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Saturday, 28 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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Coffee
The first coffee plantations in Brazil were established in 1719.
The Portuguese stole coffee seedlings from Guyana and established plantations in Brazil, making coff ...
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 ...
Tomato juice
It is very rich in vitamin C.
100 grams of juice provides 84 percent of the daily requirement of vitamin C. Tomato juice also cont ...
Kimchi
Kimchi has a positive effect on the heart, lowering cholesterol and sugar levels.
Coffee
In 1900, in the United States, the Hills Bros. company began packaging coffee in vacuum packs.
This procedure helped prolong the freshness of the coffee and was the driving force behind subsequen ...
French fries
The basic ingredients in fries are, of course, potatoes.
Ordinary potatoes can be replaced by yams. Some people let their imagination run wild even more and ...
Pizza
The first mention of the term pizza comes from 977 AD and the town of Gaeta.
In the 10th century, it was a part of the Byzantine Empire. “Pizza” was incorporated into a Latin te ...
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 ...
Churro
Churros are part of various public events, such as the Festival of Fire in Valencia.
Las Fallas de Valencia is an annual festival held in March, which is historically associated with th ...
Churro
In Spain, churros are most often eaten at two times of the day.
They can form the basis of a sweet breakfast, but an equally popular time to indulge in this treat i ...