Do you consider yourself a “Foodie”? I love a great variety of foods and have gone out of my way over the years to try almost everything once. There are a few things I absolutely love and on the backside of that a whole lot of things I absolutely hate. That doesn’t make me a foodie it makes me a nitpicker. I pick the nits I like, and I ignore the ones that I dislike. With that thought in mind I thought maybe a class on food trivia might be called for and give you a little information you probably haven’t heard before. I’ll just throw 15 facts at you, and you can deal with them as you please.

• Coca-Cola was first bottled in 1894 in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

• A 12-ounce cup of brewed coffee contains 200 mg of caffeine.

• The average ear of corn has 800 kernels.

• A medium-sized potato provides 45% of the recommended daily value of vitamin C for an adult.

• Nescafé was the first instant coffee. It was introduced in Europe in 1938.

• The Chinese restaurant item, chop suey, was invented in the United States.

• Fulton, Kentucky was once known as the “The Banana Capital of the World” because 70% of all imported bananas to the United States used to be shipped there.

• The United States military has created an “indestructible sandwich” that can stay fresh for up to three years.

• Black olives contain 10-30% more oil than green olives.

• The Aztecs considered avocados an aphrodisiac.

• The red and white colors of the Campbells Soup label came from the colors of the Cornell University football team, which Campbell’s executive Herberton Williams watched play in 1898.

• White and brown eggs contain the same nutrients in the same quantities.

• The Marquis de Sade loved chocolate so much that he had it sent to him in prison.

• Post Cereals developed the first cereal, Grape-Nuts, in 1897.

• The national drink of Iceland is a potato schnapps called “Black Death.”

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EAT UP!!!