The backstories of 30 iconic foods

In the Era of AI generated B-Roll in video essays, JJ is out here driving to 6 different grocery stores for physical props to hold up. 10/10 video

As someone who has spent time in Japan I'm sure you're familiar with Lawson's which was in fact a chain of convenience stores founded in North Olmsted, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland.
The Ohio stores were all bought up and closed but the legacy remains today in convenience stores with hourglass-esque shape signs on independent convenience stores that were once Lawson's and Lawson's chip dip, a local favorite that is now exclusively carried by Circle-K.

Citation needed on the trans fat in the banana chips at trans far was outlawed in most places a while back also Whole Foods doesn't sell anything containing trans fat. Could you have meant saturated fat?

33:26 Northerner (England) here. We use tea to mean the last big meal of the day, similar to "dinner". It is not falling out of fashion, it is stable as ever.

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43:51 Javelinas (Collared Peccaries)

6:28 Bananas and plantains are not indigenous to the Americas

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Great video, but I wonder how much cold/soggy/unappetizing food you had to eat once you were finally finished recording and had to consume as much of these meals as you could.

I've never heard of fish and chips being wrapped in news paper. That doesn't sound sanitary 🤒🤢🤮🤮

20:27 I’m pretty sure why they look like a screw and why they look so American is because these lunchboxes usually appear near construction sites like Toad’s Factory probably alluding to construction workers bring their lunch atop skyscrapers so they’re not taking the time going down a building to eat their lunch

What do you do with all this food?

Btw fish and chips is only a combo in the western world, we easterners see it as an absurd combo, wanna try tho

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funny mister donut was american… same thing happened with 7 eleven.

28:47 I think Sega has a similar story. It used to be an American company and eventually became Japanese. "SeGa" used to stand for "Service Games".

41:45, I'm 5 months late, but that's not apple juice that's apple sidra, which is a Taiwanese apple flavoured soda…

Great vid

What’s funny is I had a Tin Diary of a Wimpy Kid lunchbox that I never had any problems with the clasp. It had two of those nice toolbox style clasps

4:25 actually a British invention

Lawsons was american. 7-11 also became a Japanese company.

35:18 legendary popcorn spill

On "tea" as a word for an evening meal, I wouldn't say its usage is declining, but it is very clearly split along geographic and class lines. Contrary to what many foreigners might assume "tea" as a meal is distinctly working class and most common in the industrial north and midlands, while the middle and upper classes (especially in the southeast) almost always say dinner. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Incredible video! Really enjoyed