Everyone knows that a person cannot live without food. Interesting facts about food are the secrets of cooking, and the specifics of growing, and the origins of the appearance of products and dishes.
1. "Swallow's nest" soup, which is very popular in China, is made from the nests of swifts.
2. The champagne in the glass starts to foam from dirt.
3. Fructose is a key ingredient in male sperm.
4. From a technical point of view, coffee is considered a fruit juice.
5. Onions are not endowed with taste, only smell.
6. Cucumbers are 95% liquid.
7) You can die after drinking 100 cups of coffee in 4 hours.
8. On average, people spend about 5 years of their own lives eating.
9.About 100 varieties of cabbage are found throughout the world.
10. Until recently, "sushi" was not called a dish, but a certain way of preserving fish.
11. Mandarin essential oil can boost your mood.
12. Macadamia is the most expensive nut in the world.
13. In addition to yellow bananas, red bananas are popular.
14. Salo came not from Ukraine, but from Italy.
15. Coconuts can be used to create an environmentally friendly fuel that can be an alternative to gasoline.
16.Cheese was first mentioned in the ancient Egyptian papyrus, since that time the appearance of the cheese has not changed in any way.
17. There are approximately 10,000 grape varieties in the world.
18. Dates rank first among all sweets in existence. They contain approximately 80% sugar.
19 Bananas attract mosquitoes, so you shouldn't eat them when going to the river.
20. Chickens today contain 200 times more fat than they did 40 years ago.
21. In order to quickly lose unnecessary calories, having a snack on fast food, you will have to run for about 8 hours.
22 In Japan, beer is considered the national drink.
23. In the magazine "Hostess" in 1902, it was possible to publish a recipe for cooking fried eggs from 5 thousand eggs.
24. A person who regularly eats chocolate and soon stops eating this product will experience "withdrawal".
25. Sex and food have been associated at all times into a single concept. This is why foods that look like genitals can induce sex drive.
26. Caramel was invented by the Arabs, and once upon a time it was used as a means of depilation.
27 In ancient times, drinking fresh milk was considered a luxury because it was difficult to preserve.
28 Beans in ancient times were considered symbols of the embryo.
29 Approximately 27 million Europeans eat at McDonald's every day.
30 Neil Armstrong ate turkey as his first dinner on the moon.
31. A huge amount of food additives that are endowed with a bright color, cause overexcitation.
32. Grapes in the microwave can explode.
33. President Richard Niels' favorite drink is dry martini.
34. Those who drink coffee and have sex are much more likely to enjoy themselves than those who don't drink coffee at all.
35. Mango has been known to people for over 4 thousand years.
36. The appearance of moldy cheese is associated with a legend when a shepherd chased a beautiful girl and left his breakfast in a cave.
37 In Spain in the 9th century, it was popular to eat the tongue of the whale.
38. Eskimos know how to make wine for their seagulls.
39. Until now, it is unknown who inspired the creation of donuts.
40. In the 19th century, a turtle-like soup was cooked in Great Britain, which was created from cow embryos.
41. The Netherlands exports a lot more soy sauce than Japan.
42. First, a dessert dish was created from potatoes that were brought into the states.
43. In the Maldives, Coca-Cola is made from sea water.
44. In Asia, about 4 million cats are eaten annually.
45 In Saudi Arabia, it is forbidden to eat nutmeg because it can cause hallucinations.
46.The banana tree is not really a tree, but a huge herb.
47 In Eastern countries, ketchup was originally thought of as a supplement to fish.
48 In Japan and Sicily, hedgehog caviar is a fairly popular dish.
49 In New York, an omelet is sold for $ 1,000.
50 Apple pits contain cyanide.
51. Peanuts are used in the process of making dynamite.
52.Strawberry is considered to be the only fruit with seeds placed outside.
53. Honey has been produced by bees for 150 million years.
54.Drinking 0.5L sweet soda every day can make you 31% fatter.
55.Calvados is apple vodka.
56 Mayonnaise was only invented in the 18th century.
57. About 44 billion instant noodles are consumed by people per year.
58. In Norway, a soup is made from beer, which is called ölebrod.
59. There are about 20 thousand varieties of beer known in the world.
60. More than 40% of the almonds that are mined in the world go to the production of chocolate.
61. Plombir is able to relieve fatigue and stress.
62.The first collection of recipes for cooking was published in 62 AD. There were dishes that Claudius liked.
63. Poisonous lead was used by the Romans as a way to sweeten a dish.
64. In the Scandinavian states, it is popular to cook dishes from rotten and fermented fish.
65 The doctor, who was invited to a hopelessly ill boy, allowed him to eat whatever he wanted. The boy soon recovered completely.
66. After the advent of sugar, it was considered a luxury and it was fashionable among princes to have black teeth.
67.The biggest dish cooked in the world is considered to be a fried camel stuffed with chickens, eggs, and fish.
68. The oldest soup, which is confirmed by archaeologists, was cooked from a hippopotamus.
69. Peanut oil is a constituent of glycerin.
70. Average people eat about 20-25 tons of food in their entire life.
71 In Japan, they sell ice cream that tastes like wings, cactus, and buffalo tongue.
72. In Alaska, such a dish as fish heads is common.
73. In Madagascar, they eat zebra stew with the addition of tomato.
74.Smoked bats are sold in the middle of the streets in Indonesia.
75. In Spain, honey is added to breast milk replacer for newborns.
76. Cabbage was invented in China.
77. In ancient Rome, the woodpecker was considered a sacred bird, and it was strictly forbidden to eat it.
78. In the composition of grape juice there is a varnish solvent (ethyl acetate).
79. One bottle of Coca-Cola contains the same amount of caffeine as one cup of coffee.
80. Apples help you wake up early in the morning.
81. Refined sugar is the only food in the world that does not contain any nutrients.
82. A kilogram of chips is more expensive than a kilogram of potatoes.
83. Germany will not be able to meet dieters.
84. For cleaning teeth in Siberia, larch resin was used.
85 September 23rd is Chewing Gum Day.
86 In Japan, to make meat tastier, animals are killed at night.
87 There is a restaurant in America that serves food made from insects.
88. To avoid coughing, you need to eat chocolate and drink cocoa.
89 - The ancient Greeks used olive oil on their bodies to protect their bodies from the effects of cancer.
90. In the 1770s, they first began to create the well-known canned food in cans.
91. White wine is made from grapes of any variety and color.
92. Every year, people consume an estimated 567 billion chicken eggs.
93.Tomatoes in Russia were considered "crazy berries", and they were poisonous.
94. It is still unknown what pineapple is: a vegetable or a fruit.
95. From potatoes people get fat like yeast, because they have a lot of starch.
96. If you eat a piece of chocolate between main meals, your appetite will decrease significantly.
97.Italians call one strand of pasta spaghetto.
98. Black and green olives are the fruit of the same tree.
99 Plastic numbers could be found in the cheese that was created in Soviet times.
100.Salt is considered a poison when consumed multiple times daily.