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Friday, 28 November 2025

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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Honey

Honey is produced by bees of the genus Apis and stingless bees (Melipona - a tribe in the bee family, which includes about 250 species found in the tropics or subtropics).

They carry flower nectar or honeydew to the hives. Under the influence of enzymes and formic acid, s ...

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Parmesan

The Italian name of the cheese is Parmigiano Reggiano.

It comes from the two areas where it is produced - the provinces of Parma and Reggio (Parmigiano is ...

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Eggs

The structure of the egg was once seen as analogous to the structure of the cosmos.

According to this theory, the eggshell was supposed to be the sky, the membrane inside the sky with clouds, the egg white symbolized water, and the egg yolk symbolized earth and minerals.

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Maple syrup

A syrup of this density is filtered to remove sugar crystals and calcium malate.

The filtered syrup is placed in the target containers while hot (usually 82 degrees C or more). To sterilize the stopper, the containers are turned upside down.

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Mozzarella

Mozzarella is a rennet cheese from southern Italy.

Rennet cheeses are a type of cheese that is obtained by denaturing milk with rennet - a digestive en ...

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Maple syrup

Maple syrup is made from the sap of maple trees.

Mainly three species of maple are used for production: sugar maple (Acer saccharum), black maple (Ac ...

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Coffee

With Arab expansion, the custom of drinking coffee spread throughout the Middle East.

At first, coffee was received with distrust, even its consumption was forbidden (in Mecca in 1511, a ...

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Sushi

Becoming a sushi master may take up to 20 years.

It requires apprenticeship, patience, and commitment. Before a person becomes a sushi master, called ...

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Parmesan

A disc of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese weighs between 30 and over 40 kilograms (66 to over 88 pounds), on average about 40 kilograms.

It takes about 550 liters (145 gallons) of milk to produce one disc, with an average of 14 liters (3.7 gallons) per kilogram of cheese.

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Parmesan

Each Parmigiano Reggiano cheese disc is worth between 400 and more than 500 euros each.

Depending on the age of the cheese disc, a distinction is made: Giovane (young) - up to 1 year of a ...

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16 facts about Mozzarella

The most recognizable Italian cheese in the world

Mozzarella is the most recognizable and third most often bought Italian cheese, after Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano. It is always associated wi ...

17 facts about Kimchi

Traditional Korean dish

Kimchi is a staple Korean delicacy, served as a side dish with almost every meal. It consists of salted and fermented vegetables, including various ca ...

10 facts about Hot dog

One of the most popular fast foods

Hot dogs are typical representatives of fast food. They are prepared swiftly and consumed even faster. Even though the fashion for eating hot dogs spr ...