Food Stuff

The M’s in M & M’s stand for ‘Mars & Murrie’, the co-creators of the candy. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({})

20% of people in the UK believe they have a food allergy, but only 2% actually do.

No matter what color Fruit Loop you eat, they all taste the same.

People who eat spicy foods tend to live longer, according to a 2015 study.

Three plates of food at a Chinese buffet will net you about 3,000 calories.

Chuck E. Cheese pizza restaurants were created by the inventor of the Atari video game system, Nolan Bushnell.

49% of U.S. Adults eat one sandwich a day.

Geomelophagia is someone who has the urge to eat raw potatoes.

Twinkies originally had banana flavoured filling, but switched to vanilla when World War 2 bought the banana trade to a halt.

Before Walkers owned Wotsits, they sold a rival known as Cheetos on the UK market.

A Victorian era nutritionist nicknamed the "Great Masticator" argued that food should be chewed about 100 times per minute before being swallowed.

Coconut water can be used (in emergencies) as a substitute for blood plasma.

In the United States, lettuce is the second most popular fresh vegetable.

Ketchup was sold in the 1830’s as medicine.

In 2016, a Singaporean street food vendor was awarded a Michelin star.

Even thinking about a favorite food triggered release of dopamine, a feel-good hormone also produced during sex and drug use.

If vegetarianism was adopted by 2050, it would stave off about 7 million deaths per year, experts estimate.

A cluster of bananas id formerly called a ‘hand’. Along that theme, a single banana is called a ‘finger’.

Eating a lot of beetroot turns your pee into a pink colour.

When cranberries are ripe, they bounce like a rubber ball.

WASHINGTON, DCCalifornia decriminalized the sale of Caesar salad this week -- and it`s not a moment too soon, the Libertarian Party said today."When you outlaw Caesar salad, only outlaws will eat Caesar salad," noted the party`s Director of Communications, Bill Winter. "That`s why, on the issue of Caesar salad, we Libertarians have always been pro-legalization."Selling Caesar salad became a crime last year when California legislators passed a new health law banning the sale of food that used raw eggs as an ingredient. Unexpectedly, the law included Caesar salad, which uses uncooked eggs in its unique dressing.Restaurant owners and fans of the popular salad were outraged. The outcry convinced state legislators to file a new bill to cancel the criminal status of Caesar salad -- and, presumably, end what might have become a flourishing black market in contraband romaine lettuce, raw eggs, and Parmesan cheese.The bill, signed into law by Governor Pete Wilson on Monday, has Libertarians cheering -- but a little surprised."We have to compliment California legislators for their rare display of good sense," acknowledged Winter. "Although we`re a bit surprised that they were courageous enough to toss the Caesar salad law entirely."Libertarians had expected politicians to take a more timid, gradual approach, said Winter, perhaps...* Implementing a five-day waiting period for Caesar salad, so the government could do a medical background check for raw-eggallergies.* Legalizing only "medical Caesar salad" -- whereby people with a vitamin deficiency could get a doctor`s permission to buy a small amount of Caesar salad for their own personal use.* Launching an anti-Caesar salad TV advertising blitz, perhaps with a commercial showing a frying pan, and then showing a frying pan with a raw egg in it. The voice-over could be: "This is your brain. This is your brain on Caesar salad."* Allowing only adults, 21 and over, the right to buy Caesar salad, on the grounds that it may be an adolescent`s gateway-salad to stronger stuff, like macaroni salad or three-bean salad.But Libertarians say they are delighted with the bold, unexpected victory over the "Just Say No to Caesar Salad" lobby -- and argue that it`s a win for libertarianism and the American way of life."We support the Constitutional right of every American to keep and bear a Caesar salad -- or, rather, to eat and buy a Caesar salad," said Winter. "All joking aside, it`s a setback for those political eggheads who think they have the right to micromanage every aspect of our lives -- down to the type of salad we buy in a restaurant. Hopefully, politicians will learn ... TO JUST LETTUCE ALONE."