beestrot.com · Jean Louis
Dom Perignon spent his life trying to stop the bubbles. The English were drinking them on purpose before he joined the abbey.
#champagne #domperignon #foodhistory #foodmyths #winehistory

Dom Perignon spent his life trying to stop the bubbles. The English were drinking them on purpose before he joined the abbey. #Champagne #DomPerignon #FoodHistory #FoodMyths #WineHistory #Bluesky
beestrot.com · Jean Louis
Dom Perignon spent his life trying to stop the bubbles. The English were drinking them on purpose before he joined the abbey.
#champagne #domperignon #foodhistory #foodmyths #winehistory
Ketchup was a Chinese fish sauce. Then a British mushroom sauce. Then Heinz put it in a glass bottle and called it ketchup forever. #Ketchup #FoodHistory #FoodMyths #Heinz #FoodOrigins #Cooksky #Bluesky
beestrot.com · Jean Louis
Ketchup was a Chinese fish sauce. Then a British mushroom sauce. Then Heinz put it in a glass bottle and called it ketchup forever.
Nigiri sushi was invented at a street stall in 1810. An earthquake in 1923 turned it into fine dining. #SushiHistory #JapaneseFood #FoodHistory #Edomae #FoodMyths #Bluesky
beestrot.com · Jean Louis
Last Updated on October 4, 2026 by Jean Louis The most expensive restaurant meal I have ever eaten was sushi. A small room in Tokyo. A counter seating …
Reminder that I did a video talking about MSG, it's history and debunking some of the common myths surrounding it, if that sounds interesting to you check it out!!
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The most important meal of the day was a radio ad line from 1944. Before that, it was a bacon campaign. Before that, it was about suppressing desire. #BreakfastMyth #FoodHistory #EdwardBernays #Kelloggs #FoodMyths
beestrot.com · Jean Louis
Last Updated on October 3, 2026 by Jean Louis Somewhere this morning, someone felt guilty about skipping breakfast. Maybe they grabbed a coffee and …
#food #pastahistory #foodmyths #marcopolo #sicilianfood #foodhistory
The Marco Polo pasta story was invented in 1929 by a trade journal. The pasta was already in Sicily 117 years before he left for China. #PastaHistory #FoodMyths #MarcoPolo #SicilianFood #FoodHistory #Cooksky
beestrot.com · Jean Louis
Last Updated on October 2, 2026 by Jean Louis The story goes like this: Marco Polo returned from China in 1295, having spent seventeen years at the …
#food #pasta #pastahistory #foodmyths #marcopolo #sicilianfood #foodhistory
Belgium has been claiming French fries for decades. Then a Belgian historian said they were wrong. France is quietly pleased. #Food #FrenchFries #Belgium #FoodHistory #FoodMyths #CulinaryDisputes
beestrot.com · Jean Louis
Last Updated on September 30, 2026 by Jean Louis The Belgians have a strong opinion about this. They have had it for decades. They petitioned UNESCO. …
#food #frenchfries #belgium #foodhistory #foodmyths #culinarydisputes
beestrot.com · Jean Louis
Last Updated on September 29, 2026 by Jean Louis The chocolate you know is approximately 500 years old. The thing it replaced had existed for 3,000 …
#foodhistory #foodmyths #chocolatehistory #foodorigins #foodstories
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Until 1820 when Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson ate a basket of tomatoes in front of a crowd gathered to watch him die...he died 30 years later at the age of 79.
#FoodHistory #FoodMyths #TomatoHistory #FoodOrigins #FoodStories #Trending #foodsky
beestrot.com · Jean Louis
Last Updated on September 28, 2026 by Jean Louis I cook with tomatoes every day. Every serious kitchen does. They are in the base of half the sauces …
#foodhistory #foodmyths #tomatohistory #foodorigins #foodstories #trending
beestrot.com · Jean Louis
The carrot you buy at the supermarket is orange. Every carrot you have ever seen at a supermarket is orange. Every child who has ever drawn a carrot …
#trending #foodhistory #foodmyths #carrots #foodorigins #foodstories
The orange carrot is not a fact of nature. It is a fact of the Netherlands. The first cultivated carrots were purple and yellow. The real story is more interesting. #Trending #FoodHistory #FoodMyths #Carrots #FoodOrigins #FoodStories
Every restaurant in the world serves it. Most menus write it with a capital C, which is the first clue that it was named after a person... #FoodHistory #FoodMyths #CaesarSalad #FoodOrigins #FoodStories #Foodsky
beestrot.com · Jean Louis
Last Updated on September 25, 2026 by Jean Louis Every restaurant in the world serves it. Most menus write it with a capital C, which is the first …
#caesarsalad #foodhistory #foodmyths #foodorigins #foodstories