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Sunday, 29 March 2026
16 facts about Chocolate
16 facts about Chocolate
A delicacy not only for a sweet tooth
Chocolate is one of the most popular foods and flavors in the world. It was already known 4 thousand years ago. The ancient inhabitants of today's Mex ...

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Beer
The Sumerians used bread to prepare beer.
This was the simplest way to produce ancient beer, as only bread and water are required for alcoholi ...
Sushi
Sushi is traditionally eaten with hands.
Most people in Japan do not use chopsticks to eat sushi, but outside Japan eating sushi with hands is not that common.
Mozzarella
There is 288 kcal in 100 grams of buffalo mozzarella.
Cow's milk mozzarella is less caloric, 100 g contains 253 kcal.
Mozzarella
Sheep's milk mozzarella, sometimes called "mozzarella pecorella", is typical of Sardinia, Abruzzo and Lazio, where it is also called "mozzapecora".
It is made with the addition of lamb rennet.
Halva
Most types of halva are relatively thick confectionery sweetened with honey or sugar but of different texture.
There are a great many varieties of halva, including sesame, sunflower, grain, and peanut, for insta ...
Kimchi
The key ingredients of kimchi are napa cabbage, radish, carrot, garlic, chili pepper, onion, ginger, pepper, mustard, watercress, salt and sugar, sometimes accompanied by salted shrimp, anchovies or other seafood.
Sometimes soy sauce and sesame are added to the pickle.
Maple syrup
Such syrup is ready to eat, but it can also be a raw material for the production of maple sugar, maple butter, and maple candy.
The farms producing maple syrup are called sugarbush. The building in which the water is evaporated ...
French fries
Commercially available frozen French fries are usually pre-blanched or at least industrially dried.
The better processed in the factory, the sooner from unwrapping they can appear on our plates.
Chocolate
The next stage is tempering the chocolate.
Tempering the chocolate involves slow heating, followed by slowly cooling the mass. Basically, it me ...
Cheddar
Cheddar is native to the United Kingdom.
It took its name from the village of Cheddar in the county of Somerset in southwest England. It was ...