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Monday, 27 July 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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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.
Pizza
One slice of cheese pizza contains approximately 9.8 grams of fat, 12.7 grams of protein, and 280 calories.
Mozzarella
In the production of Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, a maximum of 60 hours may elapse from the milking of the buffaloes to the start of cheese production.
The milk is then acidified by adding rennet thereto. It must come from a buffalo from the same, or a ...
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.
Chocolate
The process consists of several steps.
The first stage takes place in plantations, where the fruit, cut in half, ferments in special tanks. ...
Maple syrup
A single tree produces a maximum of 12 liters of juice per day.
In season, it is from 35 to 50 liters. About 7% of the total amount of sap flowing through the tree is obtained in this process.
Halva
Sesame halva is popular in the Balkans, Far East, and the Mediterranean.
Its key ingredient is tahini (sesame paste), sweetened with glucose, sugar, or honey, with various additions–pistachios, chocolate, cocoa, and vanilla or orange scent.
Beer
In terms of the amount of beer drunk per capita, the world leaders are the Czechs (142.4 liters per year).
The second place goes to Seychelles (114.6 liters per year) and the third place goes to Germany and Austria (104.7 liters per year).
Parmesan
There are many Parmesan-type cheeses.
Perhaps the best known is Grana Padano, produced in Lombardy, where "Padano" refers to the Po Valley ...
Kombucha
Scientists are working on a use for tea mushrooms other than making kombucha.
Through the efficient production of cellulose, they are developing a method to create food packaging and clothing materials (artificial leather and other textiles) from the “mushroom.”