Food History: Nachos

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The History of Nachos is the topic for our second episode of Food History.
Food History is a new series from Mental Floss where we dive deep into the culinary stories that lead to the food on our plates. If you have an idea for a dish, cooking technique, or cuisine that you’d like us to explore in a future episode, tell us in the comments.
Nachos are a deliciously cheesy contradiction. They were invented in Mexico, by a Mexican, but they’re not exactly Mexican food. Some of the food science that makes them possible has been around for thousands of years, but one of the most ubiquitous nacho ingredients has only been available since a development in the 1970s.
Like a good dad joke, nachos are corny yet oddly comforting. This episode of Food History dives into the historical, scientific, and culinary journey that gave us this bar food favorite. You’ll learn why one group of researchers looked to corn to explain the rise of vampire myths, and how Na3C6H507 gave us the nacho cheese you’ll find at bowling alleys and ballgames.
See our previous episode about the history of mashed potatoes here: • Food History: Mashed P...
And read more about nachos in our article, 15 Delicious Facts for National Nacho Day: www.mentalfloss.com/article/5...
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@CaptainPIanet 4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see a episode on eggs. And maybe more broadly, the generalized version of an American breakfast.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

As a devout breakfast lover, I'm extremely in favor of this, but I do wonder with something as elemental as eggs: how far you can go into history before you just have to say "and before that, one day some guy decided to eat an egg, I guess?"

@chanceDdog2009 4 жыл бұрын

Check out Townsends . That Chanle has a video on American breakfast . Especially with eggs and a quarter pound of butter.

@chanceDdog2009 4 жыл бұрын

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@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

@@chanceDdog2009 Super cool channel! I hadn't heard of it until another viewer tipped us off to it on our last ep, but lots of interesting stuff there.

@BobCollinsSTEPcoach 4 жыл бұрын

If you go back far enough into the history of eggs, do you not approach the question of which came first?

@doddjustin 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite part of this video is the floating jalapeño on the bookshelf.

@svt80221 3 жыл бұрын

my favorite is how accurately he described baseball.

@Zeyev 4 жыл бұрын

My first plate of nachos was a la frontera, in either Laredo or Nuevo Laredo. It was in the early 70s. Thanks for reminding me how good they were. The added bonus of what makes cheese runny made this geek even happier.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and for sharing the memory! Now I'm trying to think of what foods I've eaten that have been around less than 30 years...

@Earendilgrey 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to see one of these on lobster and how it went from poor food to a luxury staple

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

This is definitely on our list! I believe I read somewhere that prisoners in New York (perhaps?) once made demands to the prison that included a limit on how often they could be served lobster.

@Earendilgrey 4 жыл бұрын

@@MentalFloss Yeah, it is said that there was a law in Maine that lobster could not be fed to prisoners more than twice a week because it was inhumane to the prisoners. though some people debate that was really a thing.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

@timisaverage Oo I hadn't heard that one. Although tbh, it kinda makes sense, based on visuals alone.

@eventingkate1339 4 жыл бұрын

Why is the term “pudding” used so differently in North America vs the UK?

@djMacMahon 4 жыл бұрын

EventingKate wait til you see their biscuits!

@eventingkate1339 4 жыл бұрын

Danny oh no, the brits get biscuits right- Americans/Canadians lack any differentiation between biscuits and cookies, but there is a difference!

@Suite_annamite 4 жыл бұрын

*Both ironically have the same logic and origin, but just interpreted differently!* Because "pudding" is cognate with the *French "boudin"* , which means *"curdled blood"* as well as the sausage products made from it. And I guess you could argue that both dessert pudding or any food that's dried up into cake form looks like its sanguine equivalent.

@ForestsGuardian 4 жыл бұрын

Cookie, Biscuit, chips, crisps... How did these wind up with such different foods names on opposite sides of the Atlantic?

@ubserrano8180 2 жыл бұрын

7:13 "Doritos" is a trademark name, the word in spanish would be "doraditos", close enough. In Mexican cuisine "dorar" (to make golden) is refered as frying, due to masa going from a pale yellow before cook to ocre and shiny (from the oil). The term ended up being used as a synonym for frying regardless masa is involved or not. In Mexico "dorar" is even used as synonym for skin sun burn and tanning.

@crypticon9246 9 ай бұрын

@frankalbe8996 4 жыл бұрын

The person behind Ramen noodles. It's a great read.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

We had a meeting on future episode topics today. All I can say is stay tuned!

@andreadefries483 4 жыл бұрын

Haha i like this guy!!!

@edkeaton7242 2 жыл бұрын

I dig this guy's Hawaiian shirt. I need one in that color. He should do a history of the Hawaiian plate lunch and the history of the Garbage plate.

@tacobor 4 жыл бұрын

Very well done. It reminded me of the season 10 episode 14 of Good Eats called Tortilla Again. The follow-up to season 10 episode 1 called Tort(illa) Reform. In that episode he not only goes into the history of Nachos but also shows how to make nachos by making and frying your own tortillas through to the finished product. In Alton's words "You patience will be rewarded."

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Aw now you're making me miss Good Eats. Wasn't there supposed to be a reboot?

@tacobor 4 жыл бұрын

@@MentalFloss Season 2 is being filmed as we speak. It's called Good Eats: The Return.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

@@tacobor Nice! I remember being really inspired by Alton-both his geekiness and his DIY spirit. I believe he wrote, directed, and camera operated some of the segments from the first iteration of the show. Strangely, he's a bit like Anthony Bourdain, for me-I've so fully adopted some of his worldview (like his disdain for "unitaskers") that I forget where I even heard it first.

@bbradleyjoness 4 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a quickie episode on "weird" foods around the world.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting. What, in your estimation, would qualify as a "weird" food?

@bbradleyjoness 4 жыл бұрын

Mental Floss I don’t know if “weird” is the word we want, but just different to different cultures. That crazy smelly fish or dog? To each their own but it’s interesting to see what others like around the world.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

@@bbradleyjoness Hmm yeah, that's something we run into whenever we do a "weird clubs" or "bizarre xyz's" list for The List Show. It's hard for it to not feel judgmental, but "37 Subjectively Unusual But Fascinating _____'s" doesn't have quite the same ring. I think I read Andrew Zimmern, the host of Bizarre Foods, had a bit of a crisis of conscience about this very topic. Maybe there's an angle that's about foods that are only eaten in specific parts of the world...

@bbradleyjoness 4 жыл бұрын

Mental Floss i agree. well if anyone can figure it out, I know you guys can. 😉

@blackcitroenlove 2 жыл бұрын

I'm Eastern Cherokee, we use wood ashes to process the corn into dough. We make bean bread, which looks a lot like tamales. It's really easy to do with dried corn, you can just cook it on the stove along as the pot is ceramic coated.

@ireneohare3718 4 жыл бұрын

love this new series

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thanks! We're having a lot of fun making it.

@sexysophie4426 2 жыл бұрын

Omg yes !!! You totally fed my curiosity thank you 😜💞

@Sayyten 2 жыл бұрын

My bf and I were trying to find origins or "Queso" and nacho cheese and sure enough you have a video. Thanks! Haha

@davidjones6296 4 жыл бұрын

Love this! Well done Justin!. Add some pickled Jalapenos and a cold Mexican beer...DONE!

@beckly321 4 жыл бұрын

This was incredibly enjoyable!

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Aw, thank you! It really means a lot to hear positive feedback like this.

@JuanGonzalez-xy6cy Жыл бұрын

So enjoyed this thanks watched it twice and not on the same day

@deliasmom6059 4 жыл бұрын

Okay my seven year old asked “ how come different foods have different tastes?”

@kujmous 4 жыл бұрын

DON'T TOUCH MY LUNCH!!!! they're nachos

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Might have to do an entire episode on the history of food puns...

@AndrewPonti 4 жыл бұрын

I believe it goes "What type of cheese is NOT yours?" :D

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

@@SimonWoodburyForget Alright, enough yolking around.

@smithnstitch4864 4 жыл бұрын

I mean, an episode on chocolate needs to happen, but my question is WHY CAN"T FRESH CHOCOLATE BE A THING? We are so used to just getting dried cooking chocolate bars or melting pellets. Why can't we buy cocoa beans or some other fresh option?

@thorgot911 4 жыл бұрын

Be careful of the wrath of KZfaq. That image on his shirt looks a little too erect.

@bla2220 4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see the history of BBQ. And explain the difference between grilling and barbecue.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Barbecue is *definitely* on our list, but it's a bit intimidating given how passionate people are about their barbecue. But I'd love to get into the regional differences in the United States and how they came to be.

@bla2220 4 жыл бұрын

@@MentalFloss My issue is not only the history of barbecue. But people think that grilling is the same as barbecue.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

@@bla2220 Hmm what country are you in? I feel like here in the US, people will "have a barbecue" and then grill, but it's pretty well understood if you are "eating barbecue" it's food (usually meat) that's been slow-cooked with smoke. (Though, to be fair, my life and those of my friends/family revolve around food to an inordinate degree-maybe we're not a representative sample.)

@skydiaz8151 4 жыл бұрын

History of Taro would be interesting.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

For sure. Until 5 seconds ago, when I googled it, I thought it was only eaten in Hawaii. 😶

@pennyfarting 4 жыл бұрын

I want a three-parter on chicken and waffles. One part on the history of waffles, specifically on how, when and where they made their way from western Europe to the US and how they went from being a dessert to a breakfast item, then another on the history of American-style fried chicken (which notably is traced to colonial Maryland as opposed to the South, where it had a very different flavor profile), and then a finale where you go into detail on how both components eventually found their way to 1920's Harlem, where they were allegedly first put together.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Oo nice. We're actually editing a chicken and waffles video for our Facebook page right now (not the history, just a cooking how-to). But this sounds like an awesome idea for an episode.

@KonpeitoParfait 4 жыл бұрын

they're mine! not-cho's!

@infoscholar5221 2 жыл бұрын

Good video, I like the deep dive. I'd like to see your take on offal meats in diets around the world, attitudes and class consumption, etc.

@hayleyrose97 4 жыл бұрын

I love this series! Can you do an episode on bread?

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Any ideas to narrow down the focus some? We definitely wanna do something in the world of bread, but I fear if we tackle all of "bread" it will be a 2-hour episode...

@yaretziexists1733 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve got a suggestion! You guys could do Arroz Con Leche, or Flan

@MH_Binky 4 жыл бұрын

The french for corn is blé, which I find oddly appropriate considering the Vampires thing.

@MH_Binky 4 жыл бұрын

On that note, was the unicorn saying "I want to suck your blood" or "I want to shuck your blé"?

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

@@MH_Binky Haha nice! It was "I want to shuck your blood." But from now on I'm telling people it was "I want to shuck your blé."

@phosphorus4 4 жыл бұрын

Maïs also means corn… …and blé also means wheat…or just grain…

@arimoskowitz5656 3 жыл бұрын

I want to see an episode about the history and sustainability of eating Guinea Pig in Peru! Quick to raise and lots of meat, but there is such an American/Western aversion to the 'cute' animals.

@MentalFloss 3 жыл бұрын

Cuy! I've heard it tastes good, but that you don't get a whole lot of meat. It might be a bit niche for a whole video, but maybe we could do an episode on foods that are mostly eaten in one particular place/community...Thanks for the suggestion!

@doing_aok 4 жыл бұрын

What a cool series/video!! Love to know how tomatoes became such a staple in European cuisine despite being a new world food. Or why some ethnic/cultural food is popular in American while others aren’t ie Italian, Chinese, Mexican vs German, Russian, African

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching/commenting! And oo, both good topics. That second one could get a bit thorny, but it'd definitely be interesting...

@macnutz4206 4 жыл бұрын

Nixtamalization turns boring corn meal into to heavenly grits. :):) As an experiment I made tamale pie using grits in a manner similar to using masa. It worked. Not perfect, but it worked. It held together as well as masa. Nixtamalization, that's a great word for the day.

@filibertomontoya2131 4 жыл бұрын

The Frito-Lay vice president said that "Doritos" means "little bits of gold" in Spanish, but that is not quite right. The diminutive of "dorado" (golden) is "doradito" and the diminutive of "oro" (gold) is "orito". In the first case Dorito is missing "ad" and in the second case it is missing the D.

@biancabrooks280 4 жыл бұрын

FILIBERTO MONTOYA i always thought they were called Doritos because they were hard and crunchy. Duro means hard.

@dannyboio37 3 жыл бұрын

Education plus hot bear, best channel ever!

@orangebpumpkin5676 4 жыл бұрын

We have nacho night. My kids love me lol

@johnwiltse7869 4 жыл бұрын

do the Mexican food classic, Caesar Salad

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there. 😉

@withintheshyness 4 жыл бұрын

Do an episode on Mac'n Cheese, or Pizza!

@TheRealChibby 4 жыл бұрын

I'd be really curious to see a video on the history of potted meats. I know Spam gets a lot of attention for its connection to US war efforts and meme status, but what about similar but earlier or even primitive methods of meat preservation? What are the intermediate links between meat right of bone and meat straight from the can?

@despacito377 3 ай бұрын

I was born and raised in that beautiful city We even have a nacho festival

@LaurentBerder 4 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered about the story of the first time people decided to eat molted milk and called it cheese.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Haha! The true innovator wasn't the person who ate it, it was the one who said "No, yeah. This is totally normal. It's called...cheese?" (but, ya know, presumably in Polish or French or something).

@michaelterry7631 2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@gc6096 3 жыл бұрын

It's good to back here again who thought I came back because I was curious about the history of nachos lol

@SuperSecretSquirell 4 жыл бұрын

History of the best food EVER.....BACON!

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

We definitely want to do bacon because...ya know, bacon. But there's so much bacon content on the Internet already-we wanna make sure we have an interesting angle on it.

@phosphorus4 4 жыл бұрын

"Today's is ESPECIALly delicious."

@ScotttheCyborg 3 ай бұрын

The best friend of the guy who discovered civet cat coffee was clearly amazingly tolerant. "Dude, I want some coffee, but they're all sold out!" "Hey, try this, I found some coffee beans." "Dayam! This is pretty good, where did you find it?" "Oh, I found some coffee beans in a pile of cat shit and figured they were worth something..." And his friend DIDN'T kill him for having him drink cat shit.

@connorpiziali8494 4 жыл бұрын

Can I get a history of milkshakes at some point

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

And perhaps some science about why I could drink an entire milkshake as a 12-year-old and not feel a thing, and now two sips tears apart my insides.

@BrokebackBob 2 жыл бұрын

You are the world's most huggable, cuddly, best-dressed host!

@RicosProducts 4 жыл бұрын

That's nachos cheese!

@jfdd43 4 жыл бұрын

Alfredo has an awesome history... most people make it horribly wrong! Hint: no cream is in traditional Alfredo!

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

I *think* Marcella Hazan gets into this in her indispensable "Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking."

@Alverant 4 жыл бұрын

I think you should do an episode on salt.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Salt is definitely on the list. I think we're going to combine it with a few other things (as one does with salt).

@revken70 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! How about the august history of Pickles?

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And pickles are somewhere on our list (although that list keeps growing...)!

@omarmendoza7150 2 ай бұрын

I was born in piedras negras!! My dad worked in the restaurant where it was invented.

@mitchkusek 4 жыл бұрын

Oh. My. God. Move the lighting so we don't get the reflection off his glasses.

@lilluvlyan9el 4 жыл бұрын

Not only the formula spells NaCHO, but it has 365 (days) and 7 (days/week)!

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Very thoughtful to insert the recommended yearly servings right in the formula (although I guess this year I'll have to figure out one day to abstain...)

@abelmantor7557 4 жыл бұрын

Tortilla chips topped with melted cheese , beef , & hot peppers are my type of nachos 😋

@Aanike09 4 жыл бұрын

Would love to see origin of different cake flavours and their names (red velvet, black forest etc. [I know these 2 but would love to see others])

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Red velvet was already high up on our list, but it'd be fun to do a digression on other cake names-thanks for the suggestion!

@Luuute 4 жыл бұрын

Idk what I was expecting but Im somehow disappointed its not Hank or John telling me this

@dwsh1 2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see an episode on Chocolate Flavor Drink Mix, please/thank you.

@juliennepdy 4 жыл бұрын

So, totally left field suggestion, but how about an episode on macarons? My sisters and I have been making a lot of meringue based recipes, twice out of quarantine boredom and once because Mother's Day.

@MeekoSan 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Hey, are you Tim Dodd’s brother?

@fnjesusfreak 4 жыл бұрын

My version of nachos is topped with spiced taco meat (usually beef but sometimes pork or turkey), shredded cheese (cheddar, colby and/or jack usually), diced tomatoes, sliced jalapeño peppers and chopped scallions, then taco sauce, and thrown in the oven at 450F for 10 minutes. Sometimes I'll use sour cream or refried beans but those are ingredients I can take or leave.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Nice. Pretty much my recipe, too, although I leave out the scallions, and sadly as I've gotten older sour cream has become mandatory (which my stomach does not appreciate). I sometimes do a more Mexican version w/ home-made salsa verde and chorizo, but there's something about ground meat seasoned with a package of flavor dust that is impossible to beat when that's what you're craving.

@biancabrooks280 4 жыл бұрын

Now I want a video on POWDERED cheese.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! I feel like there's a whole episode about "flavor dust," from Doritos to mac n' cheese.

@pectiwita 4 жыл бұрын

Can we get a beer/mead video? Or have I just missed it? Also BEES- food plethora is a thing

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

No beer video yet, but there will definitely be something on fermentation/distillation/alcoholic beverages in the future. Too much fun history and science to ignore!

@Kevin-lj5pq 2 жыл бұрын

2:18 😂

@chanceDdog2009 4 жыл бұрын

Monterey Jack was first known as a queso de rancho. Promptly stolen by a guy named Jack

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

😮Wish we had included this in the video! (Although from my quick searching, it seems like it was a David Jacks-formerly David Jack-and the cheeses he borrowed/stole from were known as queso de pais or queso blanco.)

@davidbrothers2765 4 жыл бұрын

Nachos,steamy!

@Sam-ko4sf 4 жыл бұрын

Bananas would be great, they have an interesting history

@Khristafer 4 жыл бұрын

I'm always baffled by the origin story of nachos. Like, no one else thinks chilaquiles might have been a part of this? It seems make more sense than this very specific lore filled story.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

I think chilaquiles definitely have to factor in somehow, which is why we wanted to mention them (also, just b/c they're really really good and should be on more menus stateside). But I do think nachos have enough unique factors (a melty American-made cheese, a lack of Mexican-style salsa that creates the textural variety found in chilaquiles, and the name "Nachos" itself) to justify their own place in the [food] history books.

@cesarvarela231 3 ай бұрын

@@MentalFlossbro, nachos were creaated in mexico, then is mexican, ignacio put chesse on tortillas in piedras negras, is México. Here in México, children eat nachos at school everyday, sadly, but true. Not because you have pizza hut or pizza dominos, means that pizza were not italian

@leumas75 4 жыл бұрын

So, while not pertaining to a specific food, I’d love to see a video explaining why so many American food icons were introduced at the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Oo like what?

@leumas75 4 жыл бұрын

Mental Floss Here are the ones that come to mind: hotdogs, hamburgers, club sandwiches, peanut butter, cotton candy, ice cream cones.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Stephen Miles 😮😮😮. Definitely looking into this!

@_warren6659 4 жыл бұрын

do history of Franks and beans!!!

@majorkonfuzion1007 4 жыл бұрын

fun fact : in mexico people named Ignacio, are sometimes called Nacho.

@alfajorcin 4 жыл бұрын

In mexico lol thats all spanish

@majorkonfuzion1007 4 жыл бұрын

@@alfajorcin ARIGATO!!!

@SilverKnucker 4 жыл бұрын

How about the history of Soda?

@killercaos123 4 жыл бұрын

Plz do pizza I just had pizza, so it’s on my mind, but it’s also a really unique and special dish know world wide from rich to poor

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Pizza is definitely somewhere on the list. There's actually a museum of pizza in NYC that would be fun to check out.

@_miguelixer 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if I'm related to Mr. Anaya haha... Imagine being related to the creator of Nachos.

@mndrew1 4 жыл бұрын

Question I'd like to see addressed: Sheppard's pie vs. Cottage pie. Know-it-all's always sneer and say you can't call anything Sheppard's pie unless it's made with Sheep-meat. Sane people ignore them. What does history show?

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

I'm curious where you're from. As a (no-doubt ignorant) American, I don't think I've ever heard of cottage pie.

@fascistanarchist 4 жыл бұрын

DAD'S EYEGLASSES? CHECK. HAWAIIAN SHIRT OF A CHICK RIDING A SURFBOARD DONG? CHECK. ROBIN WILLIAMS LEVEL OF CHEST & ARM HAIR?? DOUBLE CHECK. Yeah, definitely not hungry now.

@in4theaction 4 жыл бұрын

Where did flavor dust come from like what sticks to your fingers on Doritos?

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

I just assumed that was flavor dust fairies?

@goblinslayer6691 3 жыл бұрын

Nice Nick names LOL

@Mapachin123 4 жыл бұрын

Ice Cream epsiode 🍦🍦🍦

@Zeldaschampion 4 жыл бұрын

Now that Krystal's Hamburgers is going bankrupt, I wonder if they will do an episode on sliders.

@ScotttheCyborg 3 ай бұрын

So, a key ingredient in modern nachos has a chemical formula that spells NaCHO...

@Mcwollybob 4 жыл бұрын

My question that I never found an answer to: Why are soft cookies considered American? My Finnish friend calls soft cookies "American cookies" and during my time in England I found that soft cookies were associated with America. Why is that? Are soft cookies an American thing? Are they considered American in other countries?

@route2070 4 жыл бұрын

While yes, a couple of minutes may go by in baseball without anything happening, but you never know which few minutes since something major could happen at anytime.

@alexlogan202 7 ай бұрын

Banana peppers and dark chocolate in mashed potatoes

@moonspell6759 4 жыл бұрын

do a video on offal.

@sweeshaman Жыл бұрын

beavis and buttheads favorite youtube video

@maryedunkin9839 4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to know why SMALL sandwiches are named SLIDERS & why are GRINDERS called GRINDERS.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Oo. And why are grinders known as heroes, subs, wedges, etc. depending on where you are? Could be something fun there...

@GourmetBurrito 4 жыл бұрын

Bread. Like did some caveman accidentally beat some grass to a powder and throw it in a fire? Did peeps just preheat the flame to 400 degrees or how'd that work?

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Lol @ "preheat the flame to 400 degrees." We're gonna try to hit bread in a somewhat-complicated episode we're planning on. It won't be for at least a few months, though.

@MemphiStig 4 жыл бұрын

the chemical formula for sodium citrate makes me doubt the whole origin story on the other hand, language was just an invention of our extraterrestrial "creator-gods" so everything's basically artificial anyway and they could have just implanted the name "nacho" into that guy's brain knowing what would happen when he combined chips and cheese and jalapenos (they're clever, those ET's)

@baritonetenor 4 жыл бұрын

Which country do you think has the strongest claim for having created French Fries?

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Oo this might go beyond "question at the end of an episode" territory right into "full video" land.

@baritonetenor 4 жыл бұрын

@@MentalFloss A video I would love to watch

@donovankriasol 2 жыл бұрын

Nachos!!!

@1980worldman 4 жыл бұрын

kung pao chicken!

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

George likes his chicken spicy!

@R_P_G_1 3 жыл бұрын

Correct me if I'm wrong but is that Taco Bell 3 layer nachos...

@MentalFloss 3 жыл бұрын

Haha good eye!

@AtrumNoxProductions 4 жыл бұрын

What about the history of the Danish aebleskiver?

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

I had to Google to know what you were talking about, but those are SO GOOD.

@EddieMaine 4 жыл бұрын

Surprised you didn't mention that nacho cheese doritos were first invented and sold in Disneyland.

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

What?! If I had known that information I definitely would've included it.

@thedoomslayer4327 4 жыл бұрын

can you do one on falafel ?

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

Oo great suggestion. Adding it to our list now!

@thedoomslayer4327 4 жыл бұрын

@@MentalFloss can't wait for the next episode you're doing an amazing job

@MentalFloss 4 жыл бұрын

@@thedoomslayer4327 Thanks! Really appreciate the kind words. It's always tricky to introduce new formats/topics, but we're having a lot of fun with this one.