Random Food Facts

Discussion in 'Munchie Recipes' started by cerridwen, Sep 28, 2006.

  1. cerridwen

    cerridwen in stitches

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    This is a forward I got, which I thought was kind of interesting. I like getting emails like this, just a scattered random amount of info... enjoy! :)

    Random Acts of Facts – The Monday Email #7
    … yummy…

    In India, pickled ginger, minced mutton, and a cottage cheese like substance are popular pizza toppings.

    Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.

    All species of beetles are edible.

    There are more nutrients in the cornflake package itself than there are in the actual cornflakes.

    Strawberries have more vitamin c than oranges.

    Switzerland has the highest per-capita consumption of soft drinks in the world.

    At one 'feeding', a mosquito can absorb one and a half times its own weight in blood.

    Milk is heavier than cream.

    Most lipstick contains fish scales.

    The average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the time he/she graduates from high school.

    All coffee is grown within 1,000 miles of the equator.

    Bananas aren’t fruit! They are a type of herb.
     
  2. PsyGrunge

    PsyGrunge Full Fractal Force

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    hmmm interesting!
     
  3. cerridwen

    cerridwen in stitches

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    I didn't know about the last one, about the bananas. Thought it was interesting.
     
  4. crummyrummy

    crummyrummy Brew Your Own Beer Lifetime Supporter

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    The average McDonald's Big Mac bun has 198 sesame seeds on it
     
  5. cerridwen

    cerridwen in stitches

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    really? :) fascinating... the sesame seeds are also probably the healthiest thing on that burger.
     
  6. crummyrummy

    crummyrummy Brew Your Own Beer Lifetime Supporter

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    The reason for the lack of mouse-flavored cat food is due to the fact that the test subjects (cats, naturally!) turned up their noses at the formula!
     
  7. CosmicGaia

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    Thats really interesting!

    What did they use the ketchup medicine for?

    I always thought around that time period tomatoes were thought to be poisonous.
     
  8. familydog

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    the one about the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches made me laugh. I used to eat those every single day in high school, but I still love them
     
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