Food Stuff

Worcestershire sauce is made from dissolved fish.

Beans have historically been a symbol of the embryo and of growth in most societies. The ancient Egyptians called the place in which the, the souls of the dead awaited reincarnation 'the bean field.'

Peanuts are not nuts. They are legumes.

Casu Marzu is a cheese found in Sardinia that is purposely infested with maggots.

Central Appalachia's tooth decay problem is referred to as Mountain Dew mouth, due to the beverage's popularity in the region.

There are more than 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world.

Square watermelons sell for about $85.

To make jelly beans shiny, shellac is used, which is made from Kerria lacca insect excretions.

Before 1991 Twix Bars were internationally knows as ‘Raider’.

Cornflakes have more genes than people do.

Coconut water can be used as blood plasma.

Octopuses are eaten alive in Korea.

Ranch dressing contains titanium dioxide, which is used to make it appear whiter. The same ingredient is used in sunscreen and paint for the same effect.

How you serve food and drink matters in the perception of taste. Hot chocolate tastes better in orange cups, scientists found.

The average hot dog is consumed in 6 bites.

Onion is Latin for large pearl. A basket of onions was considered a respectable funeral offering in ancient Egypt, second only to a basket of bread. Onions, with their circular layers, represented eternity and were found in the eyes of King Ramses IV who died in 1160 B.C.

The tea bag was introduced in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan of New York.

The potentially fatal brain mushroom is considered a delicacy in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, and the upper Great Lakes region of North America.

Many mass-produced ice creams have seaweed in them.

The Bourbon biscuit was introduced in 1910 originally under the name Creola.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto walked into a bar one day and sat down to drink a beer. After a few minutes, a big tall cowboy walked in and said, "Who owns the big white horse outside?" The Lone Ranger stood up, hitched his gunbelt, and said, "I do. Why?" The cowboy looked at the Lone Ranger and said, "I just thought you would like to know that your horse is just about dead outside!" The Lone Ranger and Tonto rushed outside and, sure enough, Silver was about dead from heat exhaustion. The Lone Ranger got him some water and made him drink it, and soon Silver was starting to feel a little better. The Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and said, "Tonto, I want you to run around Silver and see if you can create enough of a breeze to make him start to feel better." Tonto said, "Sure Kemosabe", and took off running circles around Silver. Not able to do anything else but wait, the Lone Ranger returned to the bar to finish his drink. A few minutes later, another cowboy struts into the bar and announces, "Who owns that big white horse outside?" The Lone Ranger stands again and claims, "I do. What is wrong with him this time?" The cowboy says to him, "Nothing much, I just wanted you to know... you left your Injun running!"