A peanut is not a nut; it is a legume.
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
A small or imperfect ear of corn is called a nubbin.
A tenth of the 7 million tons of rice grown in the U.S. each year goes into the making of beer.
A traditional drink found throughout Andean countries is chicha, made from fermented maize or rice. The fermentation process is augmented by human saliva in some rural parts of Ecuador. Chicha makers, usually women, chew the ingredients and spit them back in the pot to brew. Visitors should avoid sampling the brew, as hepatitis B is commonly passed.
A turkey should never be carved until it has been out of the oven at least 30 minutes. This permits the inner cooking to subside and the internal meat juices to stop running. Once the meat sets, it's easier to carve clean, neat slices.
A typical breakfast in South China would likely include rice porridge with slivers of fish, frog, or preserved egg. Also a breakfast favorite is hot soybean milk with onions.
A wet onion is easier to peel than a dry one, per cooking experts.
A wine cork costs about 10 cents if it is made from pressed cork scraps, and about 45 cents if it is one of the extra-long corks used to close the bottles at famous wine estates in Bordeaux, Burgundy, Italy, and California.
A-1 Steak Sauce contains both orange peels and raisins.
About 1612, early French explorers reported that the Iroquois popped popcorn in a pottery vessel with heated sand and used it to make popcorn soup.
About 93 percent of households in Denmark consume wine, the highest consumption of all countries. French homes follow with about 85 percent.
According to a study, the most popular medium of gift-exchange in Eastern Europe is a bottle of vodka, especially a good brand name vodka.
According to a survey of American mothers of school-age kids, 44 percent of elementary school children prefer a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich packed into their lunchbox. Their second sandwich choice is bologna, at 16 percent.
According to Boston University - more than 16,580 bananas are eaten each week in the Boston University dining rooms.
According to Chinese folklore, peaches not only kept lungs healthy, but those grown in a mythical garden were the fruit of eternal life.
According to Dr. Bruce Ames, University of California at Berkeley, there are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.
According to food experts, marinades for meat are for a one-time use only. You should never save and reuse a marinade.
According to many studies, chocolate is the number one food craved by women, but scientists are undecided as to why.
According to purist Italian chefs, ingredients that should never appear on an authentic Italian pizza include bell pepper, pepperoni, or chicken.
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