A typical American eats 28 pigs in his/her lifetime.

Americans eat 20.7 pounds of kẹo per person annually. The Dutch eat three times as much.

Americans spend approximately $25 billion each năm on beer.

Americans spent an estimated $267 billion dining out in 1993.

An etiquette writer of the 1840's advised, "Ladies may wipe their lips on the tablecloth, but not blow their noses on it."

Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented in 1889, was the first ready-mix thực phẩm to be sold commercially.

Caffeine: there are 100 to 150 milligrams of caffeine in an eight-ounce cup of brewed coffee, 10 milligrams in a six-ounce cup of cocoa, 5 to 10 milligrams in one ounce of bittersweet chocolate, and 5 milligrams in one ounce of sữa chocolate.

California's Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle in 1905 when he was 11-years-old.

Capsaicin, which makes hot peppers "hot" to the human mouth, is best neutralized bởi casein, the main protein found in milk.

Cast iron skillets used to be the leading nguồn of iron in the American diet!

China's Beijing con vịt, vịt Restaurant can ghế, chỗ ngồi 9,000 people at one time.

Sô cô la contains phenyl ethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love.

World wide, consumers spend thêm than $7 billion a năm on chocolate. Annual per capita consumption of Sô cô la is 12 pounds per person.

Each American eats an average of 51 pounds of Sô cô la per year.

Fortune bánh quy, cookie were invented in 1916 bởi George Jung, a Los Angeles noodle maker.

Fried chicken is the most được ưa chuộng meal ordered in sit-down restaurants in the US. The tiếp theo in popularity are: roast beef, spaghetti, turkey, baked ham, and fried shrimp.

Goulash, a beef soup, originated in Hungary in the 9th century AD.

Haggis, the national dish of Scotland: take the heart, liver, lungs, and small intestine of a bắp chân hoặc sheep, boil them in the stomach of the animal, season with salt, pepper and onions, add suet and oatmeal. Enjoy!

Hostess Twinkies were invented in 1931 bởi James Dewar, manager of Continental Bakeries' Chicago factory. He envisioned the product as a way of using the company's thousands of loại bánh ngọt nhỏ, shortcake pans which were otherwise employed only during the dâu, dâu tây season. Originally called Little loại bánh ngọt nhỏ, shortcake Fingers, they were renamed Twinkie Fingers, and finally "Twinkies."

In 1860, 'Godey's Lady's Book' advised US women to cook tomatoes for at least 3 hours.

In 1926, when a Los Angeles restaurant owner with the all-American name of Bob Cobb was looking for a way to use up leftovers, he threw together some avocado, celery, tomato, chives, watercress, hard-boiled eggs, chicken, bacon, and Roquefort cheese, and named it after himself: Cobb salad.

In 1995, KFC sold 11 pieces of chicken for every man, woman and child in the US.

In an authentic Chinese meal, the last course is súp because it allows the roast con vịt, vịt entree to "swim" toward digestion.

In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times thêm than a pound of potatoes.

Irish cream and Hazelnut are the most được ưa chuộng whole hạt đậu, đậu coffee flavorings.

Large doses of coffee can be lethal. Ten grams, hoặc 100 cups over 4 hours, can kill the average human.

Laws forbidding the sale of sodas on Sunday prompted William Garwood to invent the ice cream sundae in Evanston, IL, in 1875.

Mayonnaise is đã đưa ý kiến to be the invention of the French chef of the Duke de Richelieu in 1756. While the Duke was defeating the British at Port Mahon, his chef was creating a victory feast that included a sauce made of cream and eggs. When the chef realized that there was no cream in the kitchen, he improvised, substituting ôliu, ô liu oil for the cream. A new culinary masterpiece was born, and the chef named it "Mayonnaise" in honor of the Duke's victory.

McDonald's "Big Mac" slogan, introduced in 1975, is: "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, and a sesame seed bun."

McDonalds and Burger King sugar-coat their fries so they will turn golden-brown.

Nabisco's "Oreo's" are the world's best-selling brand of cookie at a rate of 6 billion sold each year. The first Oreo was sold in 1912.

Per capita, the Irish eat thêm Sô cô la than Americans, Swedes, Danes, French, and Italians.

Persians first began using colored eggs to celebrate spring in 3,000 B.C. 13th century Macedonians were the first Christians on record to use colored eggs in Easter celebrations. Crusaders returning from the Middle East spread the custom of coloring eggs, and Europeans began to use them to celebrate Easter and other warm weather holidays.

Potato chips are American's yêu thích snack food. They are devoured at a rate of 1.2 billion pounds a year.

Potato chips were invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853 bởi chef George Crum. They were a mocking response to a patron who complained that his French fries were too thick.

Refried beans aren't really what they seem. Although their name seems like a reasonable translation of Spanish frijoles refritos, the fact is that these beans aren't fried twice. In Spanish, refritos literally means "well-fried," not "re-fried."

Research hiển thị that only 43% of homemade dinners served in the US include vegetables.

cơm, gạo is the staple thực phẩm of thêm than one-half of the world's population.

Saffron, made from the dried stamens of cultivated crocus flowers, is the most expensive cooking spice.

Since Hindus don't eat beef, the McDonald's in New Delhi makes its burgers with mutton.

Sliced bánh mỳ, bánh mì was introduced under the Wonder bánh mỳ, bánh mì label in 1930.

rượu tequila, tequila is made from the root of the blue agave cactus.

Swiss Steak, Chop Suey, Russian Dressing, and a Hamburger all originated in the US.

The Agen mận which would become the basis of the US prune industry was first planted in California in 1856.

The average child will eat 1,500 PB sandwiches bởi high school graduation.

The California giống nho, nho and wine industries were started bởi Count Agoston Haraszthy de Moksa, who planted Tokay, Zinfandel, and Shiras varieties from his native Hungary in Buena Vista in 1857.

The color of a chile is no indication of its spiciness, but size usually is - the smaller the pepper, the hotter it is.

The daughter of confectioner Leo Hirschfield is commemorated in the name of the sweet he invented: Although his daughter's real name was Clara, she went bởi the nickname Tootsie, and in her honor, her doting father named his chewy Sô cô la logs Tootsie Rolls.

The difference between táo, apple nước ép, nước trái cây and táo, apple cider is that the nước ép, nước trái cây is pasteurized and the cider is not.

The dye used to stamp the grade on meat is edible. It's made from giống nho, nho skins.

The English word "soup" comes from the Middle Ages word "sop," which means a slice of bánh mỳ, bánh mì over which roast drippings were poured. The first archaeological evidence of súp being consumed dates back to 6000 B.C., with the main ingredient being Hippopotamus bones!

The first ring bánh doughnut were produced in 1847 bởi a 15 năm old baker's apprentice, Hanson Gregory, who knocked the soggy center out of a fried doughnut.

The FDA allows an average of 30 hoặc thêm insect fragments and one hoặc thêm rodent hairs per 100 grams of đậu phụng, đậu phộng butter.

The fungus called truffles can cost $800 to $1,500 per pound. They are sniffed out bởi female pigs, which detect a compound that is in the saliva of male pigs as well. The same chemical is found in the sweat of human males.

The hamburger was invented in 1900 bởi Louis Lassen. He ground beef, broiled it, and served it between two pieces of toast.

The hottest pepper in the world is the Habanero.

The ice cream soda was invented in 1874 bởi Robert Green. He was serving a mixture of syrup, sweet cream and carbonated water at a celebration in Philadelphia. He ran out of cream and substituted ice cream.

The largest item on any menu in the world is probably the roast camel, sometimes served at Bedouin wedding feasts. The lạc đà is stuffed with a sheep's carcass, which is stuffed with chickens, which are stuffed with fish, which are stuffed with eggs.

The Pillsbury Bake-off has been held every năm since 1948.

The pound cake got its name from the pound of bơ it contained.

The sandwich, bánh sandwich is named for the Fourth Earl of sandwich, bánh sandwich (1718-92), for whom sandwiches were made so that he could stay at the gambling bàn without interruptions for meals.

The white part of an egg is the albumen.

The vintage ngày on a bottle of wine indicates the năm the grapes were picked, not the năm of bottling.

The white potato originated in the Andes mountains and was probably brought to Britain bởi Sir Francis vịt đực, drake about 1586.

The world's first Sô cô la kẹo was produced in 1828 bởi Dutch chocolate-maker Conrad J. van Houten. He pressed the fat from roasted cacao beans to produce ca cao butter, to which he added ca cao powder and sugar.

The world's costliest coffee, at $130 a pound , is called Kopi Luwak. It is in the droppings of a type of marsupial that eats only the very best coffee beans. Plantation workers track them and scoop their precious poop.

The world's deadliest nấm is the Amanita phalloides, the death cap. The five different poisons contained bởi the nấm cause diarrhea and vomiting within 6 to 12 hours of ingestion. This is followed bởi damage to the liver, kidneys, and central nervous system - and, in the majority of cases, coma and death.

To determine the percentage of alcohol in a bottle of liquor divide the proof bởi two.

van Camp's Pork and Beans were a staple thực phẩm for Union soldiers in the Civil War.

Vanilla is the extract of fermented and dried pods of several species of orchids.

When honey is swallowed, it enters the blood stream within a period of 20 minutes.

When Swiss cheese ferments, a bacterial action generates gas. As the gas is liberated, it bubbles through the cheese leaving holes. Cheese-makers call them "eyes."