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Saturday, 19 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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Maple syrup
Dr. Navindra P. Seeram, an American professor who studies medicinal plants and their natural derivatives, said: “I continue to say that nature is the best chemist, and that maple syrup is becoming a champion food when it comes to the number and variety of beneficial compounds found in it.”
He added that his team's research showed the presence of numerous antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds to fight cancer, diabetes, and bacterial diseases.
Parmesan
"Kings" are also called cheeses of particular types.
Halloumi - the king of cooking cheeses Maroilles - the king of strong cheeses Västerbotten - the ki ...
Kimchi
The most popular kimchi is Baechu-kimchi.
It consists of spicy napa cabbage in a pickle composed of rice gruel, flakes of chili peppers, ginger, garlic, and spring onions.
Honey
Honey is divided into nectar (flower) and honeydew honey.
As a rule, floral honeys are light in color, some only have a dark yellow to brown tint. However, th ...
Maple syrup
Such syrup is ready to eat, but it can also be a raw material for the production of maple sugar, maple butter, and maple candy.
The farms producing maple syrup are called sugarbush. The building in which the water is evaporated ...
Beer
The Blau Monuments–Sumerian inscribed stones dating back 6,000 years–depict women making beer from spelt.
In the Sumerian culture, beer production was toiled by women, as brewing was under the protection of ...
Honey
Honey is also obtained industrially, but then we are dealing with artificial honey.
It is obtained by decomposing complex sugars (usually from potato syrup) sucrose or isoglucose (high ...
Coffee
In 1554, the first coffee shop opened in Istanbul.
In the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire, as a trade intermediary, became a coffee power.
Kombucha
Kombucha is a blend of natural probiotics (fungi and bacteria), organic acids (acetic, glyconic, glucuronic, citric, lactic, tartaric, malonic, oxalic, succinic, pyruvic, tin), small amounts of sugars (sucrose, glucose and fructose), B vitamins (B1, B2, B6, B12), vitamin C, 14 amino acids, purines, pigments, lipids, proteins.
In addition, there are some hydrolytic enzymes, ethanol, substances that exhibit antibiotic activity ...
Honey
The most numerous group of compounds in honey are carbohydrates, mainly glucose and fructose.
Sucrose, maltose, and melezitose (in honeydew honey) may be present in smaller amounts. The taste of ...