Foreign Foods That Are Banned In the U.S.

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  • Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
  • Weird History Food is getting banned. Americans love their food, and they are able to buy (almost) anything imaginable at restaurants, farms, markets, and other stores, but some foods are currently banned. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned many foods from being sold or eaten in the United States due to their not being safe for consumption. Here is a list of the top ten foods that are surprisingly banned in the US.
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  • @HollywoodZach
    @HollywoodZach Рік тому +619

    When I was a kid, my Grandmother would visit her family in Germany and would always come home with a literal egg carton full of Kinder Eggs for me. Grandma was a criminal and didn't even know.

  • @visionseeker7678
    @visionseeker7678 6 місяців тому +17

    Lol they ban sassafras because it's toxic but food coloring, alcohol, refined sugar and yoga mat buns are all FINE. This is completely wrong.

  • @SchwarbageTruck
    @SchwarbageTruck Рік тому +314

    I live in Michigan, which is right next to Canada. It's insanely common for Americans to smuggle back Kinder Eggs via Windsor Ontario. There's often rumors of speakeasy candy stores in the areas that sell the eggs black market.
    Also kinda surprised by the lack of mention about black currants.

    • @michaelfrench3396
      @michaelfrench3396 Рік тому +16

      I grew up in Pennsylvania. We used to go to the Poconos to pick blueberries in the summer time and Pennsylvania has a type of blueberry that has been crossbred. Whether intentionally or not, I don't know with black currants. And they are the most delicious things that you will ever eat. They're like the sweetest blueberries that you've ever tasted and they look like black currants. Mostly. Like they've got the blueberry flower on the end and like the rest of the blueberry shape, but they're very very dark

    • @Backroad_Junkie
      @Backroad_Junkie Рік тому +13

      @@michaelfrench3396 Were they huckleberries? They tend to grow in the same regions as blueberries.
      Black currants carry a tree fungus of some sort, which is why they were banned....

    • @kevinfisher466
      @kevinfisher466 Рік тому

      stop being a gnark.

    • @kevinfisher466
      @kevinfisher466 Рік тому +10

      @@Backroad_Junkie Black currants still in jams everywhere.

    • @JosiahGould
      @JosiahGould Рік тому

      Black Currants aren't banned anymore. Feds dropped the ban in '66 and most states allowed cultivation by 2003 - you just can't import from Europe.

  • @luckettt.
    @luckettt. Рік тому +66

    The maggot cheese is def the most wild one on the list imo.💀 That’s just foul.

    • @thedudeabides6273
      @thedudeabides6273 7 місяців тому +6

      It's probably delicious

    • @BerryKind
      @BerryKind 6 місяців тому

      Yuck 🤮

    • @Psythik
      @Psythik 23 дні тому +1

      ​@@thedudeabides6273It probably is; it looks so creamy and melty but I just cannot get over eating something that has something squirming in it. I would absolutely try it if all the maggots are plucked out first, though. It really does look delicious without them.

    • @thedudeabides6273
      @thedudeabides6273 14 днів тому

      @@Psythik indeed, I agree with what you're saying on this.
      The maggots should be removed before eating, it would definitely help with the actual digestive process.
      Someday, I'll have to make a hypothesis and do an experiment for taste profile on this cheese.

    • @MoralesCorner
      @MoralesCorner 8 днів тому +1

      I'm one of those people who likes every kind of cheese there is, including blue cheese and such. But when I first saw these maggot cheese I almost jump out of a window. It's probably a delight but I'd never try food with maggots moving inside of it lol

  • @EclecticDD
    @EclecticDD Рік тому +61

    The image was shown of people dining on ortolan without the explanation: Custom dictates that the diner eats the bird while wearing a napkin over their head; this, it is said, is to ensure the rich aromas do not escape while the gourmand chews the bird, bones and all. More recently people also say it is to hid the sin of eating this bird.

    • @XianHu
      @XianHu Рік тому +3

      I didn't know anything about these birds or this practice before this video.

    • @EclecticDD
      @EclecticDD Рік тому +4

      @@XianHu I only heard of it because Francois Mitterand a president of France ate ortolan as one of his last meals before dying on cancer.

    • @RobinMarconeCassidyRN
      @RobinMarconeCassidyRN Рік тому +2

      Thank you for sharing!

    • @alexshank1414
      @alexshank1414 Рік тому +7

      Yea if wearing a napkin over your head is to ensure you get the full aromas, why isn’t this done with many other dishes? I’m calling BS on the whole aromas card. They’re just ashamed.

    • @merriemisfit8406
      @merriemisfit8406 Рік тому +2

      @@XianHu I read the book "Gigi" before I ever saw the Academy-Award-winning film based on it, and that is where I first learned about the French ortolan dining ritual. When "Gigi" was coming up on Turner Classic Movies, my mum and I decided we'd watch it together, and I mentioned that I wondered if they'd have a bird-eating lesson scene. Mum didn't know what I was talking about, so I described what I remembered from the book. Then when the film was on and Gigi's aunt started instructing her in the proper way to eat an ortolan, Mum and I exchanged knowing nods as Gigi uncomfortably crunched a mouthful.

  • @RXdash78
    @RXdash78 Рік тому +182

    For those who haven't had it, Haggis tastes like a spicier, tangier meatloaf.

    • @everythinggrowsyaheard
      @everythinggrowsyaheard Рік тому +16

      I'm very curious, it's looks to be prepared sketchy but it does look tasty!

    • @matthuck378
      @matthuck378 Рік тому +8

      @@everythinggrowsyaheard If you're in the US, you can still get it, minus the lungs. It's good, IMO. A lot like a meatloaf or sausage.

    • @fugitiveunknown7806
      @fugitiveunknown7806 Рік тому +2

      Modern versions typically heavily kick in more on the oats than the meat. It's neither a hit or a miss or me.
      It's still nice though to have someone with a thick accent do the poem on Robbie Burns day... even if I go heavier on the roast beef and pudding, personally.

    • @josephgaviota
      @josephgaviota Рік тому +8

      Not that I necessarily _want_ any, but what is the problem with lung as food?

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby Рік тому +7

      @@josephgaviota It's totally disgusting.

  • @cazrethomas
    @cazrethomas Рік тому +109

    It is funny how we’ll ban foods for their possible health risks but I can buy a carton of cigarettes and a gallon of alcohol right now. Could even have the latter delivered to me

    • @jannis4811
      @jannis4811 4 місяці тому +1

      Sadly thats the Same in Europe ,with the diffrence that i could Drink the hard stuff two Years ago ....i am 20

    • @mattiemathis9549
      @mattiemathis9549 3 місяці тому +1

      I’ve been trying to figure that out. Why can I get booze delivered and not nicotine? The obvious answer is they are trying to discourage people from driving intoxicated. My point is, if someone is willing to drive intoxicated to get more alcohol, they are probably going to be willing to do the same thing for nicotine.

    • @PhoenixHen
      @PhoenixHen 2 місяці тому +3

      And buy a rifle

    • @andreathompson-bg4hl
      @andreathompson-bg4hl 2 місяці тому

      Not to mention a drive thru burger and coke.

    • @yukibelmont5767
      @yukibelmont5767 19 днів тому

      Exactly and dont ge me started on all the processed foods including all this chemicals,which are definitely a health risk but not banned in the states.

  • @MegaOrwell1984
    @MegaOrwell1984 Рік тому +95

    I love Kinder Eggs, the chocolate is really tasty, but the toys aren't as great as they used to be (that could just be me lol.)

    • @haleyhersh3850
      @haleyhersh3850 Рік тому +5

      I agree. I prefer Minions or SpongeBob and my little brother would probably love the Hot Wheels one

    • @mikaeleriksen2994
      @mikaeleriksen2994 Рік тому +17

      You're right, nowadays it's just 1 or 2 pieces wheareas back in the day the toys could have like 5 or more parts you need to put together along with a paper guide with the steps.

    • @Searly255
      @Searly255 Рік тому +3

      my parents used to buy them for me as a distraction so I'd sit quiet in the pram, the chocolate+toy to assemble combination kept me occupied for ages

    • @Diwasho
      @Diwasho Рік тому +8

      @@mikaeleriksen2994 The little collectible figurines were great too, even if they didn't have much play value the sculpts were fun and they were hand painted.

    • @wildlifewarrior2670
      @wildlifewarrior2670 Рік тому

      You should eat toys with salt on it a lot tastier

  • @Tailstraw_xD
    @Tailstraw_xD Рік тому +99

    Raw milk: banned in half the country due to health concerns.
    Cigarettes: whistling nonchalantly

    • @anotherjewishsharpnicholas9425
      @anotherjewishsharpnicholas9425 Рік тому +8

      Meanwhile they are trying to ban the "pasteurized" version of cigarettes (vapes).

    • @dansmith1661
      @dansmith1661 10 місяців тому +6

      It just needs a bunch of additives that all of Europe banned, to be permitted for consumption in the US.

  • @bushpilot223
    @bushpilot223 Рік тому +68

    Raw milk is amazing. I did some IT work for a local dairy and the The guy’s wife asked me if I wanted some fresh unpasteurized milk. I was a bit leery but she assured me that it was totally fine, and that her, her husband and her three kids drink it every day and had never gotten sick from it. That was probably the best tasting milk I have ever had. It was thicker, creamier, and sweeter. Definitely a noticeable difference

    • @chromicapop4595
      @chromicapop4595 Рік тому

      Want some fr❤also its good mouth feel

    • @theeddorian
      @theeddorian 9 місяців тому +2

      It was whole milk so it would generally be creamier than the 3.5% milk that has been widely substituted for whole milk in a lot of grocery stores, and supermarkets. Even pasteurized, whole milk tastes better than any reduced fat version.

    • @Penguin-gq7mp
      @Penguin-gq7mp 8 місяців тому +2

      Survivor bias

    • @SouthernR0cker4Life
      @SouthernR0cker4Life 6 місяців тому

      It's not about Safety, it's about eliminating any competition for Big Dairy.
      The FDA is in the Back Pocket of Big Dairy, Big Food and Big Pharma.
      That's why Raw Milk Producers and Organic Food CO-OPs get Raided.

    • @HerrDark
      @HerrDark 4 місяці тому +3

      I had got some from the store, a local dairy was selling it in the stores, and my stepson tried it and he was amazed by the flavor.
      The big drawback is it has a shorter shelf life, and if you cannot use it up you can turn it into other products including mozzarella, which can be smoke to preserve it.

  • @cohenb18
    @cohenb18 Рік тому +85

    You guys should do a video on the history of the Fanta drink cause that’s some interesting stuff right there.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage Рік тому +93

    If your kid can swallow one of those Kinder capsules, he's earned it!

    • @dutchdykefinger
      @dutchdykefinger Рік тому +9

      like george carlin said "the kid who swallows too many marbles doesn't grow to have kids of their own, it's that simple" :')

    • @THE-X-Force
      @THE-X-Force Рік тому +7

      @@dutchdykefinger It's all very funny until you're lowering a tiny coffin into the ground .. with your child in it.

    • @wildlifewarrior2670
      @wildlifewarrior2670 Рік тому

      Don't be stupid

    • @Adrian-wd4rn
      @Adrian-wd4rn Рік тому

      @@THE-X-Force Meanwhile, the number 1 killer of children is guns.

    • @lookoutforchris
      @lookoutforchris 10 місяців тому

      Can tell that to the parents little French girl that choked to death on a kinder egg a few years ago.
      I doubt you’d be able to say those words in person 🤡

  • @bluered1322
    @bluered1322 Рік тому +44

    Wow. I didn't think there was any cheese grosser than blue cheese. I was wrong

    • @aggydaddy
      @aggydaddy Рік тому +6

      Blue cheese is not gross. It is sublime, and a good roquefort is the king.

    • @arnoldasm7300
      @arnoldasm7300 4 місяці тому +1

      Da fak you are talking about . Blue cheese is one of the best and tastiest..

  • @bobsiddoway
    @bobsiddoway Рік тому +44

    Here in Idaho we have lots of raw milk in grocery stores. It tastes a bit creamier and thicker. Great stuff.

    • @chromicapop4595
      @chromicapop4595 Рік тому +2

      Good for cooking and baking😮

    • @THE-X-Force
      @THE-X-Force Рік тому +1

      One bout of e. coli will make it not worth it, no matter how creamy it is.

    • @cigarsgunsandgasoline8032
      @cigarsgunsandgasoline8032 Рік тому +2

      We have the Amish here in PA... they sell it!

    • @fishlessfisherman1539
      @fishlessfisherman1539 Рік тому +4

      My grandpa was a dairy tester from Iowa for the government. We always had milk straight from the cow. Just had to stir it up in the morning when the cream would settle. Best milk ever.!!

    • @bobsiddoway
      @bobsiddoway Рік тому

      @@fishlessfisherman1539 Agreed!!! Nothing compares.

  • @Aqua_Xenossia
    @Aqua_Xenossia Рік тому +45

    Haggis can be found in the U.S. sans-lungs, but I’ve got to imagine it’s just not as good- and make no mistake, haggis is damn good, not to mention filling as all hell.
    As for Casu Marzu, part of the reason for the ban still being in place is that the maggots can survive a trip through the human digestive system, causing pseudomyiasis. There’re efforts to produce the cheese without the maggots’ involvement though.

    • @CearyAuryn
      @CearyAuryn Рік тому +3

      I've had haggis in Orlando several times at the highland games

    • @dansmith1661
      @dansmith1661 10 місяців тому +2

      Also that the maggots might "jump" on you and it won't be pretty.

  • @dethblak13
    @dethblak13 8 місяців тому +8

    RE: Raw Milk. Roughly 20 years ago, in Texas, my mother found a dairy farmer that Would sell raw milk. The local laws were such, that instead of selling the raw milk directly, we bought in to the farm co-op, and would get a weekly share of milk and cream relative to our buy in.
    Store bought milk tastes like water, compared to milk that's only had the cream skimmed off it once.

  • @angelicarobinson8071
    @angelicarobinson8071 Рік тому +27

    I grew up eating Ackee and Saltfish. I’ve lived most of my life in the US and whenever any family member came to visit from Jamaica, they knew they had to bring ackee. Usually they would partially boil it and freeze it for the trip. I also knew a family friend who did have the tree in her backyard but I’m sure the city eventually cut it down. I was shocked the first time my brother told me that he heard in one of his college classes that it is poisonous. We live in South Florida where there is a large Caribbean community so all you have to do is go into a Jamaican restaurant around breakfast time and buy takeout.

    • @gruv2nz
      @gruv2nz 9 місяців тому +4

      I love Ackee and Saltfish. Never knew Ackee was poisonous until now.

    • @aohige
      @aohige 9 годин тому

      @@gruv2nz It's honestly kinda silly. Your average POTATO are poisonous if the roots start growing, and we all learned to live with eating them safely. I don't see how Ackee is any different.

  • @tastingthroughtime
    @tastingthroughtime Рік тому +7

    Dang! I was ready for a new video. Excited for this one!!

  • @undead8393
    @undead8393 9 місяців тому +4

    Safrole was also banned do to it being a precursor for the manufacture of MDMA (ecstasy), and it was actually banned by the US FDA in 1960.

  • @melissacooper8724
    @melissacooper8724 Рік тому +16

    I remember having sassafras tea and cookies every year during my hometown's spring festival. I also like to put brown sugar in my sassafras tea.

    • @XianHu
      @XianHu Рік тому +2

      We used to gather the bark and make our own when I was a boy scout (many years ago, now).

    • @alexshank1414
      @alexshank1414 Рік тому +2

      That actually sounds really pleasant.

  • @williamwhalen746
    @williamwhalen746 Рік тому +92

    Fortunately, I did my research before posting here. I was all set to say that you missed gaejangguk (a Korean dog meat soup) as rightfully being banned in the USA. To my shock and horror, it is only illegal to eat dog in 6 states. I also thought that you had missed the controversial foie gras (duck/goose liver) but again it is only banned in a handful of places in the USA. While it is very difficult to find, it is because retailers like Amazon have refused to sell it for humane reasons.

    • @y_fam_goeglyd
      @y_fam_goeglyd Рік тому +10

      Never thought I'd praise Amazon...

    • @brandodooferman9378
      @brandodooferman9378 Рік тому +16

      Foie gras is pretty good. No foods should be fully banned

    • @williamwhalen746
      @williamwhalen746 Рік тому +16

      @@brandodooferman9378 Cannibalism could help with food shortages. Soylent Green is people!!!

    • @papagalooleo559
      @papagalooleo559 Рік тому

      Fuck ducks, make foie gras

    • @theforgeryttv6449
      @theforgeryttv6449 Рік тому +6

      There's also horse meat as well. It's taboo in the US like dog meat and only fairly recently did a horse meat plant did get shut down.

  • @TashieRags
    @TashieRags Рік тому +55

    I feel blessed to have enjoyed a lot of these. And blessed to have not had maggot cheese.

    • @Idiotwriter711
      @Idiotwriter711 Рік тому +2

      ya i get queasy at the mention of it now since i have seen so many vids on it. so im blessed as well to have not tried it

    • @apteryx496
      @apteryx496 11 місяців тому +1

      Hopefully you didn't try any of the endangered ones though

  • @shaneforshort
    @shaneforshort Рік тому +7

    Man I frickin love this channel

  • @solanaceae2069
    @solanaceae2069 Рік тому +80

    Grew up on raw milk. We even sold our surplus to neighbors. No one ever got sick from it.

    • @chromicapop4595
      @chromicapop4595 Рік тому +14

      You can get it at a dairy farm in cartons made on site near my house. Perfectly acceptable

    • @b01tact10n
      @b01tact10n Рік тому +12

      It is 100% tastier, different from pasteurized milk, way better for me I love fresh milk from a good farm!

    • @dutchdykefinger
      @dutchdykefinger Рік тому +7

      raw eggs never gave me salmonella either :D

    • @iamhere1523
      @iamhere1523 Рік тому +15

      Nice survivor's bias.

    • @Top_Cheeze
      @Top_Cheeze Рік тому +5

      @@iamhere1523 using basic observation you can see that it is correct though
      Look at a healthy person if you want to learn about health instead of some objectively speaking unhealthy person that was given a mandate because of politics, lol

  • @MrDDiRusso
    @MrDDiRusso Рік тому +5

    I really need to watch HIGHLANDER again. I didn't remember how ironic that scene with Sean Connery was.

  • @NerdySatyr
    @NerdySatyr Рік тому +50

    I'd love to see a video about knock-off brands.
    For example, did you know Orea was in fact a knock-off and not the original? Despite being the most popular/well known?

    • @XianHu
      @XianHu Рік тому +15

      I presume you mean Oreos (introduced in 1912) being a knock off of Hydrox (introduced in 1908)?

    • @NerdySatyr
      @NerdySatyr Рік тому +8

      @@XianHu That's correct yes! (Thank you I couldn't quite remember Hydrox's name)

    • @haleyhersh3850
      @haleyhersh3850 Рік тому +6

      @@NerdySatyr they're still pretty good and tasty cookies in my opinion

    • @NerdySatyr
      @NerdySatyr Рік тому +3

      @@haleyhersh3850 Never had them! Would love to try 'em!

    • @karm42yn
      @karm42yn Рік тому

      @@NerdySatyr Oreos may be the single most overblown confectionery item in the world. There is nothing nice about them and you'll find thousands of better cookies. I suppose they are only popular because they are popular.

  • @med6399
    @med6399 Рік тому

    Loving your work!🎖🎖🎖💓💓💓😎😎😎

  • @martymar9311
    @martymar9311 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for this info 🎉

  • @burgermeowster
    @burgermeowster Рік тому +22

    I've had Sassafras soda many times! Didn't know it was illegal 😳

    • @XianHu
      @XianHu Рік тому +1

      Only if it includes actual sassafras bark, oil and/or safrole, and sold in the U.S. If it's simply called sassafras, but uses artificial flavoring or, presumably other parts of the tree, it's not illegal.

    • @Backroad_Junkie
      @Backroad_Junkie Рік тому +2

      @@XianHu Only the bark/roots/etc. are banned.
      For instance, ground sassafras leaves are known as filé, and is still used to thicken gumbo.

    • @XianHu
      @XianHu Рік тому

      @@Backroad_Junkie Right, what I meant when I said, "other parts of the tree".

    • @burgermeowster
      @burgermeowster Рік тому +7

      @@XianHu it was homemade from the bark my great grandma used to make it. I doubt she knew or care that it was illegal

    • @XianHu
      @XianHu Рік тому +1

      @@burgermeowster lol, fair enough! 😄

  • @AIBETTSYIA75
    @AIBETTSYIA75 Рік тому +43

    Ban haggis but here's a drink with 5tbsp of sugar and 1000mgs of caffeine 😂

    • @BeyondDaX
      @BeyondDaX Рік тому +1

      I mean, Haggis is an acquired taste or so I heard.

    • @dem0nchild610
      @dem0nchild610 Рік тому

      Or a deep fried cheese burger

    • @Jake-eo9zk
      @Jake-eo9zk Рік тому

      @@dem0nchild610 deep fried cheeseburger isn't sold in markets dumbass

    • @dem0nchild610
      @dem0nchild610 Рік тому

      @@Jake-eo9zk well arnt you a peach

    • @Chewy_Toast
      @Chewy_Toast Рік тому +1

      What’s tbls? Or is it just a Tbsp typo?

  • @tyneishalewis9917
    @tyneishalewis9917 Рік тому +4

    Yay, a new Weird History Food video! Thanks Weird History Food for posting/creating awesome content!

  • @nickimontie
    @nickimontie Рік тому +9

    Grilled sparrow (complete with heads and wings) are still served as street food in Japan.

  • @parkerd3376
    @parkerd3376 Рік тому +13

    Sassafras oil is also the precursor for MDMA which is more likely why it's banned :)

    • @Zach-sg5uu
      @Zach-sg5uu 4 місяці тому

      If it’s band then how come you can buy it?!

  • @r.beachy
    @r.beachy Рік тому +15

    you should do a video on the history behind sea salt or himalayan salt vs regular table salt (the truth beind the sodium chloride craze)

    • @timmymaines6367
      @timmymaines6367 Рік тому

      Yes please.

    • @LucidOpticLab
      @LucidOpticLab Рік тому +3

      spoiler, sea salt is the regular salt, and table salt is a product from the 1920's.

    • @johnr797
      @johnr797 Рік тому

      ​@@LucidOpticLab there's such thing as salt mines too.

  • @scarletcrusader5431
    @scarletcrusader5431 Рік тому +2

    Sassafras oil is also used in the production if MDA which with more processing is turned into MDMA.

  • @humblehummingbird2011
    @humblehummingbird2011 Рік тому +9

    The whole fin thing is actually pretty harsh and heartbreaking. I mean, if you gotta steal their fins, for your benefit, their means of survival, then just kill them, you sorry pieces of crap 🤬

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 місяці тому

      Without sharks we all will die in a domino effect. thanks china and japan.

  • @Lovinled
    @Lovinled 7 місяців тому +1

    This guy has the best narrative voice 🥰

  • @r.beachy
    @r.beachy Рік тому +7

    My family has really enjoyed this channel. The narrator's voice matches the video vibe quite nicely. Keep up the good work with the videos.

  • @runoflife87
    @runoflife87 Рік тому +6

    Well, I don't thing sassafras extract or ackee are more harmful than American "cheese" or McDonald's burgers.

  • @SirOtter1
    @SirOtter1 Рік тому +4

    I was in Scotland last September, and ate haggis most days with breakfast. Very tasty!

  • @hunterivey
    @hunterivey Рік тому +7

    You forgot to mention Fugu, which is also banned in the US, except in New York, because New York has street cooks that cook it, because they have the license for it.

    • @XianHu
      @XianHu Рік тому +2

      I'm not sure that's true, because I know of at least one place in Philadelphia that serves it... or at least they did a few years ago.

    • @hunterivey
      @hunterivey Рік тому +1

      @@XianHu that means if they're able to sell it, they have the proper license.

    • @johnr797
      @johnr797 Рік тому

      ​@@hunterivey yeah I doubt NY is the only place that sells it

  • @mannyja
    @mannyja Рік тому +5

    My family lived in Germany in th early '90s me my siblings had Kinder Eggs all the time. It was super sweet milk chocolate with hints of white chocolate. It's a shame we can't have them here. The little toys were a bonus.

    • @SouthernR0cker4Life
      @SouthernR0cker4Life 6 місяців тому

      It's a Parenting Issue, one doesn't need the Government to say it's illegal.
      There is an Age Restriction on the wrapper for a reason. "Choking Hazard",
      Not recommended for those under 3.

  • @andrewweaver2517
    @andrewweaver2517 Рік тому +2

    Oh shiz! Best ever food review dude got a nod by the Voice. His best day ever lol.

  • @SKPetel
    @SKPetel 11 місяців тому +3

    the haggis ban is not so bad. since nothing stopping you from making it yourself. all the ingredients are cheap and easy to get at any half-decent butcher. and while it sounds bad, it's such a satisfying meal

  • @RavensSoTired4081
    @RavensSoTired4081 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for saying something about shark finning!

  • @jbmp1390
    @jbmp1390 Рік тому +4

    Safrole, from sassafras, is also a key component in the production of MDMA.

  • @nobelwarprize
    @nobelwarprize Рік тому +429

    Now do a series of “American foods banned everywhere”

    • @kalebbaquera1633
      @kalebbaquera1633 Рік тому +60

      They already did.

    • @FuzzyCactusFilms
      @FuzzyCactusFilms Рік тому +1

      They already did dipshit

    • @nobelwarprize
      @nobelwarprize Рік тому

      @@FuzzyCactusFilms stop being so emotional…. Name calling 🤦‍♂️

    • @nobelwarprize
      @nobelwarprize Рік тому +8

      @@kalebbaquera1633 key word was “everywhere” not just Europe or specific countries

    • @kalebbaquera1633
      @kalebbaquera1633 Рік тому +16

      @@nobelwarprize Lol ok dude. Whatever helps you feel better.

  • @1hiddenearth
    @1hiddenearth 6 місяців тому +2

    Sassafras produces saffrol oil, which is one of the main ingredients in the manufacturing of MDMA, also known as Molly. This compound was first synthesized in the mid 70s. Sure was a convenient coincidence that saffrol oil became illegal in the same decade. 😏

  • @Ian44_92
    @Ian44_92 Рік тому +33

    With all the things that are in food that can cause cancer that are legal, sassafras being banned for that reason is hilarious to me

    • @sarafontanini7051
      @sarafontanini7051 Рік тому

      yeah I'm like "...EVERYTHING causes cancer. EVen the SUN."

    • @chromicapop4595
      @chromicapop4595 Рік тому

      Ikr we are unbashedly bad at not adding preservatives in😂

    • @scallopohare9431
      @scallopohare9431 Рік тому

      We used to pull up seedlings, and chew the roots.

    • @jpbaley2016
      @jpbaley2016 Рік тому

      When studies (note the plural of the word) link (not suggest) an additive or food to cancer it’s banned. A bunch of loudmouths with no evidence to back up what they’re saying gets nowhere.

    • @cigarsgunsandgasoline8032
      @cigarsgunsandgasoline8032 Рік тому

      vitamin B-17 is banned too, because it KILLS CANCER... FDA is a joke!

  • @Backroad_Junkie
    @Backroad_Junkie Рік тому +7

    I'd probably like haggis. Someone would have to trick me into eating it though, lol.
    I've also found I have a hard time eating anything that stares back at me....

  • @SirLoin2418
    @SirLoin2418 Рік тому +13

    I love weird food history notifications let's do this!

  • @annikboyer3395
    @annikboyer3395 Рік тому +14

    With the ackee fruit, I was thinking that maybe the U.S. was affraid that the fruit was laced with something else. But just the fact it can be poisonus left me far from that fruit too.

    • @jaymorgan2723
      @jaymorgan2723 11 місяців тому

      Ackee is not a fruit and should not be eaten raw because it is poisonous when uncooked FYI this stuff can be googled and there are countless videos of REAL AUTHENTIC Jamaican chefs preparing Ackee for consumption

    • @dansmith1661
      @dansmith1661 10 місяців тому

      Walnuts, apples, cherries, pears, are not banned though.
      I think food lobbies are to blame for this.

    • @shaina8947
      @shaina8947 8 місяців тому

      it tastes good though, people often think it's scrambled egg. like the narrator said, only the big black seed is poisonous & no one eats that part of course. u can try the canned version or try it cooked at a local jamaican restaurant :)

  • @MaryS2022
    @MaryS2022 Рік тому +4

    I had no idea about the existence of ackee fruit (though I don't think I would want to eat one). You learn something new every day.

    • @caturdaynite7217
      @caturdaynite7217 Рік тому +5

      Been to Jamaica many times. Salt fish and ackee for breakfast is real treat. No wonder it's the national dish. Don;t forget the Johnny cakes and calaloo.

    • @shaina8947
      @shaina8947 8 місяців тому +1

      you don't eat it like you eat other fruits, it's not sweet. like the narrator said, it's often made with fish & it barely has a taste (it's soft & picks up the flavour of what it's cooked with)

  • @phife1878
    @phife1878 Рік тому +5

    I expected a lot more ignorant comments about the Kinder egg and not understanding that the ban isn't specific to Kinder eggs. In fact, the ban predates the candy by about 40 years.

  • @MrSsadab
    @MrSsadab Рік тому +2

    The Stephen Colbert of food is back!

  • @WeirdExplorer
    @WeirdExplorer Рік тому +3

    I should make a top ten video of all the times someone used my ackee footage without asking.

    • @linebrunelle1004
      @linebrunelle1004 3 місяці тому +1

      I recognized a few other bits of video from other sites.

  • @laurabentzinger200
    @laurabentzinger200 11 місяців тому +1

    Rawilk with the cream on top is so delicious! Poor birds that's so sad

  • @seanst.ledger8909
    @seanst.ledger8909 Рік тому +1

    Can you please do an episode on Miracle Whip?

  • @ashconner2293
    @ashconner2293 Рік тому +3

    Technically, if you have your own shape you can make your own haggis. They just said it couldn't be imported

  • @jerranspearman3369
    @jerranspearman3369 Рік тому +1

    good video

  • @brandonf.8360
    @brandonf.8360 Рік тому +4

    It's one thing to know that cheese and yogurt come from curds and cultured bacteria. It's another to see maggots squirming and eat it.

  • @bobhudson2799
    @bobhudson2799 Рік тому

    Kinder Surprise is even very popular in Germay.Like the other stuff from Ferero.The Toys became Collectibels.

  • @patf1288
    @patf1288 Рік тому +1

    Bring back graveyard shift that channel was awesome

  • @muppetsretrofan8873
    @muppetsretrofan8873 Рік тому +1

    Mirabelle Plums look good, but I understand why they have to be protected. I would love to see a video on Jack In The Box [even if it's just a little segment, please talk about the little known 1970s JITB characters and the fact they were voiced by Paul Winchell, voice of Tigger], or maybe Howard Johnson's [one of the first restaurants to start franchising, died out because they didn't adapt to the changing fast food market]!

  • @justinsigmund6200
    @justinsigmund6200 Рік тому

    At 6:03 I recognize those tattoos from anywhere. That’s Dave Canterbury from the Pathfinder survival school.

  • @chrischurch4551
    @chrischurch4551 5 місяців тому

    Grandma used to make sassafras tea. Man I loved it

  • @youtubesucks6444
    @youtubesucks6444 10 місяців тому +1

    Sassafras is also illegal because it's used in the manufacture of MDMA. It's one of the biggest reasons the trees are in verge of extinction for adult trees. It can take 150 years to reach maturity to use

  • @Robslondon
    @Robslondon Рік тому +2

    Great video as always. Haggis is a lot more delicious than it sounds, especially with a whisky sauce! 😉

  • @jpbaley2016
    @jpbaley2016 Рік тому +2

    I was in Scotland for 2 weeks and I only found the canned haggis. No one I talked to knew where I could get it. I had to settle for black pudding.

    • @MrVidification
      @MrVidification Рік тому

      Your best and first option should be a local butcher. A supermarket will either offer it from the refridgerator section or a fresh meat counter, or as a last resort in a can or packet on a normal shelf (probably not what you want)

  • @djpuplex
    @djpuplex Рік тому

    The correct narrator 🙌.

  • @fishlessfisherman1539
    @fishlessfisherman1539 Рік тому +2

    Caviar was coming from the Shovel nose sturgeon when there was a shortage from Russia. I’ve caught many sturgeon full of eggs. I let all go. I’m not into the fish egg thing.

  • @paulredinger5830
    @paulredinger5830 6 місяців тому

    When I was a kid and we’d go get firewood dad would get some sassafras root to make tea. Was absolutely delicious.

  • @staciemiller7465
    @staciemiller7465 10 місяців тому

    There's an English tea room here in California that has a little shop attached, and they sell canned haggis. 🤷‍♀️

  • @zaxchannel2834
    @zaxchannel2834 7 місяців тому +1

    I got canned haggis, Mirabelle plum jam, canned ackee fruit

  • @Merliin03
    @Merliin03 Рік тому +4

    Seeing as Kinder Eggs have been banned over my whole life... I wonder where I was getting them from when i was a kid. I do know some bodega's that carry them now a days but no idea who gave them to me growing up. I was always fascinated with the toys growing up.

    • @jameshill2450
      @jameshill2450 Рік тому +4

      Kinder Eggs are allowed in the US, but they're not allowed to have anything inside. They can only be hollow shells. That's why they're called "Kinder Egg" here instead of "Kinder Surprise" like everywhere else.

    • @starrdowning2554
      @starrdowning2554 Рік тому +1

      we have kinder joy here in the us, chocolate on one side and mini toy on other and both sealed seperatly

    • @starrdowning2554
      @starrdowning2554 Рік тому

      @@jameshill2450 they have toys in them, just sealed seperatly from the chocolate side.

    • @owenshebbeare2999
      @owenshebbeare2999 Рік тому +2

      Funny the people here claiming that Kinder Joy (the neutered, PC, child-friendly American version) is the same as thr Surpruse procuct available globally "but with different packaging ". Nope, your infantile US product is different.

    • @Bulhbluhbuy
      @Bulhbluhbuy Рік тому

      @@owenshebbeare2999 sorry we care about young kids

  • @thomaslyons4973
    @thomaslyons4973 Рік тому

    one thing only somewhat indirectly mentioned - sassafras (in particular safrole) is also used by, uhhh, "amateur pharmacists"... wikipedia can tell you more

  • @ninja12mb
    @ninja12mb Рік тому +1

    Could you please make a video on the history of root beer

  • @ronniea.7535
    @ronniea.7535 Рік тому +1

    I ate red caviar in Japan on sushi. I like it, but it's not something I can live without. Never tried the expensive black kind. The texture of it popping when you eat it is the best part. I wanna try a truffle just to see what I was missing out.

    • @jpbaley2016
      @jpbaley2016 Рік тому +3

      That was flying fish roe or salmon roe. It’s not related to the sturgeon. In the US, you can get lumpfish and the more expensive paddlefish.

  • @ambufan3242
    @ambufan3242 Рік тому +2

    Haggis looks like a thing my parents would cook, its looks ok enough to try

  • @daltonbell7332
    @daltonbell7332 10 місяців тому +4

    I literally buy kinder eggs for my kids all the time. They are very much sold in the US

    • @fanofallaroundaudreyandjus544
      @fanofallaroundaudreyandjus544 10 місяців тому +1

      Where. I can’t get kinder surprise eggs anywhere I live and I live in Minnesota no place here sells it and it can’t be bought online.

    • @linebrunelle1004
      @linebrunelle1004 3 місяці тому +1

      kinder surprise with the plastic egg that contains a toy is illegal in the States. but there are kinder eggs without the toy

    • @SuperSimmerGal
      @SuperSimmerGal 2 місяці тому

      Kinder JOY eggs are. Kinder SURPRISE eggs are not.

  • @JackieRoxs
    @JackieRoxs Рік тому +1

    My family buying milk from an Amish farm.
    Never knew it was illegal to buy raw milk all together.

  • @LeandroFTW
    @LeandroFTW Рік тому

    I wish we had White Castle on the west coast. I miss it.

  • @PratikSarkar93
    @PratikSarkar93 Рік тому

    The US also banned mustard oil for consumption or cooking purposes.

  • @williamromine5715
    @williamromine5715 Рік тому +2

    The caviar ban probably did not reduce the sale of the fish eggs. It merely allowed people in other countries to afford it. While the U.S., which could afford to pay high prices, was buying a larger share of the product, less affluent countries were left out of the market. With the U.S. gone, poorer countries could now afford it. Unless there is a world wide ban on something, the product, what ever it is, will continue to be sold.

    • @wandamontgomery6030
      @wandamontgomery6030 Рік тому

      Gross. Why would anyone want to eat fish eggs?

    • @williamromine5715
      @williamromine5715 Рік тому

      @@wandamontgomery6030 Yeah, after all, chicken eggs are much bigger. Next thing you know, they will want us to eat frog legs or chicken wings. Gross

  • @wmv8996
    @wmv8996 10 місяців тому +1

    I used to get kinder eggs from my grandma when she came back from germany all the time growing up. When i saw that we got them in the US, but theyre just baby ferrero rochet with a toy. So disappointing.

  • @salemas5
    @salemas5 7 місяців тому +2

    America allows bleached mass produced "bread" with 15 different carcinogens, bans funny looking chocolate egg

  • @philipmclaughlin9636
    @philipmclaughlin9636 Рік тому +2

    Considering many unhealthy chemicals and ingredients in American foods that are banned here in Europe, it's funny the US would ban haggis the Scottish have been eating for years wich is very healthy

  • @nono-wc6gc
    @nono-wc6gc 9 місяців тому +2

    this cheese was invented when someone had a nightmare

  • @370530e
    @370530e 6 місяців тому +5

    However, beef pumped full of growth hormones is OK.

  • @eminemsgirl
    @eminemsgirl 11 місяців тому

    I use to love getting the little toys in the kinda surprise eggsa

  • @kornelobajdin5889
    @kornelobajdin5889 Рік тому

    Hmm haggis is something similar we make on balkans, after butchering a pig. Its stomach is cleaned off and you put in some meat mixture. Usually red in color. Although I don't know how its prepared we call it "Švargla". Maybe other countries have different names but its a similar thing. And I can say its delicious.

  • @bostonweirdo9236
    @bostonweirdo9236 Рік тому +2

    All the Canadians🍁 vibing with kinder 😂

  • @CearyAuryn
    @CearyAuryn Рік тому

    Wait huh I had haggis in Orlando at the Central Highland Games for years now ....

  • @kagome2420
    @kagome2420 6 місяців тому +1

    I am not sure how kids in the US can choke on the toy inside kinder egg. The capsule is huge!

  • @kflo8634
    @kflo8634 Рік тому +1

    The ortolan and shark upset me. I love the French and Japanese but goddamn

  • @badxradxandy
    @badxradxandy Рік тому +7

    I want to hear the history of genetically modified foods and corn syrup

  • @Kevin_2435
    @Kevin_2435 Рік тому +2

    I would like to know the efficacy of the studies that linked sassafras to cancer. A lot of the studies done during the '70s and earlier did not control for tobacco smokers. A lot of things were linked to cancer that shouldn't have been because nearly all of the participants smoked tobacco and developed cancers from that instead of the thing being studied. Marijuana is a good example of that. Early studies said it was carcinogenic because most participants also smoked tobacco. In reality, cannabis has many anti cancer properties. In the early '90s, Dutch researchers were able to eliminate cancer in mice with cannabis.

    • @ashleyhathaway8548
      @ashleyhathaway8548 Рік тому +1

      Finding a control group for cancer studies would have been a nightmare with all the asbestos insulation and leaded-gasoline smog contributing to the environmental pollution. In fact, with all the carcinogens floating around back then, how do we even know the link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer is legit?

    • @Kevin_2435
      @Kevin_2435 Рік тому +1

      @@ashleyhathaway8548 I think they've been able to actually do individual studies on lab mice that have never been exposed to other carcinogens using all of the individual components of tobacco. That's how we get those statements of "there are more than 7,000 chemicals in cigarettes, at least 250 are harmful and at least 70 of them cause cancer" in some of the anti-smoking PSAs.

  • @trixifield7925
    @trixifield7925 9 місяців тому

    As a kid, we holidayed in Cornwall and the farmer used to bring thick frothy creamy milk over to us in a bucket, still warm from the cow's udder.

  • @codfan2057
    @codfan2057 Рік тому +2

    Several marts near me sell kinder surprise eggs, but I don't think they know it's illegal. They're better than the kinder joy eggs.

    • @A_332doesrandomstuff
      @A_332doesrandomstuff Місяць тому

      For real kinder joy is meh meanwhile kinder suprise is better by a mile

  • @JamesAlexanderJack
    @JamesAlexanderJack Рік тому

    Sassafras oil is also a key ingredient in the production of MDMA. You somehow failed to mention that.