Friday Food Facts

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.27

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13th Jul 2018 - 07:00

The way actor Peter Sallis had Wallace say the word ‘cheese’ in the Wallace & Gromit films prompted creator Nick Park to radically change his initial design for the character’s head so h

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.26

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29th Jun 2018 - 07:00

Using a pen and made a mistake?

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.25

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22nd Jun 2018 - 10:09

The word ‘Avocado’ comes from an Aztec word that also means testicle
Napoleon set aside 70,000 acres to explore beet root’s sugar-producing potential.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.24

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15th Jun 2018 - 08:40

The pufferfish fugu, a Japanese delicacy, is so poisonous that the smallest mistake in its preparation could lead to the death of the person eating it
Japanese cuisine is one of on

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.23

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8th Jun 2018 - 09:21

Coca-Cola was discontinued in 2008, Coke Black was Coca-Cola’s coffee-flavored fizzy-pop which they introduced in 2006 and discontinued in 2008.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.22

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1st Jun 2018 - 09:49

Under the terms of its Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status, only pork pies made within an 11 square mile zone around the town can be called Melton Mowbray pork pies
Runn

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.21

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25th May 2018 - 10:12

Louis Pasteur developed pasteurisation for beer more than 20 years before he did it for milk
Despite its creamy texture, milk is comprised of 85-95% water.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.20

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18th May 2018 - 09:50

Ants don’t like cucumber peel, which contains a chemical called an unsaturated aldehyde that they will avoid at all costs.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.19

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11th May 2018 - 10:25

To give your food that smokey, barbecue flavour even if it’s cooked indoors under an electric grill, then marinate it in lapsang souchong, a black Chinese tea
In 2009, researchers

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.18

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4th May 2018 - 08:35

Hummus has conquered America. The hummus industry has grown from a mere $5m in 2002 to $725m annually in 2016 according to numbers cited by the USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council.