Have you ever wondered what the origins of your favorite food items are
some of you may be surprised to learn that some of the foods you like to eat
the most have an odd story behind them it's time
to shock and surprise with 10 curious origins
of your favorite foods what's your secret origin story time
buffalo wings i'm gonna get some chicken i can't wait
what's the other game day favorite that can tear people away from a pizza
that would be buffalo wings how spicy do you like your wings
do you like your wings so hot they make you cry like a baby
some of you may like a little zing when it comes to your wings and that's it
ranch dressing is the savior of many who can't take the heat but
still love the flavor of buffalo sauce yo dude do you want some ranch
teresa bellissimo is the genius behind the buffalo wing
as you might have guessed buffalo wings originated in
buffalo new york teresa's son was home visiting from college when he stopped by
her restaurant late one night he was hungry and she whipped up a batch
of wings and sauced them with plenty of saucy
heat it wouldn't be long after that buffalo
wings would spread across the entire usa and then the world i slept doing so much
eggnog you can't celebrate the winter holidays without a big
tall glass of eggnog it doesn't matter if you like your eggnog with booze or
not you can't go through christmas and new
year's without someone offering you a glass
do you buy your eggnog in a carton or make it yourself
catch your yaknog come on get a frothy delicious cup of cheer
the origins of eggnog are still hotly debated after all of these years
some say that eggnog was invented back in the 13th century by the british
they had a hot ale like drink they called pawsit
later on monks would add eggs and figs to their possit
a little sherry wine is what gave the drink the kick that the monks were after
the ingredients of posset ensured that only the wealthy could afford to drink
it since sherry was an alcoholic beverage
only the rich enjoy yeah you like that nog don't spit
the nog out don't feel so bad the next time you have
a little too much eggnog and end up with a lampshade on your head
do you drink this every day every morning after all you can just
blame it on the monks nutella there is no wrong way to eat
nutella you can spread it on bread crackers or
just about anything you can think of what wouldn't be good with a little
nutella on it try to think of some odd combinations with nutella
and then try them what about a bit of nutella on your pizza crust
pizza time have you ever thought about dipping a few fries in your nutella
it's almost unsinkable that anything couldn't be made
even more delicious with a little nutella smeared on it
the origins of nutella come out of a stark time
it was invented during world war ii when things such as
chocolate were rationed everyone had to do their part to win the war and that
meant many of the foods people loved were
reserved for those on the front line what is this
museum of wartime foods this is for display right none of this is edible a
quick thinking person realized that it would
be possible to make their chocolate last longer if they combined it with
hazelnuts there was an overabundance of hazelnuts
and they were the perfect ingredient to stretch out their precious chocolate
nutella was born out of necessity but it's enjoyed all over the world today
by those who enjoy its decadent creamy chocolatey taste
come to our liberty center and get a free juice and nutella sandwich
guacamole where would we be without guacamole
where are we you would never be able to go to chipotle
ever again how can you scarf down one of their burrito bowls without a healthy
dollop of guacamole in it when you're sitting at home enjoying
some babbletop videos what do you reach for you reach for some
guacamole and a few corn chips of course guacamole is even good eating off your
fingers admit it if you have nothing to dip in
guacamole then you use your finger and lick it
right off that's not guacamole the aztecs are the
ones who are responsible for inventing guacamole a few hundred years ago
their guacamole recipe was a little different than the ones we used today
but it still seems quite tasty the aztecs made their guacamole out of
avocados salt chili peppers tomatoes and onions
the next time you eat a healthy serving of guacamole
think back to those people who change the culinary world without knowing it
i mean i don't know anything about aztecs you know or their culture
people all over the world enjoy guacamole
and they all have those hungry aztecs to thank
for taking what they had on hand and whipping up something as
addictive as it is delicious 7up you reach for a 7-up when you want
something that isn't a cola 7-up is a light crisp and
incredibly refreshing soda the first sip of a 7-up is full of the citrus
excitement that only a lemon-lime soda pop can deliver
this soda is highly carbonated and that means there is a
constant stream of bubbles always trying to make their way to the top
yes science 7up has a cult following and the die-hard drinkers of it won't
ever think about turning their backs on the brand
they love the history of 7up's origin is quite shocking did you know that 7up
once had lithium in it the stuff people take for
all sorts of mental illnesses it seems that the makers of 7up learned
in the 1950s that lithium wasn't good for the average person to
consume regularly so eventually the lithium was removed
and that's when the public was introduced to the 7up we all know today
oh and 7up wasn't the original name of this fizzy citrusy sugar water
at one time 7-up was called bib label lithiated lemon lime soda you'd
need a healthy dose of lithium floating through your system if you had to say
that several times a day this sandwich how
would your life be different if the sandwich didn't exist
i don't know because i don't even know what sandwiches smell like
many of you live off of sandwiches every day
if they aren't of the fast food variety then they're sandwiches you make at home
the sandwich may be one of the most versatile foods in the world
you can put anything in between two slices of bread
and bingo you have a sandwich it's said that the earl of sandwich in england
invented the sandwich the earl enjoyed playing cards
and by the sounds of things he was a big time gambler who didn't like to leave
the table how does a guy get enough nutrition in
his body to keep on wagering through a long game of cards he does so by
eating a meal that can be held with one hand
that's right while his cards were held in the other
today people would call him a gambling addict and say give up the sandwiches
and get yourself some help stop it get some help if that gambler
only knew what effect his gambling addiction would have on the world when
he invented a food item that spurred many
industries since ronald mcdonald owes his livelihood to
someone who would have bet his last sandwich on a pair of pocket aces
gatorade what's the first thing that you reach for when it's the slightest bit
hot outside
you're drinking the wrong water some people think that gatorade is only
helpful to those who are on the playing field
or the court but that's not true at all it's not
unheard of for people to drink gatorade when they're sick as a means of
rehydrating themselves gatorade comes in a wide variety of
flavors and you can even buy packets of the stuff to make at home
gatorade was invented for the university of florida football players to drink
it took them several attempts to come up with a drink that was palatable
and also quenched the thirst while revitalizing the players
thirsty oracle keep in mind that it's hotter than blazes in florida
and football players are losing all kinds of vital nutrients when they're
sweating big time on the field the university's football team
is called the gators so it's probably no surprise that the drink was called
gatorade the purpose of gatorade was to aid in helping the team win
by giving them an edge over other teams and here we thought it was invented just
to pour over the coach's head after winning the game
who knew ice cream cones what would summer be
without the ice cream cone oh i just got the chills
did you know that cones weren't always a thing
nope for the longest time people had to walk around with a dish as they ate
their ice cream the story behind the ice cream cone is
hotly debated but it kind of goes like this back in
1904 at the world's fair a man named ernest
hamwe was selling a waffle-like pastry the vendor next to him was selling ice
cream and he faced a dilemma that knocked him for a
loop i've come to bargain the popularity of
the fair brought him far more customers than he thought it
would and he ran out of bowls to put the ice cream in
hamwi overheard the situation and he came up with the idea that
changed the world of ice cream forever you should be very proud thank you very
much and we rolled up one of his waffles and told the guy to put ice cream in it
customers loved eating ice cream from the rolled
up waffles that we now call cones hamwi later patented his
cones and eventually opened up the missouri cone
company think of him the next time you enjoy an ice cream
cone when the sun is blistering down on you
in the middle of summer pizza who's that i just ordered pizza dude you
do realize that you're in a restaurant some think that pizza should be
considered a food group all of its own what would the big game be without pizza
how many pizza parties have you attended where the party sucked but the pizza was
great pizza is also a great go-to food when
you're too tired to cook since restaurants will
deliver it right to your door pizza as we know it was created a little
over a hundred years ago raphael esposito came up with a special
flatbread for the queen consort of italy margarita of savoy who was visiting his
city of naples it's comfort food that loves you back
little did he know at the time that he was creating something that would change
the culinary world forever sure flatbreads existed since
time began but this one was different oh my god that's like an open-faced panini
he added garnishing such as tomato sauce mozzarella and basil so the first person
to ever put a slice of pizza pie in their
mouth was none other than royalty that goes to
show that pizza is both fit for a queen and the lazy bum who
can't get off the couch to cook dinner coffee it's like christmas in a cup are
you a bear in the morning without your
coffee do people know not to even look at you if you haven't
had at least half a pot of coffee can you imagine that there was once a time
when coffee didn't exist no god please no no what did those
people do for an all-natural pick-me-up if you
think life before facebook must have been terrible
think about how life would have been without coffee there was
indeed such a time and thankfully those days are well behind
us believe it or not a goat discovered the coffee
none of us can live without yes a goat an ethiopian shepherd realized that his
goat seemed extremely energetic after eating
coffee berries the shepherd ate a few berries himself
and he too felt euphoric he took his discovery to a
monk who realized that after eating coffee he could pray for
extended periods it wasn't long before coffee spread to
other monks who were thankful for the beans energetic properties
and they too were able to devote more time to prayer
from there coffee spread to every corner of the world
and now it's one of the most popular drinks
period starbucks mccafe and the rest of the companies who are making out like
bandits selling coffee all have one inquisitive goat to thank
for their success duncancino don't mind if i do
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