FUN FACTS



Lasagna is Greek?

Lasagna was named for the fermented noodle laganon, popular in ancient Greece

Bananas

A single banana is also called a finger and all bananas are clones of each other

Tea Bags

In 1904 people mistakenly placed the tea with the packaging into boiling water

Stamps and Chicken Nuggets

If you lick 3000 stamps a day that would equate to about 16 chicken nuggets in calories.

Bouncing Cranberries

To see if the cranberry is ripe, drop them on the ground and watch them bounce

Cooking Eggs

It's impossible to cook an egg on a sidewalk as it needs a temperature of 158 degrees

Ketchup and Medicine

In the 1800 a doctor made a recipe for a type of ketchup that became a pill

chimichanga is "thingamajig"

The literal translation of the word chimichanga is thingamajig

Ice mummy and pancakes

A mummy over 5000 years old had traces of food resembling a primitive type of pancake

Hippo Soup

The oldest type of soup dates from about 6000 BC and it calls for sparrow and hippopotamus mean

first recipe

The first recorded recipe dates back to ancient Sumere and was for a type of beer

fatty fish

Salmon, sardine and other fatty fish fight inflamation due to omega-3 fatty acids

hot dogs and world records

The world record for most hot dogs eaten is 76 set in 2021

U.S. presidents and BBQ

Lyndon B. Johnson held the first White House BBQ

Figs are Flowers

Figs are not fruit but inverted flowers

Stealing cheese

About 4 percent of all cheese made in the world is stolen, making it the most stolen food

Broccoli vs. steak

Calorie for calorie, there is more protein in broccoli than steak

straw-"not"-berries

Strawberries' seeds are on the outside so they are not technically berries

bananas and DNA

60 percent of our DNA is identical to a banana

honey and the beginning of the wolrd

Honey is the only food product that never spoils