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Friday, 2 January 2026
15 facts about french fries
15 facts about french fries
Not so French after all
It is not known where the fries come from. Some say from France, others, Belgium. Whatever the truth, one thing is certain–they are delicious, and pro ...

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Coffee
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the great colonial powers began cultivating coffee in their colonies.
The Netherlands established coffee plantations in Ceylon in 1658, later expanding cultivation to Jav ...
Coffee
The name “coffee” probably comes from the Arabic “kahwa” or Turkish “kahve,” although the etymology is not precisely known.
A second likely etymology of the word “coffee” is the name of the Ethiopian city of Kaffa (now Kefa) ...
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 ...
French fries
French fries are most often prepared in vegetable oil, although they were originally fried in beef tallow.
As recently as the 1990s, fries at McDonald’s were fried in a mixture of 93 percent beef tallow and 7 percent cottonseed oil.
Honey
The color of honey depends on the presence of various pigments.
Carotenoids (beta-carotene and xanthophyll) are the most important.
French fries
The basic ingredients in fries are, of course, potatoes.
Ordinary potatoes can be replaced by yams. Some people let their imagination run wild even more and ...
Parmesan
The cheese to be matured is placed in a round stainless steel mold, which is tightly closed with a spring-loaded buckle so that the cheese keeps its shape.
The buckle is released after one or two days. A plastic band with several imprints of the name of th ...
Parmesan
"Kings" are also called cheeses of particular types.
Halloumi - the king of cooking cheeses Maroilles - the king of strong cheeses Västerbotten - the ki ...
Honey
Based on the degree of crystallization of honey, a distinction is made between honey in a liquid state (Patoka) and crystallized honey (buckthorn).
The crystallization of honey is a natural phenomenon. The crystallization time varies for different ...
Sushi
Sushi is often served with wasabi.
It is a Japanese horseradish, spicy in flavor. It is a pricy plant thanks to the limitations in its ...