Top 10 Did You Knows? – April Week 4

top_10_weekly_didyouknows4Happy Friday Everyone!

Something light to finish up the week on – a list of the most startling food trivia of the week. Included in this weeks edition, we find out which food never goes off, which European nation consumes the most mexican food, and we question whether or not a pea is in fact a pea? What ever your fancy, you will be sure to find something in this list that you had not previously known…or wanted to know!

Enjoy..

Did you know… That boiling the cork for a few minutes, will make it easier to place it back into the wine bottle?

Did you know… That our beloved popcorn has been a food product for over 6,000 years?

Did you know… The original Twinkie filing was banana? It was replaced by cream during WWII, when the US experienced a banana shortage.

Did you know… A “Black and Pink” in NY coffee shops apparently means a black coffee with a packet of saccharin (sweetener)?

Did you know… Cheese is served at the end of the meal because it actually helps to close the stomach? I knew the French were on to something

Did you know… Honey is believed to be the only food that does not spoil?  Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found to still be edible.

Did you know… The French cooked fish soup in a kettle called a chaudière, and from it comes the word chowder?

Did you know… A raisin dropped in a glass of champagne will bounce up & down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top?

Did you know… Black-eyed peas are not peas?  They are in fact beans

Did you know… That Norway is the leading European nation when it comes to consuming Mexican food?

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