Top 10 Did You Knows? – April Week 3

Happy “almost” Friday!

Welcome back to another strange, yet wonderful edition of the top 10 most useful, practical, constructive, funny (at times), bizarre, and possibly useless (?) food trivia of the week, where we ask you the question – What senseless facts do you know about food?

Our attention peeked when we found out what humble vegetable the ancient Egyptians used to symbolize eternity,  or even when we discovered what the U.S. Agricultural department wanted to substitute meat for in school lunches (yikes!). All this and more – including everything you wanted to know about popcorn but were afraid to ask!

Enjoy every0ne, and let me know if you have got any nonsensical trivia out there!

• Did you know… The type of candy most likely to cause tooth decay is dark chocolate and fudge? Apparently the type of candy that causes the least amount of damage are nut or coconut covered candies

• Did you know… Compared to snack foods, popcorn is low in calories? Air-popped popcorn = 31Cals/cup, and Oil-popped popcorn = 55Cals/cup

• Did you know... American’s consume 16 billion quarts of popcorn per year? 54 quarts per man, woman and child!

• Did you know… The peak period for popcorn sales for home consumption is in the fall?

• Funny quote… “Hearing nuns’ confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.” – Fulton J Sheene

• Funny quote… “The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.” WC Fields

• Did you know… Scientists in Australia are starting clinical trials for a Celiac disease vaccine? Click here for more info.

• Did you know… In 1996 the U.S. Agricultural Department proposed the yogurt be used as a substitute for meat in school lunches!

• Did you know… Ancient Egyptians used to place their right hands on an onion when taking an oath. It symbolized eternity – must be due to the shape or the layering right?

• Did you know… New food labeling laws in France require manufacturers to declare if any meat/dairy is from animals raised on chemically laced feed?

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