Friday Food Facts

• Rum was first distilled in the Caribbean around 400 years ago and often in the 1700s sailors would be paid with rum.

• An apricot tree is capable of producing fruits for a period of 20 years to 25 years.
• In 2010 worldwide production of carrots reached 33.5 million tons.

• The record for the world’s largest oyster is held by a Pacific oyster in Denmark which measures 35.5cm (1ft 2in) in length and weighs 1.6kg (3.5lb).
• Oysters contain a variety of vi

• The popular Indian restaurant menu item the balti was created in Birmingham in the 1970s.

•    We perceive that coffee tastes sweeter in a red cup
•    The Norwegian island of Senja is home to the world’s first, and so far only, halibut museum

• Ambergris, a substance found in the digestive tract of sperm whales, was used by Lady Anne Franshawe in her cookery book in 1665 for an ice cream recipe.
• In traditionally hot count

• The price for a portion of a Strawberries and Cream at Wimbledon has remained the same since 2010 at £2.50 despite rising food costs.
• Wimbledon is the largest single annual sportin

• Former American President George Washington enjoyed ice cream so much that in 1790 alone he spent $200 on ice cream, which is around $5,000 dollars by today’s money.
• To prevent ice

• The French aristocracy first enjoyed picnics and then exported the idea when they fled abroad during the French Revolution in the late 18th century.
• 71% of people in the UK say the

• Japan introduced a national healthy eating campaign called ‘shokuiku’ in 2005 to combat rising obesity.