoes. Potatoes were not in Europe until brought there by European explorers. Also, who can forget that tobacco was brought to Europe by the same group of people. You are welcome!

[@ltsiver]

To be fair, almost all American food is rooted in copying or modifying foreign foods.

[@pyramidoutburst9505]

thanks Barabra drank my share of the KING of beers when I was younger definitely sent me to the porcelain throne many a time

[@paulcaskey]

Does she change houses for every video? Must be exhausting.

[@MJDP1840]

I've never tried budvar, but I can say with certainty that it's much, much better! 😂

[@geebs76]

In the mid 1980's my wife bought a Beers of the USA book that claimed 1 out of every 4 alcoholic beverages (not just beer) sold in the US was a Budweiser. I stopped drinking alcohol in the 1990's so I'm guessing that explains the decline.

[@victormartin6608]

Excellent video !!! 😊

[@michaelkeller5008]

Remember that short "insert" in the Simpsons with the Bud-Wi-Ser toats and the croc voting "Pils"?

[@tlodland1]

Barbara, you should be a teacher or a car salesperson! You’re good!

[@hoibsh21]

Ya, but it was really Dylan Mulvaney who put Budweiser on the map.

[@Exilant1349]

I would have bet that apple pie dates back to the Middle Ages. Anyone familiar with medieval cuisine knows it was very pastry-heavy, aside from grain porridges. And apple pie is quite similar to a pastry. Well, then just shortly after the Middle Ages

[@harshtruth632]

Im from Belgium, i could not tell u which beer is better. Our own is good enough not to need imported beer 😂 And we call french fries, just fries (frieten in dutch) I assume the french part, is because they were invented before Belgium became an independent country. And it happened during one of the time we were under French rule… but i am not sure.

[@rogerpalsgrove9678]

Came for the topic, stayed for the yelling. 🤪

[@LiamODonovan-l6e]

You are always a fun woman to watch. Love your channel you are always interesting

[@gazoontight]

When I was in the Czech Republic I drank the real Budweiser. The stuff that they sell here in the USA is horrible in comparison. French fries and French green beans have that name because French-style slicing refers to cutting food in long thin strips. Hamburg, Germany; hot dogs = wieners = Vienna sausage; in other words Austrian. Baloney = Bologna sausage; Italian. You pronounce “pasta” like a Canadian!

[@SignOfTheWarrior]

Die Verneigung vor der Nouvelle Cousine heißt "Pommes". (Nicht zu verwechseln mit dem Handball-Spieler)

[@earthboundeccentric]

One of the main reasons German food items end up being so prevalent is the fact that a large portion of Americans are actually of German descent.... In fact, a larger portion than English (there are more descended Germans here than any other nationality) .... Most likely having a lot to do with Pennsylvania being primarily German, as well as the Midwest .... Fun fact: there was a dispute back around the founding of our country as to whether we would all be speaking German or English as our national language.... and when English was chosen, Pennsylvania vowed to "Always speak the mother tongue" (German) .... Hence, there is a heavy Bavarian Illuminati presence in that part of the country....

[@Resurrected-Silverbeard]

English wasn't chosen, it was decided that America would have no national language. And we still don't have a national language. Only Louisiana (English and French) and Alabama (English) have official state languages.

[@earthboundeccentric]

@@Resurrected-Silverbeard Official or not, it was largely decided we would speak it.... Question: What does most everybody speak? When you go to fill out a form, what's the default language ? And when was that decided? When this country was founded.

[@Resurrected-Silverbeard]

@@earthboundeccentric it wasn't officially decided, it was just the most common language. And we incorporated lots of words from Dutch, German, Scandinavian, native languages, ect. If English was in any way official it wouldn't have been altered by every culture we came into contact with. I do support the concept of making American English our official language now, the sooner the better.

[@earthboundeccentric]

@@Resurrected-Silverbeard "English is not the official language of the United States at the federal level, but it is the most commonly used language in the country. In fact, 32 US states and all five US territories have declared English as an official language, and around 78% of the US population only speaks English at home." -Google

[@earthboundeccentric]

@@Resurrected-Silverbeard Pretty sure all 50 states will hand you an English form first

[@99BHUVNESHJAIN]

Your sense of humour is dope😂

[@hiroprotagonist5394]

It's interesting how the conversation about what foods represent different countries often gets conflated or, even contentious. I think a lof of the confusion at least has to do with the semantic blending of what a person could mean and what they actually mean. Saying that X food is very Y country might mean that's what they currently eat a lot and you will see it everywhere. OR, it could also mean I think that X food has it's orgins in Y.

[@babiyarnazarismaily6207]

I just love you......greetings from the town of Vidin,Bulgaria on the Danube river,our moto is the Danube flows,but vidin remains and the other one is "Danube's eternal guardian"

[@birdland85]

Isn't all the foods that are not related to native Americans?

[@LynnCindy]

Very informative and entertaining, but truth be told, as "America" is only about 250 years old, it stands to reason that most things existed before we did... whatever it might have been called. I think everything has an origin story, and sometimes the "sequel" is better than the original. LOL!

[@Benedictus21]

We call french fries "hasábburgonya" in Hungary.

[@gavingiant6900]

French Fries or Fries are different to chips, fries are thin like you get at McDonald's and chips are like thick chips of wood (hence the name, but in potato form and the type you'll find at a chippy or chip shop). Americans seem to normally call these Stake Fries. Fries can be called chips, but chips can't be called fries here in Britain. Also you can go to the/a chippy as in the chip shop or you can be a chippy which is a carpenter. Chips as in Crisps were invented in England and not America like some claim, the recipe for them was in a British book years before America claimed to have invented them. I can't remember the name of the book, but look for a TV programme and episode called "Inside The Factory, Crisps". The historian on that has her own segment in telling the history/origin of them, the lady with the ginger'ish hair.

[@tlodland1]

Budweiser is true! I had Budweiser in Czech Republic, too. 👍🏼

[@glengardner4126]

The things I almost learned from this video were questionable food pseudo facts. What I'm certain of is any presentation by Barbara is well worth the time it takes to watch because there's always joy in the viewing.

[@PK-ht9tu]

In Western Canada they are still called French fries.

[@alexmashkin863]

Try all of them, all Americans are let's say "settlers"

[@stephenbenner4353]

I only ever drank Budweiser once years ago at a party. An ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend brought a six pack of Budweiser, and nobody else was drinking it because we had good beer there. I bit the bullet and drank one kind of as a peace gesture as the ex boyfriend of his girlfriend. I didn’t drink it under duress; but as a sacrifice for the sake of peace.

[@lindakek3216]

Cincinnati is famous for coneys created by Greek immigrants. Yum, hot dog, chili, onions, mustard and lots of shredded cheese on a bun!

[@proehm]

I don't know B. With your vast experience in the realm of fermented lagers, you probably should weigh in on this...

[@jurepotocnik5708]

Tried American Budweiser when I was in the States. It's beer flavoured water compared to the Czech Budweiser. Never tried Bud Light, but I suspect it's even worse somehow...

[@hugo2762]

Czech > American budweiser. They make great carbonate water though.. bud light I believe it's called.

[@macheteishrecords8419]

You ever have Cacio e Pepe that’s kind of like a Mac and cheese.

[@stevemcqueen7735]

To french something is a kind of a cut so not french but the potatoes have been frenched

[@1984isnotamanual]

I would say Pizza and Tacos have become American food too. Especially pizza is not eaten in Italy like it is here.

[@locochoco5959]

Haha what? 😂

[@1984isnotamanual]

@@locochoco5959 like hot dogs have become American. Hot dogs are German, that sausage is a German sausage. That is happening with the taco and burrito and it has happened already with Pizza. Those foods are now more American than they are their origin country, pizza especially but soon enough tacos and burritos will be too.

[@locochoco5959]

@@1984isnotamanualIts like saying Kebab is Swedish when its not. It doesnt become American or Swedish just because you eat it a lot in your country.

[@1984isnotamanual]

@@locochoco5959 and also if you look at pizza in America it’s different then pizza I’ve seen in Italy and we eat more pizza her then in Italy per capita by far. It’s not as popular in Italy. It’s more American than Italian. Hey would you marry Barbara? I would, she is a sweetie.

[@AwninGod]

Didn't they do this bit in My Big Fat Greek Wedding?

[@vaportrails7943]

These are things I always knew growing up in the US. I remember reading about the origins of hot dogs and hamburgers as a kid. 🙂 Fettuccini Alfredo is a better version of “mac and cheese”.

[@jimmytoy8556]

More squirrel exercising please!

[@dannydanny9875]

We've been lied to this entire time?

[@HolgerDanske]

The issue isn't immigrants, it's ILLEGAL immigrants.

[@vinny142]

I'll bite! America was founded by immigrants who did not ask permission from the locals. Thus, America was founded by illegal immigrants. (who then proceeded to wipe out the local population because those were "just savages")

[@RhombusOfTheJ]

The issue isn't illegal immigrants, the issue is price-gouging and a lack of proper economic systems. As well as the unnecessary difficulty of entering the US legally.

[@HolgerDanske]

@RhombusOfTheJ People breaking in isn't the problem? Is people breaking into your house a problem?

[@steven3379]

​@@RhombusOfTheJTry it in other countries, then try to say it's hard to become a legal citizen of the United States of America..

[@RhombusOfTheJ]

@@steven3379 well it is difficult and expensive. You need English lessons, a lawyer, green cared fees of like 1200 USD, etc. All of this is expensive, especially for someone seeking a better here

[@Resurrected-Silverbeard]

Regardless of where fried potatoes come from, the actual potato comes from the Americas.

[@michaelblacktree]

Budweiser is meh. I prefer Guinness.

[@scottinphoenix739]

Good ole mac and cheese, that brought back memories...

[@PatrickORourke90]

yeah shout out to Chicago!!!

[@luciamacakova7516]

Actually, I approved all these things taken from other cultures except Budweiser (Budweiser is a crime, shame, the worst fornication as beer has ever experienced). Americans took german meat patties and made them flavourfull, juicy fantasy in bun. They took fried potatoes and made them worldwide fetish. They took gauchy, heavy british pies and filled them fruits and nuts originated in american continent. They combine sweet and savoury tastes in dishes as unorthodox bohemes. 👍. Americans are kings not plagiators!

[@ekisauruslux6795]

nice tattoo

[@TheBarbaraHorvat]

Which one? 😊

[@ekisauruslux6795]

@@TheBarbaraHorvat the palm trees .. ne vid se dobr mogoče je celo oaza :D see u in the next one

[@luciamacakova7516]

Budweiser is beverage that (as I hope) earned for his inventor (plagiator) eternal damnation without relief. Budweiser is libel for the real beer. Unfortunately, this is made worldwide, so you can get silver can of diluted urine everywhere. If they started making beer just from carbonated water and beer flavour, no true fan of Budweiser would know somethig has changed.

[@justinfranstrekal1304]

I've had czechvar which is probably similar to budvar but still way better than Budweiser 😂

[@vegeta3406]

nice left eye for cat

[@samuellichtspiel9637]

🍔 There is a hamburg story ...... Too many people got on the ship 🛳 it had too less plates 🍽. They tooked bread-rolles with meat inside in theyre own hands🤲. 👉Hamburgers were invented on the see.

[@dellingson4833]

No remember The dear leader of North Korea Kim Jun Un (not looking his names spelling don't care)told his people he created the Hamburger.

[@bryanquick2709]

Budvar is great beer!

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

I love your long hair. Very nice.

[@FreeThePorgs]

US budwiser is the queen of beers....If thats your thing cool!!!! You do you, but its the "OK mans, but not total crap beer so screw it" beer. There are cheaper ones that are bad and much more exensive beers that the basic person does not want to spend the money on.

[@murderedcarrot9684]

You mean all of it?

[@murderedcarrot9684]

Except Bannock, tis pretty good. Dry though.

[@christians.9058]

Pemikan is native 🤭

[@michaelkeller5008]

as for the quality of beer: in my experience, one can use the rule of thumb: the uglier the women in the country, the better is the beer. (exceptions proof the rule)

[@anejfrank]

Hamburger is not american food its from hamburg germany

[@colonelcatastrophe4821]

You should do a breast feeding tutorial 🤔😂

[@RahulSankrithya]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@MrFoxRobert]

👋👍

[@partizanSquad]

USA is the most souless country on earth. Canada and Australia are close.

[@locochoco5959]

Ugh, I think you mean russia and servia on that one 😉

[@partizanSquad]

@@locochoco5959 hahaha so original and funny comment. Russia and Serbia are countries deeply rooted in their land. I don't even know why you bring these two countries specifically btw. The 3 countries i mentionned are built on the genocides of natives americans and aborigenes of Australia. Anglosaxon countries calling themselves multicultural is the biggest lie on earth, all cultures in these countries are flattened by the anglo saxon white christian supremacist hegemony.

[@edzanjero353]

I hope Barb isn't making a case for unrestrained immigration, because it has crushed America. Slovenia has its own problems, the biggest mistake was allowing a mosque to be built in Ljubljana.

[@marcinborkowicz2557]

pl. frytki