Food Stuff

In the Philippines, it is considered good luck if a coconut is cleanly split open without jagged edges.

The fig is also a fertility symbol and the Arab association with male genitals is so strong that the original word 'fig' is considered improper.

Cashews are not nuts. They are drupes.

We are eating 900% more broccoli than we did 20 years ago.

Cheese is the most stolen food in the world.

The most amount of grapes eaten in 3 minutes is 133. This record was set in 2001 by Mat Hand, from the UK.

National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day is celebrated on 24th April every year.

The world’s oldest chocolates are 106 years old. A tin of chocolates from the coronation of King Edward VII from 1902.

Consuming dairy may cause acne.

The most popular carrots used to be purple.

High-frequency sounds enhance the sweetness in food, while low frequencies bring out the bitterness.

Blueberries are a good source of Vitamin C and fibre.

Apples float in water, because 25% of their volume is made of air.

Apples belong to the rose family, as do pears and plums.

The word vegetable has no scientific definition, so it’s still acceptable to call a tomato a vegetable.

The world average of the amount of meat eaten per year is: 173 lbs per person.

Castoreum, which is used as vanilla flavoring in candies, baked goods, etc., is actually a secretion from the anal glands of beavers.

Oklahoma's state vegetable is the watermelon.

In South Africa, termites and ants are often roasted and eaten by the handful, like popcorn.

The McHotDog is a hot dog available at McDonald's in Japan.

The local restaurant was so sure that its host was the strongest man around that they offered a standing $1000 bet. The host would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and hand the lemon to a patron. Anyone who could squeeze one more drop of juice out would win the money. Many people had tried over time , but nobody could do it. Then one day, this scrawny little man came in, wearing thick glasses and a polyester suit, and said in a tiny, squeaky voice, "I'd like to try the bet." After the laughter had died down, the host said "OK," grabbed a lemon, and squeezed away. Then he handed the wrinkled remains of the rind to the little man. But the crowd's laughter turned to total silence as the man clenched his fist around the lemon and six drops fell into the glass. As the crowd cheered, the host paid the $1000, and asked the little man, "What do you do for a living? Are you a lumberjack, a weightlifter, or what?" The man replied, "I work for the IRS."