FACTS ABOUT FOOD
- In France, people eat approximately 500 million snails per year
- Worcestershire sauce is made from dissolved fish.
- There are about 100,000 bacteria in one liter of drinking water
- Popcorn has been around for 6,000 years.
- Instant coffee has been in existence since the middle of the 18th century
- The Popsicle was invented by an 11 year old.
- The dish chop-suey was created by Chinese immigrants in California
- Honey is the only food that cannot spoil.
- On average, a person eats each year 150 pounds (68 kg) of meat, 290 pounds (131 kg) of milk and cream, 35 pounds (16 kg) of eggs, 48 pounds (22 kg) of chicken, 68 pounds (31 kg ) of bread, 125 pounds (56 kg) of potatoes, and 80 pounds (36 kg) of fruit.
- Iceberg lettuce is 90 percent water.
- American astronaut John Glenn ate the first meal in space aboard Friendship 7 in 1962.
- The flavor of bubble gum comes from the fusion of vanilla, wintergreen and “cassia,” a form of cinnamon.
- In the U.S. a pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of potatoes.
- Saffron, made from the dried stamens of cultivated crocus flowers, is the most expensive cooking spice.
- The smaller the chilli pepper, the hotter it is.
- The smaller the size of a berry, the sweeter its taste.
