Friday Food Facts

• In Ireland a popular Halloween food is ‘báirín breac’, a sweet bread baked with sultanas, raisins plus objects like small coins or pieces of cloth, which carry meaning for the year ahead.

• In 1893, the Supreme Court ruled that the tomato must be considered a vegetable, even though it is a fruit botanically.
• It is estimated that over 9,000 peas are eaten per person pe

• Youtubers have been taking on the challenge to only eat blue foods for 24 hours!
• King Charles VI of France (The Mad King) loved blue cheese!
• The total production of blueb

• The word curry comes from a Tamil word kari or karil, meaning spices or sautéed vegetables.
• On average Brits will spend around £30,000 on curry during their lifetime.
• The

• Arabica and Robusta coffee beans account for more than 90% of coffee drunk, the rest comes from two much rarer varieties – Liberica and Excelsa.
• The heaviest coffee drinkers in the

• By 2050 the world population is expected to exceed 10 billion people and to feed them all we will require 70% more food and 120% more water.
• Sherbet lemons are described as a ‘mugg

• On Super Bowl Sunday around 58% of Americans order pizza, which makes it the highest selling day for pizza than any average day in a given calendar year.
• Italy produced about 22% o

• Goat meat accounts for around 70% of the red meat consumed globally.
• In Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, the very strongly smelling durian fruit is banned from buses, sub

• In Ian Fleming’s 1957 novel From Russia, With Love, it’s revealed that James Bond has marmalade on his toast.
• Eighty percent of a cricket can be eaten, while only 55% of a pig and

* Contrary to popular belief, sumo wrestlers don’t sit around eating all day, they generally eat only twice a day. However they do pack 4,000 or more calories into those two meals.