Food Facts

It takes twelve ears of corn to make a tablespoon of corn oil.

Ears of corn always have an even number of rows of kernels.

Pretzels were originally invented for Christian Lent.

Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.

Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration.

Pumpkin rule of thumb: the darker the shell, the longer the pumpkin lasts.

Rice is the chief food for half the people of the world.

Spinach consumption in the U.S. rose 33% after the Popeye comic strip became a hit in 1931.

Strawberries have more vitamin c than oranges.

Bananas are not fruit! They are a type of herb.

The average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the he/she graduates from high school.

Avocados have more protein than any other fruit.

The U.S. eastern seaboard consumes almost 50% of all ice cream sandwiches.

To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe.

Worcestershire Sauce is basically an Anchovy ketchup.

The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!

If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger ones will rise to the top.

Honey is the only food that will not spoil.

Contrary to popular belief, London Broil is not a cut of beef but rather a method of cooking.

Cast iron skillets used to be the leading source of iron in the American diet!

Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the morning.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Acorns were used as a coffee substitute during the American Civil War.

A coffee tree yields about one pound of coffee in a year.

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