10+ Popular Foods That Are Different in the US

[Music] well greetings food lovers there's nothing better than some pigs in a blanket on game day chips on the side and a big apple pie for dessert eh now whether you're American or not could decide how you just imagined all those fun foods I mentioned and wait there's more check out some other popular dishes in the US that look different around the world one pancakes let's say you're an American tourist in Russia you wake up and you're craving a big stack of fluffy pancakes smothered in butter and syrup woohoo that hits the spot you ask for a menu in English scan it for your morning treasure and boom there it is pancakes I'll have that please the waiter brings your breakfast out you look down and you're stunned to see what looks like wimpy paper-thin French crepes on your plate hey man what gives well pancakes date back to ancient Greece and Rome before they were officially dubbed pancakes in America they used to be called Indian cakes crepes on the other hand have nothing to do with pancakes in terms of origin since they date back to the 13th century France kind of gives you that crepes huh number two toast now speaking of breakfast when it comes to toast my to the French have an imagination American toast is just a toasted piece of bread of course you got to throw some butter and jelly on that bad boy but if you've ever had french toast well you know it's a sweet delight of white bread soaked in a mixture of beaten eggs milk sugar vanilla and cinnamon I guess that's why they don't need those big thick pancakes in France and I imagine they don't call it French toast over there and if you keep goofing this up then I imagine you're toast three pigs in a blanket all right it's football Sunday and you've rolled some mini hot dogs up and dough and threw them in the oven if the game you're watching includes big dudes and helmets and pads throwing an almond-shaped ball around and you refer to your game day snack as pigs in a blanket you must be America if you're in the UK that dish would involve wrapping hot dogs and bacon and that football you're watching would be what we call soccer in the US now here's where it gets trippy the equivalent of American pigs in a blanket is called a sausage roll in the UK Yankees called the British variety bacon-wrapped hot dogs boy that just sucks all the fun right out of it doesn't it number four bacon since we've touched on the topic of bacon let's get that straight - bacon in the u.s. comes from the pigs belly and is served in thin crispy strips coated with fat in the UK bacon is from the pigs back and it's less fatty thicker chewy and served in round slices it's kind of like what Americans refer to as Canadian bacon or maybe a combination of the US and Canadian types so if you're from the UK and you're having a hard time finding some proper bacon in the US maybe ask for the Canadian variety a number-5 pudding now my fellow Americans will imagine a creamy custard dessert when they think of pudding if you were to travel to the UK you get something way different the British definition of pudding is anything that's been boiled in something else for example in the UK and Ireland they have the infamous black pudding that's served for breakfast it's also called wait for it blood sausage really well that just ends it for me right there they also have sweet puddings but that would be the cake like dish we call flan in the u.s. flan in the UK however is what Americans know as fruit pie how confusing well as Shakespeare might have said a pie by any other name would taste as sweet except for that blood sausage thing number six eggs okay eggs are eggs no matter where you go in the world I'll take mine scrambled please but the thing is stores in Europe don't keep them refrigerated like they do in the US America does it for safety reasons the Department of Agriculture determined that the most effective way to fight salmonella is by refrigerating eggs but that doesn't mean European countries don't take their own safety precautions to fight bacterial food poisoning in some parts of Europe they leave the original coating on the eggs there's an original coating and that coating protects them from contamination in other parts they vaccinate hens to keep the eggs disease-free number 7 bread sticks I'm sure you know we have the Italians to thank for this tasty Mediterranean treat however when it comes to the original bread sticks also known as Rossini the food migration game didn't go as planned you see when we asked for bread sticks in an American restaurant we get soft pieces of doughy bread and garlic that we can dip in sauce but if you were having lunch in an Italian restaurant and asked for bread sticks you'd actually get the original version of grissini crispy baked bread sticks that can accompany your salad or be crunched on as a snack on its own number eight ketchup now ketchup is another one of those culinary items that got lost in translation in America you know that familiar red paste made from tomato vinegar sugar and all the accompanying spices however if you go to Australia and ask for ketchup on your burger the waiter might give you a funny look and say you mean tomato sauce this goes back 80 years ago when ketchup hadn't made its way to Australia yet and they used to serve tomato sauce as a condiment instead now even though ketchup has made its way to Australia it hasn't changed in terms of language and while we're here don't even get me started on that whole ketchup versus catsup deal 9 chips one of the most traditional dishes in the UK fish and chips but if you're an American and he didn't know better yet imagine someone eating fish and a handful of Lay's or Doritos but what they call chips are what Americans know as french fries on the flip side in the UK Australia New Zealand and South Africa what we call chips the round things sold in half empty bags they call crisps as for the French part of the American naming that goes way back to the 1800s or even earlier when potatoes not necessarily the sticks we know today we're a fried quote in the French manner end quote french fried back then was pretty much what we call deep-fried today number 10 cookies the American understanding of cookie comes from the Dutch word could chew which means small cake and when you think about it that's pretty much what cookies are only maybe they're a little crunchy er but in most english-speaking countries except for Canada cookies are called biscuits in fact they only use the term cookies to describe the chocolate chip ones in particular as for those fluffy little rolls Americans know as biscuits those are called scones elsewhere now here's my question what do they call the sweet biscuit hybrid we know as scones in America number eleven jelly on a related point as an American I smother my biscuits not cookies or scones in butter and jelly if you're in the UK you're probably imagining me hopelessly trying to spread some jello on my bread because for you jelly is my jello and my jelly is your jam oh my brain of course we have jam in the US but it usually has chunks of fruit in it unlike smooth creamy jelly so travelers beware this kind of mix-up could end up putting you in a jam which in this context means a tough spot my head is spinning number 12 hi now back to desserts hmm I could go on and on about pie pumpkin Apple blueberry cherry anyway pies in some parts of the world aren't the sweet fruity round pastries we know and love in the u.s. in Greece for example pies are savory and the dough isn't as fluffy they can be made with cheese spinach mushrooms and even some meat those kinds are also popular in the UK Australia New Zealand Ghana Nigeria and Zimbabwe to name a few number 13 Milky Way bars alright I know your stomach is growling up a storm by now so here's our final example of a familiar food that might throw you a surprise if you eat it abroad if you love American Milky Way's wait until you try the European version it's also made of chocolate and nougat of course but it doesn't have that layer of caramel in it I imagine Milky Way bars in Europe is pretty similar to the three musketeer bars we have in the US and if you're curious it got the name Milky Way because it can float in a glass of milk really yeah go try it oh wait no all right bright siders I'd say it's time for lunch what do you think before you go fill my belly I'd like to ask you about the food in your region is it cooked or refer to differently in other parts of the world let me know down in the comments and if you learned something new today then give this video a like and share it with your friends but hey don't go anywhere just yet we have over two thousand really cool videos for you to check out all you have to do is pick the left or right video click on it and enjoy stay on the bright side of life

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Keywords: American food, food in the US, food in the UK, food in Australia, food in Canada, pancakes, French crepes, pigs in a blanket, toast, bacon in the US, bacon in the UK, pudding, flan, breadsticks, grissini, ketchup, tomato sauce, French fries, chips, crisps, Milky Way bars, cookies, biscuits

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Length: 10min 33sec (633 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 01 2019