There’s a meme going around of surprisingly recently invented foods but rather than posting it and having to rewrite what’s on it for accessibility, here’s a list of 10 foods [archived] (the writer also “stole” the idea from a tweet). Here are the ones that surprised me the most:
4. Kiwi fruit. The fruit formerly known as Chinese gooseberries. Thanks to Ron White. Renamed by Turners & Growers in 1974, said Shiwon, whose father was involved. “It was renamed because of racism – we couldn’t sell it to the Americans with Chinese in the name. T&G forgot to trademark it though.”
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6. Salmon sushi. Norwegians persuaded the Japanese to solve their salmon glut in the 1980s by eating raw salmon, which was previously unheard of. Nominated by Aaron Barnes and Matt Webster.
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At a tangent: Fanta is Nazi Coke, or anti-Nazi Coke. It is what Coca-Cola plants in Nazi Germany made, keeping the profits away from the party, according to Laura McInerney and Mr Chipping.
Yep, that bit about Fanta is true. And it wasn’t originally orange-flavoured—just fruit-flavoured:
[…] The current formulation of Fanta, with orange flavor, was developed in Italy in 1955.
And it’s had 11 logos?! Sorry, that’s a tangent of a tangent. We’re all learning something new today!