28 Foods Named After People - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep. 23)
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2013
- A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, John Green looks at foods such as Melba toast, Salisbury steak, and German chocolate cake, who were all named after real people. Spoiler alert: Betty Crocker isn't one of them.
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How many people noticed that he missed a Pork Pitch during the Salisbury steak info?
Good to see I'm not the only one who noticed he missed it.
+Mazekwon It was torture
They never got their pork chop party
@Mental Floss with regards to 6:20 , The slogan is perfectly fine as is. If you were to eliminate the double negative by replacing both words with positive counterparts, it would read: "Everybody does like Sara Lee". Which is again a perfectly fine, if uninteresting slogan.
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great episode, I love how you crush the childhood so quickly at the end.
He didn't put a coin in the bank the 2nd time he said "bacon"...
Oh God...I always thought it was "nobody does IT like Sara Lee" which is also true, and not a double negative. They should just switch...
Also, there is much debate going on here. I am Hank...
Who the heck is Hank?
Just enjoyed a John Greene/ Mental Floss bingefest! More please!
Wow. Youse guys always blow my mind. Thanks to Cast and Crew!! And Hank and John.
Huh... I always thought the slogan was "Nobody does it like Sara Lee."
I thought of that as well.
Now I'm confused.
Does John realise that every single time he ends the show he calls it "menopause"?
The earls of sandwich lived in the building that is now my school! The picture they used of the fourth Earl is hanging up in the entrance hall, and I tour-guide round the building on a Sunday afternoon. I am also very proud to announce that I was head of the Montagu house, named after the family of the earls of sandwich! Having John Green discuss something so close to home for me is awesome!! Thanks John!
I like how john rules over his subjects with an iron fist of knowledge.
"It's hard to get a doctor to prescribe the hot beef injections I so desperately need"? Things okay at home?
When I heard that line I paused and came straight to the comments...
Then I read the comments.
This channel makes my brain exponentially happier.
XD "I have TAMED him, Mark!" Probably the best part of the video, honestly....
What? Beef Wellington wasn't good enough to make the list?
Aw, no Pavlova? Anna Pavlova would be disappointed.
Exactly my thoughts
My God I fell in love with this show
Always learning new stuff. I’ve definitely heard of Nellie Melba (because I’m Australian), but I had no idea she had food named after her.
Kind of bummed Pavlova didn’t make the list.
Betty Crocker isn't real?!?!? My childhood IS a lie!
he mentioned pork when talking about salisbury steak and didnt add a quarter. Thats like one tenth a pork chop that wont be in the pork chop party
When John said "Thanks for watching Mental Floss" I could have sworn he said "Thanks for watching menopause" which I found hilarious.
he does that every time. I think he means it 😂😂😂
THE "NO PUN INTENDED" IS STILL MINDBLASTING, OH GOSH.
The a in à la king should have an accent grave.
avait la king :3 We need to put a needle (the accent grave) because you can't say avait. That's how I remembered it.
You're right I am french and I can confirm that it needs a "à"
So we can just say "punintended?"
Thanks for answering!!
I've seen way to many episodes of Mental Floss with John Green...
I think I have a nerd crush.
"Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee" is litotes, not a double negative.
your brothers with hank... i love his channel
Also, Mrs. Fields was a ball girl for the Oakland Athletics in the late-1960's. On a semi-related note, in the mid-1970's, the same team hired a then-teenager named Stanley Burrell to be the owner's "eyes and ears". The players nicknamed him "Hammer" because they thought he looked like MLB legend Hank Aaron. He later became known as "MC Hammer".
Awesome video!
Very interesting that many of these seem like they were accidentally invented.
Thank you for the video.
THE CAKE IS A LIE
4:00 John, you are a reasonably smart fellow, however, that is not a pun. sounding it as "nope unintended" grasps at a play on words, but not all wordplays are puns.
I burst with laughter when you said Hank looked like Orville Redenbacher. hahaha
BEST EPISODE EVER!!!!! - love a foodie nerdfighter :D
He missed a pork reference when he was talking about salisbury steak. So much for the pork chop party.
😢
He's missed four now in the videos I've watched
Don't forget the hot brown sandwich, it's made with turkey and bacon 🐖
every third time you say "mental floss" i think you are saying "menopause" " welcome to menopause"
john green.....your awsome!!
6:34 What are you? a Gay fish?
Christa T Probably Fish >>>>STICKS....
Still funny.
Also, the Webster of Merriam Webster hated the British so much, that's why Americans spell some words differently than the British.
What about Anna Pavlova!!!!!! Famous ballerina who travelled to Aust?
What I really learned from this is how surprisingly new many of these foods are. Boysenberries began in 1923? That's crazy!
You like fish sticks?
what are you, a gay fish?
When he first said it I heard 'fish dicks', and had to back up the video to figure out what I missed. Whoops.
Well, he did say he desperately needs hot beef injections. :-P
There are some dishes I've never heard of on this list. Interesting!
God I love Mental Floss!
I think that makes John Green move up to my favorite Vlogbrother. xD
That was just awesomely funny.
best mind blown moment ever.
Mental Floss is one of my absolute favorite series. I really need to subscribe to this magazine. Also...NO PUN INTENDED IS A PUN! o_o
A double negative is NOT illegal in English. Children are taught not to use it because so many use it incorrectly. Adults who understand it get to use it for rhetorical purposes.
I had a Papa John's ad before this video. I think that is awesome.
I needed to pause the video and think about my life when they said no pun intended is a pun. Mindblow
My favorite part of this:
"...many parts, and not just cow." was followed immediately by a banner ad for McDonald's.
New respect for Reddenbacher has been applied to my life.
Pizza was named after an actual person?! MIND BLOWN.
Just Margherita pizza. Not sure where "pizza" comes from, though.
here are some from my country, Hungary:
Újházy chicken soup - named after the cook who made it
Jókai bean soup - named after the famous 19th century novelist who loved it.
Gundel pancakes - named after the restaurant owner who collected special recipes for his business
Dobos cake - named after the pastry chef who created it.
Esterházy cake - named after Prince Paul III Anton Esterházy de Galántha, diplomat and politician in the 19th century.
I will never be able to look at Orville Redenbacher without seeing your face now. Thank John for me.
I love Mental Floss WEEEEE
Hey John!! Here is another one for you. In Chile Barros Luco Sandwich is named after Ramon Barros Luco, Chilean president in 1910. The sandwich includes beef and cheese.
Sometimes when John says 'thank you for watching Mental Floss' at the end of these videos, I hear 'thank you for watching menopause.'
john green........U ARE AWSOME!
Hilarious! You've got a new subscriber!
I like food. I do not wish to participate in angry food discussions, I just wish to profess my undying love of food.
I learned a lot of this from the show Good Eats. Nice to see it was accurate.
I need a gif of John exploding his brain.
Love the mindblow at #14
If I ever make a breakthrough dish, I'll name it John Green after my favorite author.
THIS INTRO GETS ME SO PUMPED
The pun bit. It just made me laugh. Genuinely laugh. Oh dear.
I have never before today heard of the Hot Brown sandwich but now I want one.
Who told you Betty Crocker wasn't real?! The Batterwitch has her gnarled claws in everything.
The French dish 'vol-au-vent' (the puffy pastry is so light, it will fly away in the presence of wind, hence 'vol-au-vent') is called 'koninginnehapje' in Flemish because it was invented at the French court. Konining means queen (hence the name). It looks a lot like the 'chicken a la king' you were talking about.
John Green, stop exploding my mind while I'm trying to floss it.
"I believe sawdust is technically a vegetable."
-Wise words of John Green
I don't know about "pumped" but I love the intro. Brief but interesting.
I went to culinary school with a girl named Betty Crocker, it was awesome!
Jesus, you're on fire in this ep, John! :D
I have never wondered that until now. Woah.
Loved the video, and I don't know the exact rules on the office pork chop party, but I noticed three separate pork references (two bacon, one pork for the Salisbury steak) and only one contribution was made to the piggy bank. Just trying to get you guys to that party sooner if possible ;)
Dude thank you for saying Louisville correctly. You rock.
William Mellis Christie (1829-1900) was born in Scotland but emigrated to Canada at the age of about 19 and founded a bakery that became the largest maker of biscuits in Canada by the 1880's.
General Tao's Chicken is named after Chinese military leader Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), though no-one seems to know why it's named after him.
As a Good Eats fan, I am cheering.
Born and raised in Louisville, and I applaud your pronunciation.
The tired me heard "Thank you for watching Menopause." Yep, time to sleep.
No pun intended fact was awesome!
I was at a health food store and I was looking through the magazines (as one does) then I came upon a really interesting magazine and after flipping through a few pages I was like man this a excellent magazine what does one call such a thing? so surprise surprise it was a mental floss magazine I was thrilled because I have heard about it and I never though id see one at my local grocery store but then a saw the price and slowly put it buck but it was still cool to find it
oh my god, that "no pun intended" thing...incredible
Lol seriously, when he said "hot beef injection" I was like, WHAAAAT?
3:50 you mentioned bacon and didn't put in for the staff pork chop party
Hank is an asteroid that one visits earth once a year.
Speaking of apples, McIntosh apples (and the computer that was named after them) are both named after John McIntosh who discovered the hearty, sweet, and bake-able fruit growing on a single sapling in some brush around his farm in Upper Canada in 1811.
The open left parens in the salisbury steak diagram has given me a feeling of unsettlement and anxiety for the remainder of my day.
The German chocolate cake thing was on V Sauce 2 yesterday.
I thought of this too when I saw the title! Mind you I didn't know some of the American brands myself!
I love how he pronounces Louisville like a local.
Well this video has cured me of eating any Salisbury steak I haven't made myself.
Oh god, can you imagine calling your produce "Piszek's Fishsticks". I would not be able to stop laughing....
I missed the Tournedos Rossini, which is probably some of the most indulgent food in existence (Tournedos, so beef filet, fried in butter, with a slice of light-fried foie gras, slices of black truffle and Madeira sauce, named after the composer Gioachino Rossini (probably mostly known for the William Tell overture and the Barber of Seville)
You should do a video of instruments named after people.
my head is still exploding
"BTW, I LOVE FISHDICKS" lol