I thought today we might talk a little bit about food and drink. Just a little bit of trivia concerning some of our favorite consumables and some not so favorite. Don’t read this before you eat your lunch, it might put you off a little bit.

• To make 1 pound of honey, bees must tap an average of 2 million flowers and fly more than 50,000 miles.

• In ancient times oranges, not apples, were known as the” Fruits of the Gods”.

• Some fast-food hamburgers are made of only 12% meat.

• More than 45% of Americans eat fast food once a week.

• To burn the calories consumed while eating a McDonald’s Big Mac, large fries, and a large soda, you must walk briskly for seven straight hours.

• The US FDA allows pizza sauce at fast food restaurants to contain a maximum of 30 fly eggs per 100 grams, or 15 fly eggs and one maggot per 100 grams.

• Each day McDonald’s feeds more people than the entire population of Spain.

• Worcestershire sauce is created by dissolving the whole anchovies in vinegar, until the bones melt.

• Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.

• Honey is the only natural food that does not rot. Theoretically honey could sit for 1 million years and remain completely edible.

• On average there are more than 1200 calories in movie theater popcorn if you include the butter topping. That’s the equivalent of the calories in one pound of baby back ribs or two McDonald’s Big Macs.

• M&Ms are the top-selling candy in the United States. Second is Reese’s peanut butter cups and third is the Snickers bar.

• In China, the most popular use of ketchup is as a condiment for fried chicken.

• The French government banned ketchup in its primary schools in 2011, fearing it would encourage children to develop Americanized taste preferences.

• No more than two rodent hairs, or 29 gnawed kernels, can be shipped in a pound of popcorn.

ENJOY YOUR MEALS AND SNACKS (LOL)