00:00Think you know where your favorite foods come from?
00:02Let's test your culinary knowledge with these five surprising food origins.
00:08French fries were invented in...
00:15Belgium.
00:17Despite their name, French fries originated in Belgium in the early 1800s.
00:22The term French likely refers to the cutting technique, not the country.
00:26Hawaiian pizza with pineapple was created in...
00:34Canada.
00:37Greek immigrant Sam Panopoulos invented this controversial pizza in Ontario in the 1960s.
00:43It has nothing to do with Hawaii except for the pineapple.
00:49Buttery croissants originated in...
00:56Austria.
00:58The croissant began as the Austrian kipferl before being introduced to France.
01:03The crescent shape was allegedly created to celebrate victory over Ottoman Turks.
01:08Pasta was first created in...
01:11Pasta is believed to have originated in China, with evidence of noodles dating back to 2000 BCE.
01:23It likely came to Italy through Arab traders, not Marco Polo, as commonly believed.
01:30Chicken tikka masala was invented in...
01:32United Kingdom.
01:39This popular Indian dish was actually created in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1970s by a Bangladeshi chef who added a tomato cream sauce to chicken tikka to please British customers.
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