All of it starts from the tongue and ends at the stomach and the rest of the world can take care of itself. Perhaps, this is the undefeated ideology of food lovers all over the world, for whom all the riches of the world are mustered on a plate. Ever wondered that your favourite food might be longing to recite a tale about itself? What made it so special that it crossed all the geographical boundaries and managed to land on your plate?
Some of the most famous foods have been the result of a mistake, an accident (yes, like the ones we commit every day).
Undisputedly, the enemy of all the so called’ healthy-eating-habits’ too has a story. It was likely discovered when an Arabian nomad toted along some milk in a container made from an animal's stomach lining. The liquid hardened along the way in reaction to rennet - a naturally occurring stomach enzyme, making the world's first from age.
And so, this feeling called ‘cheese ‘was discovered and now the result is not that ‘cheese is a food too’ but whether there can ever be ‘food without cheese?’.
The story goes that the Kellogg brothers were trying to create toasted wheat flakes when they accidentally discovered the process of creating flaked corn cereal. Ironically, in the early 1920s, a Minnesota Doctor found a way to make wheat flakes (what the Kellogg’s were originally trying to do), the famous “Wheaties” and worked with a company that later became General Mills, that later became a lifelong rival of Kellogg’s.
A woman named Ruth Wakefield, who ran ‘Toll House Inn’ in Massachussets, one day ran out of her baking chocolate so she broke a piece of semi-sweet chocolate bar and added to her recipe. The chunks of chocolate did not melt according to her expectations. Instead, they became soft and sweet chunks, needless to say, everyone liked “new” chip-cookies and Ms. Wakefield became famous.
A young cook working at a diner in Southern California in the 1930s accidentally burned a hamburger he was frying for a customer and, rather than throw it away, he hid the charred burger under a slice of cheese. Of course, it tasted wonderful. Soon, everyone wanted a “cheeseburger,” and the rest, as they say, is history.
In 1853, a chef got upset when a patron complained about his French fries not being “crisp” and too thick. To avenge him the chef cut the slices of potato as thin as he could and over-salted them, and then sent them back to the patron. The customer loved them and we got “potato chips “or “saragota chips”.
So next time you send a dish back at a restaurant, you are probably about to taste the next best thing in food.
When you go to have a sub and wait eagerly for your turn to make your favourite sandwich, did it ever occur to you that the person who first invented a sandwich, did so because he was too unwilling to lift a fork to have a meal?
Rumours has it that John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich found leaving the gambling table to be a royal pain, so he ordered meat to be delivered to him between slices of bread. An alternate tale suggests that work matters kept him pinned to his desk, thus necessitating the fork-free meal.
Either way the dude was not at all excited about his sandwich the way we are.
Makes everything taste better, right? Coca-Cola was originally made for making things better, though not the taste but your headaches and other ailments, invented by a pharmacist named John Pemberton to serve as a “medication”(as claimed by the company). He unwittingly added carbonated water to his syrup and found it a tasty alternative to alcohol. This is how, Coca-Cola, initially invented to serve as a medication, is now sold as a soda fountain drink (though the purpose fulfilled was not intentional), making it yet another ‘amazing mistake’.
Now that you are familiar with the mistakes that fetched us our favourite foods, it would be wise to attach a common motto to all the recipes, which is “To cook is human, to mess it up, is a new dish”
Do you like these food mystries? Than take a deal and have some of your favorite food at any restaurant.
Some of the most famous foods have been the result of a mistake, an accident (yes, like the ones we commit every day).
1. Cheese
Undisputedly, the enemy of all the so called’ healthy-eating-habits’ too has a story. It was likely discovered when an Arabian nomad toted along some milk in a container made from an animal's stomach lining. The liquid hardened along the way in reaction to rennet - a naturally occurring stomach enzyme, making the world's first from age.
And so, this feeling called ‘cheese ‘was discovered and now the result is not that ‘cheese is a food too’ but whether there can ever be ‘food without cheese?’.
2. Cornflakes
The story goes that the Kellogg brothers were trying to create toasted wheat flakes when they accidentally discovered the process of creating flaked corn cereal. Ironically, in the early 1920s, a Minnesota Doctor found a way to make wheat flakes (what the Kellogg’s were originally trying to do), the famous “Wheaties” and worked with a company that later became General Mills, that later became a lifelong rival of Kellogg’s.
3. Prince's Hot Chicken (Nashville)
The story behind it is one of revenge but not so much of a tragedy. A disloyal husband, Thorton, after a late night out with his girlfriend, was served a spicy, spicy piece of chicken by his wife, meant to singe the mouth of the said disloyal husband but instead he liked it so much that by the mid-1930s, he and his brothers had created their own recipe and opened the BBQ Chicken Shack café. Ironically, what was served as breakfast revenge became the staple food for late-night diners.4. Chocolate Chip Cookie
A woman named Ruth Wakefield, who ran ‘Toll House Inn’ in Massachussets, one day ran out of her baking chocolate so she broke a piece of semi-sweet chocolate bar and added to her recipe. The chunks of chocolate did not melt according to her expectations. Instead, they became soft and sweet chunks, needless to say, everyone liked “new” chip-cookies and Ms. Wakefield became famous.
5. Cheeseburger
A young cook working at a diner in Southern California in the 1930s accidentally burned a hamburger he was frying for a customer and, rather than throw it away, he hid the charred burger under a slice of cheese. Of course, it tasted wonderful. Soon, everyone wanted a “cheeseburger,” and the rest, as they say, is history.
6. Potato Chip
In 1853, a chef got upset when a patron complained about his French fries not being “crisp” and too thick. To avenge him the chef cut the slices of potato as thin as he could and over-salted them, and then sent them back to the patron. The customer loved them and we got “potato chips “or “saragota chips”.
So next time you send a dish back at a restaurant, you are probably about to taste the next best thing in food.
7. Sandwich
When you go to have a sub and wait eagerly for your turn to make your favourite sandwich, did it ever occur to you that the person who first invented a sandwich, did so because he was too unwilling to lift a fork to have a meal?
Rumours has it that John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich found leaving the gambling table to be a royal pain, so he ordered meat to be delivered to him between slices of bread. An alternate tale suggests that work matters kept him pinned to his desk, thus necessitating the fork-free meal.
Either way the dude was not at all excited about his sandwich the way we are.
8. Coca-Cola
Makes everything taste better, right? Coca-Cola was originally made for making things better, though not the taste but your headaches and other ailments, invented by a pharmacist named John Pemberton to serve as a “medication”(as claimed by the company). He unwittingly added carbonated water to his syrup and found it a tasty alternative to alcohol. This is how, Coca-Cola, initially invented to serve as a medication, is now sold as a soda fountain drink (though the purpose fulfilled was not intentional), making it yet another ‘amazing mistake’.
Now that you are familiar with the mistakes that fetched us our favourite foods, it would be wise to attach a common motto to all the recipes, which is “To cook is human, to mess it up, is a new dish”
Do you like these food mystries? Than take a deal and have some of your favorite food at any restaurant.
