these guys live to eat let me show you what i'm talking about have you ever looked at some of your
favorite foods and realized you have absolutely no idea where it came from well wonder no
longer because here's another round of 10 curious origins of your favorite foods part three pancakes
sweet everyone has their own family recipe for making perfect fluffy pancakes it's the
ultimate american breakfast and even an occasional guest at dinner time but turns
out we're not the only fans of these soft and delicious breakfast cakes each culture has its
own unique take on them and early renditions of pancakes have been found all around the globe
the origins of pancakes go back as far as 30 000 years during the stone age well well
that was a long time ago researchers have actually found pancakes in the stomach of otzi the iceman
a corpse dating back 5 300 years obviously back then pancakes were not the same sweet kind we all
know and love today early american pancakes were made with buckwheat or cornmeal during
the english renaissance instead of maple syrup and bananas they were flavored with spices rose
water sherry and apples but america eventually settled on the pancake in the 19th century
pancakes come in many different shapes sizes and flavors each tastier than the last and they've
definitely withstood the test of time pancakes pancakes fried chicken okay who wants fried
chicken you would probably be tempted to say that the american south is where our cherished fried
chicken was born with all due respect to colonel sanders and his original recipe fried chicken was
initially invented in a different country and on a completely different continent in scotland yes the
quintessential american food is actually scottish you see the scots were the first europeans to deep
fry their chickens in hot fat instead of boiling them when scottish immigrants came to america
they brought their technique with them what are you eating a chicken with a new nation's embrace
american fried chicken was born however the scots used to fry the chicken without any seasonings
and it was the african-american community who came to the rescue and introduced the flavorful type
of fried chicken we know today kind of like a perfected version of the scottish version
so settle down friends from the south you are also to thank for the deliciousness that is
fried chicken after all it was southerners who helped it grow in popularity but the original
masterminds behind it were the scots i bet he wishes he was tossing keepers the hamburger
i love this burger so delicious hamburgers are probably one of the most popular and loved foods
in america it can be a cheap and fast meal or it can be a very fancy and quite expensive treat
either way hamburgers are a true delicacy however it's important to highlight the difference between
a regular hamburger and the hamburger we eat in a bun the term hamburger comes from hamburg the
second largest city in germany the meat patty was served on its own with no bun in sight that
is until german immigrants brought some of their favorite recipes to america and the hamburger was
one of them i hear they got some tasty burger legend has it that louis lassen an immigrant
from denmark living in new haven connecticut had the idea to stick the meat in between two slices
of bread he ran a small lunch wagon selling steak sandwiches to local factory workers in the 1900s
then again such a popular dish means everyone wants to take credit for its invention and well
it's practically impossible to know for sure who we should really thank so to that we say thank
you to whomever it may concern the whole world is grateful for this delicious food and that's the
truth with some cheese on it jello jello why does he want jello because he's comfortable with jello
whether you associate jello with childhood birthday parties scientific experiments or even
with that weird slimy salad served at what seems like every pot luck it's safe to say that jello
is one jiggly icon but haven't you ever wondered who came up with this fruit-flavored sticky jelly
in the first place apparently it all went down in leroy new york and traces back to the late 1800s a
carpenter named pearl weight started experimenting with gelatin one night and the result was this
funky wiggly dessert it's a solid it's a liquid it's a he eventually decided to sell his recipe
for 450 to order frank woodward who also gave up and sold it again but this time for a mere
35 to genesee pure food company it's easy to say now that this third sale was a smashing success
because by 1900 jello sales were reported at 250 000 the original four flavors were orange
lemon strawberry and raspberry and now there are simply too many flavors to even count from
jello salads to the infamous jello shots jello is everywhere and looks like it's here to stay
you belong here with us corn dogs corn dog corn dog yummy yummy yummy if you've ever been to a
carnival chances are you've enjoyed a corn dog or two these little fried sticks of goodness were
born in the usa and represent american innovation at its finest the only problem is they're so great
that everyone seems to want to take credit for them and it's practically impossible to track down
their exact place of birth however the story of how they were modernized and became popular starts
at cozy dog drive-in in springfield illinois as a college student one of the owners ed waldmire jr
recounted to his fellow classmate don strand about the time he had one of the best sandwiches
ever at a roadside diner this is the greatest sandwich i've ever made the only issue he found
with this otherwise marvelous idea was how long it was to prepare strand whose father was in the
bakery business helped waldmire come up with a new and faster recipe that would stick to a hot dog
while it was deep fried after years of perfecting the recipe the two friends began selling their
creations as cozy dogs in the 1940s while they may not have been the ones to completely invent
the idea of corndogs they do get the credit for deep frying and making them way more accessible
modern corn dogs are still made the same way today come on you should try my dad's secret ingredient
tater tots pulling give me some of your tots no go find your own they say the future of food is
in the frozen isle well at least that was the thought process behind the invention of one of
america's greatest treasures tater tots we've all had that moment before dinner when we just really
didn't feel like cooking so instead we turn to our trusty box of frozen little potato bites this
very convenient and practical alternative is all thanks to two brothers from idaho who decided to
mortgage their corn and potato farms to purchase a flash freezing factory on the border of oregon
in the 1950s the two siblings quickly became one of the largest distributors of corn in the united
states but the real revelation was with their french fries yep french fries since the machine
that cut the potatoes into fries was producing a lot of scraps they would feed those to their
livestock to minimize the waste but then a genius idea struck them why not take the leftover potato
bits and turn them into a new product with this new discovery in hand they headed to the 1954
national potato convention in miami and bribed the hotel chef to serve the tater tots for breakfast
in hopes people would love them and as we know today they really did hey how many cheesy tots
do you think i can fit in my mouth i don't know key lime pie what kind of pie is this you will
be happy to hear that unlike our beloved apple pie key lime pie is uniquely american no controversy
no importations no drama it's a true american gem the only thing that might be kind of hard to
pinpoint is who actually came up with the recipe in the first place one theory is that florida's
first self-made millionaire businessman william curry and his cook known as aunt sally came up
with the recipe in the 1830s one of the things curry would import and sell was condensed milk
which was hugely popular since it didn't need refrigeration and the region didn't have access
to ice until nearly a century later along with lime juice egg yolks and graham cracker crust
and sally would use the condensed milk to sweeten up the pies she would bake for curry many believe
however that she didn't actually create the recipe but nearly recreated it in her own way fine
i'll do it myself another possible creator would be the fisherman around key west with slim rations
to eat at sea they would make tarts with sugar eggs canned milk soda crackers nuts and citrus
fruit and when the word got out everybody wanted to try one no matter who actually made the first
official key lime pie it's still one of florida's most treasured desserts what are you making monica
you know in case rachel's dessert is so good bacon i gotta tell you something bacon is good
for me it's hard to imagine a world without bacon no sign of bacon to compliment your eggs no extra
crunchiness in your sandwich it would make for one very sad breakfast but thankfully bacon is
a delight we were lucky enough to discover and enjoy with literally everything but contrary
to popular belief bacon wasn't the result of an american's desire for a more complete breakfast
it was actually first discovered in ancient china in 1500 bc at that time the chinese were curing
pork bellies with salt which created an early form of bacon the practice began to spread throughout
the roman empire and soon enough it became wildly popular following the curing technique everyone
had their own version of bacon the ancient romans early form of bacon was called pitasso which was
a pork shoulder boiled with dried figs browned and served with wine boy pat that hit the spot
i'm feeling better already in the 16th century the word bacon or bacon was used to refer to any kind
of pork and it wasn't until the 17th century that it was exclusively used to refer to the smoked
strips we recognized today while it wasn't made in the usa bacon still managed to become one of the
most iconic foods in america and led to so many delectable recipes the world would definitely not
be the same without bacon no bacon today you got a nutrition flag means no bacon caesar salad he's
a vegetarian there's probably one name that comes to mind whenever you order a salad at a restaurant
but surprisingly enough caesar salads have nothing to do with the other caesar you're thinking of
the first caesar salad was actually created in mexico and here's your salad although not really
a mexican dish it ended up there following a series of fortunate events the name caesar
actually refers to cesar cardini the actual inventor of the salad he was an italian-born
restaurateur who moved to north america in the 1910s however that's not where he tossed his
first salad after prohibition hit restaurants pretty hard he made a run for the border and
ended up in mexico because supplies were running low he used whatever he had left in an attempt
to make table side finger food a little romaine lettuce olive oil egg croutons parmesan cheese and
worcestershire sauce later the caesar salad was here my human belly shirley temple hey bartender
bloody mary o positive everyone knows shirley temple or at least has heard the name before
a child actress businesswoman ambassador and america's sweetheart shirley temple was a force
to be reckoned with starting her acting career at the age of three she quickly won the hearts of
millions of americans during the great depression with her wit and charm hence the now famous drink
named after her the shirley temple however like every good origin story there is more than one
the shirley temple consists of ginger ale a splash of grenadine and topped with maraschino cherries
that sounds good i'll have that the big problem is that many people claim to have been the first
one to concoct such a drink the royal hawaiian hotel in waikiki says the drink was invented for
the young lady because she was a frequent guest of theirs basically everyone is fighting over
a claim of ownership now shirley herself did not exactly appreciate having a drink named after her
and well didn't even like the cocktail in the 80s temple was engaged in a legal battle over
the right to use her name saying she was opposed to the concept of cocktails even non-alcoholic
ones for children which honestly does kind of make sense i agree hungry for more tap or click
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