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Sunday, 20 September 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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Tomato juice
Mass production of tomato juice began in the 1920s.
It became a popular dinner drink and within a few years spread beyond the borders of the US.
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 ...
Tomato juice
It is very rich in vitamin C.
100 grams of juice provides 84 percent of the daily requirement of vitamin C. Tomato juice also cont ...
Eggs
Bird eggs have been a valuable food since prehistoric times.
They were fed by hunting communities as well as by newer cultures where birds were domesticated. The ...
Parmesan
There are many Parmesan-type cheeses.
Perhaps the best known is Grana Padano, produced in Lombardy, where "Padano" refers to the Po Valley ...
Sushi
It was a Japanese chef, Hanaya Yohei, who popularized hand-pressed vinegared rice rolls.
He served his invention at his shop in Ryōgoku around 1824.
French fries
Belgium is strenuously trying to inscribe fries as a Belgian dish on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Whether this will succeed remains to be seen, as the committee must first establish the origin of th ...
Halva
Peanut halva is popular in Argentina.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Greek immigrants in Argentina used peanut butter to create a semi-soft nougat variation called mantecol.
Chocolate
The process consists of several steps.
The first stage takes place in plantations, where the fruit, cut in half, ferments in special tanks. ...
Kombucha
The emergence of American sweetened and carbonated beverages on the market has made kombucha or sour bread an unpopular relic.
Western corporations have succeeded, within fifty years, in completely displacing from our culture a beverage that was regularly consumed in central and eastern Europe for hundreds of years.