More than one-third of the world's commercial supply of pineapples comes from Hawaii.
If you asked for a Mae West in a diner, you'd get a figure-eight cruller.
Most common sports drinks are the equivalent of sugar-sweetened human sweat. That is, they have the same salt concentration as sweat (but are less salty than your blood). An increase of as little as 1 percent in blood salt will cause you to become thirsty.
If you were to rub garlic on the heel of your foot, it would be absorbed by the pores and eventually show up on your breath.
In 1266 A.D., English bakers were ordered to mark each loaf of bread so that if a faulty one turned up, "it will be knowne in whom the faulte lies." The bakers' marks were among the first trademarks.
The term "cocktail" was invented in Elmsford, New York. A barmaid named Betsy Flanagan reportedly decorated her establishment with the tail feathers of cocks. One day a patron asked for "one of those cock tails." She served him a drink with a feather in it.
The top five spices during the winter holidays in the U.S., based on a survey, are, in order: ground black pepper; ground cinnamon; seasoned salt; garlic power; and ground nutmeg.
The ancient Greeks awarded celery to winners of sports events, and it often was carried by marathon runners.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports that the average American eats eight-and-a-half pounds of pickles a years. Dill pickles are twice as popular as sweet.
The Asiatic cordial kumiss is made from fermented cow's milk.
Most healthy adults can go without eating anything for a month or longer. But they must drink at least two quarts of water a day
The white meat of turkey is generally preferred in the United States, while other countries choose the dark meat.
The average American consumes 1,500 pounds of food each year. 1,000 gallons of water are required to grow and process each pound of that food. This means that in the U.S., in a single year, an average of 1.5 million gallons of water is invested in the food eaten by just one person. This 200,000-cubic-feet-plus of water-per-person would be enough to cover a football field four feet deep.
Mushrooms are commercially grown in virtually every state in the U.S. Pennsylvania, however, still accounts for over 40 percent of total U.S. production, which in 1998, reached over 800 million pounds.
In 1658, Paris police raided a monastery and sent twelve monks to jail for eating meat and drinking wine during Lent.
The word "steak" means a thick cut of food, and it can include anything from an eggplant steak to a salmon streak. However, according to food experts, beefsteak must be cut at least an inch thick if it's to be broiled over or under the flames. If it's thinner than this, the heat of the broiler penetrates the inside of the meat before the outside is browned. The inside then becomes well-done, the juices seep out, and the flavor is bland.
The average person ingests about a ton of food and drink each year.
Mustard is the Number 1 condiment served at ballpark concession stands
In 1889, Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented at St. Joseph, Missouri, was the first self-rising flour for pancakes and the first ready-mix food ever to be introduced commercially.
The word sake, Japanese wine made from fermented rice, is shortened from the word sake-mizu, which translates to "prosperous waters
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