If you would like to make a Siberian happy, give him a horse-meat steak.
A black cow is a chocolate soda with chocolate ice cream. The term dates from the Roaring Twenties, although it also came to be used to describe a root beer float. Another term for a black cow was a mud fizz.
The cashew is part of a fruit that grows in tropical regions called 'a cashew apple'. After harvesting, the cashew apple keeps for only 24 hours before the soft fruit deteriorates. The cashew apple is not commercially important since it spoils quickly, but local people love the fruit. To harvest the nut, the ripe apple is allowed to fall to the ground where natives easily gather it. The apple and nut are separated.
South Pittsburgh, Tennessee, better known as "The Cornbread Capitol of the World," has an old ordinance pertaining to the cooking of this southern staple. The law declares: "Cornbread isn't cornbread unless it be made correctly. Therefore, all cornbread must be hereby made in nothing other then a cast iron skillet." Those found in violation of this ordinance are to be fined one dollar.
The Ritz cracker was introduced to markets in 1934, but gourmets had to wait until 1953 for the invention of cheese in a can.
The fortune cookie was invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodlemaker.
A man named Ed Peterson is the inventor of the Egg McMuffin.
Although the combination of chili peppers and oregano for seasoning has been traced to the ancient Aztecs, the present blend is said to be the invention of early Texans. Chili powder today is typically a blend of dried chilies, garlic powder, red peppers, oregano, and cumin.
Americans eat an average of 18 pounds of fresh apples each year. The most popular variety in the United States is the Red Delicious.
An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this - pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.
Mr. Peanut was invented in 1916 by a Suffolk, Virginia schoolchild who won $5 in a design contest sponsored by Planters Peanuts.
John Kellogg invented corn flakes, for a patient with bad teeth. Charles Post invented Grape Nuts. Dr. Kellogg was the manager of a Michigan health spa and Post was a patient. The spa was founded by Sylvester Graham...inventor of the Graham cracker and pioneer of the early 1800s movement to eat more bran.
The secret recipe for Coca Cola, code-named "Merchandise 7X" is kept under lock and key in a vault in the SunTrust Bank Building in Atlanta, Georgia, the home of Coke inventor Dr. John S. Pemberton and current world headquarters of Coca Cola International.
In South Africa, termites are often roasted and eaten by the handful, like pretzels or popcorn.
Table salt is the only commodity that hasn’t risen dramatically in price in the last 150 years.
Burger King® uses approximately 1/2 million pounds of bacon every month in its restaurants.
There are more than 200 kinds of chili peppers, none of which belong to the pepper family.
Ice cream was originally made without sugar and eggs.
The Chinese used to open shrimp by flaying the shells with bamboo poles. Until a few years ago, in factories where dried shrimp were being prepared, "shrimp dancers" were hired to tramp on the shells with special shoes.
Native Americans never actually ate turkey; killing such a timid bird was thought to indicate laziness.
For decades, there's been a hard-fought and usually close battle between Coke and Pepsi in the United States...with each claiming some regional pockets of leadership. But globally it's no contest - Coca-Cola sales far outstrip sales of Pepsi-Cola internationally.
The famous Chef Wolfgang Puck chose the Italian word "Spago" as the name for his popular chain of restaurants. In Italian - spago = "String" or "Twine" - slang for spaghetti.
Grand Rapids, Michigan is the "SpaghettiOs Capital of the World" because per-capita consumption is highest in that city, per the Franco-American Company. Reportedly, there are more than 1,750 "O's" in a 15-ounce can of SpaghettiOs.
Pigturducken is a pig, stuffed with a turkey, which is stuffed with a chicken, deep fried in oil, which is usually put into something similar to a horse trough over propane burners.
Carbonated water, with nothing else in it, can dissolve limestone, talc, and many other low-Moh's hardness minerals. Coincidentally, carbonated water is the main ingredient in soda.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans eat more than 22 pounds of tomatoes every year. More than half this amount is eaten in the form of ketchup and tomato sauce.
In Bavaria, beer isn't considered an alcoholic drink but rather a staple food.
Beer is made by fermentation cause by bacteria feeding on yeast cells and then defecating. In other words, it's a nice tall glass of bacteria doo-doo.
Americans eat an average of 18 pounds of fresh apples each year. The most popular variety in the United States is the Red Delicious.
Spam stands for Shoulder Pork and hAM.
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"To be foolish and to recognize that one is foolish, is better than to be foolish and imagine that one is wise."
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Researchers in Denmark found that beer tastes best when drunk to the accompaniment of a certain musical tone. The optimal frequency is different for each beer, they reported. The correct harmonious tone for Carlsberg Lager, for example, is 510-520 cycles per second.
Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
Only food that does not spoil: honey.
The average McDonald's Big Mac bun has 198 sesame seeds on it.
Before it was unsolicited email, Spam was a luncheon meat. It is so resistant to spoilage that, if kept in the closed can, it may well outlast eternity and will certainly live longer than you. Believe it or not it was first promoted as a health food. In Korea it comes in gift boxes, and placed end to end, all the Spam ever sold would circle the Earth more than ten times.
The famous baby appearing on jars of Gerber baby food is actually a girl named Ann Turner. The picture was drawn by artist Dorothy Hope Smith in 1928.
There are more than 15,000 different kinds of rice.
Rice is the main food for half of the people of the world.
As much as 50 gallons of Maple Sap are used to make a single gallon of Maple Sugar.
Dairy products account for about 29% of all food consumed in the U.S.
Turkey contains an amino acid called tryptophan, which can cause sleepiness (warm milk also contains tryptophan).
When Gerber baby foods began to sell in parts of Africa, they continued to use their usual packaging, with the cute baby on the front. They didn't realize until later that where they were selling it, it was a common practice to help illiterate people buy things by putting pictures on the wrapper of what was inside.
Wine will spoil if exposed to light, hence tinted bottles.
Over a third of all pineapples come from Hawaii.
A hard-boiled egg will spin. An uncooked or soft-boiled egg will not.
Herring is the most widely eaten fish in the world.
Sliced bread was introduced under the Wonder Bread label in 1930.
Opera stars Nellie Melba and Luisa Tetrazzini are famous for more than singing. They are also known for food that has been named after them. Nellie Melba (peach melba and melba toast) and Luisa Tetrazzini (chicken tetrazzini).
The letters VVSOP on a cognac bottle stand for - Very Very Superior Old Pale.
When it originally appeared in 1886 - Coca Cola was billed as an "Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage".
Ovaltine, the drink was from milk, malt, egg and cocoa, was developed in 1904 in Berne, Switzerland. It was originally named Ovomaltine. A clerical error changed it when the manufacturer registered the name.
In the late 1970s, Coca-Cola Co. boycotted the NBC late-night comedy show "Saturday Night Live" for several years. The giant soda company was retaliating against a frequent character of comedian John Belushi's, a Greek restaurant owner, who repeatedly said to customers, "No Coke... Pepsi," thus saying the rival company's name dozens of times throughout each skit.
The first macaroni factory in the United States was established in 1848. It was started by Antoine Zegera in Brooklyn, New York.
The five favorite U.S. school lunches nationwide, according to the American School Food Service Association, are, in order, pizza, chicken nuggets, tacos, burritos, and hamburgers.
The flesh of the puffer fish (fugu) is considered a delicacy in Japan. It is prepared by chefs specially trained and certified by the government to prepare the flesh free of the toxic liver, gonads, and skin. Despite these precautions, many cases of tetrodotoxin poisoning are reported each year in patients ingesting fugu. Poisonings usually occur after eating fish caught and prepared by uncertified handlers. The end result, in most cases, is death.
The number 57 on a Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickle the company once had.
Fanta Orange is the third largest selling soft drink in the world.
Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
Only food that does not spoil: honey.
The average McDonald's Big Mac bun has 198 sesame seeds on it.
Before it was unsolicited email, Spam was a luncheon meat. It is so resistant to spoilage that, if kept in the closed can, it may well outlast eternity and will certainly live longer than you. Believe it or not it was first promoted as a health food. In Korea it comes in gift boxes, and placed end to end, all the Spam ever sold would circle the Earth more than ten times.
The famous baby appearing on jars of Gerber baby food is actually a girl named Ann Turner. The picture was drawn by artist Dorothy Hope Smith in 1928.
There are more than 15,000 different kinds of rice.
Rice is the main food for half of the people of the world.
As much as 50 gallons of Maple Sap are used to make a single gallon of Maple Sugar.
Dairy products account for about 29% of all food consumed in the U.S.
Turkey contains an amino acid called tryptophan, which can cause sleepiness (warm milk also contains tryptophan).
When Gerber baby foods began to sell in parts of Africa, they continued to use their usual packaging, with the cute baby on the front. They didn't realize until later that where they were selling it, it was a common practice to help illiterate people buy things by putting pictures on the wrapper of what was inside.
Wine will spoil if exposed to light, hence tinted bottles.
Over a third of all pineapples come from Hawaii.
A hard-boiled egg will spin. An uncooked or soft-boiled egg will not.
Herring is the most widely eaten fish in the world.
Sliced bread was introduced under the Wonder Bread label in 1930.
Opera stars Nellie Melba and Luisa Tetrazzini are famous for more than singing. They are also known for food that has been named after them. Nellie Melba (peach melba and melba toast) and Luisa Tetrazzini (chicken tetrazzini).
The letters VVSOP on a cognac bottle stand for - Very Very Superior Old Pale.
When it originally appeared in 1886 - Coca Cola was billed as an "Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage".
Ovaltine, the drink was from milk, malt, egg and cocoa, was developed in 1904 in Berne, Switzerland. It was originally named Ovomaltine. A clerical error changed it when the manufacturer registered the name.
In the late 1970s, Coca-Cola Co. boycotted the NBC late-night comedy show "Saturday Night Live" for several years. The giant soda company was retaliating against a frequent character of comedian John Belushi's, a Greek restaurant owner, who repeatedly said to customers, "No Coke... Pepsi," thus saying the rival company's name dozens of times throughout each skit.
The first macaroni factory in the United States was established in 1848. It was started by Antoine Zegera in Brooklyn, New York.
The five favorite U.S. school lunches nationwide, according to the American School Food Service Association, are, in order, pizza, chicken nuggets, tacos, burritos, and hamburgers.
The flesh of the puffer fish (fugu) is considered a delicacy in Japan. It is prepared by chefs specially trained and certified by the government to prepare the flesh free of the toxic liver, gonads, and skin. Despite these precautions, many cases of tetrodotoxin poisoning are reported each year in patients ingesting fugu. Poisonings usually occur after eating fish caught and prepared by uncertified handlers. The end result, in most cases, is death.
The number 57 on a Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickle the company once had.
Fanta Orange is the third largest selling soft drink in the world.
"To be foolish and to recognize that one is foolish, is better than to be foolish and imagine that one is wise."
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In Chicago, a root beer float is called a BROWN cow, el guapo.
All the other facts you presented to us are true.
Isn't that the baby crying?
:D
All the other facts you presented to us are true.
Isn't that the baby crying?
:D
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cheese in a can?
ewwwwwwwwwwwww!:yh_rotfl
ewwwwwwwwwwwww!:yh_rotfl
Life is just to short for drama.
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Odie;1070577 wrote: cheese in a can?
ewwwwwwwwwwwww!:yh_rotfl
That, my dear, is Cheeze Whizz....this is where I got Chezzies nick name from. :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
ewwwwwwwwwwwww!:yh_rotfl
That, my dear, is Cheeze Whizz....this is where I got Chezzies nick name from. :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
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I totally LOVE useless stuff like this....it's just fun to read!!
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jimbo;1070868 wrote: why dont you write your life story then 
:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
:yh_ooooo meanie :yh_tongue
How about your story Jimbutt...I really need something to help me :yh_sleep:yh_sleep
:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
:yh_ooooo meanie :yh_tongue
How about your story Jimbutt...I really need something to help me :yh_sleep:yh_sleep
:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
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shelbell;1070870 wrote: :yh_ooooo meanie :yh_tongue
How about your story Jimbutt...I really need something to help me :yh_sleep:yh_sleep
:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
il write it
jim was born had hair a few days later he had none nothing has changed he just got bigger
How about your story Jimbutt...I really need something to help me :yh_sleep:yh_sleep
:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
il write it
jim was born had hair a few days later he had none nothing has changed he just got bigger
"To be foolish and to recognize that one is foolish, is better than to be foolish and imagine that one is wise."
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shelbell;1070864 wrote: That, my dear, is Cheeze Whizz....this is where I got Chezzies nick name from. :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
cheeze whiz comes in a glass jar!:-5
cheeze whiz comes in a glass jar!:-5
Life is just to short for drama.
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jimbo;1069672 wrote: why jes why
this ladies and gentlemen is really what its like to have a conversation with jes :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
no really it is
I wish he had posted this in "What do you do in the loo" thread.:yh_rotfl
this ladies and gentlemen is really what its like to have a conversation with jes :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
no really it is
I wish he had posted this in "What do you do in the loo" thread.:yh_rotfl
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el guapo;1071237 wrote: il write it
jim was born had hair a few days later he had none nothing has changed he just got bigger
:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
jim was born had hair a few days later he had none nothing has changed he just got bigger
:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
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Odie;1071383 wrote: cheeze whiz comes in a glass jar!:-5
Yeah, but it's all the same to me...the spray can is just easier!!! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
Yeah, but it's all the same to me...the spray can is just easier!!! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl