Cultural appropriation foods around the world

[@matthewroach815]

Welp, now I’m hungry

[@persianjew1746]

Wow.

[@okaylol3334]

Wow.

[@johskr2223]

Wow..

[@Roody_Patootie]

Wow.

[@dickiewongtk]

Wow.

[@TenshoWasHere]

Indian Curry: *who tf are you?* Japanese Curry: *i don't even know*

[@shu830]

Indian curry: wtf is curry?

[@coucoubrandy1079]

It's just a sort of soft curry. It tastes nice, though I don't know if a Japanese could stand a strong curry. We should ask them, their are very opened minded. I'm sure some young people will try .

[@prashantsurti5788]

@@shu830 Yeah seriously never ate any Indian dish called curry... In south they call some dish Kari but most of what we eat.. We dont call it curry

[@lifeofabronovich7792]

@@prashantsurti5788 yeah, most of the dishes we eat have their own indigenous names

[@lifeofabronovich7792]

@@coucoubrandy1079 My mom has a friend who taught English in Japan after college back in the 90s, apparently they do like Indian food. Even the Tamil actor Rajinikanth has a bit of a cult following over there 🤣

[@jasatotakouzeno4674]

I’m losing my mind over the fact that Pho is appropriated french soup

[@ronberi7773]

How are you today, though?

[@jonathantan2469]

And the word may have come from a Vietnamised pronounciation of the French word 'fire'. Also, the metal Vietnamese coffee filter that you put above the glass when making coffee, might also be of French origin. I've seen old black & white French films from the 1950s with cafe scenes with those coffee filters on top of cups.

[@agustinmarquezsegat4725]

Yep, I knew this :D Pho is a peasant soup from France.

[@SuperHiddenaccount]

there's probably more chinese influence than anything

[@nguyentrunghieu5894]

he's wrong though.

[@SoundsideSherry]

Another fun example of Portuguese influence on Japanese cuisine: tempura! They were originally batter-fried treats that Portuguese Catholics could eat during Lent. The name even came from the Latin "ad tempora cuaresme," meaning "at the time of Lent" That happened to be Japan's introduction to batter-frying, so they named the technique after what they thought the Portuguese called it.

[@BHuang92]

The Portuguese introduced to Japan peixinhos da horta, which is fried green beans. I would say the Japanese went crazy with the deep-frying technique.

[@Haliya.]

I always thought tempura is a Japanese word... I mean it's just too Japanese sounding.

[@Lemanic89]

And now I use the tempura method to enhance my crepe batter.

[@ProximaCentauri88]

Are you Japanese and Catholic?

[@angelaguerrero3808]

harina de temporada = tempura

[@Arella17]

This is why people going “That’s not really food from x country” is really annoying because things adapt and develop mixing different ingredients and flavors.

[@lennic95]

Sure, but it doesn’t make the statement any less true. It demonstrates a certain level of ignorance to believe that the Japanese eat California rolls or that the Italians eat pepperoni pizza.

[@Spotifybr1ck]

@@lennic95 but it’s so weird to even say that because the same people that say these things are doing the exact same thing in there own country. So why even make it any type of problem? Seems like you are showing a level of ignorance

[@myriampro4973]

And every person has his/her own prefences. Some like spicy food ot bittersweet sauces, others don't. It may not be due to cultural differences. Once, I had to drag my husband to a Peruvian restaurant, LOL. Then he liked lomo saltado, so every time he eats the same dish, and I often try something new.

[@Jim-sx1bh]

@@Spotifybr1ck now maybe my view is skewed here, but when I see that argument brought up, the reason seems to tend to be, because the restaurant has "traditional", "authentic" or "original" on their sign, same goes for youtube videos and online recipes, or they insert the name of the country before the name of the dish like for example, to take the dish from the beginning of the video, "Indonesian bami goreng" when it's really JJ's mom's version of the dish, which is not necessarily representative of the Dutch version of bami goreng and definitely isn't representative of any kind of Indonesian version of fried noodles (which is what the name means)... I mean sure the dish is based on the originally Indonesian source, but to call it Indonesian would be plain wrong, because the resulting dish is not something anyone in Indonesia would even recognize as what it's supposed to be.

[@jesuslovesyouandisthewayto1114]

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[@kiga14]

When I stayed in a hotel in Hong Kong in 2006 I went to the hotel restaurant, which was a Taiwanese-themed restaurant, and had what they called "Japanese curry". So I was eating a Hong Kong version of a Taiwanese version of a Japanese version of an Indian dish.

[@lunisolarsobriquet600]

Foodinception

[@BoraCM]

Hong Kong Version of a Taiwanese version of a Japanese version of a British version of an Indian version of a Portuguese dish.

[@krystal9467]

Mr Worldwide

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

Actually, its the Hong Kong version of a Taiwanese version of a Japanese version of a British version of an Indian version of a Portugese dish.

[@Rxeresjxuexmekxiwx]

@@Chrischi3TutorialLPs Curry is indian Only vindaloo is Portuguese

[@pumpyronaldrump_4417]

It's honestly nice to see how cultures borrow from each other

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

Well, food, like art, is 99% derivative.

[@pumpyronaldrump_4417]

@@Chrischi3TutorialLPs and thats why getting pissed for "cultural appropriation" is retarded.

[@kawaiiwitchowo8784]

Welp it is also sad it is also called mental collonism. This is the noun about the negative effects about this topic.

[@bigfoxgamingbroplays8802]

I only hate cultural assimilation/annihilation

[@ioncekilledamanwithmyshoe]

@@priwithap we can’t acknowledge where things come from every single time we do/eat/wear them. For example, there are many of these foods that I had no clue originated from those countries. Does that mean it’s cultural appropriation? No. It nice to say the origins, but it doesn’t mean it’s bad not to.

[@spacecowboy3693]

He microwaves water to brew his tea I...I can't.....

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

Yes, I think the British need to re-colonize him and remind him how to make a proper cup of tea.

[@oc3963]

I promise you the rest of us Canadians own kettles :P

[@Tomajdafrytrix]

@@a.v.2491 Oh GOD, You make hot cocoa out of water? Bleagh, try using milk, water cocoa is so gross, milk cocoa will change your life! :D

[@Tomajdafrytrix]

Angelo Vergara that is even worse 😂😂😂😂 that must taste so mellow 🤔

[@Tomajdafrytrix]

Angelo Vergara I’m sure you’ll be blown away by the richness and smoothness 😋😊

[@katie-729]

Hey JJ just thought you’d be interested to know - I’m from Goa (India) where Vindaloo is from, because Goa was under Portuguese (and not British) rule for the longest time; in fact a lot of Goan architecture is Baroque-styled, and the locals speak a dialect of Konkani that is heavily borrowed from Portuguese! Goa is considered the party capital of India, and has beautiful beaches and churches but hot, humid weather!

[@nmg6248]

Does anyone enthusiastically sing the vindaloo song? That seems like a party song 😂

[@beequeen44]

My grandpa is actually half Goan but I’m Portuguese

[@dagfinissocool]

sorry to say it but the food in Goa is the only indian food I don't like especially the fish currys'...

[@BizarreWords]

People of the world: *exist* The Portugese: Here, try our food :)

[@frankl427]

nhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[@xstrawarot]

*by force

[@paqboii1907]

He forgot about tempura which portugese sailors gave to japan

[@mayuri4184]

Explains why Britain and Portugal remains allies to this day.

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

Portugal has one of the most underrated cuisines in the world.

[@sudonim7552]

Japan: "We call bread 'pan'." Portugal: "Am I a joke to you?" Spain: "I see this as an absolute win!"

[@carltomacruz9138]

Japanese does not share the nasalized vowels of Portuguese.

[@joatanpereira4272]

PAU

[@RyanAmparo-tl]

@@carltomacruz9138 final n nasalizes the vowel a. /pãɴ/ Using final n is the standard way to transcribe Portuguese nasals in Japanese. São is サン /sãɴ/, botão ボタン etc.

[@pocketsand5216]

@@RyanAmparo-tl What? A nasal consonant after a vowel doesn't nasalise the vowel itself.

[@RyanAmparo-tl]

@@pocketsand5216 it does with final n in Japanese

[@edsiles4297]

"A britishified version of an indianified version of a dish from Portugal" That's what I call culinary Chinese whisper

[@adanactnomew7085]

Lol

[@potentialcaroozin2385]

for westerners, chinese whisper is the european way of saying "a game of telephone"

[@amyluisa_]

@@potentialcaroozin2385 ohh cool, “game of telephone” in Brazil is “telefone sem fio” or “wireless telephone”

[@eliza91d]

me who's goan and has alot of indianified portugese foods 👁👄👁

[@thatwierdalchemist1916]

@@amyluisa_ in Canada we mainly call it Broken Telephone if were talking about the game i think were talking about.

[@raphaelnetto1]

As a Brazilian, I've heard that our sushi is highly modified from the traditional Japanese one, probably because this dish was introduced by Americans. There may be a theme for a future video.

[@Radasongod]

From what I’ve seen brazilian sushi and North American sushi (I can only speak for what I’ve seen in canada) are basically identical, source - I am a sushi lover and have had many many friends from São Paulo (I hope that’s how it’s spelt)

[@whatinwt]

Same for Mexico. I also find it interesting to see what they do with mexican food. It's the same basic design but with varying ingredients & differing process of cooking. It's still a taco just not a Mexican taco

[@jesuslovesyouandisthewayto1114]

Jesus loves you and will help you through all your going through! Everything will get better keep going never lose hope you are loved. Jesus loves you I love you your friends and family love you and so many more. Jesus died for our sins but returned! He is the way to salvation ask for forgiveness and turn away from your sins and have faith in him and that he is king and returned from death to be saved ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@pieterhoekstra4642]

Brazilian hotdogs! Now that's a story

[@savioblanc]

That's really interesting that Americans introduced sushi to Brazil, especially since the biggest population of Japanese outside of Japan, reside in Brazil, which begs the question - How the heck did these Japanese-Brazilians not introduce Sushi to their fellow Brazilians?

[@jacktribble5253]

When I lived in Japan, I was struck by their utter fascination with the Kit Kat bar. This isn't quite what this video is about, but...

[@KairuHakubi]

evidently it's all based on a pun

[@KaninCotton]

There are so many kitkat flavours because of Japan and I thank them for that 😭

[@letsdodapumpkin7999]

@@KaninCotton lol I remember watching DanTDM’s “trying japanese candy” video and he got to a a kitkat with a “Polar Bear” drawing. As a dumb kid, of course I believed that it was made of Polar Bears

[@Enixon869]

@@KairuHakubi yeah, Kit Kat sounds like the Japanese word for... either good luck or success I think... I forget the exact phrasing.

[@nicolasrojascontreras8389]

In the Philippines they eat something called “lechón” which in Spanish simply means piglet, and what they actually do is take a whole pork, impale it and cooker to fire. Very interesting stuff.

[@theblade1251]

In some cases we cooked the belly only of the pig which is the delicious part of the lechon

[@jeksixten5751]

Actually Roasting Pig in the Philippines exist in Pre-Hispanic era also in Indonesia

[@GeneralClaus1232]

And also the best of the world in my opinion especially lechon Cebu

[@lc-mx1ir]

Tamilok is very good, many filipinos eat it, it is like worm in tree

[@jeksixten5751]

@@lc-mx1ir Palawan and Antique 💖💖

[@troyschulz2318]

5:56 "Ao" in Portuguese is pronounced "Ahn", so "Pan" is not a corruption, it's the correct transliteration of the Pao. "Pau" is Portuguese for "cock" (as in penis).

[@PK-so2yr]

I love wheat penis 😂

[@lepidotos]

also a delicious snack

[@Gabrielecgomes1]

É sempre legal ver gringo falando 'pau' ao invés de 'pão', a 5ª série ataca forte kkkkk

[@alessiaiafano7521]

Op-

[@aveuch]

Dang it I've been ordering Pao De Queijo all wrong 😵.

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

It pleases me so much to know that Brits like to show their patriotism by loudly singing "Vindaloo, vindaloo, vindaloo, na na."

[@insertnamehere5809]

Which is strange, because Goa was ruled by the Portuguese up until 1961.

[@Burgerburgerburger-t8f]

no one The British: VINDALOO, VINDALOO, VINDALOO L, NA NA

[@clyde9216]

Yeah it’s actually really annoying, all of the football songs are pretty annoying

[@venturebros2000]

not patritism more like a football song

[@akapbhan]

@@insertnamehere5809 Portugese also lost a bunch of territories in India before. Also there were lots of Indians who were forced out of Goa during inquisition

[@jasper-od3dv]

Not to mention that Filipino cuisine is also heavily influenced by Spanish cuisine, owing to the country being a colony of Spain for over 300 years.

[@gj1234567899999]

Jasper Buan lol I remember getting a book on traditional Spanish cuisine and I remember thinking all of this is Filipino food. What’s interesting is we didn’t incorporate the cuisine Of one particular part of Spain but picked random dishes from all over Spain.

[@moondust2365]

@@gj1234567899999 Well random people from Spain came here rather than everyone from just one region of Spain, so...

[@LordDavid04]

Polvorones! A perfect example of taking the base product and making a better version of it.

[@moondust2365]

@@LordDavid04 True

[@ralphw7454]

G J Resa i hate this response because it’s so closed minded. Reminder that Spain back then was a huge colony and pretty much colonized half the globe. So true, we were under the Spanish but we were also influenced by many other colonies connected by Spain. So we are not just influenced by Spain alone...

[@KhAnubis]

Honestly I really like this whole food series you‘re doing. Also I think another good example of all this would be the prevalence of döner kebabs in Germany. They were of course invented in the Ottoman Empire, but now one can find a kebab shop on basically every corner in Berlin. (Also I can confirm that tarts are quite popular in HK and Macau, I even tried a durian tart there)

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

KhAnubis Actually, the prevalence of doner kebabs in Germany is due to a huge Turkish community, which has existed in Germany since the 1960s.

[@KhAnubis]

Ekmal Sukarno - Well, yeah... not unlike pizza in the US right?

[@shpilbass5743]

oh look it's a youtuber in the comment section of another youtuber

[@elliotunderhill3617]

I was shocked and disappointed to discover that Döner outside of Germany is terrible. In Munich you could always rely on the kebab shops for food worthy of kings when you were staggering home at 3 AM; in Holland and Britain they taste like the contents of a decades-unemptied dumpster.

[@JJMcCullough]

Where I live, the stores call it “Donair” and we pronounce it that way too, rhyming with bone-hair. Europeans are offended by this.

[@tobylister8221]

Anyone else lived in the US for their entire life and literally never heard of "birthday dogs". Those look like something some high person would think of.

[@garrettenglish3756]

Toby Lister yes super bizarre

[@danielleporter1829]

Never heard of them but on the whole ( sans the marshmallow) hot dog kabobs don't sound half bad

[@jandwaynecacnio6416]

He was being sarcastic to emphasize how much Filipinos modified American food.

[@wombatpandaa9774]

Yup, never knew that was a thing and I wish I could not know again

[@jamsboi7048]

Mmmm yes, Corn dog with out bread and marshmallows

[@Tetsuza_3]

I am a chef working in Japan, raised in Korea but born in Australia to immigrants. Its honestly hilarious how much food I've seen which people consider authentically Korean/Japanese which is in fact the product of trade, colonialism or whatnot. An example for Japan is as JJ said, pan and kare, but another favourite of mine is yakiniku, a style of barbecue which as you can assume came from Korean immigrants, as well as ramen which came from Chinese ones. As for my homeland Korea's famous love of chilli and heat is not native, and we actually first began adding chilli to our foods after trading with Portuguese merchants through China and Japan, before that we did not eat chilli and even during traditional ceremonies we do not serve red kimchi but a type known as "baek kimchi", or white kimchi which omits the peppers.

[@bedrock6443]

백김치 is good for those looking for 김치 without the spice.’

[@_kikyu]

Fun fact, 'pan' is also bread in Bisaya in the Philippines.

[@frutos75]

Because was introduced by Spanish and pan is the word in Spanish

[@rhoxdethxyrhonemercado2509]

In Filipino too like Pan De Regla, Pan De Coco and many more

[@PierreFlorendo]

@@rhoxdethxyrhonemercado2509 pan de regla = menstrual bread?

[@koppii2]

@@PierreFlorendo If you aren't Hispanic, Pan De Regla is a bread with red filling

[@lionflame21]

@@koppii2 Thanks for enlightening. I guess we lost that wider meaning of 'regla' in many of Philippine languages.

[@Tehdurkniht]

It bothers me to no end that he said "Margherita pizza" and showed a picture of a clearly NY-style slice.

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

Is it wrong that that's the kind of margherita I eat whenever I get pizza? The first time I had a more authentic-style pizza was in Bali, so assumed it was just a crappy Bali pizza.

[@Tehdurkniht]

@@ARCtheCartoonMaster Okay you're going to have to walk me through that. Bali, Indonesia? Also margherita is usually fresh tomato and fresh mozzarella with basil. Is that what you're referring to? Or are you referring to NY-style which is usually a low moisture shredded mozz on tomato sauce and thin crust.

[@pitchforksdragon1252]

What bothers me is tomatoes were discovered in america, red sauce from tomatoes is american. So an american sauce then adopted by Italy then re-adopted by america. Well that's just confusing as hell.

[@matthewvp8507]

@@Tehdurkniht I would argue that mozzarella is an essential component of the Margherita as the queen Margherita asked for a pizza with the Italian flag in the 19th century

[@parmaxolotl]

@@pitchforksdragon1252 They originated around the Andes, not the USA, just to be clear. Still America(s), though.

[@j4k3vlogs]

I AM DYING. You mispronounced “pão” and said “Pau” which means “dick” in Portuguese. I’ve done that before! Welcome to the club!

[@Mercilessonion]

Pau is a type of bread in India lol

[@millenaalves9603]

@@Mercilessonion but he was talking about Portuguese bread, it was a mispronounce

[@Mercilessonion]

@@millenaalves9603 I meant it's a type of bread in India too

[@ianmoore3470]

Omg I was thinking the same thing😂

[@bubbythejones]

包

[@stacie1595]

I've done a fair bit of traveling in my life and it's always so interesting seeing how some countries interpret food from other places. Like Japan's take on Italian food, Korean's take on Chinese food, Germany's Turkish food remix, and American sushi. It's all so different to what you get from the homelands of these places but still good in its own way.

[@KitsuneHB]

Döner Kebab - very popular in Germany! :D

[@ashkitt7719]

Pizza and Tacos are probably more popular than hot dogs now in the US.

[@stacie1595]

@@ashkitt7719 honestly, I don't feel like we have a super strong American food tradition outside of Thanksgiving meals and the occasional apple pie. If anything, I feel like the most original American food is probably southern cooking or Chilli but I'm probably wrong there too.

[@honkhonk8009]

American Sushi>>> lowkey. I dont know why, but Japanese Sushi is way more conservative and bland. Americans go whole hog lmfao

[@a.alkhayyat301]

Arab countries in the gulf region have vastly adopted Indian food as their own. Here, biryani, chai tea, and samosa and et cetera have been a staple of the Emirati diet, and we can’t tell apart our traditional food and Indian food. :)

[@johndaly2816]

I thought they just add korma and lamb into the indian food and call it arab food.

[@scpfoundation0017]

Samosa is of middle east origin and biryani is of persian, chai is of Chinese origin, its the Indians that have adopted other peoples food.

[@debodatta7398]

its also because most of the chefs working in the gulf region now (due to working as a chef being seen as low class by the regions own people) are Indian migrant workers from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Punjab

[@ashiqurrahman1343]

A. Al Khayyat biryani is a Middle Eastern food!

[@ishanbajpai6940]

Samosa actually came into India from the middle East if my history is correct.

[@pigdemon19]

The title makes me think you broke into someone’s house and ate there food.

[@kvs1678]

PigDemon sameee

[@JJMcCullough]

Isn’t that basically what imperialism is, when you think about it?

[@pigdemon19]

J.J. McCullough True

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

Next time I steal my sisters food Imma call it food colonialism

[@Dualbladedscorpion7737]

Three bears and goldy locks any one?

[@andrewmiller407]

The two "most American" foods are both modified versions of German dishes: The hot dog is a bastardized version of the German Frankfurter Würstchen and/or Austrian Wiener Würstchen (both countries disown their American offspring, with the German's calling the Americanized version a Weiner and the Austrians calling it a Frankfurter), and the cheeseburger is German Hamburg Steak that's been put on a roll for easy handling and America'd up with a slice of cheese.

[@juwebles4352]

if by bastardized you mean vastly improved on for eating at sporting events then yeah. Also, I mean yeah German American's are the largest ethnic group in the country, of course their food is going to be a huge part of American culture

[@jasonworks1454]

Menchi.

[@craydussy]

Hot dogs rock

[@diegog1853]

@@juwebles4352 Hamburgers are great, I don't think they have much resemblence with the original idea and most people wouldn't call them an inferior version of anything. But the american sausage... is kind of nasty to be honest. I mean it is perfectly eddible, but most people wouldn't just eat it by itself, you put it in a hot dog with lots of spices on top and so you mostly taste condiments. Germans on the other hand have a huge sausage tradition, with a lot of variants and sizes that are seasoned differently and are meant for different ocassions. Before going to germany I woulnd't consider eating a sausage by itself, but they are delicious.

[@davidacus956]

I'd argue that barbecue is possibly the most "American" food; it goes hand-in-hand with the last two and it actually originated on this continent, albeit still appropriated from the native people living here

[@zephyrproductions9928]

Nigerians have a thing called “Spaghetti Jollof” in which Italian spaghetti is made with a tomato sauce blended with spices traditionally used in Nigerian jollof rice. It’s fantastic.

[@kykale]

Italians are never save with their food. First the Swedish and Canadians put pineapple and bananas on their pizza and now this.

[@zochbuppet448]

jollof rice..is West Asian/ = arabs introduced it Jollof - Pellou/ peleau

[@luv4uification]

No it isn't. Jollof Rice is West African, specifically the Senegambian region.

[@b3h8t1n]

😋

[@red2theelectricboogaloo961]

@@zochbuppet448 it comes from senegambia.

[@habibi_hassouna4309]

US: Pizza is American ! Italy: You litteraly just stole our idea Greece: Uhm excuse me ? You took my plakous and added tomato sauce instead of oil, you stole it from me Turkey: Hey hold up, i made my the lahmacun first so please have some respect and stop taking my culture Lebanon-Syria: EXCUSE ME ??!? YOUR "LAHMACUN"?? First it should sound more like "Lahme ajoun" and it's not even a Turkish word but an Arabic accronym for "meat in dough" it was made on our soil... poser Armenia: *cough

[@AzoreanProud]

My uncle isn't wrong after all

[@alexmigliorini4005]

The us didn't steal Italy's idea. Italian immigrants just brought pizza to the usa and it became popular. Just because Italian dishes are popular in the us it doesn't make the american.

[@anemicsilence]

👍😊

[@KipTM]

I've never met an American who claimed that the US invented pizza what kind of strawman have you been smoking

[@timothyduffy8980]

I wonder where tomatoes came from my dude (south America)

[@TheLostBoy1974]

Actually, ‘Curry’ is almost a staple food here in Japan. Served regularly at grade school for students lunch. More like the British style though.

[@redacted8983]

Don't forget the JMSDF soldiers eat curry every friday

[@viktorias63]

Japanese curry is horrible when bought in a store, but pretty delicious when homemade.

[@honkhonk8009]

yea me and my family visited Japan awhile ago. Ima be honest, the curry ain't even "alien". Its pretty good, and my mom(whos indian) loved it.

[@2-BIT_OfficialGameDEV]

​​@@honkhonk8009usually curries in west bengal are also a bit on the sweeter side because bengalis consume the most variety of vegetarian dishes which is against what most ppl believe in the other parts of india that we eat non veg everyday, usually everyday bengali dishes include fish with a side of vegetarian curry usually without garlic and onion, only meat we use garlic and onion most of the time and dal, a lot of our curries are sweet so sweet curries aren't a new concept to us, my fav sweet curry is the one made from water lily stem and the corm curry, the variety of vegetarian dishes in bengal is far greater than that of mainland india cos of greater variety of vegetation as well as ppl after partition who had to learn to consume almost all parts of plants to prevent starvation.

[@techlion4349]

I thought staple food at grade schools in Japan are more lighter than curry. I've seen a documentary about grade school lunch of Japan in a channel names "Life where's I'm From".

[@TKVirusman]

This is genuinely one of the most educational food videos I've watched in ages! As a casual food scholar I thought I'd know everything here but learning that Pho is an adaptation of Pot-au-feu blew my little mind 😂

[@arkadeepkundu4729]

Food colonialism is the real reason the British started their Empire. Imagine having to live off jellied eels & bland tasteless mash for your entire life. It'd drive anyone nuts.

[@krackerbear9315]

Arkadeep Kundu , Yes...that and British women...is it any wonder every man from that dreadful island empire was so keen to explore/conquer (escape) lands around the globe? Brits even ran off to trek the South Pole & climb Mount Everest, obviously thinking “well...don’t know what we’ll find there chaps, but it can’t be any worse than suffering another dreadful afternoon of gnashing horrid biscuits in the company of hideous braying English-Women.” That was the men of the British Empires’ version of: #TheStruggleisReal #FirstBrittanicaProblems

[@Speederzzz]

"I WOULD MURDER SOMEONE FOR SOME GOOD FOOD" "Well why don't we?" And so, the british empire was born

[@pawel198812]

Meanwhile Britain: Look, I've got this great thing I came up with, it's called pie! Rest of the world: pie? Like that bird, mag-pie? B: Yeah, exactly. You can eat it. Rotw: Oh... thanks, no thanks.

[@lawrencian]

@@krackerbear9315 you just made me sad. I knew I was ugly but not THAT ugly :(((

[@kevinkibble8342]

Our food isn't the best but we do have some strengths in certain areas. For example, we make some really good savoury, comfort food type stuff. Our pastry game is great, and I'd actually say we're one of the best countries in the world for cheese. We're not up there with India, Japan, Italy or Greece but it's not all bad here.

[@cindybubbles]

The California roll was invented in Canada because the idea of eating seaweed turned us off from the original sushi rolls.

[@AbhinavSubramanian]

Cynthia Chan yep. It’s only called the California roll because it became super popular among people from California

[@cindybubbles]

@@AbhinavSubramanian Not sure about that. I think it's named that way because it was inspired by Californian culture.

[@danielleporter1829]

There are actually two meanings to the California roll ( I know because I'm a native born Californian) 1 : the sushi roll ( did not know it was invented in Canada 🇨🇦 ) 2: California roll; when a person doesn't make a complete stop at a stop sign and the front wheels roll over the line and back again

[@danoptic]

According to Wikipedia, several chefs in Los Angeles have claimed to have invented it, as well as one in Vancouver. The claim of a Japanese American woman chef in LA stood uncontested for twenty years. The first reference anywhere to the California roll was made in print in 1979 by the LA Times.

[@Caplin94]

fun fact: Avocado was never used in traditional sushi, but first added in California.

[@notawin]

It's Bakmi Goreng, an "Indonesian" food that actually came from Chinese immigrants. Fried Rice, Lumpia, Kwetiaw and even the infamous Mi Goreng are all came from Chinese immigrants. Another Dutch foods we eat are Kastengel (Kaasstengels), Perkedel (Frikadeller), Kue Lapis (Spekkoek), Semur (Smoor), Kroket (Croquettes), etc.

[@fadhil2831]

And pretty much every eid fitr pastry Also came from dutch or portuguese

[@BluesAlmighty]

Also bak pao

[@motorola9956]

hagelslag/muisjes (meises) hopjes (permen kopi) stroop (setrub/sirup) poffertjes (kue cubit) Dutch waffeln (kue semprong/kapit)

[@giraffestreet]

Infamous means "well known for some bad quality or deed." Or in Indonesian it would be "jahat, hina, bernama buruk, bernama keji" Strange choice of word there

[@motorola9956]

@@giraffestreet Probably intentional as in it is 'terribly delicious'

[@rsmac11]

For anyone who is curious, Melonpan and Conchas are very similar in concept but generally not execution. I grew up near the US / Mexico border and was stationed in Japan during my time in the Marine Corps. I became obsessed with melonpan as a snack and still try to make it at home every so often (since it's very difficult to find in many U.S. cities). P.S. I know this video is old, but I've just discovered JJ and I'm making it a point to watch every video. JJ, you rock.

[@MercenaryBlackWaterz]

What this convoluted comment is trying to say is that conchas are not good? you must've had a really bad baker nearby. A concha is a pillowy cloud of goodness if made right and eaten within a reasonable time after being baked.

[@TokyoXtreme]

@@MercenaryBlackWaterzmelon pan is more crunchy than pillowy

[@lilioconnor139]

@@MercenaryBlackWaterz Bro what are you on about?? OP's comment isn't difficult to understand at all. They're saying that they like melonpan. They don't say anywhere that they dislike conchas.

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

"In-doNASIA" I know you're a Canadian but come on now

[@johandepohan7312]

Wheresmyeyebrow the Way he pronounces Indonesia is closer to the Dutch/original way

[@yudai112]

Wheresmyeyebrow such an ugly pronunciation 😂

[@jasodu1]

This is closer to how we, Indonesian, spell Indonesia. Why you guys spell 'E' as 'i'?

[@iluvujeasus2239]

As a Brit I pronounce it how he says it

[@pocketsand5216]

@@jasodu1 Because English is a culmination of way too many languages, and had it's own vowels shift way too many times.

[@mauriciojosericoquiroz4524]

Fun fact: the word for bread in Spanish is the same that in Japanese "Pan".

[@francogiobbimontesanti3826]

It came from Portuguese tho

[@리주민]

Common romance root of "pan" old and middle Portuguese probably used, and the tilde ~ means nasalized (n).

[@prahladarangorin3809]

Here in the philippines we call it also pan but not all filipinos call it pan

[@itstoughtobehumaninaworldv1872]

Bisaya 🇵🇭 languages refer bread as “pan”.

[@daniellopespvh2]

@Nicolaus Volentius nope portuguese church's history

[@varotjutaviriya1808]

As a Thai person living in Thailand, many people think our food is "autenthic" but it is quite far form truth. Like Japanese people, Thai people always adapt the foreign ingrident and way of cooking into our cusine. Many of our stir fried dish was heavily influenced by Southern Chinese cusine , espicially Cantonese food. Thailand was quite a popular destination of Chinese immigration during late qing dynasty untill 1950s, so that's why we have a lot of chinese influnced food. Noodle dish with fishball called "Keuw Theuw" can be found in every street conner here. With alot of Chill paste, of course. "Pad Thai" is also use noodle as well.

[@wezzuh2482]

Thailand was also a hotspot for trade between the British Colonies (Burma), French Colonies (Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam), China to the North etc. So many goods such as spices, noodles, chillies were adopted into Thai cuisine.

[@andrewlynch4126]

Varot Jutaviriya I think it’s fair to say Thai food in Thailand is “authentic” regardless of the influences. Food like culture evolves over time no matter what, and contact with foreign influence is one of the main contributors of this fact. So all culture and food is “inauthentic” because all culture and food is derivative of other cultures, unless they have never been in contact with outsiders but even then at some point there culture shot off from some other people or culture and probably still has some influence especially on food.

[@venicedreamway]

xar xar papaya salad is sooo good

[@pauleagle6281]

I agree with Andrew Lynch. Don't be confuse between "authentic" with "influenced". For example, "Padthai". It's Chinese influenced as use noodle. But "Padthai" is also authentic Thai food because this kind or dish originated in Thailand. Chinese did not have this kind of dish even though they have other kinds of noodle dish. There are many foods that fit this category, influenced but authentic.

[@sweetdaydreamer8868]

The sentence " *microwave* myself a cup of tea " should never come out of anyone's mouth

[@LancashireAndYorkshire]

Damn right. Do it with a kettle or don't do it at all 🇬🇧

[@saxoeeee]

*americans quietly exit the chat*

[@yvanthedrakon]

​@@saxoeeee we dont microwave tea. We stick it in the refrigerator and mix in a unholy amount of sugar and call it a healthy drink

[@saxoeeee]

@@yvanthedrakon what about theraflu tea??? Wait… unless you can drink that cold, cuz that would be a game changer 😎 Just call us #teaheathens

[@kentix417]

​@@saxoeeeeNo, they stand proudly for their traditions. The rest of the world can do whatever they want. It has no authority here.

[@hoodclassicsofcalifornia]

Alright imma head out to the Philippines to get some Buko Pie and Banana Ketchup

[@torquedawg1004]

Ehhh as a pinoy myself, I don't really recommend those specific foods. But to each their own :]

[@britamericaball2505]

Go and eat Buko Pie and Filipino Style Spaghetti (except in McDonald's)

[@racelkatyusha403]

@@britamericaball2505 eat spagite in philippines jolibee

[@Simba_LJ917]

BritAmerica Ball not Buko pie but Peach-Mango Pie in Jollibee.

[@Simba_LJ917]

LagiNaLangAko23 Banana ketchup for fried chicken, hotdogs & sweetener to Spaghetti tomatoe sauce.

[@Cancerxx]

You are the most Canadian sounding person I've ever heard and I am Canadian too haha.

[@kimberlywilson7929]

Hahaha

[@TheCanadianYeti.]

Same!

[@pissiole5654]

As an Aussie I'll be honest if I didn't know JJ was from Canada I wouldn't have been able to tell if the accent was Canadian or American

[@greatbehemothofindigovale4225]

I read this comment and didn't know what you meant because i didn't hear an accent.... he said "out and about" lmao then i heard it 100%

[@arx3516]

Pizza as it is known today wasn't a "peasant" dish, it was actually invented by the court baker of the kingdom of two Sicilies and named after the queen. It had cheap ingredients so it spread to all classes of citizens, but it was actually invented for royalties. Pizza however was a common term that referred to all kinds of flat bread long before the invention of the Margherita pizza.

[@jackharris6497]

pizza margherita is the gentrified version of pizza marinara which is just tomato sauce.

[@randomtree7295]

My parents are from Iraq and I grew up having dolma every so often and recently I was watching a Boris cooking vid (he's a Russian KZbinr) and he mentioned it, I heard of people in the Mediterranean knowing it but someone as far as Russia knowing it was a surprise

[@heterophobia.mp4]

What video does he reference it in?

[@randomtree7295]

@@heterophobia.mp4 the baklava video

[@heterophobia.mp4]

@@randomtree7295 Much appreciated 🙏

[@A_nony_mous]

Dolma as a word seems quite similar to dolmades, which appears in Australia as a Greek food, I wonder if they are similar?

[@needforfumo]

Dolma? Is that the the food where you put rice between grape leaves?

[@mossfen583]

Balkans, Magreb and Middle Eastern cuisines all come together at Turkey due to Ottomans.

[@orangecream3340]

This fact really bothers those in the Balkans

[@TheEmperorOfTheWorld]

@@orangecream3340 No it doesn't, it depends on who you ask (some hardcore nationalists might be bothered but not the vast majority of Balkans). Many Balkans genuinely think that their food is originally from the Balkans not because they don't want to admit otherwise but rather because they are just unaware of the fact that Turks, Arabs etc have the same dishes

[@alex.profi27]

@@TheEmperorOfTheWorld exactly I m romanian and we were almost coloniez by the turks and because of that some of our traditional dishes are originally from them But we do not care at all because we ve put our touch to it and we consider them ours( in the sense that we present them as our national dish)

[@KomradeLeonski]

And they've conquered Germany where the Ottoman Armies have failed

[@mossfen583]

@@KomradeLeonski Germany, no. Austria, yes.

[@McFluff33]

People in Hawaii eating spam because of the military presence during the second world war

[@tomfrazier1103]

And tinned meat in general as it was a staple on ships in the XIXth C. Many Polynesian cultures have a preferred tinned meat. Samoan people love Australian corned beef in the round cans more than South American corned beef in the tapered square cans. I saw a great tin sign with a belted Samoan boxer "Pass the Palm please" (brand of bully) My Grandfather was the family cook, and refused to serve Spam ever. He was Italian, so I was spoiled for good food. He was a WWII vet. and said he was very well fed in comparison to other Allies.

[@jackculler1489]

5:55 Japan is in love with French Architecture and food. Japanese bread is really soft and sweet compared to how the french like their bread. Many Japanese don't like crust on their bread unlike the French, The French love their bread crust. If you go to Japan, all of their sandwiches are sold without the crust. Japanese Tempura came from the Portuguese. The original is called Peixinhos da horta it was introduce in the 16th century by the Portuguese trading in Nagasaki. Both dish can use seafood and vegetable but for the Japanese they have a unique sauce for it called tentsuyu sauce. It is made from dashi soup, mirin, and soy sauce. It's a sweet sauce that improves Tempura's flavor. Tempura can also be partnered with Udon, Japanese thick noodles, which can be serve cold or hot. Pan is actually Spanish for bread... Pão when pronounce in Portuguese sounds like Paum... so I kinda get why the Japanese would call it Pan. ã is pronounce like “AN” but finished with closed lips “M” sound. The Filipino Pan de Sal which literally means Salt bread in English is a popular breakfast bread today. The early version during the Spanish colonial era was called pan de suelo (Floor bread). it is cooked in a wood-fired oven which made a crusty and sturdy bread. It Resemble that of a french bread rolls but was really an attempt to make a Spanish version of the French baguette in the Philippines. Then came the American colonial era. which lead to the Industrialization of the Philippines, its "Americanization" and influx of cheap american products and produce lead to many changes including to food. The traditional way of making Pan de suelo was lost and they favored for a much faster way of making the bread as a result Pan de suelo became less crusty and became as soft like a Spanish bread roll but still retained that french bread roll look thus the Pan de sal was born. Leche Flan is a dyslexic version of Flan de Leche. Leche Flan usually eaten alone as a dessert or could be added to Halo-halo which is a Filipino version of the Japanese kakigori better known as shaved Iced. The basic ingredient uses Milk, Eggs and whole lot of sugar.

[@gerardacronin334]

And now we’re all eating Ube. 💜

[@JMdJ2001]

I wanted to know more about the Filipino aspect of it all from the video. Glad that you've written your take!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Breat without crust is basically an english sandwich at that point. Which reminds me to tell everyone to look up "bread sandwich"

[@jamesrosewell9081]

I love pandesal

[@kanduyog1182]

The Japanese love France so much that Japanese tourists suffered severe disappointed thus coining the term Paris syndrome.

[@hannahrosa9264]

I think a lot of cultures have similar dishes, even more when they are geographically and/or socially and economicly close. Adding to this, most of the countries these days have a multitude of communities and etchnic group and I just love to see food originating from all over the world. We shouldn't gatekeep people experimenting with food with foreign origins. One of the thing I like to do the most is to see how much similarities and differences countries have with one another. . With that said I feel like it should be done by acknowledging where these foods and recipies come from. I'm an asian adopted by an italian family and have libanese cousins so that might explain my stance on "appropriating culture" . Yet my mom made a "peanut butter dumpling chicken lasagna" and I died inside. The price of my stance lmao . I love your vid man, new sub ❤

[@FalloutUrMum]

I know in the US a southern food called "Chicken Fried Steak" was created by German migrants who missed Schnitzel

[@boahkeinbockmehr]

There is no bigger sin than poultry Schnitzel! It is just wrong! (But sadly also happens in some bad German Biergärten)

[@khaias7822]

Also the hamburger was created by a German migrant. Candy was created by Germans, cars are German. Most of the best things about America were created by Germans/ German migrants

[@elmo8138]

@ניב קידר correct me if I'm wrong but I've heard that the pork schnitzel is from bavaria (germany) but the wiener schnitzel is from austria and kind of another kind of schnitzel, like the pork and wiener schnitzel developed differently (like the panade (?) is a different kind and the way the meat is pound down)

[@pauljordan4452]

@@boahkeinbockmehr Why do you call it an abomination?

[@pauljordan4452]

@@khaias7822 Beer also.

[@broseidongodofthebrocean8931]

In terms of the British spreading curry to other parts of the world; supposedly after the Second World War a German lady got some ketchup and curry powder from a British soldier in their occupation zone in Berlin and put it over a grilled sausage. She then stated selling the meal at a snack stand she opened up in Berlin and was a really popular dish among construction workers in the devastated city. Thus the dish Currywurst was born!

[@리주민]

She then went for a loan to expand her business but was told most had shuttered during and before the war. "I wonder why there are no...ooooh, yeah" (old German skit) 😗🇮🇲

[@ertvonzukonigvonrahm835]

You know People in the Ruhr Area(also part of britsh ocupation) say that they invented the Currywurst But i belive Currywurst was invented twice

[@boahkeinbockmehr]

You forgot to mention that she supposedly intended to prank a drunk customer by adding the spicy curry powder and was surprised when he kept ordering more of the sausage.

[@ipermaga4618]

I'm Italian and I just want to say that we PRETEND to be mad at how you treat our creations. I mean, it makes us famous! I actually want that!

[@matthewct8167]

Ipermaga I knew those KZbin reactions were made for comedic purposes!!!!!

[@scott5913]

Ever heard of Toasted Ravioli? If you're ever in St. Louis, give it a try.

[@sweetxlies6761]

My younger Italian cousins always eat pizza with french fries or sausage

[@roccopiosaracino3681]

@@sweetxlies6761 basically everyone in italy eats sausage on pizza, French fries are also vedy common, we just hate people who put fruit on pizza or sweet condiments in general

[@sweetxlies6761]

@@roccopiosaracino3681 I don’t really like it tbh the best pizza I ate was just with garlic and oregano (+basic ingredients) But everyone should do it how he prefers it (in Germany we have a frozen chocolate pizza never tried it tho)

[@Illjwamh]

When I was living in South Korea, one of my favorite things to eat was Donkkaseu. It's a breaded and fried pork cutlet with a signature sauce, often served with rice, kimchi, and occasionally some kind of slaw. It is a Korean version of the Japanese dish Tonkatsu back from when Korea was under Japanese control. Tonkatsu itself is, in turn, a Japanese version of European style fried cutlets like Schnitzel, back from the 18th century when Japan was rapidly modernizing and imitating everything Western they could get their hands on.

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

The sad little rolling pea at 2:40 is one of the funniest things ever.

[@JJMcCullough]

Thomas I was thinking “I’m already behind schedule I don’t need to make an animation for the rolling pea.” But this comment made it all worthwhile.

[@gemista]

@@JJMcCullough The quote and animation had me laughing for a solid ten minutes!

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

@@JJMcCullough thanks for taking the time on these little details. Quality over schedule.

[@raritania7581]

@@JJMcCullough Why'd the thumbnail change?

[@JJMcCullough]

Raritania (NJ) Cause I want this video to get more views and they say that helps. It needs a better name though

[@ItaloCSantos]

One good example of food that has been modified when presented to another culture is sushi, particulary the brazilian style one. Since Brazil has the biggest japanese comunity outside of Japan, a lot of japanese culture were absorbed in the country, especially when it comes to food, but we changed it a little, by putting cream cheese on top of it, or doing deep fryed ones and even sweet sushis, with fruit and chocolat. A tradicional japanese person would look at brazilian's sushi and be astonished of how different it is from the japanese ones.

[@user-yc6vr8vn5j]

Woah thats cool

[@irenecarrillo6750]

What "really boring pizza" is he talking about, Margherita is the greatest type of pizza

[@lifeofabronovich7792]

Yeah, if done well, margherita pizza will literally taste like food sent down from heaven and served to you by God himself

[@emshinoku]

I agree. It's the best!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Crispy thin with just the right mix of bread, sauce and cheese. But then the american style, thick, greasy pizza with way too much toppings is pretty much a different dish altogether. There is a reason some call it a "pizza pie" And both are good in their own right. They are as close as a hamburger and a frikadellenbrötchen.

[@Mystic-Midnight]

@@HappyBeezerStudios Honestly I have had 1 good deepdish pizza and it was from a place in Austin Texas but my favorite pizza is always just a minimalist Margherita pizza made with actual fresh ingredients at home

[@frillylily8005]

@@Mystic-Midnight You should try New York style pizza Chicago and Detroit style so good.

[@Misshowzat]

"I think I will microwave myself a cup right now" I might just be Australian but I had a visceral reaction to that. Right in the Commonwealth!

[@gurigura4457]

An abomination against God.

[@ninjabuttocks]

Yeah, Japanese curry is just spicy gravy for rice

[@ninjabuttocks]

@Margaret Elliott it is very tasty

[@pesii1452]

@専横づっ句集 no u

[@mayankkumar4161]

@専横づっ句集 no fuck you

[@--..__]

@専横づっ句集 Japanese curry is gross. Lol

[@suryanshsingh4533]

That is one of the uses of curries in india

[@nurailidepaepe2783]

omg your dutch pronunciation. it's so bad i love it

[@tenns]

the way he said hagelslag killed me xD

[@franciscofragoeiro5229]

His portuguese is atrocious too ahahah

[@nurailidepaepe2783]

@@franciscofragoeiro5229 doesn't surprise me lmao

[@abradolflincler726]

Is it pronounced hog el slog?

[@jaltrayen3882]

Abradolf Lincler more like hakhelslakh the g makes a k sound kinda

[@annamay2977]

Lowkey everything he says sounds like hes being sarcastic

[@JJMcCullough]

People always say this about me :(

[@jakej2680]

@@JJMcCullough After some analysis I would say the upwards inflection at the end of your sentences are the primary factor. I don't really think you sound sarcastic but a lot of people can interpret those inflections that way. Anyway, thanks for providing me with tons of entertainment! I'm currently home sick and am bingeing your videos. I keep getting surprised by how you can make seemingly any subject interesting.

[@dbssufferer]

@@JJMcCullough have you thought about applying for Australian citizenship? Upward inflections at the end of sentences are kind of thing 😂. Didn't read you as sarcastic as it is so common here.

[@5.7moy]

Indeed he does

[@Ogugua-k1w]

Lowkey I think that too but he'd be the coolest and informative kind of sarcastic, not the obnoxious and offensive one

[@drewhenderson13]

One of my favorite cultural appropriation foods is Hawaian pizza. It’s a pseudo Italian food replicating a tropical taste that was invented in Canada and is widely consumed in America. But it’s a love it or hate it type food. I love it.

[@redcoltken]

LA native here. Korean Tacos. Thai Beef Curry Noodle soup. And a ton of fusion restaurants such as Indian/Mexican. Ect...

[@Udontkno7]

Chinorican is delish

[@赤マント-z7z]

I'm from LA I'd like to know where I can find a Mexican Indian restaurant

[@t0n0k0]

Chapati is so ubiquitous in Kenya, I didn't know it was originally Indian until I was a teen and it was only after some relatives came back from India and told us. 🇮🇳🇰🇪

[@adamban9452]

wow, I'm Indian and I was aware that chapati wud be there in Kenya other african nations where Indians immigrated ...but didn't know it was so ubiquity..

[@adamban9452]

wow, I'm Indian and I was aware that chapati wud be there in Kenya other african nations where Indians immigrated ...but didn't know it was so ubiquitous

[@aliimran2485]

Do you people also call it as chapati ! Wow!

[@steveholmes11]

Here I think we see the impact of Transmigration. The British Empire moved a lot of educated Indians to other parts of the empire to assist in administration. We tried using recent Oxford graduates, but they had the unfortunate habit of dying form local diseases, so the Civil Service was an Anglo Indian enterprise. The Indians took their staple foods with them to the new places and they caught on in East Africa and the Caribbean. Of course East Africa and India have much older trading links, so small colonies of coastal merchants may have introduced the fod well in advance of the Anglo-Indians. Never rule out that certain staples just work, there is no one inventor of bread, and most places had a form of flat bread that was served with meat or vegetables.

[@aliimran2485]

@@steveholmes11 yes they moved educated Indians for their needs ( not a lot ) Actually, they moved " a lot of " Indians forcefully as slaves Indian culture influence is spreaded over Africa long before the British stepped in india As india's Tamil ( oldest living language)has a impact on many African Languages and indian food , clothing and traditions exchange took place along ago during ancient trading kingdoms as there is mentions of some African kingdoms and settlements in ancient Indian books

[@realhawaii5o]

*The Portuguese introduced British people to tea.

[@JJMcCullough]

Hawaii 5O oh what DIDN’T they introduce...

[@ZerpPickleZiP]

So chai tea is 3 degrees off then?

[@nirmalsuki]

I thought it was Asterix...

[@augth]

@@nirmalsuki I see you are a man of culture, I appreciate that.

[@eyjeyforce6616]

By your grammar, it sounds like this Portuguese: Tea, meet British People. Tea: Nice to meet you.

[@giusepperesponte8077]

I never knew the Philippines was an American colony in the past. I dropped out of high school and used the time to learn a whole lot more than what I was learning there, but every once in a while when I find myself to be ignorant on something big like this, I wonder how much basic history I missed. I think I might independently learn more about some of these basic topics that I skipped over.

[@honkhonk8009]

Yea. America had a massive war with Spain that basically everyone straight up forgot about. Spain eventually lost, and as a result had to give up some territory to America. Some of the territory America got was the Phillipines and Hawaii. Americans weren't so keen on colonialism for pretty obvious reasons, so the government didn't really put up much of a fight when the Phillipines had their whole independence war. Hawaii though remained a territory, until the 50's where it eventually became a full on state.

[@bedrock6443]

@@honkhonk8009the us did crack down on the independence movement but war raged on for a while. US soldiers treated the Filipinos brutally. It was over 100 years they ruled. Then they screwed off after that.

[@thelastpagan4999]

11:27 Boring Margherita Pizza Me an Italian: visible suffering

[@br0k3n_b0y2]

How dare he >:(

[@candacen7779]

I know, right! Margherita is delicious.

[@pietromilano9933]

Often abroad the lack of good basic ingredients leads to the need to add more stuff on the pizza. This makes me so upset

[@stuckonaslide]

me someone who lives in a pretty italian-american town: visible rage

[@gibsonflyingv2820]

Yeah idk what he was talking about, I guess he does not like authentic Italian pizza. just crappy Pizza Hut instead.

[@LaymensLameMan]

I’ve lived in America my whole life and I’ve never once seen the atrocious human rights violation known as the birthday kebab.

[@justayoutuber1906]

I give the wife the ol' "birthday kebab" on my birthday

[@Marxus_Lenin]

The 'birthday kebab' is actually very common in the Philippines, and it isn't really that bad. It's honestly good but that might be my Filipino tougue speaking.

[@FirstnameLastname-yk2js]

Born and raised in texas and never seen or heard of this birthday kebab till now

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

No one has, outside of the Philippines. He was being facetious and/or sarcastic, when he suggested otherwise.

[@amishagarwal3151]

Amazing video man! But you forgot Desi-Chinese. Its a category of 'Chinese food in India' which even the Chinese are not aware of! Such an interesting topic for a whole new video.

[@steveholmes11]

And on that subject you also have the Baba-Nona foods of Malaysia.

[@peachesandcream8753]

Even curry originally comes from China but it's so far-removed from it's original form that it's become distinctly Indian.

[@divineflu34567]

@@peachesandcream8753 well you are wrong about curry even there nothing called "curry" if you will see the curry what you call indian is no way shows any similarity with chines cusine even in slightest

[@colours8846]

@@peachesandcream8753 🤦

[@aryanraool5953]

@@divineflu34567 curry is an umbrella term for many indian and south asian dishes

[@Calimbandil87]

The authentic Swedish kebabpizza. Basically in the 60s and 70s we had italian immigrants who came and started pizzerias, Swedes like novelty in food so the pizzerias started making more kinds of pizza. Like steak and bearnaise, shrimp, banana and curry powder and so on. Later on another wave of Balkan and Turkish immigrants came and took over many of the pizzerias and also started selling Doner Kebabs. The combination was inevitable and is now one of if not THE most eaten fast food variant in Sweden. It is by far the most popular kind of pizza. A proper kebabpizza consists of a pizza base with tomato sause and cheese on it, onto which you add sliced Doner Kebab, kebab sauce (a citrusy, garlicy, mayo based concoction) and possibly a chili sauce. It can also have things like: Pickled peperoncini, lettuce, tomato, french fries (although that's not common) and cucumber on it. The official Swedish meal on New years day that we consume while watching Ivanhoe, the 1983 version.

[@nmg6248]

I wonder if there is Scandinavian influence in Korea??? I’ve never heard of such crazy novelty pizza combinations until watching a Korean show. Also their savory food is so sweet compared to most other Asian countries it really reminds me of Dutch/Scandinavian/Netherlands cooking

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

Yeah, I'm going to say the Netherlands came out ahead on that food trade.

[@naga5707]

If you like bakmi goreng, you should try Indomie instant noodle

[@CandaEH]

Idk man, those mini pancakes are amazing

[@naga5707]

@@CandaEH shame i only encounter them once a year at eid. :(

[@CandaEH]

@@naga5707 :'(

[@nevets2371]

Thomas I dunno, olibollen is pretty lit.

[@tktru]

JJ: Even the most iconic Vietnamese dish of all... Every Vietnamese ever: Oh god please don’t JJ: *FOE*

[@rangergxi]

It is actually Balut

[@JJMcCullough]

432423429482 I thought that was Filipino

[@WongFeiHung659]

Honestly, my father is Vietnamese and i didn't know.

[@emmellingwood]

In Toronto we have a Pho restaurant called “Pho King Fabulous” and it has to be one of the best restaurant names ever 😂

[@MirzaAhmed89]

Fuh

[@_computerra]

On Pão, when the Portuguese came to India, we liked their bread so much, we added it to our array and made something called Pav, and Pav Bhaji and Vada Pav are very popular dish here.

[@MiMi-zq2yh]

My family has a heavy Irish ancestry especially my mum's side. My grandmother always stuff potatoes with ham and sour cream, sprinkled with chives and then bake them wrapped in alfoil. Growing up, I called them stuffed potatos and thought they were traditional Irish cuisine. I studied and discovered not quite.

[@Goodwomanbadlady]

I don't care where they're from, that sounds delicious 😋

[@MyLittleZergling]

Food is the gateway into cultures and everyone should be able to have a go at noodle bowls, curry dishes or pizzas

[@ArtichokeLuvvvr]

"Curry" as a distinct flavour was born out of the British love of curry which wasn't too spicy and included a lot of tumeric because of its bright colour. Curry powder was packaged and sold to UK customers which because of colonialism eventually found its way to the Carribbean. There are now Jamaican dishes like goat curry which is based off of this blend.

[@gasstationar6549]

I’ve lived in America my whole life and at any birthday party I’ve ever been two, NEVER have I seen a single birthday kebab in my life.

[@willbowden6897]

I have lived in the US for almost my whole life and the first time I ever saw one was when I lived in the Philippines for a couple years. Don't worry you're not alone

[@cian-neural2594]

I had it on my 14th birthday. I didn't like having the marshmallows with the hotdogs, but I had no choice. Unless you want a sick abomination of marshmallows and licorice or cherry tomatoes with hotdogs, I don't know what to say

[@ronberi7773]

@@cian-neural2594 birthday kebabs in the Philippines are meant for children's party. When i was a kid and always attending kid's party, I always had this kebab and it is fun munching on this snacks. Marshmallow and hotdogs then vice versa

[@ArtsyMagic239]

Ikr? What the heck?!

[@chloebangco3752]

I thought it was a legit Filipino thing! I'm from the Philippines and I would've never thought that it came from America.

[@em__1]

5:52 Being brazilian is a curse. I can't stop laughing at him pronouncing Pão as Pau

[@gibsonflyingv2820]

JJ your videos are truly a blessing on youtube. I love that you have a very unbiased and highly educated understanding of numerous fascinating topics. However as a Naples native id just like to add some constructive criticism to your bit about pizza and pasta since what you said about those two dishes were incorrect. Firstly, pasta is not an exclusively southern Italian food, its prevalent in central and northern Italy perhaps even more so than the south with Ragu alla bolognese, originating in the 17th century in the northern province of Bologna, it was so treasured it was actually put in the national chamber of commerce in Bologna as a culturally protected pasta dish. As for pizza also what you said was rather incorrect, pizza alla margarita or Neapolitan pizza actually originated from royal tastes, not peasantry see pizza as you know it today was invented at a restaurant called Brandi Pizzeria in Naples Italy(still in business today and some of the best in the world) this pizza was actually created for queen margarita of Italy and rose to national prominence because she loved the dish so much it was named after her. Also this was quite a long time ago in the late 18th century so pizza was recognized very heavily in Italy before the diaspora. Just thought I'd let you know some historic facts of our culture so you may take that into consideration, also id say you're wrong about margarita pizza being boring it's a delicious pizza probably the best anywhere, you most likely had bad pizza from a mass produced joint if you want amazing authentic margarita pizza id say check out Di Fara pizza in Brooklyn NYC. Good video none the less, cheers.

[@wareforcoin5780]

This man really came after the margherita pizza. It's not bland, it's delicious.

[@sicktrik8922]

It's a lil bland but in a great welcoming way

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

You're really bold just lying to our faces like this.

[@thebrickinquestion]

Depends on the cheese

[@awakenedgarou8542]

His not lying it’s delicious, sometimes you don’t have a heavy ass Three meat pizza just a delicious margherita slice

[@a.sarnelli]

@@thebrickinquestion mozzarella di bufala DOP, San Marzano tomatoes DOP, fresh basil, soft, airy dough baked in a wood-burning oven, there are a lot of factors to take into consideration

[@emmellingwood]

This is so interesting! One of my profs was a specialist in colonial food history and taught us about how some Indian chefs of Brits gradually added spices to British food because the British food was hella bland, but most Brits thought they were too “superior” for Indian food. Over time though the Brits began disliking their own food because it tasted bland in comparison (and eventually they loved Indian food so much that they brought curries back to England), which I always find very amusing to think about!

[@gayatriunni549]

the funny thing is that “curry” isn’t really a dish in india. like curry pretty much just means any sort of dish with a liquid sauce thingy. any two random indian “curries” probably don’t have much to do with each other taste-wise other than some very basic spices. i’m not a HUGE fan of british curry, but it’s alright. same with japanese curry but i like it a bit more. and another thing, this isn’t so much borrowed food as borrowed words, but in india “gravy” usually means the liquid of the dish. i was so confused as a kid watching american/british media when they talked about gravy because i was like??? which gravy??

[@immortaltyrant2474]

[2:38] "British food not exactly being... well known for it's... robust flavour." *[Shows image of sad British meal.]*

[@Berkana]

When talking about Japan, how could you miss ramen? Ramen was introduced to Japan from China via the Chinatown in Yokohama in the 1930s, and was considered Chinese food in Japan until it propagated across the whole country and became a national food craze that Japan made famous. Tempura was also foreign to Japan; it was introduced to Japan by the Portuguese, who ate deep fried vegetables and sea food during Lent.

[@nehcooahnait7827]

Lol, he is a weeb

[@ethanburnell1985]

I once went to a curry house in the UK and the chef was a guy my dad knew through a friend. A first-generation immigrant from India. We said we wanted him to make it like he would make it for people back in India. I was crying for nearly the whole day it was so fucking spicy. I always used to think I could handle spice, but that guy had spices I've never heard of.

[@chrismathewjoseph1283]

Apart from Indian cuisine in the U.K., one stunning fact is the number of words that the British have taken into their dictionary during those 300 years.... From the word such as Cash, Jungle, Bangle to avatar.... I just realized these many words were from Indian languages just because I had to do school reports on particular topics 😅 Many stuff and ideas were exchanged extensively from Architecture, cuisine and language...

[@martinsanchez4827]

I wouldn't say that Indians were to influential with architecture or language with the Brits but the antithessis. Cuisine is quite a give and take, but I would ultimately Indian Cuisine is a staple food in Britain.

[@greggedrasik]

Ginger beef. A staple of Chinese food found in Canada (especially Western Canada) and parts of the United States was created in the 70s In Calgary, Alberta.

[@f67739]

california rolls too

[@martytu20]

The main meat in Chinese cuisine is pork. Ginger beef is stir fry adapted to the local ingredients (beef is far more common in Calgary than pork).

[@seileach67]

Don't forget deep-fried cashew chicken! Invented by David Leong in Springfield, Missouri in 1963.

[@TiffyVella1]

Ahh! This may help explain my Dutch uncle's deep love of nasi goreng, which he used to spend hours happily making as a special treat. It was delicious, and was definitely a Dutch/Australian-ised version of the Indonesian dish.

[@insertnamehere5809]

Emperor Nasi Goreng was the bloke that built the Great Wall of China to keep the rabbits out, TOO MANY RABBITS, IN CHINA! 😂

[@pissiole5654]

@@insertnamehere5809 that's such an incredibly niche Australian joke, one id more or less forgotten. nice one mate haha

[@JadenAShelton]

Last time I was this early JJ still had that dope stache.

[@oasikasharma1864]

Twas never dope .

[@TheLoughDuck55]

Oasika Sharma it was very dope

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

@@oasikasharma1864 never

[@culshie]

You mean a Porno Stash.....

[@ravendarkie]

In Mexico we have "tacos al pastor" which translates to 'shepherd style tacos'. I'm no expert but I've heard its vertical rotisserie setup actually comes from the Middle East or something like that. I was shocked because it just feels so Mexican to me, but it was cool to learn!

[@BrustinNikolai]

A great one you missed JJ is a popular dish in Russia called plov, which is a mixture of rice, herbs, some veggies (carrots) and usually lamb or beef, and Russians got it from from Central Asian versions (Uzbeks and such) during the Soviet times, but the Uzbeks got the dish from the popular middle Eastern dish pilaf, which the middle East got from India. talk about 3 degrees of separation

[@LangThoughts]

Uzbek Pilov, which I've eaten and made as a Bukharian dish (Uzbek Jews, who now live mostly in Queens, NY) is....unique. "Drown everything in cumin, using other spices only to accentuate the taste" EDIT: I am Ashkenazi, but I am fascinated by Bukharian culture. The post was supposed to have "dish" after "Bukharian". I did not catch it until now, and is now fixed

[@mr.blonde8808]

pakistan has qabli pilaw and kashmiri pilaw among others

[@sidharthcs2110]

Something similar in india. We call it " Pulav "

[@lifeofabronovich7792]

@@sidharthcs2110 That's what he said

[@hudsonharder6951]

My favorite dutch dish: Tulips 😍

[@JJMcCullough]

Hudson Harder Homer agrees

[@eruno_]

wait tulips? Do you eat flowers? edit: I seem to wooshed myself

[@cowboymooman8776]

Jesus christ

[@PanzerChicken69]

Dutch don't eat tulips you fucking moron

[@hudsonharder6951]

@@PanzerChicken69 almost like I was joking 🤔🤔

[@PedroHenriquedoNascimento]

When talking about food with a friend from Timor-Leste, I was surprised to find that many Brazilian dishes made their way to East Timorese cuisine. Except she refereed to all things Brazilian as "Portuguese". Unfortunately, I have not yet had a chance to try an East Timorese Feijoada (a beans and pork stew) to check how different it is from the Brazilian one.

[@CorvusCorone68]

ramune... Japan's version of lemonade; they were introduced to it by Admiral Perry; the way the bottles are traditionally sealed shut with marbles is how they would have been done back then

[@evanmorgan7077]

what the HELL is a birthday kebab. im american and wtf

[@ya_boy_ex1st63]

Lmao i was confused too

[@PhunWithGoats]

@@ya_boy_ex1st63 I think that was the point of the joke, no one knows what a birthday kebab is.

[@stuckonaslide]

that sounds amazing, idk what it is though.

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

What confuses me is why its called kebab. Like, beside the fact its skewered, it literally has nothing to do with kebab (Source: Im german and over here a variant of kebab is a popular fast food thats also originally turkish and took its sauces from god knows where)

[@oxjmanxo]

@@Chrischi3TutorialLPs in America we called anything skewered and grilled a kabab.

[@stefgreen5237]

England's food isnt so bad. It largely suffers from the stodgyness many western cold climate countries have. But a nicely done steak and ale pie is amazing!

[@mgg_30]

Steak pie is probably literally my favourite food on this planet so I can absolutely agree with you here.

[@KairuHakubi]

it is funny how the climate directly agrees with the flora in an area. only hot places get to have big bushy shrubs full of crazy bright colorful pungent savory berries, while pale white lumps of cabbage grow where it's cold.

[@kanduyog1182]

@@KairuHakubi Aren't berries quite prevalent in cold climates tho?

[@KairuHakubi]

@@kanduyog1182 small, tart or lightly sweet berries, sure. but the big crazy *savory* berries like tomatoes, peppers, etc, no. Europe does get squash though, not sure how many varieties of squash are native there and how many came from the americas. I think pumpkins came from america and asia, so there's another big savory berry they wouldn't have access to.

[@shrimpflea]

Shepard's Pie is really good. So is Yorkshire pudding. I'm American.

[@thevannmann]

Pho's inspiration is from Chinese not French. The Vietnamese had already been eating rice noodles for centuries and many Chinese culinary influences made their way to the country. The most likely inspiration for pho is the Cantonese/Southern Chinese 牛肉粉 (ngau yuk fan) and even the word pho is likely a corruption of the last word (粉); a word which also made its way into Vietnamese as bún (rice vermicelli). Furthermore, it's unlikely that the word phở came from French since no other French loanword in Vietnamese has that tone; so from a linguistic angle it doesn't add up. Most experts rule the French explanation as merely folk etymology.

[@risannd]

That one black sauce thing in bami goreng is ketjap manis, a type of sweet soy sauce unique to Indonesia, and we used it a lot.

[@keepout3553]

You weren't totally right on the Italian part: pasta with meat filling was used since the Middle Ages and pizza was already what you could identify today as pizza so authentic Italian pizza it's a thing, as an Italian I've never tried Canadian/American "authentic Italian pizza" but using a traditional pizza oven it's always a good sign

[@KairuHakubi]

yeah it's not quite accurate to say italian-americans invented meat pasta, it's more that, at that time in Italia, they couldn't afford much meat. and once they got to america they were ROLLING in it.

[@smoshfan99999999]

I really hate how they advertise foods as "authentic" as if American style foods somehow aren't what they claim to be. American Pizza is still an authentic Pizza, it's just not italian.

[@KairuHakubi]

@@smoshfan99999999 You make a good point. If there's anything 'wrong' with fauxthentic things, it's the fault of things claiming to be authentic, making that the goal for some reason. I'll take the fake version of something anyday if it's still good. I mean I like real crab but I'll totally eat fake crab since it's nice and cheap. and at least in cases like that, there is an objective reality. For something as ephemeral as a prepared dish, nothing can truly be said to be authentic or inauthentic, so it means about as much as the 'organic' label.

[@Khorne_of_the_Hill]

@@KairuHakubi it also implies that that immigrants somehow become less Italian etc once they get here, even though "American" has referred to a wide variety of people from various cultures united by only geographic location for hundreds of years now

[@KairuHakubi]

​@@Khorne_of_the_Hill now hang on, americans are united by significantly more than location. and divided by several times more things than that. hell you just destroyed your own statement, you're saying americans are whoever's here, yet you're objecting to the idea that immigrants become less whatever they used to be the moment they arrive. Obviously it's a slow process of assimilation, during which they gradually become american. Or refuse to. But their kids are american automatically. But yeah, you're right that if an italian makes italian food, it doesn't stop being italian food just because the italian is in the process of becoming american. I think that's what you were getting at

[@riyadinho6795]

You forgot to talk about how the food in Caribbean is also very influenced by indian cuisine

[@peanuts4723]

Never in a million years did l expect to find an FT account on YT lmao

[@otashigo]

Clearly not in every place, I lived for 10 years in a region in Venezuela with a lot of Trinidad and Tobago immigrants which in part has a lot of Indian immigrants and never in my life have I eaten anything resembling Indian food.

[@arriebatiste5601]

Trinidadian food is heavily influenced by India. We eat roti for breakfast and curry for nearly every large gathering. Doubles is our very popular street food which is very Indian. Literally all of our dishes is a mixture of African and Indian influences with a little bit of European. The majority of our citizens are of East Indian heritage so it is definitely a huge part of our culture here.

[@比川強心]

Much of Filipino cuisine is also based on Chinese cuisine: the Pancit is based on what most people call Chow Mein, the Lumpia based on egg rolls, and so on.

[@kykale]

Same with Indonesian food.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

Actually, there is much more Chinese and Indian influence on Filipino food than Spanish.

[@arrielradja5522]

Lumpia goreng ,,U ´꓃ ` U

[@kitkat299]

I think most of the influence on Southeast Asian food is largely Chinese and Indian influence hence the naming "IndoChina".

[@taigafaiya1298]

I am from France and have Portuguese family and it was so weird when you called the pastel de nata (the little cream pie) Chinese, they have always been Portuguese for me and I never seen them in any Chinese restaurant/store. Same for Nando's that you said is from South Africa, but their logo is a traditional Portuguese symbol that always were somewhere in the house growing up (we don't have Nando's in France). The chicken is the piri-piri chicken that we would have as a family Portuguese meal. Both are super good btw

[@beequeen44]

I think he said the pastel de nata is Portuguese but they eat it a lot in china because the Portuguese where there.(I’m Portuguese btw)