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Tweeting about food and drink, restaurants and pubs!

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CAMRA's four pub characteristics:

- is open to the public without membership or residency
- serves draught beer or cider, without requiring food be consumed
- has at least one indoor area not laid out for meals
- allows drinks to be bought at a bar (i.e. not only table service).

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Happy #GazpachoSoupDay

Celebrated every 25th November, enjoy - just don't ask for it to be heated! 😂

#RedDwarf35

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Hrenovuha is a type of strong vodka, common in Ukraine and Russia.

It has a bitter taste, being made from horseradish, often with different spices, such as pepper peas and garlic.

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The American Hormel Foods Corporation started marketing Hormel Spiced Ham in the mid 1930s.

As it didn't stand out from other brands Jay C. Hormel (born #OTD in 1892) asked his New Year's Eve party guests to help and a Kenneth Daigneau came up with the succinct name 'SPAM'! 🥩

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#OTD in 2023, Australian James Webb won the Wing It On! Chicken Wing Eating Competition by eating 276 chicken wings in 12 minutes.

#Chicken
#wings

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The Indian dessert Shrikhand (a flavoured yogurt) is typically offered to deities in Hindu rituals.

The sweet and creamy texture represents auspiciousness and is a mainstay during the festivals of Janmashtami and Diwali.

#Happy Krishna Janmashtami 😃

#today

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#OTD in 1887, the transition from cloth to paper napkins began, when the English company John Dickinson Stationary used paper napkins at a company party.

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Today is Saint Honoratus' Day.

He is the Patron Saint of bakers, pastry chefs, confectioners and flour merchants.

#bread

#cake

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Tomatoes are 95% water, among the highest percentage in the fruit and vegetable world!

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@FryUpSociety Lovely, but nowhere near an English Breakfast!

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@FryUpSociety Well done Uganda!

Some improvement needed, but a good effort! 👏👏

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A 'Zythophile' is someone who loves beer and all things beer-related.

You are probably a Zythophile if you talk your friends to death about what beers you've tried and use adjectives such as 'malty', 'hoppy', 'refreshing', or 'mouthfeel'! 🍺🍺

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#OTD in 1992, McDonald's opened its first restaurant in China, located in Shenzhen.

This event marked a significant milestone in the globalization of fast food and had a profound impact on the the Chinese food industry and food culture.

麦当劳汉堡

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'Betain' is a substance isolated from beetroot, it is responsible for the purple color of the root.

This substance is used in food industry to improve color and taste of desserts, jams, ice-creams, jellies, tomato sauces and breakfast cereals.

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Today is the start (23 - 30 April 2024) of Great British Beef Week (GBBW).

This nationwide campaign is back for its 14th year!

Uniting farmers, supermarkets, butchers, farm shops, pubs and restaurants, celebrating the versatility and exceptional taste of delicious British beef!

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People used to say 'receipt' rather than 'recipe'.

Both words derive from the Latin 'recipere' meaning 'to receive', and it doesn't seem that much of a stretch when you consider that both words now mean a kind of written record.

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#nationalteaday

Today is UK National Tea Day!

So get the kettle on and enjoy a nice, refreshing cuppa!

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Today is #NationalGarlicDay

Held on April 19th every year, National Garlic Day celebrates the vegetable also known as the 'stinking rose'.

The fragrant and potent root has been seasoning our food dishes for thousands of years! 🧄🧄

#GarlicDay

#garlicbutterchicken

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@FryUpSociety Not a bad effort to be honest! 😃

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Why not finish off your soup with a splash of lime juice?

A perfect finish to all soups that brings out the flavour of all other ingredients.

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Just for you @wallybasoum and @FryUpSociety

'Now blest be the Briton, his beef and his beer,
And all the strong waters that keep him in cheer,
But blest beyond cattle and blest beyond kegs
Is the brave British breakfast of bacon and eggs.'

- A.P. Herbert (1890-1971)