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Carquinyolis are the Catalan version of biscotti, and usually nibbled with a glass of sweet wine.
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Carquinyolis are the Catalan version of biscotti, and usually nibbled with a glass of sweet wine.
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The Lamington was invented in Queensland, the recipe first appeared in the Queensland Country Life newspaper in a 1900 edition.
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The Lamington was invented in Queensland, the recipe first appeared in the Queensland Country Life newspaper in a 1900 edition.
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When too many carrots are consumed not all the beta-carotene is broken down to Vitamin A & the skin can turn an orange hue as it circulates around the body.
This condition is known as carotenemia.
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When too many carrots are consumed not all the beta-carotene is broken down to Vitamin A & the skin can turn an orange hue as it circulates around the body.
This condition is known as carotenemia.
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Blackstrap molasses (AKA treacle) is a byproduct of cane sugar production - it is the liquid left after the sugar cane is boiled and sugar extracted. It doesn’t contain much sugar and can be very bitter.
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Blackstrap molasses (AKA treacle) is a byproduct of cane sugar production - it is the liquid left after the sugar cane is boiled and sugar extracted. It doesn’t contain much sugar and can be very bitter.
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Each banana can emit .01 millirem (0.1 microsieverts) of radiation.
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Each banana can emit .01 millirem (0.1 microsieverts) of radiation.
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Apple seeds contain a cyanogenic glycoside called amygdalin, which breaks down into cyanide.
However a person weighing 60kgs would need to eat 25 whole apples including seeds in one sitting to feel any toxic effects.
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Apple seeds contain a cyanogenic glycoside called amygdalin, which breaks down into cyanide.
However a person weighing 60kgs would need to eat 25 whole apples including seeds in one sitting to feel any toxic effects.
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Black-eyed peas are actually beans (genus Vigna) not peas (genus Pisum).
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Black-eyed peas are actually beans (genus Vigna) not peas (genus Pisum).
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Bakers used to call small round cakes “nuts” - hence doughnuts & gingernuts.
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Bakers used to call small round cakes “nuts” - hence doughnuts & gingernuts.
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The long, finger-like gills inside crabs are called dead man's fingers.
Don’t eat them - they aren’t toxic, just unpleasant.
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The long, finger-like gills inside crabs are called dead man's fingers.
Don’t eat them - they aren’t toxic, just unpleasant.
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Carolina Reapers are up to 440 times hotter the average jalapeño pepper.
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Carolina Reapers are up to 440 times hotter the average jalapeño pepper.
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The difference between lox & smoked salmon:
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The difference between lox & smoked salmon:
lox is cured in (usually) brine, smoked salmon is cured for a shorter time then smoked. -
Curious as to why you can chuck fistful after fistful of spinach into a pan and end up with one tiny serve?
Spinach is 91% water!
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Curious as to why you can chuck fistful after fistful of spinach into a pan and end up with one tiny serve?
Spinach is 91% water!
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The proper etiquette for eating peas is to squash them on the back of your fork.
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The proper etiquette for eating peas is to squash them on the back of your fork.
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Around 150 flowers - Crocus sativus - are needed to produce one gram of saffron.
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Around 150 flowers - Crocus sativus - are needed to produce one gram of saffron.
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Onigiri (Japanese rice balls) were originally wrapped in dried bamboo sheaths, nori (seaweed) wrapping did not start until the mid 1800s.
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Onigiri (Japanese rice balls) were originally wrapped in dried bamboo sheaths, nori (seaweed) wrapping did not start until the mid 1800s.
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For a walnut to develop & mature on the tree takes about 170 days.
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For a walnut to develop & mature on the tree takes about 170 days.
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Nougat is a cooked egg white foam.
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Nougat is a cooked egg white foam.
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Nutmeg is not a nut, but the seed of a drupe which when matured splits open to reveal the aril - which is the spice mace, and the seed which is nutmeg.
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Nutmeg is not a nut, but the seed of a drupe which when matured splits open to reveal the aril - which is the spice mace, and the seed which is nutmeg.
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“Pesto” etymology. 1937, from Italian pesto, from Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”).
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“Pesto” etymology. 1937, from Italian pesto, from Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”).
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The edible bush coconut (AKA bloodwood apple) is an insect gall - a combination of plant and animal: an adult female scale insect lives in a gall induced on a Corymbia (bloodwood eucalypt).
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The edible bush coconut (AKA bloodwood apple) is an insect gall - a combination of plant and animal: an adult female scale insect lives in a gall induced on a Corymbia (bloodwood eucalypt).
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A spurtle is a rod shaped wooden Scottish kitchen tool used to stir porridge. Unlike a spoon, the spurtle doesn’t cause the porridge to congeal and form lumps from dragging. Usage started in the 15th century.
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A spurtle is a rod shaped wooden Scottish kitchen tool used to stir porridge. Unlike a spoon, the spurtle doesn’t cause the porridge to congeal and form lumps from dragging. Usage started in the 15th century.
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White chocolate is a confectionery made with sugar, milk solids & cocoa butter, and not a true chocolate because it doesn’t contain cocoa solids.
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White chocolate is a confectionery made with sugar, milk solids & cocoa butter, and not a true chocolate because it doesn’t contain cocoa solids.
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The resemblance of the red blisters from chickenpox to chickpeas is thought to be one reason for why the disease is known as chickenpox.
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The resemblance of the red blisters from chickenpox to chickpeas is thought to be one reason for why the disease is known as chickenpox.
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Onions produce the chemical irritant known as syn-Propanethial-S-oxide - which is released when they are cut, causing the nerves around the eyes (lacrimal glands) to become irritated. So you cry.
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Onions produce the chemical irritant known as syn-Propanethial-S-oxide - which is released when they are cut, causing the nerves around the eyes (lacrimal glands) to become irritated. So you cry.
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According to dictionary definitions a hot dog is a type of sandwich.
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According to dictionary definitions a hot dog is a type of sandwich.
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Eating heart-shaped gingerbread supposedly helps ward off evil.
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Eating heart-shaped gingerbread supposedly helps ward off evil.
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Witches allegedly made gingerbread figures and devoured them, thereby causing the death of their enemies.
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Witches allegedly made gingerbread figures and devoured them, thereby causing the death of their enemies.
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In the 1500s unmarried women gnawed on man-shaped gingerbread “husband” figures, hoping to attract a suitor to marry.
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In the 1500s unmarried women gnawed on man-shaped gingerbread “husband” figures, hoping to attract a suitor to marry.
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A rocher is made with one spoon in one swooping motion. A quenelle is shaped with two spoons, passing the mound of soft (ice cream, whipped cream, whatever) between the bowls of the two spoons until you have a three sided “oval.”
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A rocher is made with one spoon in one swooping motion. A quenelle is shaped with two spoons, passing the mound of soft (ice cream, whipped cream, whatever) between the bowls of the two spoons until you have a three sided “oval.”