Friday Food Facts

• 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.

• Red: Madame Tallien, a royal lady of Napoleon’s court, used to bathe with fresh strawberry juice once a year. 
• Orange: Sweet oranges were mentione

• King Henry I of England was known for his love of the taste of lamprey, a type of eel, and is widely believed to have died by eating too many of them.
• A red leather book of menus,

• The world’s biggest barbecue was unintentional when a warehouse of barbecue charcoal in Norfolk caught fire in 2005.

• Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton set up a plant-based burger chain in the Autumn of 2019.
• According to a survey the most popular reasons given for adopting a plant-based diet incl

• Argentina is only one of five countries in the world that has more cows than people, which are used to make the famous steaks.
• The guinea pig is a delicacy in Boli

• Potatoes are the most wasted food in the UK, with 1.6 billion thrown away every year.
• Annual per capita waste by consumers is between 95-115kgs a year for Europeans and North Ameri

• The dessert Eton Mess was first served at Eton College in the late 19th century at school cricket matches.
• According to research the celebrity that people in England would most lik

P: It is estimated that over 9,000 peas are eaten per person over the course of a year in Britain.