posted March 13, 2014 11:12 PM            

Interesting food related facts,
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Chupa Chups logo was designed by Salvador Dali

The Platypus and Echidna are the only mammals that could make their own custard: they both lay eggs and produce milk.

An orange is a berry but a strawberry isn't.

Linnaeus named the banana, Musa paradisiaca, because he thought it might have been the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden.

Oranges and lemons have chemically identical molecules that are mirror images of each other, which is why they smell different. An orange is really just a left-handed lemon.

As it grows, sweet corn makes a squeaking noise like two balloons rubbing against each other.

Every year Peruvians eat more than 60 million guinea pigs.

Almost 2,000 carrot seeds will fit into a teaspoon.

Ants can survive in a microwave; they are small enough to dodge the waves.

John Cleese's father's surname was Cheese. Cleese grew up ten miles from Cheddar and his best friend at school was named Barney Butter.

(I know, that last one was stretching it a bit)

posted March 14, 2014 02:40 PM            

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posted March 16, 2014 11:09 AM            

Starbucks offers 87,000 drink combinations.

Half of the world's black pepper is produced in Vietnam.

Feeding canaries red peppers turns them orange.

The word, Misophonia (noun) =
Irrational rage and terror caused by the sound of people eating.

Eskimos use refrigerators to stop their food from freezing.

The flowers of the coffee bush smell like jasmine.

Cranberries bounce when they are ripe; another name for them is "bounce berries" - one that bounces 7 times is in perfect condition to eat.

All-Bran is only 87% bran.

posted March 17, 2014 03:47 PM            

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Originally posted by PlutoSurvivor:

The word, Misophonia (noun) =
Irrational rage and terror caused by the sound of people eating.

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posted March 17, 2014 11:00 PM            

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Originally posted by dadoo:
Happened to me!!
I once had a coworker, sitting right next to me,
who wasn't very... hum... elegant with her daily yoghurt

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posted March 22, 2014 07:18 PM            

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Originally posted by dadoo:
Keep'em coming, PlutoSurvivor!

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Food facts

The first commercial chewing gum appeared in 1871, after Thomas Adams had failed to make car tires from the same substance.

Feeding curry to a sheep reduces the amount of methane in its farts by up to 40%.

The Netherlands exports more soy sauce than Japan.

The 225-year-old typeface of Twinings tea is the oldest continuously used commercial logo in existence.

"Tyrosemiophile" is one who collects cheese labels.

A lethal dose of caffeine is about 50 double espressos.

posted March 31, 2014 02:03 PM            

Worcestershire sauce is made from anchovies that are soaked in vinegar until they are completely melted, bones and all.

posted April 03, 2014 08:54 PM            

Peanut butter originated with the Aztecs, but in 1890 it became a dietary supplement described as a protein source for people with bad teeth.

posted September 11, 2014 08:57 AM            

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Originally posted by PlutoSurvivor:
Ketsup bottles were sold with a paper collar around the neck originally to hide the unappetizing black ring of bug parts from defective tomatoes, before our modern homogenization equipment was invented.

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ugh.

No wonder I don`t like Worcestershire sauce. Fish sauce.

posted September 11, 2014 09:05 AM            

The FDA allows an average of 30 or more insect fragments, and one or more rodent hairs, per 100 grams of peanut butter. I will certainly think twice before buying my next jar

The Popsicle was invented by an 11 year who kept it secret for 18 years.

Dynamite is made with peanuts

Coconut water can be used (in emergencies) as a substitute for blood plasma

posted December 10, 2014 10:03 AM            

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The Aztecs vastly improved nutrition of corn through nixtamalization process, soaking kernels in wood ash, limestone and crushed seashells.

The word origin of Avocado translates from Aztec for testicle. Virgins were not allowed to leave their huts to see the dangling fruits amid harvesting for fear they would become lustful and unable to wait for sanctioned marriage.

Without Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), of which Spirulina is a type, we would not have enough oxygen to sustain life on earth as we know it; technically not a plant or animal, this bacteria is believed to be the first photosynthizer and a high source of protein.

posted December 10, 2014 05:06 PM            

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Originally posted by PlutoSurvivor:
Baby carrots are regular-sized carrots which are sculpted, shaved, and rounded in tumblers before being soaked in a solution of water and chlorine.

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Wow Did not know this. What about baby corn

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