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Saturday, 21 February 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
Maple juice is harvested in the spring.
Already in early spring, the sap begins to flow abundantly through the trees. Before vegetation begi ...
Mozzarella
Today, mozzarella is made from cow's and buffalo's milk.
In addition to cheeses made from buffalo milk alone or cow's milk alone, you can make cheese from bl ...
Hot dog
The longest hot dog was prepared in the town of Flensburg, Germany, in 2017. It was 218,7 meters long.
After taking measurements, the hot dog was cut into smaller sections and distributed among spectators. Because of its length, they consumed approximately 8 meters of the dish, leaving 210 untouched.
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 ...
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 ...
Sushi
It was a Japanese chef, Hanaya Yohei, who popularized hand-pressed vinegared rice rolls.
He served his invention at his shop in Ryōgoku around 1824.
French fries
After frying the fries, remember to strip them of excess fat.
It is best to drain them on a paper towel/cloth or in a colander and let them “drip” a little.
Cheddar
In the U.S., most cheddar is produced in the state of Wisconsin.
Smaller but also important production centers are California, Idaho, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas and Vermont.
Eggs
World production of chicken eggs reached 86.7 million tons in 2020.
The world’s largest producer of chicken eggs is China, which supplies about 35 percent of the global ...
Chocolate
Chocolate spread all over the world is a steadily growing global business worth $50 billion a year.
Europe accounts for 45% of global chocolate revenues. “Big Chocolate”, a term associated with multi- ...