Food Stuff

Honey is made from nectar and bee vomit.

Starbucks donates 100% of its leftover food in partnership with the nonprofit Feeding America.

The twists in pretzels are meant to look like arms crossed in prayer.

Pringles once had a lawsuit trying to prove that they weren't really potato chips.

Rice can be used in beer, dog food, baby food, breakfast cereals, snacks, frozen foods and sauces!

McDonald's sells 75 hamburgers every second of every day.

Pescetarians are vegetarians who eat fish.

16 billion jelly beans are made for Easter. stacked end to end, the jelly beans would circle the globe nearly 3 times!

An American will typically eat the equivalent of 28 pigs in his or her lifetime.

Frank Mars invented the Snickers chocolate bar. He named it Snickers after his favourite horse.

California is the world's 5th largest supplier of food.

In the U.S., Childhood Food Allergies Cost Nearly US$25 Billion Every Year.

Humans are born craving sugar.

To add nutrition, a lot of milk, juice, and yogurts enrich the food with EPA and DHA omega-3 fatty acids. In other words, your OJ contains fish oil.

Peaches are the third most popular fruit grown in America.

The fear of cooking is known as Mageirocophobia and is a recognised phobia.

If improperly prepared, fugu, or puffer fish, can kill you since it contains a toxin 1,200 times deadlier than cyanide.

The Arabs invented caramel.

Eating fast food regularly has the same impact on the liver as hepatitis.

Chicken McNuggets contain beef additives.

A worried Mrs. Melchnik sprang to the telephone when it rang and listened with relief to the kindly voice in her ear. "How are you, darling?" it said. "What kind of a day are you having?" "Oh, mother," said the housewife, breaking into bitter tears, "I've had such a bad day. The baby won't eat and the washing machine broke down. I haven't had a chance to go shopping, and besides, I've just sprained my ankle and I have to hobble around. On top of that, the house is a mess and I'm supposed to have two couples to dinner tonight." The mother was shocked and was at once all sympathy. "Oh, darling," she said, "sit down, relax, and close your eyes. I'll be over in half an hour. I'll do your shopping, clean up the house, and cook your dinner for you. I'll feed the baby and I'll call a repairman I know who'll be at your house to fix the washing machine promptly. Now stop crying. I'll do everything. In fact, I'll even call George at the office and tell him he ought to come home and help out for once." "George?" said the housewife. "Who's George?" "Why, George Your husband ...Is this 555 1374? "No, this is 555 1375." "Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I have the wrong number." There was a short pause and the housewife said, "Does this mean you're not coming over?"