6 Foods With Absurd Origins

Some of the world’s most normal foods have absolutely deranged origin stories. In this video, I talk about foods that were invented for the stupidest reasons imaginable, from cornflakes and graham crackers, which were linked to old-school anti-lust health crusades, to the sandwich, allegedly created because an aristocratic gambling addict couldn’t be bothered to stop playing cards. We’re also looking at fortune cookies, which aren’t really Chinese and somehow ended up in a historical custody battle, popsicles, invented by a forgetful child who left his drink outside, and nachos, created by a man literally called Nacho because some hungry military wives turned up after closing time. Basically, civilisation was not built by genius. It was built by panic, laziness, prudish weirdos, accidents and melted cheese. Foods in this video: 00:00 - 00:30 - Intro 00:30 - 01:32 - Cornflakes 01:32 - 02:35 - Graham crackers 02:35 - 03:33 - The Sandwich 03:33 - 04:59 - Fortune cookies 04:49 - 06:02 - Popsicles / ice lollies 06:02 - 06:56 - Nachos 6:52 - 08:00 - What did we learn? Subscribe for more food history, stupid experiments, questionable eating decisions and me slowly realising that most of human progress is just people making mistakes and pretending they meant to do it. #FoodHistory #BigNibbles #WeirdFood #YouTubeFood #FoodOrigins #Nachos #Cornflakes #FortuneCookies #Sandwich #Popsicles Along the way I’ve been drinking HOLY If you want to try it: 👉 https://uk.holy.com/?ref=BIGNIBBLES&utm_medium=creator 💸 Use code BIGNIBBLES for 10% 💸 Use code BIGNIBBLES5 for £5 off your first order Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClfLmmxQVEX8SauwFlfPpog/join