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Saturday, 26 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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Sushi
Sushi is often served with wasabi.
It is a Japanese horseradish, spicy in flavor. It is a pricy plant thanks to the limitations in its ...
Coffee
Coffee as a crop has been cultivated since about 575 AD (originally in Africa) in plantations in the intertropical zone of Africa, South America, and Asia.
Coffee species that count in the world production market are: Arabica (Coffea arabica), is native t ...
Sushi
Sushi is traditionally eaten with hands.
Most people in Japan do not use chopsticks to eat sushi, but outside Japan eating sushi with hands is not that common.
Tomato juice
Before the invention of the juice, it was reportedly already popular in South America.
The Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas used tomato juice as a base to prepare medicinal drinks.
Maple syrup
When the Europeans came to North America, the natives passed on their knowledge of obtaining maple sap.
The first European settlers and fur traders were already collecting maple sap. They would not cut th ...
Eggs
Bird eggs have been a valuable food since prehistoric times.
They were fed by hunting communities as well as by newer cultures where birds were domesticated. The ...
Beer
Beer has its own holiday, which is celebrated on the first Friday of August.
International Beer and Brewers Day was established by Canadians in 2007.
Kimchi
The traditional way of preparing winter kimchi (kimjang) was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2013.
Pizza
A deep-fried pizza, instead of being baked, was invented in Scotland and is popular in Glasgow and Fife.
French fries
The fries should then be fried once or twice.
Chefs agree that real fries should be fried twice. With two frying, the first one is called balancin ...