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Wednesday, 13 May 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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Cheesecake
Cheesecake was a cake used in religious rituals and as food for participants in the Olympic Games.
Perhaps Aegimus wrote a book about cheesecake because he was concerned with the diet of Olympic athl ...
Kombucha
The most common bacteria found in kombucha are those of the Acetobacter and Gluconobacter species.
The primary strain in kombucha is Gluconacetobacter xylinus, which synthesizes cellulose. The most c ...
Pizza
The Hawaiian pizza originates in Canada.
The most controversial topping, pineapple, was added by a Greek immigrant, Sam Panopoulos, to a pizza served in his restaurant, Satellite, in Chatham, Canada.
Parmesan
A special knife is used to cut parmesan cheese.
It is a knife with a round wooden handle and a drop-shaped blade. It is used to break the hard chees ...
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 ...
Pizza
It found its way to North America with Italian immigrants in the 1800s.
Italian immigrants brought their dish along, but it was not incorporated into American cuisine strai ...
French fries
According to legend, the original fries occurred in Namur, a city then in the Spanish Netherlands, which was under Belgian jurisdiction.
The residents of Namur were particularly fond of fried fish. When the Sambra River froze over one co ...
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 ...
Beer
Yeast is responsible for carrying out alcoholic fermentation.
As a result of the yeast’s work, sugars contained in water are converted into ethyl alcohol. In addi ...
Honey
Honey is a fairly caloric product, with 320-330 kcal in 100 g of honey.
Its energy value is determined by the predominant proportion of simple sugars-glucose and fructose.