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Christmas is gone . . . thankfully. I love all the presents, and I love all the decorations (if I’m not forced into putting them up), but my downfall is all the damn food. I’m what you might call a “taster”. I love tasting everything and this year was the worst since last year. I swear we had enough food for twenty people but unfortunately, there were only seven of us. That means that I’ll be eating reheated holiday leftovers for at least the next two weeks. Also, let’s not forget the large influx of food anticipated on New Years Eve and again on New Years Day. I have absolutely no willpower and I’ll probably be found dead with a large slab of lukewarm ham hanging out of my mouth. With that cheery thought in mind, I’ll be posting a few tidbits of trivia about food as I sit here eating blueberry donuts and cherry lifesavers.
- Animal Crackers were introduced in 1902 as a Christmas novelty item and packaged with a string for a handle. It made it easier to hang them on the Christmas tree as an ornament.
- Coffee was officially recognized as a Christian drink by Pope Clement VIII in 1592.
- Most of the egg rolls sold in grocery stores in the United States are actually produced in Houston, Texas.
- The American city that consumes the most ketchup is New Orleans.
- Eighty-seven percent of whole milk is water.
- Miss Piggy of Muppets fame was once quoted, “Never eat more than you can lift.”
- The term “Surf & Turf” was coined by gastronome Diamond Jim Brady and was first served to him at a waterfront restaurant in Brooklyn, NY, in the late 1880’s.
- The name Lorna Doone was the name given to a shortbread cookie in 1869 based on a novel by the same name.
- Baskin-Robbins introduced an ice cream, Lunar Cheesecake, in 1969 to commemorate the moon landing.
- Salsa overtook the ever-popular ketchup as the top selling condiment in 1991.
BRING ON NEW YEARS, I’M NOT TOO AFRAID
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)
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