Food Trivia and interesting food facts. Reference to fun trivia about cooking, food and drinks.
According to Big Secrets by William Poundstone, chemical analysis could only find salt and pepper out of the purported
eleven herbs and spices contained in the recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken.
The best way to crumble blue cheese is with a fork.
Patrick McMurray of Canada is the world champion of oyster shucking. In 2010 he broke his own record, shucking 38 oysters
in one minute.
Champagne should be chilled in the refrigerator for no more than 2 hours. More chilling has a negative effect on the flavor
Put homemade bread in the refrigerator for 10-30 minutes before slicing; it'll make it easier to get clean, even slices
A piece of spaghetti can be used as a doneness tester for cakes. That way you can avoid a large knife gash.
Corn (maize) cannot propagate without human assistance.
James Beard states that there is no plural for the word julep; one does not say "two juleps", but rather, "julep for two".
See how many foods mentioned in Shakespeare plays you can name.
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The Fourth Satire of the Roman Poet Juvenal is about a giant turbot, caught in the Adriatic Sea, and its use in flattering
the emperor Domitian.
Before the modern, orange colored variety became the common, mass-produced version, carrots were most commonly purple.
FDA regulations require that less than 10% of asparagus spears can be infested with beetle eggs.
Saffron is made from the dried stamens of crocus flowers, and is the most expensive cooking spice.
After a stint on K.P. duty on Christmas Eve 1942, wherein he and eleven others were up all night slicing 4000 pounds of turkey, James
Beard was so sick of the smell of turkey that he couldn't eat it for two years.
World War II ended in 1945, but food rationing in the U.K. continued until 1954.
