Food Stuff

KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1952.

The M’s in M & M’s stand for ‘Mars & Murrie’, the co-creators of the candy.

The average person eats eight pounds of grapes each year.

Hundreds and Thousands (Sprinkles, Nonpareils, Jimmies) are small round balls of brightly coloured sugar used as decorations on cakes, cookies, trifles and other desserts. Their use dates back at least to the early 19th century.

Fruit-flavored snacks are made with the same wax used on cars.

Until well into the sixteenth century, bacon was a Middle English term used to refer to all pork in general.

At Delphi, the spiritual center of Greece, many cooks were needed to organize and direct sacrifices to the gods.

India has the world's lowest meat consumption per person.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Dry swallowing one teaspoon of sugar can commonly cure hic-ups.

A watermelon is over 92% water by weight.

Nearly 27 million Americans eat at McDonald's per day.

Juicy Fruit and Wrigley’s Spearmint gums are more than 100 years old!

Yams and sweet potatoes are not the same thing.

There are 7,500 varieties of apples grown throughout the world, and if you tried a new variety each day, it would take you 20 years to try them all.

'SPAM' is short for spiced ham.

The ancient Greeks chewed a gum-like substance called mastic that came from the bark of a tree.

On August 10, 2015, NASA astronauts ate food that had been grown in space for the first time.

Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.

If you want to speed up the ripening of a pineapple, so that you can eat it faster, then you can do it by standing it upside down (on the leafy end).

Jewish Doctors The following quotes were taken from actual medical records from Israeli hospitals... • Between you and me, we ought to be able to get this lady pregnant. • She is numb from her toes down. • By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped and he was feeling better. • Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year. • On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it had completely disappeared. • She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night. • The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1983. • Patient was released to outpatient department without dressing. • I have suggested that he loosen his pants before standing and then, when he stands with the help of his wife, they should fall to the floor. • The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed. • Discharge status: Alive but without permission. • Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful. • The patient refused an autopsy. • The patient has no past history of suicides. • Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital. • The patient`s past medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days. • She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate directions in early December. • The patient experienced sudden onset of severe shortness of breath with a picture of acute pulmonary oedema at home while having sex, which gradually deteriorated in the emergency room. • The patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch. • The patient was in his usual state of good health until his aeroplane ran out of gas and crashed. • When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.