Posted on 01/29/2021 8:11:43 AM PST by mylife
Well, who could even have guessed that absolute kitchen disasters, war shortages, and pure coincidences are to thank for some of our favorite food and drinks we have today? Whether they’re urban legends, popular myths, or happened thousands of years ago, the stories are surely funny and entertaining.
What if originally, corn flakes were the food to eat that would stop you from masturbating, pink lemonade was made out of dirty laundry water that pink tights were rinsed in, and Coke was sold as medicine that perhaps contained cocaine? Most people who set off on the journey of inventing stuff are ready to reach their goal by trial and error and are surprisingly pleased when different end results happen to spark from their concoction. And sometimes experiments are not intentional and occur simply from being in a hurry and trying to come up with the best solution possible in a particular situation, which could mean wiping up a dessert that has fallen on the floor just to realize the lucky invention of a new one.
Not all everyday heroes wear capes; also, some of the inventors have been long forgotten by history (6,000 years is quite some time) or some establishments decided to come up with their own versions, and sometimes even better ones, while claiming the fame of introducing the world to a new gastronomical specialty. Some of these foods and drinks took years to develop and perfect and some of them were simply achieved by accidentally pushing something into hot boiling oil or forgetting it outside on a freezing night.
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Soylent Green
waste not, want not
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Constantin Fahlberg, a chemist at Johns Hopkins University in 1879, probably forgot to wash his hands upon returning home after work and noticed a sweet taste on some part of his palm. It was connected to overboiled sulfobenzoic acid, phosphorus chloride, and ammonia - Constantin tested the compound and, upon returning to Germany, started producing artificial sweetener: Saccharin.
Oh, those wacky Germans. They are either accidentally investing saccharin or sarin.
Yuppers
>> a chemist at Johns Hopkins University in 1879, probably forgot to wash his hands upon returning home after work and noticed a sweet taste on some part of his palm
And another scientist invented LSD by accidently ingesting his creation.
And the WuFlu scientists apparently had sloppy technique as well.
People telling us to wash our hands every 20 minutes. Do the people who deal with chemicals and biological agents in a lab setting follow ANY safety protocols?
LICKING YOUR HANDS AFTERWARDS???
Don’t forget Ivory Soap , the soap that floats . Some guy went to lunch and left the machine running and Bingo ,LOL
The Popsicle
“...and Coke was sold as medicine that perhaps contained cocaine?”
Darn FDA. Life used to be fun until they came along.
...oh and, the cornflakes didn’t work.
I didn’t know about popsicles - my mother used to make them with Koolaid and ice cube trays in a Philco fridge with a freezer the size of a shoebox. About 60 years ago.
My favorite of these was the one about werstersher sauce.
I appreciated the story about the invention of the ice cream cone at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Ernest Hamwi, the Syrian immigrant who invented it is my great-grandfather.
Cool!
Mom made it in late 60's through 70's, and me ever since.
We thought it was some NYC thing she copied.
I made some for neighbors in MA in '98. They had never seen or eaten such.
1999, Texas Pizza Bread was in the grocery stores up there.
First time I ever knew what the meal was called.
Like on Tx toast?
Like on Tx toast?
Main meat was Jimmy Dean's hot, ground sausage.
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