National Foods We Got Wrong

[@rebasack21]

If anyone wants to see how one of the oldest cheese cake recipes was made another channel called Tasting History with Max Miller he found a old recipe from several hundred years ago for a cheesecake and made it and tried it. He also shares these recipes as well as where to find some of the more obscure ingredients.

[@thomasd4738]

love that channel!

[@mavadelo]

One of the best new channels coming out of the pandemic. 10/10 would highly recommend.

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

His video about pumpkin pie was cool too. Since Thanksgiving is coming up I thought I’d mention it.

[@amiblueful]

He struck gold by starting his channel during the pandemic. I believe it has become his full-time job.

[@lkrnpk]

@@tiahnarodriguez3809 Pumpion pie

[@ruipacheco2939]

As soon as Tempura was shown, I was like - "that looks very familiar"...."Peixinhos da Horta" ("small fishes from the farm" - literal translation) immediately came to mind. Thanks Weird History for confirming it!. Cheers from Portugal!

[@cygnia]

Love that recipe!

[@kimyoonmisurnamefirst7061]

@Juan Gabriel Blanco Mourelle The Japanese word "Pan" meaning bread is thought to derive from pão. Though Tempura, etc is mostly attributed (maybe falsely) to a particular Japanese chef in the 19th century. (though some say it was his master and he popularized it.) But things like cutlets, and the look for bread as being super soft definitely comes from Portuguese influence. Some curry's influence was importation from Portuguese as well (them being spice traders at the time).

[@KittynFranky7643]

My most favourite food. Portuguese from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@thanakonpraepanich4284]

@@KittynFranky7643 What other meat or vegetables cooks in South Africa made battered fried dishes out of these days? Us Thais had our mini revolution when electric deep fryers and palm oil become cheap enough for most household in the 00's.

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

But still Tempura in Japan uses different batter and temperature which makes them unique to their country. It tastes so light despite being deep fried.

[@adcamper92]

I’m intrigued by this. Good to have you back Mr. Narrator, your pizzazz is missed!

[@pablocasas5906]

I heard some people outside the U.S. think nachos are a traditional Mexican food. Now, I think in Mexico there's a food called totopos which are similar to nachos, but I heard nachos were invented in the U.S. by a Mexican cook called Ignacio, since Nacho is a common nickname for people called Ignacio

[@bamacopeland4372]

I just watched the video on nachos yesterday and that story is how it happened

[@pablocasas5906]

@@bamacopeland4372 haven't seen that video

[@jorgearturoarellanolima2116]

totopo* a totopo is just a fried tortilla chip, the tortilla is usually cut in four parts, tha's why it has that "triangular" shape, they can come in different shapes but the triangular is the most common because it's easier to cut

[@livenandlove1980]

Correct

[@superm7864]

There’s also a differing story that the nacho was invented by Ignacio Anaya in Coahuila, Mexico. They are a lot simpler than the fake cheese variety in the US so I guess you can say loaded nachos are completely an American thing.

[@JonahIronstone]

Apicius was the author. The book was De Re Coquinaria. (Thanks, Max!)

[@maenad1231]

Every nation that has a history of trading & interacting with other cultures _(all of them)_ will find most of their cultural dishes are traced back from somewhere else if you go back far enough. Since people make adaptions and alterations over time and also adopt more local-friendly specific ingredients & cooking methods I still consider their own versions to be unique to them Like- Roman Placenta Cheesecake is obviously a distinctly different cuisine/dish than Modern NY style cheesecake so it’s silly to say it was “actually is from rome” - No the NY version is a different thing so it is still from America lmao

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

Of course, but this video is about tracing origins.

[@bunnyincloudrecesses9590]

@Tiahna Rodriguez to be fair, the title and intro make it seem like they mean the current version of the food is from the wrong country, not about its origins. It wasn't until they started talking about the history of the food that I realised this video is actually about what foods influenced the current version. For example, tempura is now a different food in its own right, so it's not really accurate to say that it's not Japanese just because it was influenced by a different food from a different culture.

[@ericktellez7632]

Not all of them, there are countries that are cradles of civilization, one of them is Mexico and the olmecs. Many of the native American foods such as tortillas and corn itself traces back to the first civilization in Mesoamerica and they are the same type of food even today, even after the Hispanic conquest they still remain unadulterated. Same for the other cradles like India and Peru for example

[@saintocamus]

I learned at a young age that Ceasars Salad was created in Tijuana Mexico... also the flavor is awesome when you sprinkle some Mexican Lime on it

[@danielm5535]

The mayonnaise-like dressing is supposed to have lime in it as the acid- “limón” was mistranslated to English as “lemon”, but in Mexico, it usually means lime. (Limón, historically, referred to any citrus, but cultural context means lime. Similarly to “apple” which can refer to any sweet fruit, like pomegranate means “seed apple”)

[@tanjaliljeqvist143]

Could have included Danish Pastry, which in Denmark is called wienerbrød Viennese bread so from Vienna. The Danish bakers were on a strikeca 1850 and the bakeries hired foreign bakers who brought along their own recipes. After the strike the Danish bakers up dated the recipes and added more eggs and butter. And now it's called Danish Pastry in the USA.

[@momothebug]

Fun fact - placenta the organ was named after placenta the cake, not the other way around. It was originally pronounced more like "pla-chen-ta" or "pla-ken-ta".

[@Banom7a]

In Romania, it survived as Plăcintă

[@keouine]

and matrix originally meant uterus. well, I guess it still does.

[@helgaioannidis9365]

Originally the word is ancient Greek and it's pronounced plakoùntas (πλακούντας). Ancient Greeks used to serve plakountas to athletes and on special occasions like weddings. There's evidence Greeks were making this kind of"cheesecake" already 4000 years ago.

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

@@keouine many countries still call the uterus matrice or matris

[@keomi6228]

This is more obvious to people that know German - the German word for placenta is "Mutterkuchen" or "mother cake". I don't really see the resemblance but oh well

[@tichtran8792]

Actually in some part of Italy they do have spaghetti and meatballs. Like spaghetti alla chitterra con palottines from TERAMO.

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

Right. I was a bit surprised that the video said meatballs and red sauce wasn’t Italian because I’ve seen some regional dishes that prove a variation existed before they were brought over to the US. The Italian segment would have been more understandable if he commented on how the Alfredo we see in America isn’t what Alfredo looks like in Italy, and explained it was an American creation. The actual Alfredo has a cute backstory too.

[@mijp]

Yes, but the meatballs are much smaller in Italy. Also it is not spaghetti but tagliatelle. While spaghetti are dried eggless pasta, tagliatelle are fresh egg paste. So, no spaghetti and meatballs in Italy. Oh. And it is not "spaghetti alla chitarra con pallottine" as spaghetti are cut with a knife. Pasta alla chitarra is made with a special tool that has similarities with a guitar. Alla Spaghetti is just a poor substitute for the original pasta, not the dish itself.

[@markjackson6431]

Weird History Food and Timeline on the same day. YES!

[@DirtySouthSOHK]

"We may not have invented the fortune cookie, but we made it our own." Pretty much applies to everything in the video.

[@johnr797]

"The french eat frog legs, but it turns out people have been eating food for thousands of years"

[@stanford-nf4jk]

The Caesar Salad in Tijuana, México is unlike any other. It is superior to any I’ve had anywhere else in the world. NOBODY has improved on the original.

[@johnr797]

@@stanford-nf4jk yes they have, by serving it on more than one leaf of lettuce

[@scottdoesntmatter4409]

except that japan has nothing to do with fortune cookies outside of this video

[@cantcomewithsomethingorigi6799]

the first mention of a tomato sauce was actually from the conquering of Mexico, recepies exist in some of the chronicles of the Spanish

[@armandovera2304]

🇲🇽👍

[@Irene-V]

Before the conquer, on many prehispanic codexes (codes) with a lot of recepies cuz the tomato is properly mexican.

[@reggievonramstein]

@@Irene-V it’s amazing how all their gotcha hit is wrong😀

[@coucoubrandy1079]

The world owes Mexico a lot when it comes to fruits and vegetables that come from there. And amazing varieties of each . 🌽, tomatoes 🍅, cocoa 😋, 🌶, avocados 🥑 and so much more ! The Mayas had a good technique called the 3 sisters : they planted the maize ( corn for americans) just next to it tomatoes, the leaves of the maize to shelter them , and pumpkins as the leaves would keep the soil moist for the 3. It's a Mexican lady who owns a restaurant here that explained that to me. Because I asked why there wasn't chillies con carne on the menu. And she told me that it's texan, in fact. Great cook and historian as well, and as if that's not enough, she's an archaeologist as well ! And to the Portuguese here, thanks as well because of spreading most of those produce worldwide ! Btw, as British, I'm not too pleased about those frog legs ! It disgusts me and will disgust you as well the way it's done : the french just chop the thighs while the animal is still alive ! And throw it still alive away ! For me, it should be forbidden. Here in Switzerland 🇨🇭, lobsters have to be killed before put in the boiling water.

[@or529]

​​@@coucoubrandy1079 Fun fact "Texas chili was created by mexican cooks as a substitute for the most intricate of sauces mexican mole. They had to make due with what was available to make something that could be similar to mole. Even now there are diners and restaurants that put chocolate in their chili to make it "unique"..Not really if they know the history of chili.

[@francescocaracciolo5415]

Spaghetti and meatballs, with very small meatballs, are a regional dish in Abruzzo, Italy. So the origin is actually Italian, but obviously in the US the meatballs had to be oversized

[@MRTOWELRACK]

My nonna was from Abruzzo. I've experienced different sizes, but I prefer Italian bite-sized meatballs in my pasta. Oversized meatballs are a good side dish, but when immersed in noodles, cutting/mashing meatballs is more awkward.

[@truth4004]

You know it. My meatballs are large. Like my grandmother made.

[@comitatus111]

As far as balls are concerned...go big or go home.

[@bengill3630]

You are saying things that are kinda true, but also saying them really poorly. Maccheroni alla chitarra is the dish your referring too, but it isn’t required to serve polpettes (what your calling meatballs) with it. A variety of meats either ground or shaped are used.

[@jovanweismiller7114]

You might have mentioned the fascinating etymology of the word 'tempura'. It is not Japanese at all. It comes from the word "tempora", a Latin word meaning "times", "time period" used by those Portuguese Jesuits to refer to the Ember Days (ad tempora quadragesima). Ember Days, or quatuor anni tempora in Latin, refer to fasting days when Catholics avoid meat and instead eat fish or vegetables

[@HFC786]

If you haven’t already please do the origin of hummus as well as Jollof

[@zombieat]

hummus is egyptian in and jollof is senegambian in origin.

[@thanakonpraepanich4284]

I wonder if hummus went to America with Jewish immigrants or we have to wait for Lebanese and Egyptians who arrived in New York from the 50's onward.

[@zombieat]

@@thanakonpraepanich4284 hummus arrived with lebanese immigrants who actually first came to america in the 1850s not the 1950s. the lebanese and syrains were the first middle eastern diaspora in the americas second only to jews.

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

@@zombieat Hummus is Palestinian!

[@matantan1111]

@@thanakonpraepanich4284 It wouldn't have come with the Jews since most of the Jewish immigrants in the early 20th century came from Europe where hummus wasn't eaten.

[@achris2249]

Danish pastry isn’t Danish either. It also originated from Vienna. We call it Wienerbrød (Vienna bread) in Denmark.

[@BakedRBeans]

And german chocolate cake isn't German,it's American- that was the inventor's name.

[@75aces97]

@@BakedRBeans even weirder, it was just the brand name of the chocolate used in the recipe.

[@75aces97]

I think I’d read that. Was the baker who first made them from Denmark, but made it in Vienna? Or was there some other apocryphal story of how it came to be called danish?

[@achris2249]

@@75aces97 Danish bakers brought it with them to America, as far as I know.

[@75aces97]

@@achris2249 that would make sense. Some of these foods have gotten city or national names as a marketing ploy to make them sound more exotic or sophisticated. I saw a pastry at a local store called a “Persian roll.” I thought it was possibly a misspelling of “Parisian” but from what I can find, this is a type of roll invented in Canada by a baker who happened to be of Iranian descent. Go figure. 😁

[@MrDDiRusso]

THE FIRST FRENCH FRIES WERE NOT COOKED IN FRANCE. NOPE! THEY WERE COOKED IN GREASE!

[@mrs.g.9816]

Love the pun! 😁

[@nessamillikan6247]

Weren’t they originally cooked in Turkey Grease? It was it Bologna? Man, I’m getting Hungary.

[@mrs.g.9816]

@@nessamillikan6247 Oooh! This is pun-ishment!😆😆

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

Uhm actually lard but yeah.....

[@jpbaley2016]

Warning! Dad joke ahead!

[@cbstevp]

British soldiers behind the lines in Belgium in WWI spoke highly of the 'pomme frites' (fried potatoes) that almost every restaurant served, often with fried eggs and beer. It seems to have been a long established dish by the time the war started in 1914, not something invented during the war.

[@RedRocketthefirst]

Belgium doesn't exist. Its 3 regions.

[@75aces97]

Cheesecake as a basic isn’t commonly believed to have been invented in NY, just that particular style, which is denser and richer than previous variants. The base ingredient cream cheese is a relatively new invention, and first developed in NY dairies. Hence sometimes restaurant menus and packages specify “New York style” cheesecake, as distinct from Italian ricotta pie or French style.

[@thanakonpraepanich4284]

To make it more hilarious, Japan has 'German Cheesecake' with creme cheese mixed with cocoa powder, brought to the country by Marines at Okinawa and spread from there. I do not know how the cake got the name 'German' though.

[@75aces97]

@@thanakonpraepanich4284 who knows? Sometimes these foods get names through confusion. Or the recipe could have used a German brand of cocoa. My guess would be most Germans wouldn’t recognize that particular style of cheesecake.

[@helgaioannidis9365]

@@thanakonpraepanich4284 and to make it more funny, German cheesecake is made with a cheese called Quark and no biscuits are involved in the making at all...

[@thanakonpraepanich4284]

@@helgaioannidis9365 How do you make cheesecake without crumbled biscuits base?

[@helgaioannidis9365]

@@thanakonpraepanich4284 the base for German cheesecake is made from flour, butter, sugar and salt. The filling is made from milk, quark, starch, eggs, lemon, vanilla and sugar. That's the basic recipe, it can also be refined with the addition of fruit. Apples pears and apricots are the most commonly used for that. German cheesecake has nothing to do with what Americans consider cheesecake. It's a completely different dish.

[@Drunken_Master]

Actually, the first croissants were made by Viennese bakers after the Turkish siege of Vienna in XVII century, that's why they are crescent shaped.

[@Ricksmomie]

Do you watch Bread Barbershop?

[@FakeBlocks]

I read Vietnamese and I was very confused

[@pablocasas5906]

Here in Argentina we call croissants "Medialunas", which means half-moon, maybe we don't think they have a crescent shape or something

[@pablocasas5906]

@@dillonchamberlain well, I don't know how it works in English, but I remember reading a school textbook when I was in elementary school about the phases of the moon and "luna creciente" and "media luna" where listed separately

[@hunterstorz7489]

They invented danishes too! Not a danish thing

[@henrikrolfsen584]

Austrian pastries are amazing. I am not at all surprised that they originated in Vienna, just like the French Horn!

[@Kazar2020]

Big difference: French baker used for that a typically French leavened puff pastry. This dough, which makes the french croissant special, is used in many other preparations such as fougasse de Nîmes, pain au chocolat or kouign amann.

[@arethmaran1279]

10:50 I'm not even a good Francophone and I loled at him saying 'very François' François is a name, Français is the language, just for future reference. 😂

[@JeeWeeD]

And très sounded more like tray, so he was serving François? X-D

[@Cloudyvi]

François was the actually the original name in Old French. So he was correct.

[@arethmaran1279]

@@Cloudyvi François hasn't been used to refer to the language or the people since the adoption of Modern French in the 1500s. Credit where it's due, you're right, but I doubt Weird History Food is trying to appeal to the Carolingians with this video.

[@flitsertheo]

That and calling a cook "Honore" instead of "Honoré".

[@w.reidripley1968]

Tells you who's the innocent.

[@ilikehardplay]

Interestingly, you missed another classic national food, that comes from similar origins to Tempura... The very British dish of Fish and Chips is not English at all, but was originally called "fish fried in the Jewish-manner," a cheap and popular London street food of starting in the 16th & 17th century. Jews expelled from Portugal brought with them a love for fish battered and fried in oil, which they shared with their new neighbors. The chips came from the late 18th and early 19th century, as Irish started to mix with Jews in the London slums, and shared their love of potatoes.....which got added to the fried meal.

[@MultiMidden]

The story I've heard is that the first person to actually serve fish and chips as we know it was a Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe.

[@ilikehardplay]

@@MultiMidden Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe (Ashkenazim) came much later, starting in the mid-19th century,,,, By contrast Jewish immigrants to the British Islands from the Iberian Peninsula (Sephardic Jews from Spain and Portugal) started coming in the 16th century due to Catholic persecution sanctioned by the crowns.

[@MultiMidden]

@@ilikehardplay Joseph Malin is the man credited with opening the first fish and chip shop.

[@ilikehardplay]

@@MultiMidden: Joseph Malin is credited with doing that in the 1860s.... Yet in Henry Mayhew's 1851 three volume study, "London Labour and the London Poor" he goes into some depth on the street sellers of fried fish, suggesting that they number between 250-350, with 2/3rds being itinerant and 1/3rd have street stalls for vending their wares. Moreover, most had been in the trade for generations. And while their primary trade was fried fish, the stalls often sold other fried foods as well. (Vol I, p 165-170) It's also worth noting that Charles Dickens mentions "fried fish warehouses" in Oliver Twist (1838)....which puts some question to Malin's claims.

[@pantera9442]

Sour cabbage is so extremely popuar in Russia (and lots of people make it with their hands for centuries), that I always thought it’s the same true Russian dish as salt cucumbers

[@onetrickponysona2613]

pickled cucumbers aka, pickles

[@judasfire]

No offence , but Russian cuisine is mostly foreign. Pelmeni are from Mongol origin , Oliviere Salad is from Belgium , Pickles are found all over the world , Vodka is from Wodka Polish word , Rye bread came from Western and North Europe , Borscht soup is from Central Europe , Shproti is from the Baltic region , Halva is Persian/Turkish , Vareniki is Ukrainian/Polish , Doktorskaya kolbasa is from Italian/Spanish mortadella , other cold cuts are all from Western European origin , Plov is from South Asia/Central Asia , Shashlik is from Causcasian origin , Kotleti and Mashed Potatoes are meatballs (Italian). Basically all Russian dishes are from former Soviet colonies , very limited "authentic" Russian dishes

[@JuLiA_9_5]

@@judasfire no offense, but you have a very bad idea about "Russian" cuisine which making you looking ignorant... There are actually 3 cuisines which you are mixing together... # 1 the very original Russian which is thousand and hundreds of years ago. Made in our own and unique style of stove and fireplace ( pechka). The "pickles" and sourqraft cabbage is not the same way cooking as German or else... it is a natural fermentation.... By the way original vodka is made only from weat which is original for European continent before Columbus brought potatoes for Polish vodka. The word " vodka" comes from Russian word "voda" meaning "water". And there was a international dispute which was won by USSR about the origin of vodka... Cuisine # 2 : Tsar Peter the 1st brought a lot of German influence into rich people diet and life style. Such as coffee, Christmas tree and some German dishes and ways. Way later there was an influence of French cuisine. One of it is Oliver salad which is by French chef and not Belgium. I was in Belgium and I didn't see any similar. Please send me that Belgium receipee I would like to cook it.... # 3 Soviet Union cuisine is quite unique. There were the concept of healthy and affordable diet for every age and health conditions. Education was provided and advertised: how organize the daily routine for the family from infants, to working and active generation to the needs of elders or people with disabilities. ... There was also a such a thing as friendship through cuisine. Cuisines of all 100 + nationalities were promoted and respected... When it comes to dishes such as pelmeny or perogy or wonton ( you called it Mongolian by original) or another big dispute such as crepes original... It is proven that these are the first dishes of first humans. And there is no sense to prove who cooked them first. As for example French failed (in the court) to claim that they were the inventors of crepes.... So, my advice, please don't be that judgemental to the culture you don't belong to and the cuisine you never really tried or cooked...

[@judasfire]

@@JuLiA_9_5 you didn't have to write that long sweety. In your whole you didn't mention any Russian dish or any evidence of anything , except disagree with me from your "Russian" point of view. Just soak it up and know that your only have some soups and cabbage and potatoes in your cuisine , everything else is stolen from your former Russian Empire and Soviet Union colonies , the only thing you have original is your Beef Stroganoff dish , that's it , even that is European influenced. And if you wanna be a smart ass , then I will tell that Belgium is French , and the person who created that "Russian" salad was of Belgian and French descent. Sure , Russia has an extensive and wide history , but their cuisine is mostly foreign , because their climate does not allow for that type of cooking and the ingredients for the dishes they cook. Even the word pelmen is Tatar-Mongol , I mean what else can I say. And voda also means water in Poland , they are your Slavic brothers after all. I'm actually half Russian , so I know what I'm talking about.

[@JuLiA_9_5]

@@judasfire I'm sorry to know that you consider yourself as "half Russian" and not respecting or knowing "that half" of your own family culture... Please, don't feel targeted with my "long writing" ( yours is long as well)... It is not for you. It is for mostly other opened mined side of humanity. I can proudly say that I have met lots of people from different nationality enjoying, understanding, sharing food and cultural experiences with me. You don't have to remind me that Polish people are the western Slavic... you are very judgmental and making a lot of assumption about other people and their cultures, nationalities and backgrounds. All the best to people around you and lots of patience to them. I personally don't see any reason for further communication with you. Sorry, no waste of my time... and again, my writing WAS NOT for you, just for the others, don't feel special.

[@gk962]

fermented foods isn't really anything people invented more like discovered in different ways. like almost every culture that had animals for milk ended up discovering how to make cheese and yogurt independently of each other.

[@iarl]

About "French fries", a Belgian food historian, Jean-Baptiste Daronian, author of the book "Dictionnaire de la Gastronomie et de la cuisine belges" (Dictionary of Belgian gastronomy and foodmaking), traces its history back to the years 1840-1850; they were served in Parisian fairs, made their way to Belgium after Napoleon III rose to power in France and pushed many French people into exile to Brussels, and Belgian people pretty much did the rest, including the invention of many, many sauces to dip your fries in them, and fried snacks, so you wouldn't remain on an exclusively starchy diet for a meal.

[@fadecatcher9460]

Hey, I love this channel and your main channel "weird history", so I was wondering if you can do history on cereal brands and where they got their mascot? I've always been curious 🤨🧐

[@user-th5hx7kl1l]

Merci beaucoup pour l'histoire National Food❤❤❤❤😊❤❤❤❤ Millions of blessings, Esther St Juste

[@justayoutuber1906]

I'm sure 8,000 years ago everybody all over the world ate frogs, not just the "English" ie pre-Egyptians, pre-Chinese, Africans, etc.

[@Staffo1972]

We don't call them fries here in Australia they are just called chips because they are cut into like chunky chip size and they go GREAT with chicken salt 🤤

[@75aces97]

Of English speaking countries, we in the states might be the only ones to commonly call them fries (well, us and Canada, I guess), as “chip” came to mean a fried flat crunchable a while back.

[@simonh6371]

@@75aces97 In the UK we use the word ''crisps'' for what you call chips, i.e. thin crunchy fried potato slices.

[@maximipe]

@@75aces97 find it curious only english speakers call them french fries. For the rest of us is just fries, at least for any spanish speaker I've known

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

"You call them chips because they're cut into chips" smh they're not really chip sized.

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

@@maximipe yes because they're fried, to a lot of the world, it's potato fries, sweet potato fries, plantain fries, etc

[@Yyaammzz]

I am half Japanese and I did not know about the tempura! Very interesting 😝

[@pamelamays4186]

Suggestion: Origins of the humble taco. Also, how tacos are prepared regionally in Mexico and in the United States.😋🌮

[@hamaljay]

Especially the part about how the crisp hard shell taco was invented in a McDonald's french fry cooker.

[@RonJDuncan]

@@hamaljay Which is not quite so accurate. The basis for the hard shell comes from the Tacos Dorados served in Northern Mexico. They just aren't as favorably looked at for the simple street food that the soft corn tortillas offer.

[@hamaljay]

@@RonJDuncan well that is an origin, it's not the origin of how it became popular in America through Taco Bell. While Taco Dorados are hard shell in nature they are crispy and chewy because they are pan-fried with the meat in and then usually condiments placed on top; completely different than the American hard shell taco that we know and love, that I was referring to.

[@RonJDuncan]

@@hamaljay My point is that is the inspiration for the hard shell taco that became popularized in America was from Tacos Dorados. Mexican chefs had already done this in Los Angeles in the early 1940s, and there were even patents filed by them for frying hard shell tacos. Glen Bell took credit for the idea and ran with it.

[@luanasari5161]

you might want to watch this video

[@spddiesel]

I'd always thought that the French in French fries was a shortened version of frenched, or French cut. So "frenched and fried potatoes" eventually became "French fries," because people are lazy.

[@metalblind95]

The video got it wrong. The french fries are indeed french

[@truth4004]

Good point.

[@sarawinardi6745]

@@metalblind95 Belgiums are the ones who invented the fries. The area that it came from was French speaking. There are a lot of people who have said as well.

[@metalblind95]

@@sarawinardi6745 nope

[@HFC786]

Fascinating!

[@vapour_wav2]

Comparison of fast food in malls vs outside? e.g based on interest, aesthetics, interior etc.

[@larissabrglum3856]

Not in this video, but I was surprised when I learned that pad Thai only dates back to the 1930s and was a product of Thai nationalism. I always assumed it was at least a couple hundred years old.

[@thanakonpraepanich4284]

That and the Battle of Shanghai that cut us off the import ingredients to make Chinese noodles from Mainland China FOREVER. Every ingredient you see in Thai Chinatown market today came from resellers in Hong Kong and Taiwan where it used to came from Shanghai by ships before the Pacific War. Every Chinese exporters Thai merchants had connection with fled the country then and we had to followed them there.

[@thror9694]

If you do some deeper digging you will find that the Rueben was actually most likely created in Omaha Nebraska. The earliest menu currently found to date featuring the Reuben that has been dated was from the Cornhusker hotel in Lincoln Nebraska on October 9th 1937. The earliest menu to date with any relation to the Rueben sandwich and Arnold Rueben has no date but is likely from 1943 to 1946.

[@NathansWargames]

I'd like to congratulate the voice over person for getting the word Worcester sauce almost perfect

[@BrianM_3rd]

This narrator's voice is what I look forward to every Sunday, and is always the best part of my day off! (well, you know, almost always...)

[@Srauggie420]

Long time listener, first time caller here. 👋 Would love to know the history of the doughnut. Seems interesting, yes?

[@myeramimclerie7869]

as a German the idea of Sauerkraut (sour greens btw, not necessarily cabbage) being Mongolian is great 😄 I know a lot of fermented cabbage dishes from Asia so that would make sense.

[@toolbaggers]

The video did NOT say it was Mongolian but it was Chinese. It was the Mongolians that brought it to Germany from China during the Mongol conquests.

[@prosquatter]

@@toolbaggers but that's napa cabbage that they eat in china. So if it's a different vegetable and pickled vegetables already existed in europe, how can anyone claim that sauerkraut comes from mongols?

[@joeysimek7707]

@@toolbaggers Weird. The mongols never came to Germany. How did they "bring" it there then?

[@joeysimek7707]

@myeramimclerie7869 Let me guess, the only cabbage dish from asia you know is kimchi, which isn't even fermented, but marinated. It is very unlikely, that the mongols brought the concept to Germany, so what is the evidence?

[@Maritimesgestein]

​@@joeysimek7707Oh yes the mongols definitely strongly influenced the region today know as germany

[@RockSplitter]

The proper voice dude is back!

[@TacoBellMukbangRequested]

All hail The Proper Voice Dude!

[@MysteriumArcanum]

Bonus fact about Croissants, they were originally created in the late 17th century after the battle of Vienna. *Insert Winged Hussars by Sabaton here.*

[@thanakonpraepanich4284]

But the real prize captured from that war was coffee beans. I'd argue that the introduction of coffee into Europe change the continent far more than croissants.

[@MysteriumArcanum]

@@thanakonpraepanich4284 true, both lead to the opening of the first cafe

[@nijinoshita3301]

@@thanakonpraepanich4284 damn, the best breakfast combo came to Europe at the same time, love it

[@Azaghal1988]

Sauerkraut has been a staple in europe since before the Mongols were here. fermented cabbage has been done by the greeks and romans since before the birth of christ and likely found it's way to germanic tribes by their contact with rome as a simple and cheap way to get Vitamin C during Winter. The Cookbook is also named "De re coquinaria", and often referred to by the Author's Name, Apicius.

[@fallout560]

TBH the definition of national dishes should be a dish that represents the people of a country best, not one that originates from the country. it should be allowed for multiple countries to have the same national dish. Like North and South Korea are allowed to have the same national dish.

[@zach7193]

This was something. Interesting. It's like those food programs on the History and Travel channels.

[@Marte0107]

Never thought Cheesecake was American but y’all got it right with New York Style cheesecake. That stuff is perfection

[@mijp]

Not really. Rising the amount of sugar is not perfection. Well, rising the amount of sugar in all food is a strategy to mask a poor cuisine at all.

[@zwww94]

I’m not surprised at all that sauerkraut could trace back to China, because as a Chinese living in America, I fell immediately in love with sauerkraut as it tastes very similar to what I had back home. I use sauerkraut to make fried rice and stir fried beef (taste wise very similar to minced pickled sour mustard fried rice I had in Yunnan). It is also very similar to dongbei (northeastern) pickled cabbage. I’m glad to find such a great food while I’m away from home.

[@keiyangoshin3650]

I’m very curious to see how much Wikipedia got right! 😆 I love how ‘peixinhos da horta’ the ancestor of tempura vegetables is on this list. 🤩❤️

[@simonh6371]

In the Netherlands and Dutch speaking Belgium, French Fries are called Vlaamse Friet or Flemish fries, so not from the French speaking part of Belgium either.

[@lostsock9852]

And in France they're pommes frites, or just frites. So, yeah!

[@flitsertheo]

Anything except calling them "French" fries (which is a capital offence in Belgium).

[@Kazar2020]

The first mention of fries dates back to 1794, in the recipe book of Mme Mérigot, a French cook. She explains how to prepare "frying" potatoes cut into slices and cooked in lard or butter and then peddlers on the oldest bridge in Paris made them popular. So fried potato was invented at the beginning of the 19th century in Paris. It was born in the Parisian street, it was born in the hands of the Parisian street fry vendors. And it was they who made the fried potato the popular emblematic Parisian dish of the 19th century before this fries be exported to Belgium

[@ActuallyDoubleGuitars]

It's almost like people have always been exchanging ideas, changing them up and improving on them, almost like we've always been a global village 🤔

[@magdalenapr6232]

There is probably no English translation, but a Polish cook Stanisław Czerniecki, working at the nobleman's court, published his well-known cookbook in 1682. There are already recipes for small venison meatballs or a recipe for apple pie.

[@juliusejudo]

We need the History of Kool-aid!!

[@luisgentil]

The most popular type of bread in Brazil is called French Bread. It is said that at the turn of the 20th century traditional families liked to send boys to study in France. They came back and wouldn't shut up about a très chic type of French roll they used to eat all the time while there, which is said to be like a proto-baguette. Bakers back then did mostly Portuguese and Italian recipes but they went oh well let's try and make that French roll based solely on these laymen's accounts and see how it goes.

[@brianm7287]

Sauerkraut literally means "sour herb." Cabbage translates to "Kohl."

[@helgaioannidis9365]

Not in southern Germany. In Bavarian cabbage is called Kraut or Weißkraut and red cabbage Blaukraut. We love our Krautsalat and Krautwickerl, too. And what you guys call Blumenkohl, in Bavarian is called Karfiol. Only you guys in the north have never learned how to speak properly and get the words mixed up. 😀

[@Bioshyn]

Bavarians say Kraut to Kohl, Krautsalat, Blaukraut, Sauerkraut.

[@juliawacker]

Yes, but Kraut (finely sliced cabbage) is an old term for cabbage. It is fermented white cabbage, red cabbage is made differently.

[@misskate3815]

Crabapples make an excellent jelly and a good lemon juice substitute.

[@WaltzingAustralia]

Actually, since I'm a food historian (even published a couple of books), the big surprise was the level of accuracy. Thank you.

[@emmemagnolia]

This is the only correct use for “ actually”

[@damnwall]

Favourite channel on KZbin.

[@samplesample7178]

As an Austrian, our Kipferl taste a lot different to French croissants, since they use, like you mentioned, a different kind of dough. So I would still say croissants are French, not Austrian. Even though that is an interesting fact about the croissant's history :D

[@petermages9482]

I think he mistook Kipferl with Hoernchen. Hoernchen is a Wiener invention, celebrating victory over the Osmans. Supposed to look like the half-moon for mockery. The Royal bakers in Paris where on strike - German Kaiser in Vienna send his bakers for the duration. Thats how it got there. That`s what I was told.

[@G0rilla2829]

I never heard any debate on the origin of french fries, France usually doesn't take credit for it. The only ones that are confused are americans. Actually this sums up the entier video, americans being confused about countries and cultural influence.

[@stinooke]

Well you sound confused, Belgian historaians agree the modern version is French in origin

[@wheezyshoe212]

Apicius was the writer of the book. The name of the book is De Re Coquinaria. Also, "placenta" is more properly pronounced in Latin with a hard /k/ sound, so it would be more like "pluh-ken-tah"

[@JerryC25]

I have to say, the narrator plays a big part in this channels success. This channel us terrific lol

[@alexrgee]

You should do a whole segment on the stylings of Sandra Lee. Pretty much anything she made qualified as weird food.

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

Did you see her Kwanza cake? 😅

[@alexrgee]

@@tiahnarodriguez3809 Oh yeah. I remember that. It was deeply traumatizing.

[@jerryhorn4697]

Sing along to the Sara Lee jingle, folks! "Nobody really likes Sandra Lee." 😂😂😂

[@armadacab]

Dear Weird History Food, it seems that you have just declared war on Italy.

[@tubekulose]

2:04 "Merinerra" 3:17 "Ougast Seng" 3:49 "Parmeshan" 8:26 "Spagheddi" ... 🤣🤣🤣

[@TacoBellMukbangRequested]

Well kimchi my biscuits.

[@budwilliams6590]

I was most surprised by the fact that you didn't know that French fries are called that because they are French cut.

[@mmoney416]

That's one theory. The other one is that President Jefferson brought them back from France and called them French Fries

[@AutoReport1]

Belgium was annexed by France in 1795, was taken by the Netherlands in 1814, and only became independent in 1830. French fries probably just came to the America's while Belgium was a non state.

[@johnDukemaster]

It doesn't matter since the dish is called chips! Ha ha! Sorry, couldn't resist!

[@MPM6785ChitChat]

Pomme frites in French, Belgium, Dutch etc Chips in English - the dry wafer thin potato slices are crisps. McDonald's eventually brought the Americanism of French fries for this food item in to wider use .

[@msch7620]

@@AutoReport1 Belgian food historian Pierre Leclercq has traced the history of the french fry and asserts that "it is clear that fries are of French origin".[Fries are first mentioned in 1775 in a Parisian book, and the first recipe for modern French fries is in the French cookbook La cuisinière républicaine in 1795. They became an emblematic Parisian dish in the 19th century.

[@williamromine5715]

I believe France fries acually referees to the way they are cut. Frenching refers to the way they are cut, and is called frenched. Being Americans, we dropped the last two letters, and they became French fries.

[@mmoney416]

It could also refer to the fact President Jefferson had them in France and brought them back to the US calling them French Fries

[@hexkobold9814]

You could do an entire series just about the foreign origins of Japanese cuisine - Ramen, sushi, nikuman, gyoza, shabu-shabu, and matcha from China, tempura and castella (and other sweets and baked goods) from Portugal, curry rice from India by way of the UK, taco rice from Mexico by way of the US, baumkuchen from Germany, tonkatsu, pottage, karokke, and hayashi rice from France, naporitan from Italy, piroshiki from Russia, etc...

[@tremorsfan]

I heard that the reason Italian immigrants started mixing spaghetti and meatballs together was because American customers weren't used to the Italian multi course meal. Americans were used to having their meat and starch together on one plate.

[@kevenquinlan]

Great video. FYI, I grew up eating crabapples. Every late summer. They're a lil tart but quite good. They make great Jelley too if you're sick of Grape, which I am. And though the belgiens may have invented French Fries in Europe= they desecrate them by dipping them in mayonnaise, thus disqualifying them from their claim of inventing them. South americans have been eating potatoes forever and I'm sure they fried them in animal fat at some point, so though not coined French Fries, they likely were organically 'invented' by many cultures through the years.

[@metalblind95]

Actually, most historians now agree that french fries are indeed french; but the Belgians improved the recipe by double-frying them (a technic yet not often used outside of Belgium nowadays)

[@msch7620]

It’s actually used in the North of France, in the Haut de France region. You find the same food truck that sells fries, it’s part of the identity of the region.

[@metalblind95]

@@msch7620 ouais j'sais bien. Y suis jamais allé par contre

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

I like crab apples lol, they have a nice sour bite to them :) though I guess it's an acquired taste.

[@RottenCabbage]

3:52 He said Worcestershire sauce almost perfectly. Very well done!

[@StarkMaximum]

Claiming that something that didn't originate in American is something inherently American is ironically in and of itself as American as apple pie.

[@msch7620]

😂😂😂

[@solinvictus1234]

The first written reference to tomato sauce in a plate of pasta is in the second edition of Apicio Moderno, published by Francesco Leonardi in 1807-1808, in which this dish is considered a variant of the recipe for "maccaroni alla Napolitana" (Neapolitan Pasta). So, nope, French have nothing to do with it.

[@mavadelo]

"French Fries" are an American invention, the European (Belgian, Dutch, British etc) versions are much thicker. The two can not be compared besides the fact they are both potato based.

[@RedRocketthefirst]

Belgium doesn't exist. Its 2 regions

[@mavadelo]

@@RedRocketthefirst You are confused with "Holland"

[@RedRocketthefirst]

@@mavadelo No?

[@RedRocketthefirst]

@@mavadelo Its literary 3* regions (* forgot the german one) are you stupid?

[@mavadelo]

@@RedRocketthefirst the USA is 50 regions, the Netherlands is 12 Regions, 47 in Japan. Saying a country doesn't exist because it has reasons is ridiculous... are you stupid?

[@mannyb7949]

Most of what we call Italian is Italian-American, most of what we call Mexican is Tex-Mex

[@petergray7576]

Except that most Mexican food in Texas is actually much closer to what you get in Mexico than that made in the rest of the USA. Much confusion here.

[@Nerathul1]

I feel like many of these are stretching, like cheesecakes. Yes, the ancient Greeks and Romans had cake-like foods that had cheese, but they were nothing like the cracker crumb base and creamy filling of modern cheesecakes.

[@75aces97]

Was thinking that too. Cake has been around in some form or another fir a long time, but without sugar and refined flour, it looks and tastes nothing like what we now think of. Plus, without modern ovens with heat control and insulation, certain delicate textures would have been impossible before about 130 years ago.

[@helgaioannidis9365]

In Germany we wouldn't consider that American cracker stuff a cheesecake. So much already processed stuff in there! We use completely different ingredients for our cheesecake and it also tastes very differently. And I think that goes for most European types of cheesecake. So where would one draw the line? In my opinion, as the Greeks seem to be the ones who first had the idea of making a sweet that combined staples, cheese and honey, it's only fair to acknowledge it's their original invention.

[@MultiMidden]

Lots of people are saying the tomato is Mexican not S. American. The wild tomato from which all cultivars, including the Mexican ones, came from originally grew in the Andes.

[@mistie710]

Which one surprised me the most? I suppose the idea that frog's legs came from the UK is a bit odd but I was never surprised about most of these, partly because Europe and Asia came up with a lot of foods of this type given their respective ages in comparison with the USA and the fact that the US is so acquisitive when it comes to many things.

[@CJDJKobe]

Disappointed Tom didn't try his best Julia Child impersonation

[@cocoaorange1]

Well I learned a lot.

[@theoldgrowler3489]

When professional chefs cut produce into pieces larger than julienned, the result is said to have been "Frenched." Resulting in "Frenched" fried potatoes.

[@plebmcpleb5761]

THANK YOU for addressing the name of the french fries lol I know its probably from Belgium because the fries there are so much better than in France, and theres a huge culture for it there. Even North of France doesn't manage to get them right compared to frietkots u find all over the place in Belgium.

[@crazyjackfr]

Belgian fries are good, but it was in France, in Paris, that potatoes were fried in fat for the first time at the end of the 18th century... Belgium didn't even exist. .... the potatoes were cut into discs.... and it was towards the end of the 19th century that a German living in Belgium had the idea of ​​cutting them into sticks... You can verify it by the research of Liege University....

[@Lauvreede3003]

Belgian fries actually do exist. At least in the Netherlands they do.... the difference between French fries and Belgian (Flemish) fries are that the French variety are thinly sliced and the Belgian ones are thickly sliced....

[@writerinprogress]

Sorry to dent the egos of my fellow Brits - but our proudly-claimed traditional British fish and chips is actually Jewish in origin, from as far back as the 16th century. Fish is a kosher-neutral food in the Jewish faith, and when the first Portuguese Sephardic Jews who fled the Inquisition arrived in Britain, they could hide their faith in plain sight by eating fish on Fridays (which also meshes with the Catholic faith.) They fried it in batter so that they could keep some of it to eat the next day as well. The chips didn't get added until 1863, when a Jewish cook, a young Ashkenazi immigrant named Joseph Malin, opened the first British 'chippy,' aka fish and chip shop, in London. His shop was so successful it remained open well into the 1970s, and spawned a legion of copycat shops that spread all over the UK and became the institution we know today.

[@ronsandahl274]

We call the fried potatoes French Fries because the way of cutting the potatoes used to be called Frenching them. They started out as Frenched Fries which quickly morphed to French Fries. The same happened with German Chocolate Cake. German's was a chocolate brand and their recipe for this cake was on the package. It was originally German's chocolate cake, but like Frenched Fries, morphed into what we know today.

[@KJ-yises]

What does frenching mean?

[@andyleighton6969]

@@KJ-yises To sut into thin strips.

[@metalblind95]

the french fries were indeed invented in France though. The video got it wrong; it's simply that the Belgians have improved the recipe, which is still unique to them today since double frying is not commonly used abroad

[@KJ-yises]

@@metalblind95 I thought, hence frenching and not Belgiuming :).

[@tedmcfly]

although it brings me much joy to hate on some content creators, I only subscribe to channels that make me laugh. Good show, Weird History Food!

[@jerranspearman3369]

good video

[@vicfig26]

Tomatoes are from North America since they are from Mexico, along with corn, chiles, chocolate, gum, and vanilla.

[@greenmachine5600]

thats true.

[@Eve-RyujinNippon]

Tomatoes and chiles are from South America

[@Game_Hero]

Belgian chef : "Ça j'ai inventé cela moi-même monsieur, c'est comme des pommes...mais ça pousse dans la terre! J'ai pas encore trouvé le nom..."

[@RedRocketthefirst]

Pffft. Wallonia ew....

[@Game_Hero]

@@RedRocketthefirst Vive la Belgique et Astérix, «dude»!

[@RedRocketthefirst]

@@Game_Hero Leve een functionele staat!! 😊🇧🇪❤

[@roxanne1092]

The Placenta Factory…ROFL😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

[@robertnortan87]

Placenta means pleasing in Latin.

[@penguindrum264]

I wonder if Vincenzo will put out a video saying, "the French didn't invent tomato sauce." lmao

[@Carlos.Grande]

"French fries" were being cooked (fried in olive oil) in Spain before the french knew what a potato was.

[@timbucktu5141]

Olive Olis burning Point is aro und 160

[@Carlos.Grande]

@@timbucktu5141 around 180c and can be higher with refined. Your point being?

[@Sara-we5ov]

It is logical that especially the baking culture of America originated in European recipes bc baking has been present I Europe for such a long time and same goes for cooking though there are for sure many influences from other cultures nowadays too even the name of the hamburger which is probably the number one American food refers to the german city Hamburg

[@hendrikschutyser6520]

'Belgian fries'!!!! Justiceeeeeeaaah

[@CwL-1984]

To be honest I haven't considered where a lot of my favorite foods come from if it taste good I eat it.