Food Stuff

There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

The Ancient Egyptians were the first to make a sweet treat from the marshmallow plant, when they combined its sap with nuts and honey.

Kissing may have originated when mothers orally passed chewed solid food to their infants during weaning.

The largest item on any menu in the world is the roast camel.

October is National Pasta Month.

The Kit Kat was originally made by Rowntree Limited, until 1988 when they were bought out by Nestle.

A survey showed 29% of adults say they have been splashed or scalded by hot drinks while dunking biscuits.

Chicken contains 266% more fat than it did 40 years ago.

When taken in large doses nutmeg works as a hallucinogen.

In the U.S., as much as 40% of produce grown is never sold or eaten because it is too ugly.

Apples, pears, cherries and strawberries are all members of the rose family.

Alliumphobia is the fear of garlic.

Perhaps as a relic of an ancient Roman custom of planting parsley on graves, a sprig of parsley was either associated with the devil or as an antidote for poison. Adding a sprig to a plate of food may have originated as a gesture of good faith and as way to safeguard the meal from evil.

London has more Indian restaurants than Mumbai or Delhi.

The jars of Nutella sold in a year could cover The Great Wall of China 8 times.

Worcestershire sauce is made from dissolved anchovies (including the bones) that have been soaked in vinegar.

Eating too much meat can accelerate your body's biological age.

You can cook an egg on a sidewalk at 158°F (70°C).

In 2001, there were more than 300 banana-related accidents in Britain, most involving people slipping on skins.

The following statements about the Bible were written by children and have not been retouched or corrected In the first book of the Bible, Guinesses, God got tired of creating the world, so he took the Sabbath off.Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree.Noah`s wife was called Joan of Ark because Noah built the ark, which the animals came to in pears.Lot`s wife was a pillar of salt by day, but a ball of fire by night.The Jews were a proud people and throughout history they had trouble with unsympathetic Genitals.Samson was a strong man who let himself be led astray by a Jezebel like Delilah.Samson slew the Philistines with the axe of the Apostles.Moses led the Hebrews to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread, which is bread without any ingredients.The Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert.Afterwards, Moses went up to Mount Cyanide to find the ten commendments.The first commandment was when Eve told Adam to eat the apple.The seventh commandment is "Thou shalt not admit adultery".Moses died before he ever reached Canada.Then Joshua led the Hebrews in the battle of Geritol.The greatest miracle in the Bible is when Joshua told his son to stand still and he obeyed him.David was a Hebrew king skilled at playing the liar. He fought with the Finkelsteins, a race of people who lived in Biblical times.Solomon, one of David`s sons, had 300 wives and 700 porcupines.When Mary heard that she was the mother of Jesus, she sang the Magna Carta.Then the three Wise Guys from the east arrived and found Jesus in the manager.Jesus was born because Mary had an Immaculate Contraption.St. John, the blacksmith, dumped water on his head.Jesus enunciated the Golden Rule, which says do one to others before they do one to you.He also explained that "Man does not live by sweat alone".It was a miricle when Jesus rose from the dead and managed to get the tombstone off the entrance.The people who followed Jesus were called the 12 decibles.The epistles were the wives of the apostles.One of the opossums was St. Matthew who was also a taximan.St. Paul cavorted to Christianity. He preached the holy acrimony, which is another name for marriage.A Christian should have only one spouse. This is called monotony.