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Thursday, 5 March 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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Honey
When a bee collects sugar-rich nectar, it sucks it out using a trumpet (a tube inside which is a mobile, flexible tongue) and places it in a storage sack (crop), which is separated from the honey stomach by a foregut, known as a valve.
The crop of a typical honey bee contains about 40 mg of nectar, or about 50 percent of the bee’s une ...
Halva
Sunflower halva is popular in the former Soviet Union, Bulgaria, and Romania.
It’s made with roasted and ground sunflower seeds, instead of tahini. In the 1990s, Ukrainians produced around 4000/5000 tons of sunflower halva annually.
Halva
Most likely, halva comes from Persia (Iran).
It proves difficult to deduce the country of origin because different cultures participated in its d ...
Tomato juice
One of the most popular alcoholic cocktails based on tomato juice is the Bloody Mary.
This drink gained popularity in the 1950s. It consists of vodka (3/10), tomato juice (6/10), and lem ...
Mozzarella
Mozzarella made with buffalo milk is made in many countries, including Switzerland, the United States, Australia, Colombia, Thailand, Egypt, India, and Turkey.
All producers use local buffalo milk. According to some, Italy and Bulgaria have the best milk buffalos. Mozzarella Çaycuma and mozzarella Kandıra are Turkish buffalo milk cheeses.
Beer
In addition to the two main types of beer, there can also be mixed drinks made from two types of beer.
These are known as beer cocktails.
Chocolate
The next stage is tempering the chocolate.
Tempering the chocolate involves slow heating, followed by slowly cooling the mass. Basically, it me ...
Cheddar
Joseph Harding is considered the father of today's cheddar.
A master dairyman in the 19th century, he made great efforts to standardize and modernize cheese mak ...
Maple syrup
The Indigenous peoples from the Northeast of North America were the first to obtain maple syrup.
This happened long before the arrival of Europeans, as evidenced by archaeological sources and tradition.
Honey
The second category is honeydew honey.
They are harvested by bees from the secretions of insects parasitizing the leaves-aphids or maggots- ...