Food

The key ingredients of kimchi are napa cabbage, radish, carrot, garlic, chili pepper, onion, ginger, pepper, mustard, watercress, salt and sugar, sometimes accompanied by salted shrimp, anchovies or other seafood.

In order to extract sap from a maple tree, it must be around 30 to 40 years old.

The name “coffee” probably comes from the Arabic “kahwa” or Turkish “kahve,” although the etymology is not precisely known.

The most common bacteria found in kombucha are those of the Acetobacter and Gluconobacter species.

Research by Dr. Keiko Abe of the University of Tokyo has shown that maple syrup significantly improves liver function.

Based on the degree of crystallization of honey, a distinction is made between honey in a liquid state (Patoka) and crystallized honey (buckthorn).

Pizza was delivered to the International Space Station in 2001.

Mozzarella received the Traditional Specialties Guaranteed (GTS) certificate from the European Union in 1998.

In Salzburg, the first café was opened in 1703 and the café still exists today.

In the past, cheese was usually packed in black wax. Nowadays this is rarely done.