It's not crude to talk about history. Great video. The story I read was that the chef was desperately trying to serve a meal that reflected MacArthur's status and had heard he liked spaghetti, and (like all food legends) worked with what he had available. The meal was well received, the rest is history? I was introduced by Samurai Gourmet. We tried it at home and it was a hit. : )
2:30 thanks for doing misinformation about nuclear waste. the scientific community is consensual about the fact that releasing the water is safe, if you don't know anything about nuclear science then shut up
lol japanese tea culture came from China, thats so Japanese to act like specialists and experts towards Chinese people about things that was influenced by the Chinese in some sort of fashion to impress them and others 🤣🤣🤣
10:50 - in Europe, the word "Turkey" used to mean anything foreign or traded from various non-Western Europe countries. The turkey bird is native to the US, but named after the traders that brought it to Europe. I wonder if "Turkish rice" means "foreign-trader rice" in the same way.
I think some of the most interesting named food in Japan are Hambaagu and Hambaaga, which sounds pretty similar, but referencing two eras of western food that have gone through changes throughout history, the Hamburg Steak and the Hamburger
You skipped over italy’s salt cod dishes. As cod is caught in the north atlantic. The portuguese were already wise to preserving foods (salt, vinegar, alcohol). Through trade introducing to sicilians what they call bacala, where the name in portuguese is bacalhau. God knows that the portuguese have salt cod recipes to spare as there are thousands
Another important food is Cassava, its a staple food in many food insecure countries in Africa and was brought from South America to Africa and is remarkably resilient to droughts and disease
Instead of making guessed judgements about how these foods are - take a road trip out there and try them out yourself to see how they really are. I mean, if you really want to more subscribers, you're going to have to try things in real life instead of just presenting internet research on them
Im not french but for me french food is one of the most exotic in Europe and the least boring because its usage of ingredients and combination of flavours that almost don't exist in Europe. For exemple, most european countries use very commun ingredients. If you compare a stew with potatoes and meat with a duck confit and dried prunes with berry sauce, the second has that fancy vibe to eat. Some of these unique dishes are: Sweet potatoes Parmentier with duck confit. Walnut and pears salad with vinaigrette. Chickpeas stuffed chicken with bell peppers sauce. Fish stew with saffron and chillies flakes sauce.
Here's the main things I think can make elements of British food "good" - Homestyle cooking Sunday Roast, yorkshire pudding, minemeat pie, bangers and mash, full english, etc.... are very homestyle. These things actually do taste pretty good overall. Theyre not heavily spiced and in the US we might call that an example of "comfort food" or "homestyle". It's pretty good. - Fried food/ Pub Food Things like fish and chips, scotch eggs, battered sausages, sausage rolls etc.... The things that can sometimes give parts of the US a run for it's money when it comes to fried foods. -Curries The UK has a ton of curry shops, necessarily it obtained these from its days as a colonial power over india/ bangladesh/ pakistan/ Sri Lanka It's fairly good. I think the reason that (american) people make fun of british food comes down to a few main things: -Homestyle food isnt generally exiting. If american food were most known for say thanksgiving turkey and meatloaf we might think differently about it. These things can taste wonderful when done well, but it's not something seen as adventurous or interesting. Homestyle food is less likely to use intense flavors, and can be seen as bland to outsiders - The nomenclature is just bad sometimes. British naming conventions can be unusual to people who didn't grow up with it. "Shit on a shingle", "bangers and mash", "Mushy peas", "Spotted Dick", "Toad in a hole", etc.... these things don't sound appetizing to people even though some of them are good. - Most Americans dont get to try british food frequently. There's not gregs, or nandos, etc.... near their house. Most dont have a pasty shop nearby, and the closest british food they try is probably going to be shepherds pie, or fish and chips, which are perfectly fine, but not as stand out as other types of food. Which leads to people on the internet bringing up "weird" food to make fun of the british
Bro thank you so much,I'm a portuguese and just don't understand why people don't see portuguese cuisine quality and taste I think it is like this bc we eat almost all of our dishes as normal food and not like french cuisine that like is famous for his exclusivity
4:02 Hi portuguese here,we also have a dish like that it is called "farrapo velho",here in portugal we don't eat like a turkey,we eat cod (or in portuguese "bacalhao")
Keep on doing the best you can with the tools you have. Your videos are remarkable and your regard for the actual truth is very refreshing. Kudos to you from a very old guy. Pax tecum.
Wait isnt onigiri made with sticky rice? He said historically it was made with sticky rice "unlike today", but you definitely need to use short grain for it to stick together 🤔
I think you may have ignored Hawaii in this. Onigiri was brought here by Japanese 200 years ago, then developed into it's own thing because lf the fusion of so many cultures. Spam musubi is the most famous but we have all kinds of onigiri with fillings. I believe tuna mayo is a fusion with American food and came from Hawaii. (And 7/11 is an American chain) I think the fusion rolls were exported back to Japan.
I didn't know about feijoada, here it was said that it was an attempt to make a French dish called cassoulet, but with ingredients available in Brazil.
Incredible video, but a small detail bugged me, the dutch flag you used is actually luxembourg! I know cos it's my country ahha. But again, great video!
The Dutch flag for much of the era of Sakoku was a tricolour of red, white and light blue. It is the historically appropriate Dutch flag. You can also see he has used period-appropriate flags for Korea, Qing China, and Great Britain, though not for Spain or Portugal. The flag of Luxembourg has a lighter red than the Dutch flag. Are you sure you're a Luxembourger?
Pork consumption is very high in the Balkans and in the Iberian Peninsula, historically as a way of resisting Moslem infiltration and celebrating the expulsion of the Moslem invader.
It's so upsetting how foreigners are treated over in America. I mean, of course, foreigners are treated badly everywhere, but America always has the most insane stuff going on. My friend who has vietnamese parents went to America for an exchange year and everybody there told her that she can't be European because she "looks Asian"... She's literally never been to Vietnam and doesn't even speak the language. She's lived in Europe all her life. If somebody told her that here, you would immedeatly assume this person was extremely right-wing. 💔Another friend from Austria also went to America and was constantly asked if they can call her "Hitler" as a nickname...they really assumed that she'd be fine with that.
Great short documentary. I never think about how "Chinese" is Taiwanese food, as I had visited Taiwan multiple times. I have a feeling that so many things taste like food in my hometown in south of Thailand, I am Hakka descendant, so Taiwanese's Hakka food taste so close to what I am used to. I sometime forgot that it's thousands miles apart. lol I never been to China though, so I think my familiar version of "Chinese" food must be altered so much as well.
