"When I arrived at Kenyan College in the fall of 1995 I discovered that I could eat lucky charms in the cafeteria whenever I wanted, and so for about two months I only ate lucky charms." Would be a great first sentence for a book.
"...cheesecake, baklava, strudel; these are disgusting desserts..." I don't know that I've ever heard a more hilariously incorrect statement in my life.
as an experiment my family left a grocery store Birthday Cake on a shelf for almost a year. With the exception of it getting hard it never molded.... We only eat homemade cake now. Many Blessings...SMR
Baklava is the best. So a porch is being built in our home and so a lot of construction workers are here all the time, and, they have breaks sometimes in which they eat, and a few days ago they left a half-full box of baklava when they left. Long story short my dad stole their baklava and we shamelessly ate it with tea.
If you don't like baklava then there is something wrong with you. I actually have never eaten a bear claw, which means I also prefer baklava to bear claws.
This is the second time I've done this. The Unusual Wills video I thought he was going to discuss unusual people named Will. This video I thought he was going to talk about dumb facts about deserts, not desserts.
When I was 11, I discovered I was insane. Also, screw you about cheesecake. I love cheesecake. Candy apples however are love. Nice crunchy sweet toffee over nice crunchy tart apple. Mmm. The soft confection we call "marshmallow" no longer contains the plant marshmallow, but it was originally invented as a palatable way of administering it.
In Belgium, a bearclaw (or bearpaw, depending on where you order it) is a deep-fried satay of sliced up meatball with onion in between. The nickname of a candied apple in Flemish is a "Mary's shit" and no, I don't have any idea either where that came from.
I am German and Strudel does not mean whirlpool. It means whirl like in a river. (edit: I am not going to delete this out of principal but realise that I am wrong on this.)
Mrdachs88 I was under the impression that a whirlpool was a cyclical disturbance in a river, lake or ocean that can pull a person or vessel down into the water, but what the fuck do i know?
I am one of the co founders of Staunton IL's original Tour de Donut. Yes, negative time now occurs on a regular basis. But don't just imagine it, come out in July and experience this awesome ride for yourself!
Re: vegetable-flavored Jell-o: In the 1960s, during a boom in home entertaining and party hosting, Jell-o molds and "terrines" became a thing. A terrine is essentially a molded loaf of ingredients, usually finely ground meat, vegetables, and other flavorings. They often incorporated gelatin as a binder, so Jell-o introduced a line of flavors that would match with this, or be used in "salads" which were essentially Jell-o with vegetables.
Aaaah, I went to the cupcake ATM in NYC! I didn't really care what other big landmarks and touristy places I saw, but I *had* to go to the cupcake ATM. Totally worth it.
Cheesecake is NOT disgusting! It has, in fact, been SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN that the smell and taste of cheesecake are PRECISELY IDENTICAL to that of VICTORY!
Speaking of Girl Scouts, my great grandfather made the first Girl Scout cookies with his dad. His dad was a baker and the first cookies were trefoils. My second cousins still have the cutter for the original shape of the cookies. They lived in Pennsylvania if you wondered.
I'm from Texas born and raised a pickledilly isn't a pickle flavored snow cone usually it's like a strawberry or cherry or any flavor u want with pickles on top or mixed in. Or maybe it's just a SOUTH TEXAS thing
But they are great love them 😍 I usually get a snow cone called a Diablito(little devil) it's shaved ice with chilly powder and lime juice then I add pickles on top!
Here's an interesting one. In Arkansas, it's legal to hunt with a machine gun so long as it's suppressed and you meet all ammunition requirements (most notably, no FMJs and any particular capacity laws).
RyuakiraX More than likely. I'm not actually from Arkansas, so I'm not 100% sure about their hunting laws, but from what I can tell tracers are illegal for hunting everywhere, and hollow points probably are, but I've never actually seen anything about hollow points specifically.
***** In Missouri, you must use an expanding bullet. So, that means no FMJ (or AP or tracer as those are FMJ style bullets), but hollowpoints, soft points, ballistic tips and unjacketed lead bullets are OK.
My French teacher told me that eclairs are called that because the bakery in which they were invented had a lightning bolt as sort of its logo. Eclairs were its signature dessert, so they put a little lighting bolt on them with white icing. I mean who knows if that's true,but it makes sense!
The third Sunday of every July is my family's reunion day. We all meet up in Oregon and play games and eat a ton of food. One year my parents and I taught everyone how to make a single sereving of ice cream in little plastic baggies. We ran out of ice though because it was too hot so only a handful of us actually got to make it. :/
Kind of along the lines of the pickle flavored snow cone, as a kid our home ec class sold pickles and would freeze the leftover juice into cubes. They were amazing on hot days
Pick-a-Dillies sound like pickle-cicles they used to sell at the skating rink when I was a kid. Frozen pickle juice in little paper cups for a quarter. By far their most popular item. Southerners love pickles I guess.
You guys should make a large 1080p picture of the wall with all its stuff. I don't know about you but I would definitely make that my desktop background.
Here is another fact. Danish pastry isn't actually Danish, it origins from Austria brought to Denmark in the 1800's by austrian bakers, then later brought to America by a Dane, therefore the name :)
I find it fascinating that vegetable desserts were tried in the US. The UK hasn't even attempted it as far as I know, and Japan readily embraces them. Tomato jelly (Jell-O) is pretty common, and I've seen savoury ice-cream and ice lollies (popsicles).
scarletfluerr Now that you mention it, I do remember hearing about aspics. I think we had them in the UK. But desserts, no. In Japan, though, they are definitely desserts. I forgot to mention the tomato, and sweetcorn, chocolate I found...
I went to Paris for my birthday and valentines day, and while I was there i ate a variety of things. I ate snails (escargots), frog legs, I super sized McDonald's, and yes, ate a small amount of gold.
If you want to eat gold on top of ice cream, you can just go to Kanazawa, Japan, and get soft-serve with gold leaf on top of it for only around $4. It's a much better deal, though I will tell you right now, the gold doesn't taste like anything.
I actually learnt something relevant for once. Had no idea that Fairly Floss was a brand name. That is just what everyone in Australia calls cotton candy.
"When I arrived at Kenyan College in the fall of 1995 I discovered that I could eat lucky charms in the cafeteria whenever I wanted, and so for about two months I only ate lucky charms." Would be a great first sentence for a book.
Wish I could like your comment more than once, and I do not say things like that very often!
Look out for John Green's newest book, "The Charms in Our Bowl", on shelves in December.
National ice cream day is celebrated on the third sundae every July. That's cool.
Nice pun.
3liony
I think it's an ice pun, too.
Pixelmaniac
You added the cherry on top to the sundae pun..
The wall reminds me of the iSpy books and it makes me happy.
The snake in your profile photo makes me happy.
"...cheesecake, baklava, strudel; these are disgusting desserts..."
I don't know that I've ever heard a more hilariously incorrect statement in my life.
Yep
3rd
There is no dessert that can rival the almighty baklava.
Agree. Baklava and Cheesecake (made without gelatine- I hate the texture) are my two favourite desserts in the world!
wyssmaster John green is by far my favorite mental floss host..
But calling cheesecake nasty just doesn't make sense to me.
I've been binge watching mental floss for a while now and I feel like I've learned so much and have forgotten so much more ☹️
Baklava, Strudel, and Cheesecake Disgusting? How dare you, sir!
All three of those are fucking awesome.
'MURICA :)
Vin Sad So John Green is now everyone in America?
50ftFrankenstein Have you watched the whole video? If not, please do and then revisit your comment.
Vin Sad I watched the whole video, wasn't paying my full attention, but I watched it. Did I miss something?
I read it Desert not Dessert and now demand desert facts!
John seems really tired. Or sick. Or both. Hang in there John.
I kept thinking, "Man, John just isn't into this episode", but not feeling well makes more sense.
Yea he seems to be missing that gusto and enthusiasm that he usually brings to each episode. Illness makes sense. Get better soon John
as an experiment my family left a grocery store Birthday Cake on a shelf for almost a year.
With the exception of it getting hard it never molded.... We only eat homemade cake now.
Many Blessings...SMR
I'm surprised bugs didn't get into it
Baklava is actually one of the most delicious desserts I have ever had John! Give it a try!
Baklava is the best.
So a porch is being built in our home and so a lot of construction workers are here all the time, and, they have breaks sometimes in which they eat, and a few days ago they left a half-full box of baklava when they left.
Long story short my dad stole their baklava and we shamelessly ate it with tea.
Hahaha shamelessly ate it, that's awesome. But for realsies, baklava is amazeballs.
I like baklava more than bear claws john, and im american.
YES! a person who like baklava!
If you don't like baklava then there is something wrong with you. I actually have never eaten a bear claw, which means I also prefer baklava to bear claws.
3liony Bear claws are too sweet in comparison.
unfabgirl From the Latin Ursas-Diabetus :)
Michael Pesavento I'm from Appalachia, you just spelled it the way we say it, so you know. Still, accurate.
Being German, I always thought Strudel had to do something with the (original) form of the dessert: Strudel = whirl
Yay for the libertage! Boo for dissing Baklava (the BEST DESSERT EVER (TM) )
Fcuk baklava. Cheesecake forever!
akimboDEEZ I can't believe John dissed cheese cake. Has he no taste buds???
Baklava for life!
***** hey now, just because he doesn't like what you like doesn't mean he doesn't have taste buds.
akimboDEEZ you can have my cheesecake, and I'll dispose of that delicious baklava for you. Deal?
Good thing I did discover something when I was 11.
I'm a wizzard.
Too bad you didn't learn how to spell wizard.
historymeg83 if you had to be able to spell what you were, there would be no more dyslexics
historymeg83 I learn magic, not spelling. Well, I guess I do learn spelling, but its much different then what you muggles learn.
Missy J That is odd. To become a wizard you have to stay a virgin until you are 30. So I am pretty sure someone over there Missy.
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Pickle Snow-cone sounds amazing. Of course I used to eat meals of just pickles also...
I rather have cheesecake (New York style) or baklava over any bearclaws.
This is the second time I've done this. The Unusual Wills video I thought he was going to discuss unusual people named Will. This video I thought he was going to talk about dumb facts about deserts, not desserts.
LMAO
When I was 11, I discovered I was insane.
Also, screw you about cheesecake. I love cheesecake. Candy apples however are love. Nice crunchy sweet toffee over nice crunchy tart apple. Mmm.
The soft confection we call "marshmallow" no longer contains the plant marshmallow, but it was originally invented as a palatable way of administering it.
If I'm not mistaken...the twinkie is still there..Local news covered it not too long ago.
You don't like cheesecake and that is not OK
But I forgive you because I love Paper Towns
I LOVE YOUR PROFILE PIC
JAPANNN MEHHH HUSBANDO
Good thing I discovered air. That's pretty important.
How dare you slander cheesecake.
In Belgium, a bearclaw (or bearpaw, depending on where you order it) is a deep-fried satay of sliced up meatball with onion in between.
The nickname of a candied apple in Flemish is a "Mary's shit" and no, I don't have any idea either where that came from.
Belgian bear-claws sound pretty damn tasty.
I live in Texas and they have "pickle" flavored everything here, pickle popcycles are a huge hit . . . its disgusting
NO IT'S A FINGER TRAP
I've got to keep my finger away from it.... XD
Pickle snow cone with pickle bits and chili powder is one of my favorite snow cones!
I misread this title as "29 Dumb Facts About Deserts." I was actually really excited, but now I don't think I will :(
You totally should've included the pavlova creation war between NZ and Australia, PS NZ wins...also I went to the cupcake atm in NYC, awesome =)
Jessy Lou ren, no, Australia wins 😁
Took me till fact two to realise in not watching a video on Dry rainless areas.
+slippytiger same but down to my dyslexia
acidboy1901 so exactly the same then
"Hi, I'm John Green. Welcome to my Solange."
I am German and Strudel does not mean whirlpool. It means whirl like in a river.
(edit: I am not going to delete this out of principal but realise that I am wrong on this.)
There isn't much of a difference.
A whirlpool is the kinda thing you bathe in, you don't bathe in a "strudel" at least not for very long.
Mrdachs88 I was under the impression that a whirlpool was a cyclical disturbance in a river, lake or ocean that can pull a person or vessel down into the water, but what the fuck do i know?
Also known as a whirlpool?
My bad, guess I learned something.
A fresh warm apple strudel with vanilla ice cream is as close to heaven as you can get...
The pie town joke got me so tickled I couldn't breathe for a bit
I am one of the co founders of Staunton IL's original Tour de Donut. Yes, negative time now occurs on a regular basis. But don't just imagine it, come out in July and experience this awesome ride for yourself!
Re: vegetable-flavored Jell-o:
In the 1960s, during a boom in home entertaining and party hosting, Jell-o molds and "terrines" became a thing. A terrine is essentially a molded loaf of ingredients, usually finely ground meat, vegetables, and other flavorings. They often incorporated gelatin as a binder, so Jell-o introduced a line of flavors that would match with this, or be used in "salads" which were essentially Jell-o with vegetables.
Aaaah, I went to the cupcake ATM in NYC! I didn't really care what other big landmarks and touristy places I saw, but I *had* to go to the cupcake ATM. Totally worth it.
Cheesecake is NOT disgusting! It has, in fact, been SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN that the smell and taste of cheesecake are PRECISELY IDENTICAL to that of VICTORY!
6:37 you mean the BEST superpower
"Don't forget to watch Blossom" … Nice.
"And on the topic of people your dad likes..." That was great. For me that's very true.
Where does the sound of my stomach growling come from?
"Cheesecake is a disgusting dessert" What the hell is wrong with you? It's the best dessert there is!
I have been subbed to Mental Floss since the intro video....I only just found out John wrote Fault In Our Stars. Mind=blown
Speaking of Girl Scouts, my great grandfather made the first Girl Scout cookies with his dad. His dad was a baker and the first cookies were trefoils. My second cousins still have the cutter for the original shape of the cookies. They lived in Pennsylvania if you wondered.
They lived in Illinois sweetie. Frank and Robert Wilson were their names. :)
I loved the finger trap bit.
Cheesecake IS delicious! You need to focus on the creamyness and the AWESOME crust. 🍰
I'm from Texas born and raised a pickledilly isn't a pickle flavored snow cone usually it's like a strawberry or cherry or any flavor u want with pickles on top or mixed in. Or maybe it's just a SOUTH TEXAS thing
But they are great love them 😍 I usually get a snow cone called a Diablito(little devil) it's shaved ice with chilly powder and lime juice then I add pickles on top!
I don't know why, but the Chocolate eclair part was so funny.
Can you do a facts about Hunting? Where I live at, the Hunting season for Deer (firearms) is November 15th. I would wonder how that would be.
Here's an interesting one. In Arkansas, it's legal to hunt with a machine gun so long as it's suppressed and you meet all ammunition requirements (most notably, no FMJs and any particular capacity laws).
***** I guess no hollow point ammunition or tracers either?
I believe also, you can kill certain birds of prey only if they are a threat to your livestock. I am not 100% but I think that is true.
RyuakiraX
More than likely. I'm not actually from Arkansas, so I'm not 100% sure about their hunting laws, but from what I can tell tracers are illegal for hunting everywhere, and hollow points probably are, but I've never actually seen anything about hollow points specifically.
*****
In Missouri, you must use an expanding bullet. So, that means no FMJ (or AP or tracer as those are FMJ style bullets), but hollowpoints, soft points, ballistic tips and unjacketed lead bullets are OK.
My French teacher told me that eclairs are called that because the bakery in which they were invented had a lightning bolt as sort of its logo. Eclairs were its signature dessert, so they put a little lighting bolt on them with white icing. I mean who knows if that's true,but it makes sense!
I'm from Texas and I can confirm that Pick-A-Dillys are the best thing in existence
The third Sunday of every July is my family's reunion day. We all meet up in Oregon and play games and eat a ton of food. One year my parents and I taught everyone how to make a single sereving of ice cream in little plastic baggies. We ran out of ice though because it was too hot so only a handful of us actually got to make it. :/
I had the same shirt your wearing in 1991 love it
"Our Pain, Their Profit" *cough* *cough* Comcast *cough* *cough*
Kind of along the lines of the pickle flavored snow cone, as a kid our home ec class sold pickles and would freeze the leftover juice into cubes. They were amazing on hot days
Their recommended for long distance runners.
6:38 I don't know about you, but I think that's the best super power ever!
Staunton, IL, my hometown! Bring on the donuts, baby! 😛
The dentist thing is totally true, my friend's dad is a dentist and today we were talking about the effect of halloween on dentistry :)
Nice video, always great Jon!
"Is it a trifle or a meringue?"
"You're wrang it's an éclair."
My question: What instruments are used in the intro for the show?
It could possibly be a Theramin? ....Or one of those whistles that come in lollipops...
Probably a synthesizer.
I totally gotta make my own Wilson hes so chill sittin behind ya. LOL
Many people choose not to have this kind of meal. They DESSERT it.
Pick-a-Dillies sound like pickle-cicles they used to sell at the skating rink when I was a kid. Frozen pickle juice in little paper cups for a quarter. By far their most popular item. Southerners love pickles I guess.
I've had a pickle snow cone. It was surprisingly good.
You guys should make a large 1080p picture of the wall with all its stuff. I don't know about you but I would definitely make that my desktop background.
Cheesecake...is...not...disgusting!
Here is another fact.
Danish pastry isn't actually Danish, it origins from Austria brought to Denmark in the 1800's by austrian bakers, then later brought to America by a Dane, therefore the name :)
I totally thought I was about to watch a video about the Desert!!
Too Dry:)
I go to the sprinkles cupcake shop (located in beverly hills) maybe 3 times a year and I always use the ATM and its SO COOL!
I CANNOT Keep up with this guy. Fastest talker on earth!
And he's sick in this episode!
You think he's bad? Try his brother Hank for size.
"Hey everybody, it's Chuggaaconroy!"
LOL
STAY AWAY FROM ZERO PUNCTUATION
Pie town is awesome. Had a great time there at a party on mushrooms once.
Cannoli. Just hearing the word makes me drool all over my laptop.
I hope that your throat gets better soon John.
John: STRUDEL or Štrudelj in Slovenian is NOT DISGUSTING!
best wishes, Central European people
In Japan Eel Sushi is a dessert. The more eels the sweeter! (Seriously though, the stuff is delicious.)
ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!!!!!!!!! WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP!
Baklava is the best desert there is!
So good
I absolutely love pistachio baklava.... That beats walnuts any day
Chocolate baklava! :)
No, cheesecake!
Yes! Someone else agrees with me!
John, if you're sick, you can take a day off and take care of yourself. We will understand. Not sure if Meredith would, though. ;)
John: if you haven't invented anything by the time you're 11, you're doomed
Me: that explains everything!!!
I've totally participated in the tour de donut!! It was nauseatingly fun.
I find it fascinating that vegetable desserts were tried in the US. The UK hasn't even attempted it as far as I know, and Japan readily embraces them. Tomato jelly (Jell-O) is pretty common, and I've seen savoury ice-cream and ice lollies (popsicles).
They were not ment for dessert but for aspics and salads.
scarletfluerr Now that you mention it, I do remember hearing about aspics. I think we had them in the UK. But desserts, no. In Japan, though, they are definitely desserts. I forgot to mention the tomato, and sweetcorn, chocolate I found...
Oh my Gandhi! It's John Green!
Next week's video: "34 Things John Green May Be Sick With".....kidding, it's good to see you still doing these videos
I love Baklavas! Cheesecakes are on my yum list, too.
Apparently "éclair" was called like that because you can eat it very quickly ("as fast as lightning") :)
Did... Did I just hear that right? "cheesecake is disgusting." John... I have lost faith in you.
I knew fact number 20 because in fourth grade I choose Ruth Wakefield as my favorite inventor. She did invent the chocolate chip cookie
I agree with your dental theory. My dentist's office offers milkshakes and cookies after your cleaning.
I went to Paris for my birthday and valentines day, and while I was there i ate a variety of things. I ate snails (escargots), frog legs, I super sized McDonald's, and yes, ate a small amount of gold.
If you want to eat gold on top of ice cream, you can just go to Kanazawa, Japan, and get soft-serve with gold leaf on top of it for only around $4. It's a much better deal, though I will tell you right now, the gold doesn't taste like anything.
But the plane ticket will run you around $3000.00 so Yeah!
I guess it depends on where you live to begin with.
Mr. Green. I am really interested in duplicating your shelving unit, is it possible to get the basic wood sizes used? Please and Thank You. :)
Btw, candy apple is called "Maçã do amor" here in Brazil, which also means apple of love, so the French aren't alone on that one.
Cheesecake is delicious. First time I've ever disagreed with MentalFloss!
Here in Brazil it is also called "apple of love" (maça do amor)
1:31
So I guess you can say that Banana Splits have a split origin story.
I actually learnt something relevant for once. Had no idea that Fairly Floss was a brand name. That is just what everyone in Australia calls cotton candy.
JCL sells baklava every year to raise money for convention and it is SO GOOD
Did you seriously call cheesecake disgusting????