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.
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.
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
@@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....
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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
It's nearly every old middle class & esp. big brand (often family driven) here in Germany across all lines of businesses (Cars, Banks, Foods, Steel, Pharma, Chemicals, etc.) that have this "interesting stuff" in their history. Unfortunately they've mostly avoided or at least failed to come clean with their past and how they became and are still million / billion dollar empires. That's why there's usually some strange gap in their official history between 1933-1945...
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
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.
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.
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 🤡
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.
In Europe, they ban American products with chemicals linked to cancer. In America, we ban European products due to bureaucracy or being too unprocessed.
@@OmniSlayer-Europe has banned several foods and chemical ingredients in foods that the US sells and uses despite known health risks they pose. Why does the EU ban them while the US allows them? In the EU, the government foots the bill for health care through a small taxation that is a small fraction of what Americans pay for health care. European Universal Healthcare covers all medical costs, so the EU makes sure their residents are healthier. In the US, you have insurance companies that will happily pocket your money, and profit greatly from it, while you bankrupt yourself over medical bills, or die for fear of bankruptcy. Americans see Healthcare costs as something they have to deal with individually, and the costs are high as health care has become a business industry. America can thank their corrupt politicians, lobbyists who lack a conscious, and greedy corporations. None of them care about us or our health, they only want to pad their pockets with our money.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.!!
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 🤬
You have no idea if anyone got sick from your farm’s raw milk. I followed up on many outbreaks caused by raw milk, including Brucellosis abortis. It’s stupid to drink raw milk as the “enzymes” so many psuedoscientists say are good for you ONLY help calves not humans. It only tastes creamier because it’s not homogenized and you drink giant globs of milk fat.
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.
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?
@@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.
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.
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
Sassafras is sol in grocery stores and tea shops and makes a Delicious tea. It is also grown in the USA and is the main ingredient in Sarsaparilla soda
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.
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.
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.
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....
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.
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. 😏
Meat industry is disgusting everywhere. Between chickens with cut beak, pigs raised in cages where they can’t move and watch their piglets die on the floor no one has the moral high ground here
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.
There are many artisan cheeses (usually French) made with unpasteurised milk and throughout Britain and Europe you can buy them in supermarkets but they're not recommended for pregnant women and babies
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.
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)
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.
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.
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
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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]!
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)
The sturgeon are also grown on farms in the US, shark fishing, dogfish to be exact is a thing, it's well regulated and finning is a crime, but neither haggis nor kinder surprise has ever killed a person unless they were obese or stupid, Now pasteurized milk saves lives ok, yes in older times drinking fresh milk was ok, but we don't have the digestive system or bacteria our ancestors had, and for kids its dangerous, The bird is to cute to eat, as for the cheese its a matter of taste
US: Don't drink that milk, its not good for you! Also US: Have you're 1500 calorie McDonalds breakfast with an XL Coke on your way to Dunkin Donuts. Also have all of the drinks and candies with cancer causing additives and dyes.
one thing only somewhat indirectly mentioned - sassafras (in particular safrole) is also used by, uhhh, "amateur pharmacists"... wikipedia can tell you more
@@khanbw Exactly. There is a difference between the two that people don’t get. We do get Kinder eggs sold in the U.S but not Kinder Surprise eggs. Those are banned.
Like Khan here stated, the ones sold are Kinder Joy. NOT Kinder Surprise. There’s a difference between the two. The Surprise one’s are banned here. So yes we get Kinder eggs but NOT Kinder Surprise. The only difference is Kinder Joy separates the toy from the chocolate portion versus Kinder Surprise which is just a chocolate shell covering a toy. Though they add nougat to the Kinder Joy. So unless they getting these Surprise ones off of the black market, you are not getting Kinder Surprise eggs in California. It’s Kinder Joy’s you are getting. Make sure you understand the difference.
The USA is actually ranked 3rd in food quality and also Europe also uses chemicals banned in the USA (also American cheese wasn’t invented in America it was invented in Switzerland)
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.
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
Because they're disgusting and don't care about the abuse to the animals. It's not injured it dies as it has no fins. Horrific thing to do. They also eat dog and cat.
As a blue collar American who was born in Germany and grew up in and outside of thr U.S. in Europe and in the Middle East, I shop at health food stores and usually make food from scratch, and I'm a vegetarian.
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.
anyone who says "well of course kinder surprise is banned a kid might choke on it" have never even SEEN one before. the toy is in a plastic container that no kid would ever think of swallowing as its too large, and the egg is too big to shove into an adult's mouth let alone a child's so you HAVE to break it in half ot open so you can even eat it.
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.
Why did you have to say it like that 😂😂😂
Awesome grandma😅
Grandma knew she was committing a crime.
You had a great grandma she spoiled you..... mine didn't do that she rarely gave me anything
Gangster Granny
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.
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
@@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....
stop being a gnark.
@@Backroad_Junkie Black currants still in jams everywhere.
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.
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.
I didn't know anything about these birds or this practice before this video.
@@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.
Thank you for sharing!
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.
@@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.
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.)
I agree. I prefer Minions or SpongeBob and my little brother would probably love the Hot Wheels one
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.
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
@@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.
You should eat toys with salt on it a lot tastier
For those who haven't had it, Haggis tastes like a spicier, tangier meatloaf.
I'm very curious, it's looks to be prepared sketchy but it does look tasty!
@@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.
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.
Not that I necessarily _want_ any, but what is the problem with lung as food?
@@josephgaviota It's totally disgusting.
Raw milk: banned in half the country due to health concerns.
Cigarettes: whistling nonchalantly
Meanwhile they are trying to ban the "pasteurized" version of cigarettes (vapes).
It just needs a bunch of additives that all of Europe banned, to be permitted for consumption in the US.
@@anotherjewishsharpnicholas9425 You can buy raw milk in New Hampshire and in special farm stores in Maryland
Cigarette companies have better lobbyists.
The maggot cheese is def the most wild one on the list imo.💀 That’s just foul.
It's probably delicious
Yuck 🤮
@@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.
@@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.
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
You guys should do a video on the history of the Fanta drink cause that’s some interesting stuff right there.
I did not zee that coming... 😏😏
Ask Hugo Boss
It's nearly every old middle class & esp. big brand (often family driven) here in Germany across all lines of businesses (Cars, Banks, Foods, Steel, Pharma, Chemicals, etc.) that have this "interesting stuff" in their history. Unfortunately they've mostly avoided or at least failed to come clean with their past and how they became and are still million / billion dollar empires. That's why there's usually some strange gap in their official history between 1933-1945...
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
Sadly thats the Same in Europe ,with the diffrence that i could Drink the hard stuff two Years ago ....i am 20
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.
And buy a rifle
Not to mention a drive thru burger and coke.
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.
Now do a series of “American foods banned everywhere”
They already did.
They already did dipshit
@@FuzzyCactusFilms stop being so emotional…. Name calling 🤦♂️
@@kalebbaquera1633 key word was “everywhere” not just Europe or specific countries
@@nobelwarprize Lol ok dude. Whatever helps you feel better.
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.
We used to gather the bark and make our own when I was a boy scout (many years ago, now).
That actually sounds really pleasant.
Dang! I was ready for a new video. Excited for this one!!
If your kid can swallow one of those Kinder capsules, he's earned it!
like george carlin said "the kid who swallows too many marbles doesn't grow to have kids of their own, it's that simple" :')
@@klontjespap It's all very funny until you're lowering a tiny coffin into the ground .. with your child in it.
Don't be stupid
@@THE-X-Force Meanwhile, the number 1 killer of children is guns.
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 🤡
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.
I've had haggis in Orlando several times at the highland games
Also that the maggots might "jump" on you and it won't be pretty.
In Europe, they ban American products with chemicals linked to cancer. In America, we ban European products due to bureaucracy or being too unprocessed.
Seems USA is wrong no matter what it does.
That’s not true The USA is actually ranked 3rd in food quality and also Europe also uses chemicals banned in the USA
@@OmniSlayer-Europe has banned several foods and chemical ingredients in foods that the US sells and uses despite known health risks they pose.
Why does the EU ban them while the US allows them?
In the EU, the government foots the bill for health care through a small taxation that is a small fraction of what Americans pay for health care. European Universal Healthcare covers all medical costs, so the EU makes sure their residents are healthier.
In the US, you have insurance companies that will happily pocket your money, and profit greatly from it, while you bankrupt yourself over medical bills, or die for fear of bankruptcy.
Americans see Healthcare costs as something they have to deal with individually, and the costs are high as health care has become a business industry. America can thank their corrupt politicians, lobbyists who lack a conscious, and greedy corporations. None of them care about us or our health, they only want to pad their pockets with our money.
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
Want some fr❤also its good mouth feel
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.
Survivor bias
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.
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.
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.
Never thought I'd praise Amazon...
Foie gras is pretty good. No foods should be fully banned
@@brandino97yyc Cannibalism could help with food shortages. Soylent Green is people!!!
Fuck ducks, make foie gras
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.
Man I frickin love this channel
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.
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.
I love Ackee and Saltfish. Never knew Ackee was poisonous until now.
@@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.
Here in Idaho we have lots of raw milk in grocery stores. It tastes a bit creamier and thicker. Great stuff.
Good for cooking and baking😮
One bout of e. coli will make it not worth it, no matter how creamy it is.
We have the Amish here in PA... they sell it!
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.!!
@@fishlessfisherman1539 Agreed!!! Nothing compares.
Wow. I didn't think there was any cheese grosser than blue cheese. I was wrong
Blue cheese is not gross. It is sublime, and a good roquefort is the king.
Da fak you are talking about . Blue cheese is one of the best and tastiest..
Blue cheese is overhated tbh it's delicious my favourite is danish blue cheese
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 🤬
Without sharks we all will die in a domino effect. thanks china and japan.
I really need to watch HIGHLANDER again. I didn't remember how ironic that scene with Sean Connery was.
I feel blessed to have enjoyed a lot of these. And blessed to have not had maggot cheese.
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
Hopefully you didn't try any of the endangered ones though
Grew up on raw milk. We even sold our surplus to neighbors. No one ever got sick from it.
You can get it at a dairy farm in cartons made on site near my house. Perfectly acceptable
It is 100% tastier, different from pasteurized milk, way better for me I love fresh milk from a good farm!
raw eggs never gave me salmonella either :D
Nice survivor's bias.
You have no idea if anyone got sick from your farm’s raw milk. I followed up on many outbreaks caused by raw milk, including Brucellosis abortis. It’s stupid to drink raw milk as the “enzymes” so many psuedoscientists say are good for you ONLY help calves not humans. It only tastes creamier because it’s not homogenized and you drink giant globs of milk fat.
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.
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.
@@XianHu that means if they're able to sell it, they have the proper license.
@@hunterivey yeah I doubt NY is the only place that sells it
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?
I presume you mean Oreos (introduced in 1912) being a knock off of Hydrox (introduced in 1908)?
@@XianHu That's correct yes! (Thank you I couldn't quite remember Hydrox's name)
@@NerdySatyr they're still pretty good and tasty cookies in my opinion
@@haleyhersh3850 Never had them! Would love to try 'em!
@@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.
I've had Sassafras soda many times! Didn't know it was illegal 😳
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.
@@XianHu Only the bark/roots/etc. are banned.
For instance, ground sassafras leaves are known as filé, and is still used to thicken gumbo.
@@Backroad_Junkie Right, what I meant when I said, "other parts of the tree".
@@XianHu it was homemade from the bark my great grandma used to make it. I doubt she knew or care that it was illegal
@@burgermeowster lol, fair enough! 😄
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)
Yes please.
spoiler, sea salt is the regular salt, and table salt is a product from the 1920's.
@@LucidOpticLab there's such thing as salt mines too.
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
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.
Sassafras is sol in grocery stores and tea shops and makes a Delicious tea. It is also grown in the USA and is the main ingredient in Sarsaparilla soda
That’s not the same thing as getting cancer
We tried banning alcohol…
@@Pook23535 both give you cancer
Yay, a new Weird History Food video! Thanks Weird History Food for posting/creating awesome content!
Ikr
They make amazing videos
Ban haggis but here's a drink with 5tbsp of sugar and 1000mgs of caffeine 😂
I mean, Haggis is an acquired taste or so I heard.
Or a deep fried cheese burger
@@dem0nchild610 deep fried cheeseburger isn't sold in markets dumbass
@@Jake-eo9zk well arnt you a peach
What’s tbls? Or is it just a Tbsp typo?
America allows bleached mass produced "bread" with 15 different carcinogens, bans funny looking chocolate egg
The USA is actually ranked 3rd in food quality and also Europe also uses chemicals banned in the USA
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.
Loving your work!🎖🎖🎖💓💓💓😎😎😎
I was in Scotland last September, and ate haggis most days with breakfast. Very tasty!
Sassafras oil is also used in the production if MDA which with more processing is turned into MDMA.
Oh shiz! Best ever food review dude got a nod by the Voice. His best day ever lol.
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.
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.
When you give your chickens swim lessons in a bath of bleach but a plastic toy inside child candy is to much...
Amurica, where did it all go wrong???
At 6:03 I recognize those tattoos from anywhere. That’s Dave Canterbury from the Pathfinder survival school.
I should make a top ten video of all the times someone used my ackee footage without asking.
I recognized a few other bits of video from other sites.
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.
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....
This guy has the best narrative voice 🥰
Thanks for this info 🎉
I love weird food history notifications let's do this!
Safrole, from sassafras, is also a key component in the production of MDMA.
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
yeah I'm like "...EVERYTHING causes cancer. EVen the SUN."
Ikr we are unbashedly bad at not adding preservatives in😂
We used to pull up seedlings, and chew the roots.
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.
vitamin B-17 is banned too, because it KILLS CANCER... FDA is a joke!
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. 😏
I love that Europeans will talk shit about American food industry and then literally torture a bird to death and think it’s OK
Meat industry is disgusting everywhere. Between chickens with cut beak, pigs raised in cages where they can’t move and watch their piglets die on the floor no one has the moral high ground here
Can you please do an episode on Miracle Whip?
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.
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.
There are many artisan cheeses (usually French) made with unpasteurised milk and throughout Britain and Europe you can buy them in supermarkets but they're not recommended for pregnant women and babies
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.
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.
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)
Great video as always. Haggis is a lot more delicious than it sounds, especially with a whisky sauce! 😉
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.
Gross. Why would anyone want to eat fish eggs?
@@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
Thank you for saying something about shark finning!
Sassafras oil is also the precursor for MDMA which is more likely why it's banned :)
If it’s band then how come you can buy it?!
Rawilk with the cream on top is so delicious! Poor birds that's so sad
good video
Bring back graveyard shift that channel was awesome
What about Fugue puffer fish, any place in the U.S. that can be gotten?
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.
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
Walnuts, apples, cherries, pears, are not banned though.
I think food lobbies are to blame for this.
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 :)
The Ackerman is only poisonous when unripe. When it ripens and bursts open, it’s fine to cook
darned spellcheck, ackee
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.
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.
we have kinder joy here in the us, chocolate on one side and mini toy on other and both sealed seperatly
@@jameshill2450 they have toys in them, just sealed seperatly from the chocolate side.
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.
@@owenshebbeare2999 sorry we care about young kids
Technically, if you have your own shape you can make your own haggis. They just said it couldn't be imported
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]!
I literally buy kinder eggs for my kids all the time. They are very much sold in the US
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.
kinder surprise with the plastic egg that contains a toy is illegal in the States. but there are kinder eggs without the toy
Kinder JOY eggs are. Kinder SURPRISE eggs are not.
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.
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)
The sturgeon are also grown on farms in the US, shark fishing, dogfish to be exact is a thing, it's well regulated and finning is a crime, but neither haggis nor kinder surprise has ever killed a person unless they were obese or stupid,
Now pasteurized milk saves lives ok, yes in older times drinking fresh milk was ok, but we don't have the digestive system or bacteria our ancestors had, and for kids its dangerous,
The bird is to cute to eat, as for the cheese its a matter of taste
My family buying milk from an Amish farm.
Never knew it was illegal to buy raw milk all together.
Is this a reupload?
US: Don't drink that milk, its not good for you!
Also US: Have you're 1500 calorie McDonalds breakfast with an XL Coke on your way to Dunkin Donuts. Also have all of the drinks and candies with cancer causing additives and dyes.
And isn't there also this phenomenon called "Taco Bell diarrhea" ... purportedly caused by "spices"?
Kinder Surprise is even very popular in Germay.Like the other stuff from Ferero.The Toys became Collectibels.
The fact that Kinder Surprise are banned but Wonderball and Yowie are okay baffles me
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.
For real kinder joy is meh meanwhile kinder suprise is better by a mile
The Stephen Colbert of food is back!
one thing only somewhat indirectly mentioned - sassafras (in particular safrole) is also used by, uhhh, "amateur pharmacists"... wikipedia can tell you more
Could you please make a video on the history of root beer
No
Kinder eggs are actually sold in California. Can find them in almost every grocery store.
Virginia too
Those are Kinder Joy, Kinder Surprise are the ones banned in the US.
@@khanbw Exactly. There is a difference between the two that people don’t get. We do get Kinder eggs sold in the U.S but not Kinder Surprise eggs. Those are banned.
Like Khan here stated, the ones sold are Kinder Joy. NOT Kinder Surprise. There’s a difference between the two. The Surprise one’s are banned here. So yes we get Kinder eggs but NOT Kinder Surprise. The only difference is Kinder Joy separates the toy from the chocolate portion versus Kinder Surprise which is just a chocolate shell covering a toy. Though they add nougat to the Kinder Joy. So unless they getting these Surprise ones off of the black market, you are not getting Kinder Surprise eggs in California. It’s Kinder Joy’s you are getting. Make sure you understand the difference.
I didn't realize there were so many Kinder snobs but ok then 🤣
The correct narrator 🙌.
Well, I don't thing sassafras extract or ackee are more harmful than American "cheese" or McDonald's burgers.
The USA is actually ranked 3rd in food quality and also Europe also uses chemicals banned in the USA (also American cheese wasn’t invented in America it was invented in Switzerland)
@OmniSlayer- 3rd from the bottom, I guess😁
@ nope 3rd from the top (check the global food security index)
@@runoflife87 nope 3rd from the top (check the global food security index)
@@OmniSlayer- food security isn't equal to quality food, lol. Food made of chemicals is pretty safe too.
The ortolan and shark upset me. I love the French and Japanese but goddamn
Raw milk is expensive in the US!!
Overpriced is really the term for it!
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.
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.
There's an English tea room here in California that has a little shop attached, and they sell canned haggis. 🤷♀️
I've started to explore the world of salsa. Why and what are the different types of salsa? Why are there so many? How are they different?
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
9:10 , "Why don't they just eat the rest of the shark? Why do they injury the shark then throw it back in the water?.".
Exactly what I was thinking.
Because they're disgusting and don't care about the abuse to the animals. It's not injured it dies as it has no fins. Horrific thing to do. They also eat dog and cat.
The ackee fruit also has benefits proven to cire some aggressive cancers and American doctors can't have that....
As a blue collar American who was born in Germany and grew up in and outside of thr U.S. in Europe and in the Middle East, I shop at health food stores and usually make food from scratch, and I'm a vegetarian.
Grandma used to make sassafras tea. Man I loved it
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.
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.
I drank raw milk as a kid at my Great Grand parents farm, only thing they drank. It was gross but never got sick from it
Sassafras oil is not illegal in the US!
You’re just not supposed to in-jest it.
Some people probably do.
anyone who says "well of course kinder surprise is banned a kid might choke on it" have never even SEEN one before. the toy is in a plastic container that no kid would ever think of swallowing as its too large, and the egg is too big to shove into an adult's mouth let alone a child's so you HAVE to break it in half ot open so you can even eat it.
I got canned haggis, Mirabelle plum jam, canned ackee fruit