Foods such as fortune cookies, French fries or chicken vindaloo do you know their origin?
Many of us would bet half their fortune if people would ask where French fries originated from and, in all probability, your answer will be France. But you are completely wrong.
Here are some facts you would like to know about these foods which you must have eaten or heard about, once in your lifetime.
French Fries
We all assume that French fries originated from France which is the obvious reason to name it French fries, right?
But that's not the fact. French fries were invented in Belgium in the 1700s while the French were convinced that eating potato would give you leprosy.