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Wednesday, 7 October 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 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.
Beer
The Sumerians produced two kinds of beer - dark and light.
Dark, stronger beer, consumed by men, was divided into sixteen kinds. Women consumed light wheat beer.
Coffee
Also in 1901, Luigi Bezzera patented his first coffee maker and became an innovator in the field.
However, he could not sell it, only done by Desiderio Pavoni, who refined Bezzera’s invention and marketed it.He presented it at a trade fair in Milan in 1906.
Wagyū Beef
Marbling of the meat begins to develop around 12 months of age.
Maximum values are reached by individuals at 36 months of age, which is why the best age for slaughtering Wagyū cattle is three years.
Eggs
One of the delicacies of Asian cuisine, mainly Vietnamese, Filipino, Cambodian, and Chinese, is balut.
These are boiled eggs, usually duck eggs, with the embryo fully formed.
Eggs
There are various ways to prepare bird eggs.
We usually eat them fried, boiled, or as an accompaniment to other dishes. In different parts of the ...
Coffee
With Arab expansion, the custom of drinking coffee spread throughout the Middle East.
At first, coffee was received with distrust, even its consumption was forbidden (in Mecca in 1511, a ...
Chocolate
The cocoa mass is mixed with cocoa butter in such proportions that the resulting product contains about 30% fat.
This stage also requires adding sugar. All this mass goes to the heated conchs, where it is intensiv ...
Kimchi
Preparation of kimchi is very simple, it is the same way as any fermentation of vegetables.
A special blend of spices for kimchi can be purchased online.
Mozzarella
Initially, mozzarella was made from sheep's milk.
When buffalo breeding spread in Italy in the Middle Ages, they were valued mainly for their strength ...