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August 22, 2013 09:30 am GMT

6 Foreign-Sounding Foods Actually Invented in the U.S.

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If you love ordering Chinese food, you know the best part of the meal is snacking on that neatly-folded fortune cookie for dessert. But did you know that fortune cookies have no real connection to China? Rather, they were invented by a Japanese immigrant in California, and were supposedly based on off grilled rice wafers.

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Fortune cookies are just one of six types of food that, despite foreign-sounding names, were invented in the United StatesYouTube channel Vsauce2 has the scoop on the real stories behind delicious foods with misleading names.

Check out the video above for the entire list, and let us know which food surprised you most. Read more...

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