Food & Drink

Food & Drink Lucky Charms were Invented by John Holahan, a General Mills Employee, who Chopped Peanut Candies into a Bowl of Cheerios December 30, 2022

Food & Drink The Food in Alcatraz Prison was so Good That the Guards and Other Prison Staff Ate the Same Meals as the Prisoners. The Warden Believed That Bad Food Caused Most Problems in Prison. December 22, 2022

Food & Drink Over a Quarter of the Global Hazelnut Production is Bought by an Italian Company to Make Nutella. December 17, 2022

Food & Drink Thomas Jefferson was a Serious Foodie Who Introduced America to Waffles, Mac and Cheese, Parmesan, Olive Oil, and Champagne. December 8, 2022

Food & Drink Blueberries Were Commercially Cultivated in the 1910s After a Long History as a Regional Wild Food. November 26, 2022

Food & Drink Cheese Has a Morphine-Like Compound Named Casomorphin. It is an Opioid Peptide Derived from the Digestion of the Milk Protein Casein. November 25, 2022

Food & Drink Until 2013, Foreign Chefs in Japan were Legally Barred from Working in Restaurants Specializing in Traditional Japanese Food. Japan Changed Its Regulations for Foreign Chefs After Traditional Japanese Cuisine Won UNESCO Designation. November 19, 2022

Food & Drink Most Himalayan Pink Salt Does Not Come from the Himalayas. The Salt is Mined from Punjab, Pakistan. November 13, 2022

Food & Drink About 82% of Avocado Oil Sold in the US is Either Rancid or Mixed with Other Oils. Researchers Tested Three Bottles Labeled as Avocado Oil, Only to Find Out There was No Avocado Oil in it at All. November 12, 2022

Food & Drink Ketchup was Originally Made with Mushrooms as a Primary Ingredient and Not Tomatoes. November 11, 2022

Food & Drink Dorcas Reilly, an Employee of the Campbell Soup Company, Created the Green Bean Casserole in 1955. She was Added to the Inventor’s Hall of Fame for Her Creation. November 9, 2022

Food & Drink Cucumbers were For a While Known as "Cowcumbers", They were Only Seen Good for Animal Fodder. November 1, 2022

Food & Drink Dairy Queen’s Soft Serve is Not Considered Ice Cream by the FDA. The Food and Drug Administration Classify it as “Ice Milk” Because the Milk Fat Content in Their Soft Serve is Less Than the Standard of What Regular Ice Cream Has. October 26, 2022

Food & Drink Germany Passed the Reinheitsgebot Law in 1516, Which States Only Water, Barley, and Hops are to be Used to Make Beer. October 23, 2022

Food & Drink Onions Naturally Have Sucrose in Their Cells. The Longer You Cook an Onion, the More Sucrose is Released, and the Heat Turns Sucrose into Sweeter Sugars Like Glucose and Fructose. October 22, 2022

Food & Drink Carbonara Did Not Exist Before the Second World War. It is Believed to Have Originated from US Military Supplies of Eggs and Bacon During That Time. October 13, 2022

Food & Drink American Cheese is a Combination of Cheddar, Colby, Washed Curd, or Granular Cheeses. According to Federal Law, This Product Must be Labeled as “Processed American Cheese.” September 28, 2022

Food & Drink Lobster Used to be Considered the Poor Man’s Protein Until the 1880s. Prisoners Would Start Complaining When They were Given Lobsters More Than Three Times a Week. September 26, 2022

Food & Drink There is No Difference Between Saltwater Taffy and Regular Taffy. It is Simply a Marketing Ploy in Coastal Regions to Ramp Up Sales. September 20, 2022