Interesting facts about human nutrition. Fun Facts About Food and Drink: Things You Didn't Know Before
1. Chocolate is an excellent product against high blood pressure. It is enough to eat two candies to bring the pressure back to normal.
2. Chocolate cheers up and creates a feeling of love thanks to the phenamine component.
3. White and milk chocolate contain more unhealthy fat and calories, while dark dark chocolate with a high cocoa content (from 70%) is considered the healthiest.
4. A bar of chocolate a month can extend life for a whole year. But excessive consumption of the product will lead to the development of cardiovascular diseases.
5. One of the most unusual types of meat is mouse meat. It was eaten in China as well as in Ancient Greece.
6. Rice ranks first among the foods consumed, as it serves as the main ingredient in the menu of most Asian countries, known for their large numbers. There are more than 15,000 varieties of rice that we are used to dividing into black, white and brown.
7. Refined sugar can be called one of the most harmful foods, since it contains absolutely nothing but carbohydrates and extra calories.
8. Zucchini and pumpkin seeds become more beneficial and nutritious over time. So, in fresh pumpkin seeds, calories can be 3-4 times less than in those that have been stored for several months.
9. Only 5% of the extracted salt is used as a seasoning. The rest goes to conservation and even industrial purposes - leather tanning, glass production, road construction.
10. Natural chicken soup has long been considered an aphrodisiac.
11. Rennet is a natural substance required for making many types of cheese. It is obtained from the fourth ventricle of small calves.
12. The most unusual snacks, bordering on disgust, are fried termites from South Africa, ants, bees and bovine scrotum glazed with chocolate in America.
13. Potatoes and corn were first cultivated in the mountainous regions called the Andes.
14. One kilogram of potatoes costs almost 200 times less than 1 kilogram of chips obtained from them.
15. With the advent of the cartoon character "Popeye" in America, interest in spinach has greatly increased. It was this product in the cartoon that was positioned as a valuable source of energy and vitamins.
16. Fresh apples have been shown to help you get up better in the morning than coffee.
17. Salt and beans in ancient times served as money. Some scammers even tried to forge the latter. But in Europe in the Middle Ages, the main source of funds was often ... Cows!
18. During the time of Ivan the Terrible, there were illegal transportation. So, the ambassadors of the Russian Tsar transported valuables from Muslim countries, wrapping them in pork tenderloin. Naturally, Muslims disdained to approach this meat.
19. In the era of Ancient Rome, in one of the time periods of history, the authorities came to the conclusion that it was time to fight luxury. So the feeding of chickens was prohibited. But they forgot to forbid to feed the roosters ...
20. In the Middle Ages, ice cream recipes were considered one of the most secret. In Europe, only kings could eat it, and the most courageous spies often went for secret knowledge, trying to scout out the technology of making a delicious dessert.
21. In ancient Greece, figs were of particular value. He could not be taken out of the country, and disobedient citizens could be executed for smuggling.
22. Coffee has long been controversial among Muslims because of its aphrodisiac properties. So, in the Middle Ages, it was equated with wine, and it was almost banned.
23. In 1638, the Russian ambassador to China received as a gift several sacks of incomprehensible dry leaves. The ambassador was very upset by this and almost a war broke out. But someone thought of brewing these fragrant leaves, and since then we can enjoy the aroma of tea every day.
24. In Honolulu, chefs practice a very unusual method of beating octopus meat: they wash them in washing machines.
25. Any sea and river fish is one of the most useful products. It supplies light protein to the body, improves memory and skin condition, and fights harmful cholesterol.
26. Fresh or properly frozen strawberries can improve mood and invigorate. After all, it contains many vitamins that are responsible for the tone of our body!
27. Potatoes, contrary to the negative opinions of many nutritionists, can be good for the body, but only boiled and baked. It flushes out excess fluid and helps to get rid of cellulite.
28. Bananas, although they "came" to Europe from Africa, are more often supplied from India, more than half of all imports come from this country.
29. Apricot, avocado and raspberry are at the top of the list of the healthiest foods on the planet. Moreover, apricot and raspberry are able to retain all their benefits, not only fresh.
30. Olivier salad was invented in Russia. But the Frenchman came up with a recipe! The salad differed from the modern one by a more refined set of products, among which were: veal tongue, caviar, pickles and crayfish.
31. In Africa, lemon is a panacea for many diseases. It is believed that the juice of 1 lemon wedge with a meal will prevent overeating and help digestion. This is why it is so beneficial to drink lemon juice water before meals!
32. Breakfast doesn't have to be light. It is at this time that the most hearty and high-calorie dishes should be preferred.
33. Regular consumption of vegetables, fruits and cereals helps purify the blood. However, in harsh conditions, without heavy meat protein, the body simply cannot survive.
34. Real borscht was made from a plant that is considered a weed today - hogweed.
35. Freshly squeezed juices are stored for only 3-4 hours. Glass and metal containers are not suitable for them.
36. Natural apple cider vinegar is very beneficial for the skin. It is enough to dilute 1 tsp. in a glass of water and drink an hour before meals.
37. Guayava is the record holder among vegetables and fruits for the content of vitamin C.
38. Quality country cottage cheese contains a minimum of fat with a maximum amount of protein and calcium, which is extremely beneficial for the heart.
39. Cold Scandinavian countries are not at all distinguished by a great love for hot dishes. It is supposed to be eaten there only in the afternoon and only once. The main part of the diet is cold snacks and a variety of sandwiches.
40. Mangoes and pistachios are the closest "relatives". They belong to the same family, although there are few similarities.
41. All products with a yellow color serve as natural antidepressants, break down fats and accelerate metabolic processes.
42. Blue foods can eliminate insomnia, calm the nerves. They contain a lot of vitamin C. This also includes purple and maroon foods.
43. Green fruits and vegetables help to lower stomach acidity, normalize blood pressure, have a powerful antiseptic effect and strengthen the immune system.
44. Ginger and cinnamon have a powerful effect on the body. You can buy dried spices and add a pinch to tea or coffee: weight loss, increased efficiency and good mood are guaranteed!
45. Feijoa in terms of iodine content can compete with various seafood.
46. Apples are a faithful friend of people leading a lifestyle "at the table". They contain a lot of useful substances and all this - for little money and year-round availability. Apples improve the state of the nervous system, have a general strengthening effect.
47. Olives and olives are one and the same. Only the first ones should hang on trees for a long time, but for industrial purposes this is not profitable. Therefore, green olives are often dyed black and sold for olives.
48. Corn helps the body process fatty foods and alcohol. This is one of the rare products that, when preserved, retains all its properties.
49. Celery is very low in calories. At the same time, if you eat it fresh, then several times more calories will be spent on the chewing process.
50. Chocolate production accounts for almost half of all almond production.
51. Cooking grapes and eggs in the microwave is fraught with an explosion.
52. In 1991, carrots were officially recognized as a fruit in Europe.
53. And in 2001, the same fate overtook the tomatoes.
54. Mazzarella, tomato sauce and parsley are traditional ingredients of real Italian pizza, imitating the colors of the national flag.
55. Gasoline ranks first in the world circulation of goods. And in second place is coffee.
56. The smell of fried bacon can greatly increase your appetite. This is used by various catering establishments.
57. In most restaurants, salmon dishes are prepared from cheap pink salmon or coho salmon, and are presented as expensive salmon or trout.
58. Fat-burner fruits that really effectively fight excess "stock": kiwi, pineapple, grapefruit.
59. The rate of consumption of vegetables per person per year is about 125 kg.
60. Wine was invented by the ancient Greeks over 3 millennia ago.
61. In 2006, a limited batch of 36 bottles of beer was brewed from barley sprouts grown in zero gravity. Each one costs more than $ 300.
62. Pomegranate juice is the healthiest non-alcoholic drink.
63. The first bottle of carbonated drink was made from bubbles of fermenting beer in 1772.
64. In Peru, the drink of vivacity is considered to be a tincture of frogs. There they drink it almost as often as the Chinese drink tea.
65. Traditional kvass is rarely enjoyed by foreigners. Almost everyone speaks of it as a "sour, unclear slurry."
66. Good dry red wine in an amount of 0.1 liters is good for the heart and can fight cancer.
67. Milk is widely used in the production of adhesives, paints and even plastics.
68. Ice cream is a kind of symbol of rockers. Often, original recipes are invented in memory of different artists and bands, for example, Baskin Robins released a product in honor of the Beatles.
69. Most ice cream is eaten on the east coast of the United States.
70. Margarine in the world is eaten several times more than butter.
71. Baskin Robins has released a ketchup-flavored ice cream.
72. Cheese, according to the majority of the world's population, is the most delicious dish.
73. The first sweets were invented by the Egyptians more than 3 thousand years ago. Dates and honey were used for this. A little later, the Romans added nuts and flour to them.
74. In the Middle Ages, chocolate in Europe was considered a witchcraft product.
75. But in Russia, until the XX century, sweets were the privilege of wealthy nobles.
76. The only candy that has been in space is Chupa Chups. Only she passed all the safety requirements.
77. Most smoked meat products contain modified soybeans.
78. Chicken meat is considered to be the healthiest. But only if we are talking about natural chicken without hormones and antibiotics.
79. Ice is an excellent preservative. Quick freezing of fresh berries, vegetables, fruits and meat can prolong the “healthy” life of the food.
80. Only 12 plant species and 5 animals provide 70% of all food supplies.
81. Strawberries and raspberries contain in their small specific seeds a substance responsible for the formation of testosterone in the human body. It is this hormone that increases sex drive.
82. White wine is served with fish, and red wine with any other meat. The exception is tuna, which also goes better with red wine.
83. The most juicy lemon has a thin skin.
84. Sunflower seeds help to strengthen the nervous system.
85. Chili peppers, like chocolate, can improve your mood.
86. White and beige eggs are not at all different from each other. Only the chickens that carried them differ.
87. Cheese "Parmesan" in Italy serves as collateral for loans to cheesemakers money in banks. Ripe heads are placed in a special storage facility.
88. In 2003, following the American invasion of Iran and the outrage of France over the case, the French fries were renamed Freedom Fries in Washington cafeterias.
89. Cream cheese was invented in New York in 1872. Only he received the name "Philadelphia".
90. What has fallen is not lost. Food for 5 seconds does not collect bacteria from the floor, but only if the floor surface is dry.
91. Pringles chips aren't even half potatoes. They contain a lot of starch and corn flour, and only 42% potatoes. However, the figure is high enough for a product in this category.
92. There is an ice cream graveyard in the USA. There are gravestones with the names of those tastes that have lost their popularity.
93. Salad with asparagus on Russian counters is nothing more than a snag. The white pods are derived from soy milk froth and have little in common with asparagus.
94. It was simple vegetables - cabbage, carrots, onions and beets - that helped ordinary peasants to be healthy in tsarist times, while noblemen were often overtaken by scurvy and other unpleasant diseases due to the lack of simple products in the diet.
95. Cheese "Druzhba" is immortalized in Moscow by a monument. You can find it at the intersection of Rustaveli and Ogorodny passage.
96. Vegetable oil a priori does not contain cholesterol.
97. Crafty Englishmen use coffee grounds as fuel in the Kraft Foods chocolate factory.
98. Meat, or rather the need for proper storage, opened the age of geographical travel. The Turks asked too much for the spices that contributed to the correct preservation of meat products. This prompted seafarers to look for the cherished spices in new lands.
99. Kopi Luwak is the most expensive type of coffee. It is made from the feces of Asian civets that devour coffee beans. But the fruits are not processed, but in the stomach of the animals they are saturated with useful substances.
100. Doctor's sausage appeared in 1936 and was intended to improve the health of people who suffered during the tsarist rule.
The colonialists and missionaries of South America met in the 16th century the capybara animal - a rodent leading a semi-aquatic lifestyle. They asked the Pope to declare the capybara a fish so that its meat could be eaten during fasting, to which he kindly agreed. 
Eating poppy seed pies or buns can cause a positive drug test in the blood. 
In the Scandinavian countries, dishes made from rotten or fermented fish are common. For example, the Icelandic hakarl dish is made from rotten shark meat, and the Swedish surstroemming is made from sour herring. 
In China, they have long loved to feast on crocodile meat. On the banks of the Yangtze, small crocodiles were caught and fed until the tail reached the desired length. Thus, the reptile became a domestic animal, moreover, it also performed the functions of a watchdog. The fact is that the crocodile was kept at the entrance to the courtyard in a box like a doghouse, where it was tightly chained by its hind leg with a rather long chain. 
Until the middle of the 19th century, restaurants served all ordered dishes at once - this method of service is called service à la française ("French system"). In the 1830s, the Russian prince Alexander Kurakin visited France and taught restaurateurs another way - to serve dishes gradually, in the order of their order on the menu. In modern restaurants, this system is the most popular and is called service à la russe. 
Camembert cheese should be consumed as close to the expiration date as possible, but never after that date. 
Once a young doctor, invited to a hopelessly ill Russian boy, allowed him to eat whatever he wanted. The boy ate pork and cabbage and, to the surprise of those around him, began to recover. After this incident, the doctor prescribed pork and cabbage to a sick German boy, but he, after eating, died the next day. According to one version, it is this story that underlies the appearance of the expression "what is good for a Russian, death is for a German." 
When sugar appeared in Europe, it was a luxury. To show their position, it became fashionable for rich people to have black teeth. 
In the European Union, fruits are legally considered tomatoes, rhubarb, carrots, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins, melons, watermelons and ginger. Such a law allows the legal production and export of jams and jams made from these plants, which, according to EU rules, can only be made from fruits. 
The most exquisite delicacy in Japanese cuisine is puffer fish. However, if not properly prepared, eating this fish can cause fatal poisoning. Scientists have found that the poisonousness of puffer fish is not due to innate properties, but exclusively to its diet - starfish and shell rocks, from which it receives poison. If you feed her with non-toxic food, there will be absolutely no deadly poison in her. However, this discovery did not arouse the delight of the chefs and owners of Japanese restaurants. After all, a portion of fugu is very expensive and attracts tourists with the opportunity to experience the thrill, and the absence of danger can significantly reduce the price of a dish. 
One of the most difficult freeze-dried foods to make is tea. And one of the most delicious, according to the astronauts, is freeze-dried cottage cheese with cranberries and nuts. It tastes like fresh. Space products are the safest and most natural. They contain neither chemical nor synthetic additives: it is not known how they will behave in space, where, among other things, solar radiation and magnetic waves are present. 
In Japan, it is believed that the sushi made especially for you by the warm hands of the cook is tastier with the hands. Besides, this is respect and praise for the chef, especially if the sushi was cooked in front of you by the owner of the establishment. This custom is called skinship. 
In the 19th century, packaging for sweets first appeared in Russia - a bonbonniere (from the French word bonbonniere - "candy box") in the form of boxes of various shapes and sizes. This is due to the fact that the traditional home cooking "candy" (as we used to say) began to be supplanted by their industrial production and everywhere there were confectionery or biscuit shops, which became widespread immediately after the end of the war of 1812. 
In 1912, Moscow widely celebrated the centenary of Napoleon's exile from Moscow. For this anniversary, a whole range of drinks and meals, decorated in a festive way, have appeared. A new cake appeared - a puff pastry with cream, made in the shape of a triangle, in which it was supposed to see Napoleon's famous triangular hat. The tricorne hat became an obligatory part of the emperor's image after Lermontov's poems; He wears a triangular hat And a gray marching frock coat. The cake quickly became known as "Napoleon" and was widely recognized. This name has survived to this day, although the shape of the cake has become rectangular. 
Contrary to the prevailing stereotype, sweets are not so harmful at the beginning of a meal. According to some nutritionists, a cake or pastry can play the role of a kind of anti-aperitif, soothing the "wolf" appetite. It all depends on how hungry you are and how long you have eaten. If you miss your meal, start with a few slices of chocolate, a couple of chocolates, a slice of cake, and a few spoons of jam or ice cream. This will speed up blood glucose saturation, reduce hunger and prevent overeating. 
At the end of the 18th century, a curious medical experiment was carried out in Sweden. The local king Gustav III was extremely interested in the question - is coffee harmful or healthy? In order to solve the problem once and for all, the king pardoned two twin brothers condemned to death, obliging them to drink their own drink every day; one is coffee, the other is tea. And he assigned two professors to the twins, who were obliged to closely monitor them and report to the king about the slightest changes in their state of health. And the attitude to coffee was in those days such that they expected from the experiment a completely obvious thing: in a year or two, the twin, consuming coffee, had to die in terrible agony. Reality has emphatically refuted all expectations, and in a rather cynical way. The first of the five to leave were both professors: the third was the king himself; the twins thus lasted the longest, and both lived to a very advanced age. And the first of them, at the age of 83, left the world the one who drank ... tea. 
It was a surprisingly hot summer in France that year. It was stuffy in the gardens of Versailles. The king was bored, the ladies suffered, fanning themselves with fans. They were not even interested in the unique collection of original tableware, which the Viscount de Cruchon, a recognized wine connoisseur and renowned collector, put on display in the palace park. But then the viscount took a huge transparent bowl and began to mix something in it. He filled it with light wine, juices, sugar-aged fruits and chilled champagne, resulting in a refreshing drink with an unusual, exceptionally pleasant taste. The sleepy kingdom came to life, the ladies, one after another, began to admire: "Cruchon! Oh, Cruchon!" And the new drink, which received the name of its creator, which, by the way, is translated from French as "jug", became popular at the court. Ladies and gentlemen have just been doing all summer that they poured and mixed the wines, flavored them with spices, added various fruits. The king, taking part in entertainment with pleasure, threw rose petals there, and his favorites tried to catch them in their glass. Many years have passed since then, not a single generation has changed. But the punch, a delicious dessert alcoholic beverage served at celebrations, is still in vogue. Since it is served chilled, it is especially good in spring and summer. For its preparation, of course, it is best to use fresh fruits and berries, which we now have no shortage of. However, if there are no such at hand, it does not matter, canned, and candied, and frozen will do. What else do you need? Light table grape wines, cognac, rum, liqueur. And usually champagne. 
Nicolaus Copernicus is known to everyone as an astronomer, the creator of the heliocentric picture of the world. However, according to the historians of medicine S. Hand and A. Kunin, he deserves no less, and perhaps more, fame as the inventor of the sandwich. The invention was made by him for medical purposes. The history of the invention of the sandwich is as follows. In his youth, Copernicus studied medicine for two years at the University of Padua in Italy, but did not receive his doctorate. After that, his uncle, Bishop Watceprode, arranged him as a canon in Frombork Cathedral and at the same time as commandant of Olsztyn Castle. The castle was besieged by the army of the Teutonic Knightly Order, and a few months later an epidemic of an unknown disease began within the castle walls. It is known that morbidity was high and mortality low (only two people died). Copernicus' medications did not work. Then he decided to investigate the causes of the disease. The astronomer decided that the reasons may lie in the diet. He divided the inhabitants of the fortress into small groups, isolated them from one another and put them on different rations. It soon turned out that only one group was not sick - the one whose diet did not include bread. In this case, it would be reasonable to completely abandon bread in the diet, but it turned out to be impossible to do this in a besieged castle, where there was not a wide variety of supplies. Coarse black bread was the main food of the inhabitants of the fortress. Walking along long corridors, climbing narrow spiral staircases to the fortress towers, the defenders of the castle often dropped their ration of bread on the floor. Having picked up a piece, it was shaken off or blown and eaten. Perhaps, Copernicus reasoned, the infection came from the dirt that fell on the pieces of bread from the floor. The doctor-astronomer got the idea that the slices of bread should be spread with some light edible substance, against the background of which it would be easy to notice dirt. Then the adhering dirt could be cleaned off along with the spread. As such a spread, they chose whipped cream without sugar, that is, butter. So the sandwich was born. And the infection soon stopped roaming the castle. The Teutons failed to capture the fortress or learn the secret of the sandwich. When they were forced to lift the siege, the head of the guild of pharmacists and doctors, Adolf Buttenad, came to Olsztyn from Leipzig to find out on the spot about the causes and methods of treating the disease. Copernicus shared his experience with him. Two years after the death of the great astronomer, in 1545, after one of the wars that were fought between numerous and small German principalities, a similar disease appeared in Europe again. Buttenad remembered the Copernican method and began to promote it. As far as we know, sandwiches this time did not help to end the epidemic, however, the new dish was to the taste of many and gradually spread throughout all countries. 
Pancakes "Suzette" are a wonderful dessert that is worth trying just once and you will fall in love with them forever. What's interesting about their secret - in the recipe, in the spices, in the magic of the cook, in the past? History keeps an incredibly beautiful legend about the birth of this recipe. According to one source, the appearance of this recipe is associated with the name of Suzanne Reichenberg. Few people know that one of the most beautiful love stories is associated with the name of this French theater actress, in which there were culinary discoveries ... Suzanne Reichenberg (1853-1924) was a French actress of German descent. In one of the plays by the novelist Marivaux, which was staged at the privileged theater of the French Comedy (Comedie Francaise), Suzanne played the leading role. According to the script, she was supposed to eat pancakes. Since the play was popular and played on stage every day, Suzanne had to eat pancakes every day. They, as well as other food for the theater, were prepared by a chef named Monsier Joseph. At some point, he thought about the difficult gastronomic part, which, in the name of art, Suzanne endured every time, pretending to enjoy eating disgusting pancakes, and especially for the actress created special, small, almost airy sweet pancakes that no one has ever could get bored. Rumor has it that Joseph was in love with Suzanne ... In 1934, a book of memoirs by Henry Charpentier, a French chef who immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s, was published in New York. and opened the famous Henri Restaurant there, the guests of which were the English Queen Victoria, the English King Edward VII, the Italian Queen Marguerite, the Belgian King Leopold, Theodore Roosevelt, John D. Rockefeller, Marilyn Monroe, Sarah Bernhardt and many, many other eminent persons. On the other hand, in his book, Henry talked about how the Suzette pancakes were born as a result of an accidental mistake. And this happened on January 31, 1896, when Prince Edward of Wales, the future King of England Edward VII, came to the Cafe de Paris restaurant in Monte Carlo, accompanied by his friends, among whom was a very young lady named Suzette. Who she was to the prince, alas, is unknown. Perhaps she was his niece, perhaps his goddaughter, and perhaps the illegitimate daughter ... The honor of serving such important guests fell to fifteen-year-old Henry Charpentier, the waiter's assistant. One of the dishes Henry had to serve to the guests was pancakes. All that was required of Charpentier was to carry the ready-made pancakes to the table, but first warm them up in a sauce consisting of orange peel, sugar and a combination of alcoholic beverages. Suddenly the sauce burned and the pancakes flamed. By a happy coincidence, Charpentier became the discoverer of a new sensational taste. The prince and his guests were so delighted with the dessert that Edward inquired about the name of the dish. Pancakes Princess, said a stunned Henry, and that was the first thing that came to his mind. ""A princess"? - Edward was surprised. "Can you name them after our beautiful Lady Suzette?" How could you refuse the future king? The next day, a package from the Prince of Wales arrived for young Charpentier. It contained a jeweled ring, a cane, and a hat. 
Once Louis XIV was served wine of his beloved Jean-Paul Chenet for dinner. The wine was excellent, but the bottle was slightly crooked. The king got angry and ordered to bring the winemaker to the Louvre. - What?! Why is it crooked? - asked Ludovik, jabbing his finger into the crooked bottle. - She's not crooked. It is straight, but bows to the splendor of Your Majesty, - answered the resourceful winemaker. “Yes, indeed, she reminds me of my lovely ladies-in-waiting,” said the Sun King. - My God, what is that dent? Jean-Paul replied without hesitation: - Isn't there dents on your maid of honor on the fluffy skirts of your maid of honor? The king laughed and ordered to reward the resourceful winemaker. Since then, all Jean-Paul Chenet wines have been bottled in bottles with a slightly curved neck. 
Dried tomatoes were first preserved in oil in southern Italy, and now they can be found almost all over the world. For canning, tomatoes are cut, salted and dried in the sun so that all moisture is removed from them, and the aroma becomes more intense. Dried tomatoes are poured with vegetable oil and spices. 
Few people today know that real borscht is a soup made from hogweed, a plant that most people today consider weedy. It was the broth of hogweed on beet kvass that was called borscht in the old days. So we owe one of our favorite foods to the weed. 
The name "vatrushka", apparently, comes from the word "vatra", which in most Slavic languages means "fire", "hearth". Indeed, such a name is the best fit for a round open pie, shaped like the sun. After all, it was the home for the ancient peoples that was the symbol of this luminary. 
Healthy recipes for cookbooks written on the plain turn out to be harmful in the mountains and vice versa. The food that the inhabitants of the plains prepare according to the books compiled by the mountaineers is boiled. At the same time, mountain dwellers would have to eat undercooked food if they cooked strictly according to recipes written by those living in the plains. This is due to the difference in atmospheric pressure, which makes water boil in the mountains at a lower temperature. 
Praised as a hangover cure, Menudo soup is actually especially popular in Mexico on New Year's Eve. It is brewed with films of beef stomach and veal legs, green chili, peeled corn kernels and spices. It is usually garnished with lime wedges, chopped chili and onions in large quantities, and served along with hot tortilla cakes. 
Chrysanthemum - a sacred flower in China and Japan - is edible. Delicate desserts made from chrysanthemum petals are prepared in both countries: fresh petals are dipped in a mixture of beaten eggs and flour, listened to and dipped in hot oil, after which the petals are thrown back onto paper to absorb the excess oil. In Japan, chrysanthemums were divided into edible and bitter (medicinal) ones. This plant contains many B vitamins, ascorbic acid, carotenes, mineral salts, simple and complex carbohydrates, and a large amount of protein, especially in the leaves. 
The potato was the first vegetable to experience weightlessness - it was grown on the Columbia spacecraft in October 1995. 
The English name of the cranberry (Cranberry) means "crane berry". This name was given to the cranberry by American settlers. Long, thin cranberry flowers reminded the settlers of the head and beak of a crane. In Russia, it was also called a freckle, a crane, a snowdrop. 
Banana is a berry. The banana plant is the largest plant without a solid trunk. The stem of banana grass sometimes reaches 10 meters in height and 40 centimeters in diameter. On one such stalk, as a rule, hangs 300 fruits with a total weight of 500 kg. Bananas are almost one and a half times more nutritious than potatoes, and dried bananas have five times more calories than raw ones. One banana contains up to 300 mg of potassium, which helps fight high blood pressure and strengthens the heart muscle. Each of us needs 3 or 4 g of potassium per day. 
Neil Armstrong's first moonlight lunch was a bagged turkey lunch. 
Before thermometers were invented, brewers had to dip their thumb into the brewing beer to determine the correct temperature for adding yeast. It's too cold and the yeast won't work. Too hot and the yeast will die. This is where the expression "rule of thumb" came from. 
According to legend, Maslenitsa was the daughter of Santa Claus and lived in the North. Fragile girl Shrovetide met a man. He saw her hiding behind huge snowdrifts, and asked her to help people who were tired of the long winter - to warm and cheer them up. Shrovetide agreed and, turning into a healthy, ruddy woman, with laughter, dancing and pancakes made the human race forget about the winter bad weather. 
Avocados don't ripen on the tree - they must be plucked and left to lie down to be edible. The tree is actually used as a warehouse - an avocado can sit on the tree for several months after ripening. 
Catherine de Medici (1519 - 1589) brought Italian peas to France (along with other chefs) when she married Henry II. Thanks to her, green peas - "petits pois" - have become a delicacy in France. 
Chinese doctors use mangoes to treat dysentery.
Food is one of the most important parts of our life, it is at the base of Maslow's pyramid and is one of the most interesting topics to discuss. To understand food better, you need to familiarize yourself with a huge amount of facts about food.
Probably one of the most popular and full of various myths about food topics is nutrition. For example, there is a huge amount of information that you did not even know about and imagined. Our article is a collection of a wide variety of facts not only about food, but also about its history and the origin of many foods and dishes.
website prepared for you 60 interesting facts about food, with which you will be able to make the right diet, learn a lot about dishes and products from all over the world.
Food Fact # 1
You've probably seen fruit stickers a lot? Did you know that they are edible. The FDA recommends washing the fruit thoroughly, but says nothing about the stickers.
Food Fact # 2
A slice of pizza is healthier for breakfast than cereal with milk. An American nutritionist came to this conclusion, arguing that pizza has much more useful protein than cereals.
Food Fact # 3
According to research from Harvard School, people who consume spicy foods live longer.
Food Fact # 4
It will be healthier to eat canned fish than stew.
Food Fact # 5
If you put tomatoes in the refrigerator, they will lose their taste.
Food fact # 6
Lemon contains 30% more sugar than strawberries.
Food fact # 7
The shelf life of milk does not depend on preservatives, but on whether it is pasteurized or not.
Food Fact # 8
Kefir helps with a hangover, not because it contains alcohol.
Food Fact # 9
The best way to cook food while preserving all its beneficial properties is in the microwave oven.
Food Fact # 10
True, many foods should not be microwaved. For example, small berries. So the grapes will explode with the formation of an explosive ball of plasma.
Food Fact # 11
The real color of salmon is bright red due to the large amount of shrimp in its diet. On the farm, it has a whiter shade, so it is sometimes tinted.
Food Fact # 12
The yolk contains more wholesome than the protein.
Food fact # 13
Eating a lot of nutmeg can lead to hallucinations.
Food Fact # 14
The demand for wasabi is so high that almost everywhere they sell it a fake: a mixture of horseradish, mustard and dyes.
Food Fact # 15
Bell pepper contains on average 150 mg of vitamin C, and about 70 mg in aplesin, which is almost two times less.
Food fact # 16
The smell of chocolate soothes the central nervous system.
Food Fact # 17
Chocolate is a good remedy for treating and preventing coughs.
Food Fact # 18
Artificial diamonds are made from peanut butter.
Food Fact # 19
Red food coloring is obtained from cochineal beetles.
Food Fact # 20
There is no difference between sea salt and table salt.
Food Fact # 21
In the ancient civilizations of Mexico and South Africa, chocolate was the real currency.
Food Fact # 22
The Maya and Aztecs used cocoa beans as money.
Food Fact # 23
McDonald's sells 80 hamburgers per second.
Food Fact # 24
In the 19th century, tomatoes were used as a medicine.
Food Fact # 25
Bananas are the best berry to lose weight and fight depression.
Food Fact # 26
The largest apple weighed 1,875 kg.
Food Fact # 27
To check the authenticity of pearls, you need to put them in vinegar. If it does not dissolve, then it is fake.
Food Fact # 28
Beetroot water is a great dandruff remedy.
Food Fact # 29
Nitroglacerol is the main component of dynamite, which is obtained from peanuts.
Food Fact # 30
Italians believe that the taste depends on the shape of the pasta.
Food Fact # 31
Greek yogurt holds the record for protein content.
Food Fact # 32
The first dish cooked in the microwave is popcorn.
Food Fact # 33
Canned peaches are the first fruit eaten on the moon.
Food Fact # 34
Chicken soup was used as an aphrodosiac in the Middle Ages.
Food Fact # 35
The chicken has changed its composition over the past 50 years. It used to have less fat and more protein.
Food Fact # 36
Garlic repels mosquitoes.
Food Fact # 37
During the last half century, their beneficial properties have been significantly reduced in products.
Food Fact # 38
Only one product does not have a shelf life - honey. It lied for over 3,000 years in the pyramid and remained edible without losing its useful properties.
Food Fact # 39
Bananas have the favorite scent of mosquitoes.
Food Fact # 40
The world's first soup was prepared more than 5 thousand years ago and its main ingredient was a hippopotamus.
Food Fact # 41
Food colors can induce physical activity.
Food Fact # 42
Bananas are a berry.
Food Fact # 43
The largest dish is a fried camel, it is stuffed with rams, which are fried with chickens, which are stuffed with fish, which in turn are stuffed with eggs.
Food Fact # 44
Popsicle was discovered by accident by an American who forgot his stick in the juice frozen overnight.
Food Fact # 45
Coconut water can be used as blood.
Food Fact # 46
In ancient Greece, the owner of the house was the first to drink wine to show that it was not poisoned.
Food Fact # 47
Bananas grow on grass, not trees.
Food Fact # 48
Scandinavians have a large number of rotten fish dishes in their culture.
Food Fact # 49
Initially, borscht was cooked from borshchivek.
Food Fact # 50
In Japan, it is customary to chomp during a feast.
Interesting facts about food in different countries
Food Fact # 51
Over time, the Japanese developed microorganisms in their stomachs that dissolve seafood better.
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Food Fact # 52
In Kazakhstan, it is customary to pour a little tea for dear guests, thereby showing that you are not too lazy to look after them.
Food Fact # 53
In China, noodles are not cut, as they are a symbol of longevity.
Food Fact # 54
For foreigners, kvass tastes like “strange muddy goo”.
Food Fact # 55
In Chile, it is not customary to eat with your hands at all. This is considered very bad form.
Food Fact # 56
There is an ice cream cemetery in the United States of America.
Food Fact # 57
On the island of Fija, veal is cooked in a pig. After not feeding her for a week, she is given a piece of veal and after a while is sent to slaughter.
Food Fact # 58
In Georgia, wine is drunk only in one gulp and to the bottom.
Food Fact # 59
In France, it is bad manners to eat bread before the main course.
Food Fact # 60
During the time of Ivan the Terrible, contraband was brought into Muslim countries inside pork.
Everyone knows that a person cannot live without food. Food is an integral part of every person's life. There are such extraordinary dishes and products in the world that each of us could not even know about. Interesting facts about food are the secrets of cooking, and the specifics of growing, and the origins of the appearance of products and dishes.
1. Swallow's nest soup, which is very popular in China, is made from the nests of swifts.
2. The champagne in the glass starts to foam from dirt.
3. Fructose is a key ingredient in male sperm.
4. From a technical point of view, coffee is considered a fruit juice.
5. Onions are not endowed with taste, only smell.
6. Cucumbers are 95% liquid.
7) You can die after drinking 100 cups of coffee in 4 hours.
8. On average, people spend about 5 years of their own life eating.
9.About 100 varieties of cabbage are found throughout the world.
10. Until recently, "sushi" was not called a dish, but a certain way of preserving fish.
11. Mandarin essential oil can boost your mood.
12. Macadamia is the most expensive nut in the world.
13. In addition to yellow bananas, red bananas are popular.
14. Salo came not from Ukraine, but from Italy.
15. Coconuts can be used to create an environmentally friendly fuel that can be an alternative to gasoline.
16. Cheese was first mentioned in the ancient Egyptian papyrus, since that time the appearance of the cheese has not changed in any way.
17. There are approximately 10,000 varieties of grapes in the world.
18. Dates rank first among all sweets in existence. They contain approximately 80% sugar.
19 Bananas attract mosquitoes, so you shouldn't eat them when going to the river.
20. Chickens today contain 200 times more fat than they did 40 years ago.
21. In order to quickly lose unnecessary calories, having a snack on fast food, you will have to run for about 8 hours.
22 In Japan, beer is considered the national drink.
23. In the magazine "Hostess" in 1902, it was possible to publish a recipe for making scrambled eggs from 5 thousand eggs.
24. A person who regularly eats chocolate and soon stops eating chocolate will experience withdrawal symptoms.
25. Sex and food at all times have been linked into a single concept. This is why foods that look like genitals are capable of inducing sex drive.
26. Caramel was invented by the Arabs, and once upon a time it was used as a means of depilation.
27 In ancient times, drinking fresh milk was considered a luxury because it was difficult to preserve.
28 Beans in ancient times were considered symbols of the embryo.
29. Approximately 27 million Europeans eat daily at McDonald's.
30 Neil Armstrong ate turkey as his first dinner on the moon.
31. A huge amount of food additives, which are endowed with a bright color, cause overexcitation.
32. Grapes in the microwave can explode.
33. President Richard Niels' favorite drink is dry martini.
34. Those people who drink coffee and have sex are much more likely to enjoy than those who do not drink coffee at all.
35. Mango has been known to people for over 4 thousand years.
36. The appearance of moldy cheese is associated with a legend, when a shepherd chased a beautiful girl and left his breakfast in a cave.
37 In Spain in the 9th century, it was popular to eat the tongue of the whale.
38. Eskimos know how to make wine for their seagulls.
39. Until now, it is not known who became the inspiration for the creation of donuts.
40. In the 19th century, a turtle-like soup was cooked in Great Britain, which was created from cow embryos.
41. The Netherlands exports a lot more soy sauce than Japan.
42. From the potatoes that were brought into the states, they first created a dessert dish.
43. In the Maldives, Coca-Cola is made from sea water.
44. In Asia, about 4 million cats are eaten annually.
45 In Saudi Arabia, it is forbidden to eat nutmeg because it can cause hallucinations.
46.The banana tree is not really a tree, but a huge herb.
47 In Eastern countries, ketchup was originally thought of as a supplement to fish.
48. In Japan and Sicily, a rather popular dish is hedgehog caviar.
49 In New York, an omelet is sold for $ 1,000.
50 Apple pits contain cyanide.
51. Peanuts are used in the process of making dynamite.
52.Strawberry is considered to be the only fruit with seeds placed on the outside.
53. Honey has been produced by bees for 150 million years.
54.Drinking 0.5 liters of sweet soda every day, you can become 31% thicker.
55. Apple vodka is called Calvados.
57. About 44 billion instant noodles are consumed by people per year.
58. In Norway, a soup is made from beer, which is called ölebrod.
59. There are about 20 thousand varieties of beer known in the world.
60. More than 40% of the almonds that are mined in the world go to the production of chocolate.
61. Sundae is able to relieve fatigue and stress.
62.The first collection of recipes for cooking was published in 62 AD. There were dishes that Claudius liked.
63. Poisonous lead was used by the Romans as a way to sweeten a dish.
64. In the Scandinavian states, it is popular to cook dishes from rotten and fermented fish.
65 The doctor, who was invited to the hopelessly ill boy, allowed him to eat whatever he wanted. The boy soon recovered completely.
66. After the advent of sugar, it was considered a luxury and it was fashionable among princes to have black teeth.
67.The biggest dish cooked in the world is considered to be a fried camel stuffed with chickens, eggs, and fish.
68. The oldest soup, which is confirmed by archaeologists, was cooked from a hippopotamus.
69. Peanut oil is a constituent of glycerin.
70. The average person eats about 20-25 tons of food in their entire life.
71 In Japan, they sell ice cream that tastes like wings, cactus, and buffalo tongue.
72. In Alaska, such a dish as fish heads is common.
73. In Madagascar, they eat zebra stew with the addition of tomato.
74. In Indonesia, smoked bats are sold in the middle of the streets.
75. In Spain, honey is added to breast milk replacer for newborns.
76. Cabbage was invented in China.
77 In ancient Rome, the woodpecker was considered a sacred bird, and it was strictly forbidden to eat it.
78. In the composition of grape juice there is a varnish solvent (ethyl acetate).
79. One bottle of Coca-Cola contains the same amount of caffeine as one cup of coffee.
80. Apples help you wake up early in the morning.
81. Refined sugar is the only food in the world that does not contain any nutrients.
82. A kilogram of chips is more expensive than a kilogram of potatoes.
83. Germany will not be able to meet dieters.
84. To clean teeth in Siberia, larch resin was used.
86 In Japan, to make meat tastier, animals are killed at night.
87 There is a restaurant in America that serves food made from insects.
88. To avoid coughing, you need to eat chocolate and drink cocoa.
89 - The ancient Greeks used olive oil to lubricate their bodies in order to protect their bodies from the effects of cancer.
90 In the 1770s, for the first time, they began to create the well-known canned food in cans.
91. White wine is made from grapes of any variety and color.
92. Every year, people consume about 567 billion chicken eggs.
93. Tomatoes in Russia were considered "crazy berries", and they were poisonous.
94. It is still unknown what pineapple is: a vegetable or a fruit.
95. People get fat from potatoes by leaps and bounds, because they contain a lot of starch.
96. If you eat a piece of chocolate between main meals, your appetite will decrease significantly.
97.Italians call one strand of pasta spaghetto.
98. Black and green olives are the fruit of the same tree.
99 Plastic numbers could be found in cheese created in Soviet times.
100.Salt is considered a poison when consumed multiple times daily.
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Interesting facts about food. Many people love to eat, and everyone loves to eat deliciously! Do you know how many incredible recipes have been created, how many myths and fables are circulating around the world about food? For example, few people know that in France, the same soup has been brewed for more than 100 years. Say, so what? And the fact that the cooking process does not stop even for a second: water and food are constantly added to it and they are never removed from the fire. Let's go further, we have prepared the most interesting facts about food... So welcome:
1. In those days when did not know how to cook food, but the prepared food was already consumed from the stomachs of the animals hunted.
2. The oldest and largest dish is the fried camel. This dish was served at the courts of the rulers of Morocco hundreds of years ago, and it continues to be prepared to this day at Bedouin weddings. This camel is stuffed with one whole ram, 20 chickens, 60 eggs and many other ingredients.
12. It was assumed that citric acid can dissolve accidentally swallowed fish bones, so in the Middle Ages, any fish was served with a slice of lemon.
13. Tomato is inherently an interesting fruit or even a berry, not a vegetable. It is also the first plant to be genetically modified and released to the market in 1994. Soon after, there were more than fifty genetically modified foods that were deemed "safe" for human health.
14. Beans have at some point in history been a symbol of embryo and growth. The ancient Egyptians called the place Ka, in which the souls of the dead awaited reincarnation as a "bean field."
15. Chili peppers are so hot because they contain a substance called the alkaloid capsacin and four other related chemical compounds. It is also the main ingredient in pepper sauce.
16. Fresh milk in the Middle Ages was very difficult to keep, so it was considered a luxury.
17. People used garlic to repel mosquitoes long before Bram Stoker's book on Count Dracula was published. Folklorists believe this was due to the fact that vampires had a good sense of smell, and garlic, with its strong smell, beat off their scent. Garlic has been proven to be effective not only for repelling mosquitoes, but also ticks.
18. Bread has become a symbol of satiety, and the breaking of the crust often has a symbolic meaning. The word companion comes from the Latin words "com", which means "together" and "panis" - "bread."
19. In the Greek cities of Ephesus and Eleusis, the priestesses of the temples were called bees because bees and the way they collect honey were interpreted in a religious context. It was believed that bees produce honey in a miraculous way, because there was no need to worry about the safety of honey, since it does not deteriorate for a long time.
20. Cooking food using thermal processing is one of the greatest revolutionary discoveries in human history, as it not only changed the way food is prepared for consumption, but also became an integral part of human culture.
21. In Delphi, the religious center of ancient Greece, for the preparation of a sacrifice to the gods, they used the labor of many cooks.
22. Every day, about 26 million Americans eat obscure American food at McDonald's.
23. Oysters were often attributed to the properties of aphrodisiacs, that is, many previously thought that they contain substances that stimulate sexual desire.
24. In the Philippines, it is considered a good omen when a coconut is cracked without chipping in halves.
25. Hippocrates believed that the meat of an adult dog is inconvenient to cook, at the same time he considered soup from a young puppy useful for patients.
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