FoodDood

Interesting facts about the food you love!

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In Newfoundland (Canada, eh), and Labrador, March is traditionally known as 'the long and hungry month of March.' 

The 'hungry month' moniker is rooted (pun intended) in the unavailability of root vegetables 🥕

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The oldest known vegetable is the humble pea. Some believe figs is to be the oldest known fruit and others the banana. Go FIGure.
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Asado, delight of the gauchos of Rio de la Plato, Argentina, is a technique where beef is cooked close to a fire on a metal structure called an 'asador'. The term 'asado' is also the custom of having or attending events with food over an open fire.
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Your favourite side, Coleslaw, is Dutch. Originating from 'kool' (cabbage) and 'sla' (the Dutch abbreviation for salad). It was traditionally pickled in a vinaigrette and could be kept for weeks. #FoodDood #Coleslaw #TheNetherlands

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Goldsmith's University, UK, has banned the sale of beef on campus. Citing climate change, the ban also includes plastic straws and bottled water. Cattle methane is one of the pollutants causing global warming. But so are human farts. #FoodDood #Fart #ClimateChange #Goldsmiths

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Coffee & Cigarettes, by Jim Jarmusch, stars Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, & more. It tells stories with coffee & cigarettes as the central theme. In reality, combining coffee & cigarettes results in arterial stiffness. #FoodDood #Jarmusch #Coffee #Cigarettes

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Fast weight loss! Heavily overweight Scottish chip shop worker, Angus Barbieri, began a fast in 1965. Subsisting on only coffee, tea, carbonated water and vitamins, Barbieri lost 19.6 stone (125kg) in 382 days - living off his body fat alone. #FoodDood #Scotland #AngusBarbieri

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Welsh Rarebit/Rabbit is a cheese on toast dish served at the end of a meal. Although actual rabbit dishes are popular among the Welsh, hares have long since been considered taboo; owing to folklore that likened eating a hare to eating a witch. #Hare #WelshRabbit #Wales #FoodDood

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Buckwheat pasta is a great alternative for the gluten intolerant. Buckwheat is not a grain, it is related to sorrel and rhubarb. #FoodFacts #Vegan

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Kellogs has launched a beer! Using the waste from Coco Pops and Rice Krispies, this range of ales are sure to compliment any healthy breakfast.

#FootFact #Kellogs #IPA

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Wensleydale Creamery, makers of Wensleydale Cheese, is to become a power house. Kind of. It will supply waste whey to a bioenergy plant, aiming to provide renewable energy to heat around 4,000 UK homes. It also tastes great on crackers.

#Food #Cheese #Wensleydale

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'The Spaghetti Incident?', released in 1993, is a cover album by Guns n' Roses. It courted controversy for featuring a hidden track written by Charles Manson. Unlike Spaghetti, discussing Charles Manson tends to leave a bad aftertaste.

#FoodFact #Manson #Spaghetti #GunsNRoses

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Iron Man actor, Robert Downey Jr., cites a 'disgusting burger' as a reason for getting clean. He said: “I have to thank #BurgerKing, it was such a disgusting burger... I thought something really bad was going to happen.”

He later tossed his drugs in the ocean.
#FoodFact #IronMan

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The plastic, Polypropylene, a safe and flexible plastic, is used in dairy, medicine, and drink containers. Recently, tea producers have stepped up efforts to eliminate the plastic from their tea bags.

#FoodFact #Tea #Polypropylene #Cuppa

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Chilli con carne simply means: Chilli with meat. Associated with Mexico, it is believed that the spicy stew has origins in Spanish cooking. #Tip Add a cube of dark chocolate next time you cook a pot up!

#FoodFact #Chilli #MuyPicante

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Cacao nibs are loaded with nutrients and health benefits. Produced from beans of the Theobroma Cacao tree, they are protein rich and provide fibre, are low in sugar, and great for a guilt-free chocolate fix!

#FoodFact #Cacao #Chocolatey

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The ancient Romans and Greeks championed Garum - a fermented fish sauce, as a condiment. It was made by grinding and fermenting fish intestines in brine.

#FoodFact #Pompeii #FishSauce

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Cattle were utilised more for milk than meat in ancient #Ireland. They became and such an economic commodity that they were exported to England, growing the trade in salted Irish beef; corned beef, which provisioned British navy fleets for over 2 centuries.

#FoodFact #CornedBeef

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Considered the world's most expensive ice-cream, a scoop of Dubai's 'Black Diamond' costs upwards of $800.

Eaten with a Versace spoon, it is decadence embodied and contains 23-carat edible gold sprinkles, black Italian truffles, and Iranian saffron.

#FoodFact #IceCream #Dubai

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Gut microbes, which benefit your wellbeing, comsume your body when you die.

Within 1 to 10 days, microbes swarm around your body & feed on dying cells. Often, post mortem, this process can assist forensic experts to identify time of death.

#FoodFact #Gut #Digestion #Forensics