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.

It will be a mitzvah! One day, as Judith is reaching inside her fridge for something for dinner, she notices a plastic-wrapped chicken right at the back, on the bottom shelf. She removes it from the fridge and she’s not happy with what she sees. This is a chicken she bought many weeks ago and has forgotten about. It’s looking very ragged and unappetising - even a bit smelly. But just as she`s about to throw it in the bin, her husband Harry stops her. "Don’t do that," says Harry. "Our neighbour Bernie has been out of work for months and he and his family probably haven’t had a roast chicken meal for ages. I think you should give him the chicken." "But it`s no good, it’s probably gone off," says Judith. "It doesn`t matter," says Harry, "just do it. It will be a mitzvah!" So Judith gives the chicken to her next door neighbour. But then, two days later, they learn that Bernie is terribly sick and has been taken to the local hospital. "We must go to the hospital right away," says Harry, "and pay Bernie a visit – it will be a mitzvah!" The day following their visit, they learn that Bernie has died. "Oy gevalt," cries Judith, "what on earth shall we do, Harry?" "What shall we do?" Harry replies, "We shall go to Bernie’s levoyah, that’s what. It will be a mitzvah!" Two days after attending Bernie’s levoyah, Harry says, "Judith, we`ve got to pay a visit to Bernie’s family while they’re sitting shivah. It will be a mitzvah!" So Judith and Bernie go next door to join the family in prayers for the loss of their husband and father. By the time they return home, Judith is crying. "Harry," she sobs, "don’t you think it was wrong of us to give Bernie that old chicken?" "You must be joking, Judith," replies Harry. "From that one old chicken, we got ourselves four mitzvahs!" levoyah: funeral shivah: 7 day period of mourning mitzvah: good deed.