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Fun facts about onions

May 28, 2012 | In: Food facts

Let’s put it this way: there isn’t any delicious recipe in the world that doesn’t contain onion; it doesn’t matter what form. In France, for example, there are cake recipes which contain caramelized onions. Yummy, don’t you think? The history...

Interesting facts about fat

February 21, 2012 | In: Food facts

It is well known that if your diet consists only in cheeseburgers and hot dogs, you’ll probably end up fat in just a few weeks. We know that being fat isn’t a pleasant thing. But in fact, the human body needs fat to survive. A diet fat free will...

Facts about bananas

February 13, 2012 | In: Food facts

I remember my childhood had a very strange question that I never got to answer: If bananas don’t have any seeds, how do they grow? Along with this article, me, myself and I found the answer to my age old question. All across the world, there are...

Interesting facts about coca cola Before there were diet drinks and bottled waters, there was Coca-Cola. Born at the end of the Civil War, Coca-Cola is the invention of Dr. John Styth Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist who made a caramel-colored syrup --...

Apart from nutritional benefits of cherries, it has been discovered that cherries provide a number of healing benefits. Cherries are very perishable and do not ripen after harvest. They only remain fresh in the refrigerator for only a few days are...

Beets were an important plant for both the ancient Greeks and Romans. Red beets get their color from a pigment called "betalain." Betalain is also responsible for the red color of bougainvillea and amaranth. Sugar beets are about 20% sugar...

Did you know that there are over 2,000 varieties of cheeses! The most recognizable characteristic of Swiss cheese is its holes which punctuate the pale yellow exterior. These holes, also called "eyes," are caused by the expansion of gas within...

Watermelon is thought to have originated in the Kalahari Desert of Africa. The watermelon was brought into America across the Atlantic oceans by African slaves. By the 1600's, watermelon made it's way to Spain, China, Great Britain, and even farther...

The plant is also called head cabbage or heading cabbage, and in Scotland a bowkail, from its rounded shape. The cultivated cabbage is derived from a leafy plant called the wild mustard plant, native to the Mediterranean region, where it is common...

Interesting Ketchup facts

February 24, 2010 | In: Food facts

The original ketchup, or ke-tsiap, was created in the Orient. It was a tangy sauce of pickled fish, shellfish, and spices, which was used on fish. In the early 1700's, English sailors discovered it in Malaya, and brought it back to England. But the...

Interesting Yogurt facts

February 18, 2010 | In: Food facts

Yogurt, got is name from the Turkish word "yogurur", which means "long life" . The earliest yoghurts were probably spontaneously fermented by wild bacteria Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus native to and named after Bulgaria. Yoghurt...

In Latin, apricot means "precious" . Greek mythology experts believe apricots are the "golden apples" of Hesperides — the fruit Hercules was ordered to pick in the eleventh of his twelve labors. Apricots originally came from China. This golden...