13 Alleged Bizarre Food Laws In The United States

[@feresmourali5783]

Here in Sweden there is almost every year a news story about a drunk moose, but that's because they can wander in to a garden and eat apples that have fermented after fallen from a tree.

[@DavisHistory]

I am a retired police officer, and I spent a good portion of my career telling people that something they thought was a law was not. I even had other officers ask me what the code was for some of these laws so they could charge people. The funny thing is the laws that are never charged but could be to solve problems. I charged a man with custodial interference once because he had hit his ex and taken their child out into the pouring rain. It was her week to have the child. I took him and the custody agreement to the magistrate and charged him with the Domestic A&B and Custodial Interference. He got more time for the custody charge than the assault.

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

Drunk moose are worse than cocaine bears.

[@lakrids-pibe]

I think we have a sequel in the works here.

[@julieneff9408]

My mom, born in 1948 in Milwaukee, recalls going with her parents over the border into Illinois in the 1950s to buy margarine. It had a food dye capsule in it for yellow color. To this day she prefers margarine over butter.

[@robinsmith5442]

I think Canada had the capsule too.

[@moeshawilliams2668]

With an experience like that I can see why I would too lol , butter is better anyway it's made with cream margarine is oil .

[@Lordofthethighs420]

Now a days we just drive over the border to buy weed

[@Nuttyirishman85]

@@Lordofthethighs420I drive to the store a mile away.

[@Alolan.Vulpix.Getting.Railed]

I love how everytime its the woman narrator that the video always has 25% dislike to like ratio, the woman sucks

[@Oonagh72]

I would bet that the no food at wakes law was probably not in the interests of public health. Funeral home charge for things. So if they transport a body somewhere that is one charge, but if they host the wake that is a bigger charge. So if we aren’t having food there is no point in having a wake at someone’s home or other establishment that will let you bring a dead person. Most people won’t even notice the difference in a transport fee vs the “facility”fee. I went to a wake recently (not in CT) at the funeral home and they served food.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

I live in Oklahoma and knew right away that the first one was fake and insane. However, I have also never even once heard anyone mention that fake law anywhere! This is totally bizarre!

[@ShadowTheEdgehog]

Same, I've never heard it before either.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@ShadowTheEdgehog It's like they totally made it up themselves!

[@robinsmith5442]

I've heard of fishing with dynamite and stunning fish by putting battery cables in the water.

[@bottwaandcalover]

My grandpa up in Minnesota used to go out fishing with an old-skool crank telephone box. Rigged the right way, he would set wires into the water on either side of a canoe and crank it and stun fish to the surface. Also he used dynamite at times, but for legal reasons he didn't talk about that as much..

[@tracyash4475]

we did the pizza thing it was back before they had ID in the 90's. we did to the neighbors and we would watch out the window

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Some of these Food Laws are understandable

[@leepfrog7405]

Never heard of any of these "food laws". Like the butter one though, real butter is always the way to go 😁

[@maryrothfuchs9404]

Yep, won't ever find oleo or marg in my home! Butter all the way.

[@Savannah_Simpson]

I honestly never get the point of the prank of sending pizza to someone without them knowing. Like it’s not like the person is going to be forced to pay for something they didn’t order. It’s more a nuisance for the pizza place.

[@gracekim25]

well I'm happy to learn about American laws in a fun way :)

[@ZacAttackLeader]

Is this just a list of laws that dont exist at all...?

[@lakrids-pibe]

No.

[@blackholetuna5965]

Basically, I was expecting a video about real laws not some made up bs. Completely pointless

[@darren6951]

I do believe in the no tomatoes in clam chowder!!!! Leave my clam chowder alone!!

[@justayoutuber1906]

Moose are already wicked dangerous. No need to get them drunk

[@scarletcrusader5431]

11:53 Man I love my State. Wisconsin for life

[@ShadowTheEdgehog]

I live in Oklahoma and... no. It is not widely believed. I'd literally never heard of the hamburger law before this.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Fascinating Alleged Bizarre Food Laws and histories about them!

[@douglasmelvin9868]

I thoroughly enjoy this channel, but this video really stretched out the "facts." It was like watching a WatchMojo video.

[@BobbiSkankanos]

The preamble to this s*** show says that it's going to talk about weird food laws that actually existed and then the first one that they talk about doesn't exist!

[@NewMessage]

Eating ice-cream with a fork should be against the law. Or at least, it should be a viable reason for divorce. Use a spoon, GINA!

[@JillWhitcomb1966]

I dated a Canadian man who insisted that chili was 'not' a soup. As such, he ate chili with a fork. Yep, I dumped him!

[@joshscafe8381]

It's wild that Maryland bridge they show has collapsed. @11:13

[@dominicmallari1161]

Haha Huggbees credit for How it’s Made video😂 12:07

[@Brian_Tylor]

Come here to say this 😅😅

[@gmedina911]

“Grease me up, woman!”

[@VileMenthol]

good to see huggbees getting in at 12:06 lmao

[@slf1239]

The butter substitute law is based

[@lakrids-pibe]

What can used cooking oil from restaurants be repurposed for? It must be valuable in some way if people steal it .

[@chrismayer3919]

I heard it could be fashioned into a somewhat viable Diesel fuel alternative… 🚛🚜

[@TealCamel]

I have lived in OK all my life, and no, that is not a ""widely believed" rule. I've never even heard of it until watching your channel.

[@Megadextrious]

Ok I like this lady a lot better than the new guy, but the guy we all know and love is still the best narrator

[@jerranspearman3369]

good video

[@btetschner]

1:23 Reminds me of when Shaq ate a sandwich with his girl on the film Hubie Halloween!

[@eetadakimasu]

Never heard of the Oklahoma rumors 😂

[@TripleAlfafa]

With this, clearly the next legal thing to explore is the Protected Designation of Origin stuff that the EU practices.

[@b01tact10n]

Good post but... the narration... i got used to the O.G. Narrator😁

[@ross-carlson]

She's been narrating regularly here for a very long time.

[@marvingecko1232]

WN😅

[@marvingecko1232]

​@roWN😮ss-carlson

[@btetschner]

6:23 Ocean's Eleven (2001) was the #1 film at the box office on my 22nd birthday.

[@btetschner]

0:07 One of my nicknames was Kid, I was called that by some people for my entire freshman year of college at Doane University.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

The sugar/waffle cones in the back pocket is because horse thieves would show up while everyone was at church and use the cones to lure the horses away. Seems like a silly law now but remember horses was the standard mode of travel especially in rural areas until post 1920s

[@jackcarlson8875]

You literally just repeated what they said in the video and passed it off like they left out some crucial piece of info.. are you really that lazy?

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

@@jackcarlson8875 I wrote this before I watched the video. I saw the sugar cone in the thumbnail.

[@jackcarlson8875]

@@Lawrence_Talbot you don't have to lie to kick it pal.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

@@jackcarlson8875 okay Jack. You are aware the video didn't mention anything about Churches. The law is actually real in GA as it specifically prohibits carrying the waffle cone on a Sunday, not in general. The video also didn't point out anything about horses being the old mode of transportation so I wouldn't call my comment a direct rehash of what the video said. I'm from GA and this was just one of those weird facts a lot of us grew up knowing.

[@Dave-bj3pq]

@law. Pathetic loser

[@squirrelsarepeopletoo6678]

I'm looking forward to the fishing rodeo

[@btetschner]

9:21 We used to wear Magnum P.I.-style shirts all the time in college at Doane University.

[@GamerDave1974]

HOLY CRAP!! Amigone Funeral Home is actually REAL?!?! I always thought it was just a made up POI in 7 days to die LOL

[@btetschner]

0:29 Just watched Hook again the last day of November, such a great film!

[@Merylstreep1949]

Stephen Colbert is on strike 😂

[@Xktree72]

The butter law should be enacted and diligently enforced in every state. I know the US has more than its share of issues, but margarine is a heinous culinary crime.

[@JDWanko]

How about the historically cleanest and dirtiest chain restaurants?

[@thefunnychiptuneman]

whats the song at 10:12?

[@steakcrust558]

Alright, thats enough internet for one day

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Interesting. 📜

[@valeriorodrigues3351]

us is very picky by its food sometimes

[@corkbulb2895]

"Salting" railroad tracks has nothing to do with food. As many people already know, salting roads to melt ice is common practice. Many states used to salt railroad tracks to melt ice, but adding salt to the steel rapidly corrodes the steel and in just a few winter seasons, can compromise the integrity of the tracks. In New York, I used to see workers with flamethrowers to melt ice on tracks. Well not really flamethrowers but big torches on sticks. Because it actually melted the ice faster and more completely without causing rust. Although they had to be careful not to heat the tracks up too much. They would heat them up and boil all the ice and water off. Could clear a section of track in an hour instead of several hours with salt.

[@Hwarming]

I would guess that a lot of the ones that aren't true started out as jokes that became widespread and believed as fact

[@osirisandilio]

She said "stiff pickle"

[@MartianBuddy]

HUGGBEE MENTION

[@mrocdp]

Does anyone know the song's name at 10:11?

[@paddybazin9066]

You all need to stop with the negativity! She's great. I think a lot of long time Weird History fans are so used to the guy that any change throws them. Grow up & get over it. I hope that like the guy, she sticks around.

[@alihammington77]

Most of these are just urban myths. "Alleged" laws indeed.....

[@jarrodnewman0514]

@ 4:15 Willie: "MY RETIREMENT GRRRREASE! NOOOOOOO!" @ 7:30 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHiap2uOd7Fjgbc

[@kenmore01]

It should be illegal to put margarine on the table without saying what it is.

[@jamescameron1861]

I don't care for margarine at all. I don't think any of the food shops I use even sell it

[@12inch_monster]

ugh i can't stand her

[@marvingecko1232]

WN😢

[@joewilson5452]

Narrator: 'that's pretty stiff for a pickle.' Comments section ......

[@marvingecko1232]

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[@barryvercueil2346]

Love her voice.

[@marvingecko1232]

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[@OneOfThoseTypes]

How do you even prank somebody with an unexpected pizza delivery? You're not even going to get them to deliver them without paying for them first, so it kind of seems like the joke would be on the prankster.

[@DavidKen878]

The prank is sending a bunch of pizzas to their house out of the blue. We did that to a friend once and watched her spend all night confused over where the pizza came from 😂😂

[@mom5catskyle596]

In Louisiana it is illegal to steal your neighbor's crawfish.

[@mom5catskyle596]

Specifically, stealing over $500 worth is a felony.

[@kaliehall-to8im]

Samthing like seafood it is Brian fo[d carrots and cooked onions msmojo my name is Heather ha

[@imustbecrazy5626]

Thigh gap. No lisp. Noice.

[@towncrieronfire5899]

Alleged?

[@hashimihashim837]

the freest country in the world...what a joke...😂😂😂

[@erikdalna211]

There’s a ranking. American is 22nd.

[@SenexBeast]

The forced humor/sarcasm keeps getting worse. It just doesn't fit these narrators except the main guy..sometimes

[@chrismayer3919]

Sooo, it something happened to the ‘main guy’ narrator of this vidstream, you’d stop watching it altogether huh? 🤨

[@marvingecko1232]

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[@marvingecko1232]

​@chWN😮rismayer3919

[@chrismayer3919]

@@marvingecko1232 people come and go. I like the narrator too, but if he retired they need to take his place. 🫤

[@Noneofyourbusiness2000]

Wrong narrator!!!

[@men1312]

U Narrator then at least it is not a A.I

[@orang_utan_81301]

Nah, I think this is also the same female narrator as before.

[@jenniferlonnes7420]

Yes,,let's hear you narrate and see how many likes you get.

[@men1312]

@@orang_utan_81301 it is

[@misterhat5823]

Right narrator.

[@btetschner]

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[@Sandman2007]

This was a good fun video! Good job. I like the female narration on the food videos.

[@thecrippledone3325]

Unsub

[@misterhat5823]

Good for you.

[@marvingecko1232]

WN😂

[@marvingecko1232]

​@miWN😊sterhat5823

[@ramiroavila9374]

So basically, nothing is really against the law. This shit was stupid as fuck.

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

Blahhhh, there's no reason for anything!!

[@jonsmith6496]

Chic?….NOPE! 👎🏾

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

Don't take it too hard. Eventually one will say yes if you just keep asking.

[@jenniferlonnes7420]

Remain unfashionable. 👍

[@erikdalna211]

You deserve respect for saying it outright rather than pretending you’re not an incel.

[@jenniferlonnes7420]

@@erikdalna211 No pretending necessary.

[@misterhat5823]

Incel? Yep.

[@Jasonmakesvideo]

THESE NEW NARRATOR ARE GREAT QUIT HATING. THE OG GUY IS JUST ONE OF THE G.O.A.T. yall resist change way to furiously

[@adria89]

Same group that lives perpetually in the past.

[@marvingecko1232]

WN😂

[@marvingecko1232]

​@adWN😮ria89

[@matthewfisher2707]

Gotta say. I used to not be a fan of this narrator but coming around!

[@IEatChickenAlmostDaily]

The old narrator was much better.

[@marvingecko1232]

WN😢

[@netto6681]

I heard that the law about not salting railroad tracks was because farmers would do it to attract cattle, in the hope that they’d be hit by a train and then the railroad company would have to pay compensation.

[@ethansloan]

Now that sounds believable

[@chrismayer3919]

I heard a similar law except that farmers did that so cattle would eat said train track to get much-needed iron in their diet… one reason why STEEL-ing is against the law 🥸

[@shanemjn]

I love that Huggbees keeps being cited for how it's made

[@alexisaksen4406]

Probably ties in to a pint of liquor being a "standard drink"

[@lp-xl9ld]

One thing I've learned: the more unlikely a law sounds, the better the possibility that it's real...or at the very least, someone suggested it at some point but it didn't go anywhere.

[@NoOneToNoOne89]

One thing I learned: they should use the male narrator rather than the female narrator.

[@NicholasMoreau]

@@NoOneToNoOne89 Sorry that your ears can't handle a voice register higher than baritone.

[@tremorsfan]

Utah has a complicated history with Liquor. For a long time dining establishments could only serve alcohol if they were private clubs. Then they decided that you could serve alcohol in restaurants but it would have to be behind a barrier known as a "Zion Curtain". Now I believe they have to make the alcohol in a separate room.

[@thomashilberg8619]

West Virginia had similar laws when I lived there. They might have been repealed. Very few bars cared very much. One dollar got you a lifetime membership in every bar I went to.

[@mercedesvelasquez8781]

I also heard the liquor has a weaker percentage as well in Utah and I remember living in Idaho every Sunday sucked balls because I was unable to buy alcohol lol

[@booqueefious2230]

I went to Pigeon Forge, TN for about a week. Its in a dry county, but they had the Ole Smokey moonshine distillery. So you could buy "commemorative jars" of moonshine and they even had tastings. It was kinda crazy. Or you could drive a few minutes to the county line, there was a liquor store right there

[@booqueefious2230]

​@thomashilberg8619 my dad says they did that in Oklahoma back in the day. You'd get a membership for a nominal fee and then you would buy a bottle, they'd write your name on it and keep in on the shelf and then serve you from that whenever you ordered a drink. Crazy

[@Nuttyirishman85]

I don’t judge my moose. If he wants a cocktail, he can have one.

[@mom5catskyle596]

In Louisiana we do actually have a fish rodeo - called the tarpon rodeo.

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

That's probably the most Louisiana thing I've ever heard of outside of Cajun food.

[@armchairdefective]

Bad video yet again. Why keep her? Give the viewers what they want

[@chrismayer3919]

I like Manhattan AND New England clam chowders , ergo, never presume what I can or cannot add to my food at a given time; I regret NOTHING! 😈

[@KnightFerrocous]

I think people would be a lot less negative on this narrator if the videos she narrated weren't always so poorly written and on such bad subjects. Like this video would have been good if it was only on ones like the last butter one instead of most of it being silly nonsensical rumors that are debunked. That and the jokes she is given and how she says them just don't ever land. The male narrator has just as many cheesey and bad jokes but he rolls with them so much better.

[@starrtraveler3496]

Bring back narrator Daddy…. It’s just not the same

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

I live in NC and used to work at a deli in a store and the big container of used fryer oil was broken into and stolen on an every other week or so basis.

[@btetschner]

Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal! Eating PRINGLES BBQ* and drinking ROCKSTAR ENGERGY†...while watching this Weird History video! * From the Weird History Food video "Why Is Food Packaged The Way It Is?" † From the Weird History Food video "The Speedy Rise of the Energy Drink"

[@btetschner]

5:19 I dressed up as the Mad Hatter for Halloween in 2004, my costume was based off the design of the one in Batman: The Animated series (1992-1999).

[@ObscenelyMarvelous]

I wonder if viewers can apply for a position as narrator. A lot of heckling goes on when it's not the original narrator.

[@marvingecko1232]

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[@VazDraeStudios]

Being a Wisconsinite I knew very well about the butter law, and think its weird to not have real butter at places. I never tried the margarine stuff until I had a roomate from out of state, and I couldnt stand it. Still wont buy margarine because it doesnt taste right.

[@12thMandalorian]

Here in the UK it is illegal to be found drunk in a pub or on licensed premises.

[@allenwilson5757]

As a fellow Alaskan, it is illegal to give a moose any sort of sustenance or food whatsoever. Just so you know, giving them beer or liquor is definitely illegal.

[@drakesavory2019]

Thank you for not blindly accepting every weird law is true like everyone else does.

[@kylemayers8282]

of course the ice cream law is in mainly southern states LOL

[@grant9214]

Putting salt on rail road tracks will rot them.

[@MichaelHampton-Whitney]

Margarine used to be pink in Wisconsin.

[@farpointgamingdirect]

No one has the wake at the funeral home.