28 Odd Facts About the Foods and Snacks You Shove Down Your Throat by the Fistful

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28 Odd Facts About the Foods and Snacks You Shove Down Your Throat by the Fistful
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Another lesson learned for us fact-finders today. Turns out that just because a food has a country in its name, it doesn’t mean that it originated in that country. English muffins? Not so English. German chocolate cake? Not so German. These (and a few other shockers) will forever have us researching any bold claim in the food game.

We’d never do a fact dirty like that. When we say it’s a Cracked fact, you bet your bottom dollar that it’s a tried-and-true Cracked fact. For shame, food. For shame.

Tea Bags

Tea bags were invented by Thomas Sullivan in 1908. They were meant to be used as packages for tea samples until people dumped entire bags in hot water. CRACKED.COM

German Chocolate Cake

German Chocolate Cake is not German Despite its name, the German Chocolate Cake is actually American. The cake got its name from its creator Sam German. It was originally called Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate, but the name was shortened as the years passed by. CRACKED.COM

Sausages

Sausages are older than the Bible. The first written mention of sausages is in 4,000-year-old texts from the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia. GRAGKED.COM

The Cubano

CRACKED.COM Although it's called a Cuban sandwich, it did not originate in Cuba. It was invented in Tampa, Florida, specifically Ybor City, which was home to many Cuban immigrants in the 20th century.

Chicken Tikka Masala

CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA: INDIAN CURRY DISH In reality the dish was created in Britain to suit the more Western palate GRACKED.COM

Spaghetti

Spaghetti and meatballs are not considered an Italian dish,though they were made by Italian immigrants in the US. NOT ITALIAN In fact, if you go to Italy, you won't find spaghetti and meatballs on their menu, because they don't put meatballs in their pasta. CRACKED.COM

The Coca-Cola Bottle

CRACKED.COM Coca-Cola The Coca-Cola bottle was designed with the instruction that it should be recognizable even if felt in the dark.

Spaghetti Bolognese

SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE (SPAGHETTI FROM BOLOGNA) IS VIEWED WITH SCORN AND CONTEMPT IN BOLOGNA. In Bologna, they consider using spaghetti a ridiculous bastardization of the original dish, which uses tagliatelle. Tagliatelle is a wider, flatter type of pasta. GRACKED.COM

Gatorade

Gatorade was originally made by University of Florida's physicians to combat fatigue among players of one specific football team, The Florida Gators. 25 2 23 GATORADE G G GATOR SPECH GATORADE - - CRACKED.COM

Banana Trees

Banana trees are in fact giant herbs. Their trunks are made of tightened leaves, not wood. CRACKED COM

Yoo-hoo

GRAGKED.COM Shake It! yoohoo Chocolate -DRINK- 12 FL OZ Despite being regarded as chocolate milk, Yoo-hoo contains more water than milk or chocolate!

Ketchup

Ketchup was once sold as medicine TOMATO KETCHUP finest quality 750ml NETWT 5% It was supposed to be able to treat diarrhea and other maladies. CRACKED.COM

Olives

Black olives are just ripe green olives. Freshly picked olives are inedible, so both green and black olives are cured. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Red Liquid in Steak

The red puddle under your steak isn't blood. X Blood is drained before butchering. The liquid is a mixture of water and the protein myoglobin. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Early Toasters

Electric toasters predate sliced bread. The first electric toaster was invented in 1893. Pre-sliced bread wasn't available commercially unti 1928. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Fortune Cookies

Fortune cookies originated in San Francisco. x y Numbers 27. at you can do You 'll nev Before WWII, they were known as fortune tea cakes, influenced by Japanese tea cakes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Strawberries

Strawberries as we know them don't occur in nature. The hybrid of the Virginia wild strawberry and the Chilean beach strawberry was invented in France in the 18th century. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Ice Cream

Ice cream actually warms you up. x Your body heats up a little bit when digesting the fat content of ice cream. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Coffee

Coffee doesn't taste as good as it smells because salivia wipes away the flavor. 300 of the 631 chemicals involved in forming the coffee scent are digested or changed by saliva. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Vlasic Pickles

Vlasic has a stork mascot because pregnant women supposedly crave pickles. Saving Gall TASTE Masic BTC. CRUNCH SINCE KOSHER DILL and WHOLES The secret to Vlasic's success was to sell their Polish pickles in glass jars. And a killer marketing campaign. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Chicken Wings

Before 1965, chicken wings were discarded for being undesirable. Before buffalo wings, they were considered the worst parts of the chicken. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Fake Wasabi

Most wasabi is just horseradish tinted green. Real wasabi tastes more herbal and is difficult to grow, making it more expensive to produe. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Hass Avocados

Almost all avocados in the U.S. can be traced back to a single tree. The Hass avocado is descended from a seedling planted in 1926 by postman Rudolf Hass. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

English Muffins

English muffins were made in New York. They also aren't muffins. They're crumpets. What a misnomer. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Hard Shell Taco

Hard shell tacos were popularized by Taco Bell. x They were developed in the U.S. in the 1890s. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Mangoes ‘Round the World

The most widely consumed fruit in the world is the mango. Apples and oranges don't even compare to mangoes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Pineapples in the Colonies

A single pineapple used to cost $8000. Pineapples were imported to be used as lavish decoration in the American colonies. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is held together with sticky rice. The innovative use of sticky rice in mortar has helped the structure survive the elements. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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