Boasting nearly 30 brewery locations, Nigeria has emerged as the largest beer-producing country in Africa. The continent's 8,000-year brewing history began with ancient Egyptian commercial brewing dynasties and still includes handmade tribal beers.
Brazil and the Côte d'Ivoire are leaders in the cocoa bean belt, accounting for nearly half of the world's cocoa.
British Airways tested ostrich meat on first-class passengers in 1996. Seen as a low-cholesterol alternative to beef, and because of Britain's "mad cow disease" plague, ostrich steaks were viewed as a good meat alternative. Because of the expense, coach passengers were not included in having ostrich on their menu. The bird initially appeared as the "Chef's Special" on London-New York flights. It was anticipated that it would be expanded to other flights' meals depending on how well the dishes were received.
British sailors were given lime or lemon juice to prevent scurvy; Dutch sailors were given sauerkraut.
Brose is a Scottish dish made by stirring boiling water or milk into oatmeal.
Buffalo chicken wings were so named for their city of origin in New York state, where they were created at The Anchor Bar.
Raw broccoli, cup for cup, has twice as much vitamin C as an orange and almost as much calcium as milk.
Red or pink grapefruit is higher in vitamin C than white grapefruit.
In the U.S. Colonial period, salmon was quite plentiful and cheap on the eastern coast. Back then, some servants stipulated in their work contracts that they would not be served salmon at a meal more than once a week.
Red wines have about five times more tannin than white wines.
In the United States, a barrel of beer contains 31 gallons, which is the equivalent of 13.8 cases of 12-ounce bottles or cans. Depending on the glass type and shape used to serve the beer, a barrel will yield about 200 12-ounce servings.
Experts recommend using vodka as a cleaning solution for diamond jewelry.
Redhaven, fairhaven, elberta, desert gold, and sunhaven are varieties of peaches.
In the United States, Jeno Paulucci made Chinese food, under the Chun King label, available in supermarkets nationwide for the first time in 1947. He later brought out Jeno's pizza.
Famed 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.
Rennet, a common substance used to curdle milk and make cheese, is taken from the inner lining of the fourth stomach of a calf.
In the vegetable realm, only asparagus and rhubarb can reproduce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year.
Federal regulations specify that 90 percent of peanut butter has to be peanuts.
Researchers have determined that 1 acre of potatoes can yield 1,200 gallons of ethyl alcohol in a year.
In Tuscany, olive oil and bread are sacred gifts and it is a grave sin to waste either of them. The Tuscans say you add years to your time in purgatory with the crumbs left on your plate.
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