The Surprising Real Origins Of Your Favorite Ethnic Foods

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Over the course of centuries, foods from around the globe

have found their way to American soil,

and foreign cuisines have mixed and mingled

like singles at a cocktail party.

New dishes have been born from the love of food,

and Americans everywhere have misattributed their origins.

I think we'll start with around of Nagasakis.

From spaghetti and meatballs to chop

suey and the beloved fajita.

Today on Weird History Food, we're

investigating the real origins of ethnic foods.

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All right, start corning your beef.

It's time to uncover the true beginnings of some of America's

most delicious dishes.

Originally called German's chocolate cake,

this delicious little pecan and coconut filled delicacy

wasn't named after Germany at all.

It was named after Sam German, a 19th century baker based out

of Texas, which is not in Germany.

Last time we checked, anyway.

German invented his own sweet baking chocolate

bar for Baker's Chocolate Company in 1852.

The company named their newly acquired product after German.

But the bar would live out a humble existence

for over a century as most chocolate bars do.

For instance, we could all be taking

bites out of Dr. Goodbar, but he settled for the quiet life

of a mere mister.

It wasn't until 1957 when a home baker

sent her very own German's chocolate cake

recipe to a Dallas newspaper that the German's chocolate

cake craze began.