Showing posts with label questions about foods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label questions about foods. Show all posts

Has chocolate always been popular?

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Before Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World, no one in Europe had ever heard of chocolate . It wasn't until Spanish explor...

What is the origin of vanilla?

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Vanilla and chocolate have a lot in common. Both are native to Mexico . In fact, when Europeans first tasted vanilla, they tasted it along ...

When did people start drinking coffee for the first time?

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Coffee is so popular today that you might think people have always been drinking it. But most of the world started drinking coffee just a...

Where was tea first drunk?

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In 2737 BC, a Chinese emperor named Shen Nung was boiling a pot of water on top of a fire. One of the leaves feeding the fire fell into t...

Where do potatoes come from?

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Potatoes are so popular and important that you might think they've been part of the world's diet for a long time. But that's ...

Where do oranges come from?

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We can consider ourselves much more fortunate than the people of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. Today we can enjoy a delicious glass of ...

When was bread first made?

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Mankind has been making some kind of bread for over 10,000 years. The first men probably chewed the seeds of wheat and other cereals, e...

Where do bananas come from?

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The banana has been called the fruit that the man first met, it began to be enjoyed long before the story began. The first banana proba...

Which country is the largest producer of vanilla?

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When you think of Madagascar , you immediately think of the main crops on this island, which are cocoa, sugar and vanilla. Vanilla is...

How does wine turn into vinegar?

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Vinegar is created by a chemical change called fermentation. During fermentation, the sugar in the wine or juice is transformed into alco...

How are raisins created?

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Since the ancient Egyptians were the first to discover that drying grapes preserved them longer, improved their flavor, and made them swe...

How is gelatin formed?

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When hot water is poured over the powdered gelatin to make a dessert, the powder seems to disappear. But that's not really the case. I...

What happens to milk when it is pasteurized?

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If you look at a bottle of milk, you'll find it written that the milk is pasteurized . This process was named after the French scien...

Where does the pepper come from?

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You've probably peppered your food thousands of times. But did you know that this spice comes from a fruit? Black pepper is the pro...

Where does the liquor come from?

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Liquor and other alcohol-containing beverages would not exist at all if it weren't for the tiny unicellular fungi called yeasts. Thes...

Why does canned food stay fresh for a long time?

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When canning was invented, no one knew why food packaged and heated inside cans was kept fresh for a long time. Then, in 1860, French s...

Does combining alcoholic beverages make you more intoxicated?

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 For some experts, this is really just a psychological illusion, as "spirit drinks" contain the same type of alcohol , ethanol....

Who invented ice cream?

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 Four thousand years ago, the Chinese were already making a kind of blanduce paste from iced milk. This dessert was reserved for the aff...

Will we know the Coca-Cola formula?

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Despite all the technological advances, knowing the exact composition of the famous refreshing drink is very difficult because of the way i...