| Thursday, August 20, 2009 |
| Fun Food Facts - 2: TT!!!!!! |
1. Sometimes frozen fruits and vegetables are more nutritious than fresh!
The longer that fruits or vegetables sit around waiting to be sold or eaten, the more nutrients they lose. But fruits and vegetables grown for freezing are usually frozen right after they're picked. Therefore, they have less time to lose their nutrients.
2. Instant coffee has been in existence since the middle of the eighteenth century
3. The dish chop-suey does not come from China. It was created by Chinese immigrants in California
4. You're more likely to be hungry if you're cold.
5. Frankfurter sausages were first created in China
6. Within 2 hours of standing in daylight, milk loses between half and two-thirds of its vitamin B content
7. Bakers used to be fined if their loaves were under weight, so they used to add an extra loaf to every dozen, just in case -- hence, the expression "baker's dozen"
8. Peanuts are used in the manufacture of dynamite
9. It has been traditional to serve fish with a slice of lemon since the Middle Ages, when people believed that the fruit's juice would dissolve any bones accidentally swallowed
10. The average person eats almost 1500 punds of food a year.
11. A portion of the water you drink has already been drunk by someone else, maybe several times over
12. Fast Food isn't new.
The remains of fast-food shops have been found in ancient ruins! Even ancient Greeks enjoyed take-out. The only thing that is new is the mass production, standard menus and recipes of fast-food "chains."
13. Carrots really can help you see in the dark...
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| Thursday, August 13, 2009 |
| Fun Food Facts - 1. Thursday Thirteen. |
1. Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries
2. The onion is named after a Latin word meaning large pearl
3. Half of the world's population live on a staple diet of rice
4. Potato crisps were invented by a North American Indian called George Crum
5. During a lifetime the average person eats about 35 tonnes of food
6. Ice Cream Is Chinese Food!
When the famous explorer Marco Polo returned to his homeland of Italy, from China in 1295, he brought back a recipe (among other things). The recipe, was a Chinese recipe for a desert called "Milk Ice." However, Europeans substituted cream for the milk, and voila..."Ice Cream." Ice cream has been a hit ever since!
7. The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology
8. In France, people eat approximately 500,000,000 snails per year
9. The first breakfast cereal ever produced was Shredded Wheat
10. There are about 100,000 bacteria in one litre of drinking water
11. The Word "Salary" Comes From "Salt!"
Salt, our oldest preservative, was extremely rare in the past. So rare, in fact, that it was often used as pay. Imagine...earning a couple of tablespoons of salt for a hard-days work. Today, salt is so common that restaurants give it away for free, and packaged food contains so much that it's far too easy to eat too much salt (salt is also known as "sodium").
12. Cream is lighter than milk
13. Over 1,000 litres of beer are drunk in the House of Commons each week
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| Sunday, August 9, 2009 |
| Dark Chocloate |
Dark chocolate (as opposed to other kinds of chocolate) is considered healthy, and recommended for daily consumption in small amounts to maintain a healthy heart and lower cholesterol.
Dark chocolate is also an excellent energy source because it releases slowly into the bloodstream and does not elevate insulin levels. (Indeed, dark chocolate has a GI rating of a mere 22.) As a result, the sustained energy it provides is ideal for endurance activities and even weight training routines.
If you don't like dark chocloate, start with a very mild dark chocolate such as 45-55% cacao. A good example of this is Bournville, an easily available brand (in the UK) with distinctive packaging. Mild dark chocolate will taste similar to milk chocolate and won't be too bitter. If you are more adventurous, you can get dark chocolates that go all the way up to 100% cacao (i.e., unsweetened).
The formation of whitish spots, or bloom, on chocloate is due to a separation of some of the fat in the chocolate. While it affects the aesthetics of the chocolate somewhat, it isn't harmful to eat or use chocolate that has bloomed. Bloom is related to heat and humidity, so store chocolate in a cool, dry place free of odors.
Here are some excellent brands to try: Michel Cluizel, Perugina, Wedel, Domori, Amedei, Valrhona, Neuhaus, Marcolini, Lindt, Felchlin, Guittard, Scharffen Berger, Santander, Malagasy, Weiss, El Rey, Theo, Bonnat, Pralus, Castelain, Slitti, Dagoba, Green and Black's, and Ghirardelli. |
| posted by Fun Food Eater @ 12:02 AM |
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| Thursday, August 6, 2009 |
| Alcohol Trivia |
1. President Lyndon B. Johnson's favorite drink may have been scotch and soda. He would ride around his Texas ranch in an open convertible in hot weather. He drank his "scotch and soda out of a large white plastic foam cup. Periodically, Johnson would slow down and hold his left arm outside the car, shaking the cup and ice. A Secret Service agent would run up to the car, take the cup and go back to the station wagon (following the President's car). There another agent would refill it with ice, scotch, and soda as the first agent trotted behind the wagon. then the first agent would run the refilled cup up to LBJ's outstretched hand, as the President's car moved slowly forward."
2. Don’t swallow in Utah! Wine used in wine tastings in Utah must not be swallowed!
3. Adding a miniature onion to a martini turns it into a Gibson.
4. The longest bar in the world is 684 feet (or about 208.5 meters) long and is located at the New Bulldog in Rock Island, Illinois.
5. A drinking establishment is now located in the New York City building that once housed the National Temperance Society.
6. A tequini is a martini made with tequila instead of dry gin.
7. The body or lightness of whiskey is primarily determined by the size of the grain from which it is made; the larger the grain, the lighter the whiskey. For example, whiskey made from rye, with its small grain size, is bigger or fuller-bodied than is whiskey made from corn, with its large grain size.
8. Each molecule of alcohol is less than a billionth of a meter long and consists of a few atoms of oxygen, carbon and hydrogen.
9. Christopher Columbus brought Sherry on his voyage to the New World.
10. As Magellan prepared to sail around the world in 1519, he spent more on Sherry than on weapons.
11. Sixty-two percent of Americans report that they have used the service of a designated driver.
12. The founder of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) no longer belongs to the organization. She resigned after it became increasingly anti-alcohol rather than simply anti-drunk-driving.
13. Vassar College was established and funded by a brewer.
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