InsaneFoodHistory

Frozen foods; we love them. From mouth-watering pizzas to tantalizing macaroni and cheese, there's no end to the rollercoaster of food we have in the freezer these days. But how did we get here? How did America go from hot Barbecues to loving cold, frozen, appetizing dishes? Well, buckle up as we walk you down memory lane. Here's how frozen foods became so popular in America. It all started in the 1920s when an indigenous fellow named Clarence Birdseye made a lifetime discovery. The Young chap from Brooklyn had spent his early days in the cold and chilly part of Labrador, Canada. There, he noticed something he would never forget: something that would change how Americans stored and ate food for life. Clarence saw the local Inuits in the region and how they froze their fish. In case you're not from this side of the planet, Inuits are people who live and thrive in the Arctic regions.

This is for those of you who grew up in the rad '80s, where cereals were sugary and breakfast was a blast. How can we even begin to forget all those marketing gimmicks the popular breakfast cereal makers employed to get our parents to part with their money. So join us in today's video as we embark on some cereal themed adventures. Remember the miniature toys that were inserted inside the cereals boxes or even the cartoon characters designed specifically for youngsters to identify as they poured some of the good stuff into a bowl, or chewed on the flakes like a snack. Certainly, those were the good old days! But first let's start our journey back in the ancient days of 1876, with a fellow named Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. He had this wild idea that simple, bland food with no flavour or fun was the key to good health. He even believed that his tasteless creations could put a damper on people's romantic endeavors. Around 1877, Kellogg decided to whip up something new – the world's first-ever cornflake

First off, who was Ettore Boiardi, AKA Chef Hector Boyardee? You bet, the latter is easier on the tongue but it also doubles as the timeless brand name for your favorite canned Italian foods. Hector himself, is unmissable if you pick up one of his products at your local grocer. In fact, that's his face on the can and apparently, it's not a random mock-up Avatar to sell you canned spaghetti sauce. So what's Hector's story! Suffice it to say that when it comes to food brands and their human "mascots," we all as potential customers must not be naive. For instance, "Uncle Ben" never existed before Mars bought over the brand, and "Aunt Jemima" was a racially insensitive brand name inspired by minstrel shows. In less problematic cases, Betty Crocker emerged from a Saturday Evening Post contest, and the infamous Colonel Harlan Sanders of KFC never held the military rank often attributed to him.

The '80s and '90s blessed us with so many beloved snacks or as some would say, “junk foods”. It was an era when American kids wore cosmic Ring Pops and rainbow “Smartie” necklaces which on second thought, seems so ridiculous that we didn’t include them in this rundown. Although some of these foods have been discontinued or fallen out of fashion, they will always

Sourced from some of the best ingredients in the world, Sriracha had an exceedingly successful run in the sales industry. But we can’t help but wonder what happened to the famous hot sauce. In this video, we’ll be reviewing Sriracha’s insane rise and its astonishing fall! Who is to blame? To understand how bad Sriracha has it at the moment, we have to take a trip back to its glory days- a time when nothing seemed capable of bringing down the famous hot sauce! We have none other than David Tran to thank for the gift of Sriracha. I’m betting that David probably had a pet rooster and a love for adventure. He started this company called Huy Fong, naming it after the boat that carried him to the land of hot dogs and freedom. Not content with that, he slapped his zodiac rooster on the bottles.