So let’s wonder together
Fact #1 – in Japan, one of the most popular desserts is deep-fried maple leaves aged in salt barrels, which are then covered with dough and fried in oil or butter.
Fact #2 – there were no tomatoes in ketchup before. The main ingredient was fish with spices (in the Chinese version), and in Brazil – mushrooms. And only in the 19th century. in the USA they started adding tomatoes to ketchup.
Fact #3 – American police officers who eat donuts – this picture was created due to the fact that in the post-war years in the USA only cooks worked at night, so law enforcement officers on night duty did not have a wide choice of food.
Fact #4 – in Iceland, bread is baked in the ground. One of the features of this country is a large number of geysers and thermal springs. Locals bury the dough in the ground near the point where the boiling water comes to the surface, and the bread is baked in this way for a day.
Fact #5 – the liquid in a lightly browned steak is not blood. The liquid that comes out of the meat and has a pink color is the protein myoglobin.
Fact #6 – in Las Vegas (USA) there is a so-called heart attack grill (orig. “Heart Attack Grill”). It is interesting because it positions itself as “the most harmful grill bar in the world”. Yes, here you can order a 900-gram Quadruple Bypass Burger, the energy value of which is equal to 8000 kilocalories. Or ButterFat Shake drinkable cream, which contains a world record amount of cholesterol.
Fact #7 – in Peru you can try a frog cocktail. How it is prepared: live frogs are mixed in a blender with bean soup, honey, aloe juice and Peruvian maca root, which is considered very useful.
Fact #8 – until the middle of the 19th century. Lobsters in the US were considered poor people’s food. And in England and France, oysters were called such food.
Fact #9 – tobacco chicken has nothing to do with tobacco or smoke. In fact, it is more correct to say “tapaka” – this is the name of a special Georgian frying pan on which chicken is fried.
Fact #10 – soups and meat broths were cooked as early as 100 years BC. e., as evidenced by archaeological finds in ancient China.
Fact #11 – the prototype of stewed meat appeared in France during the time of Napoleon, when the emperor’s cook suggested storing meat in cans during military campaigns. This happened even before the invention of pasteurization.
Fact #12 – “Olivier” salad was invented in the 19th century. in order for the guests of the Hermitage restaurant in Moscow to snack on alcohol with something hearty and, without getting drunk quickly, do not cause damage to the establishment.
Fact #13 – the original recipe for the “Olivier” salad is actually as follows: veal tongue, 2 grouse, half a pound of fresh lettuce, a quarter of a pound of caviar, half a can of pickles, 5 hard-boiled eggs, 25 pieces of boiled crayfish, 2 fresh cucumbers, half a can of soybeans kabul, a quarter of a pound of capers. Different from what we know, right?
Fact #14 – “Medicine” sausage got its name because in the first half of the 20th century in the USSR, doctors prescribed it to patients with dystrophy, as well as “victims of tsarist arbitrariness.”
Fact #15 – the world’s most expensive hot dog was sold for $169 in Seattle in 2014. True, instead of sausage, it contained marbled meat.
Fact #16 – when eating celery, you spend more calories than you get from this product.
Fact #17 – in Japan you can try ice cream with the taste of crabs, chicken and even cactus.
Fact #18 – in Alaska, local residents consider a dish based on rotten fish heads to be quite spicy.
Fact #19 – in Colombia, it is customary to eat fried ants at screenings instead of popcorn in cinemas.
Fact #20 – the ancient Greeks believed that wine would be much better if mixed with sea water.
Fact #21 – apples do not sink in water, because they are 25% air. Probably, not least because of this, they are recommended to those who want to lose weight.
Fact #22 – alcohol is harmful, but at the same time it contains 13 minerals that our body needs.
Fact #23 – shellac, with which women cover their nails, is an edible substance produced by female tropical insects.
Fact #24 – Europeans have been eating potato leaves and stalks fried in oil for a long time. Which was, to put it mildly, not the most delicious. They figured out to eat fruits a little later.
Fact #25 – in the 17th century, cucumber was considered poisonous and capable of causing colds – obviously, due to the cooling effect of this vegetable.
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