Food

Mead has been made and consumed since the Middle Ages in Lithuania and Poland.

Most tomato juice is made from tomato concentrate.

Coffee is grown in more than 70 regions in the tropical zone between the northern tropic of Cancer and the southern tropic of Capricorn.

Dr. Navindra P. Seeram, an American professor who studies medicinal plants and their natural derivatives, said: “I continue to say that nature is the best chemist, and that maple syrup is becoming a champion food when it comes to the number and variety of beneficial compounds found in it.”

There can be 250 to 300 calories in 100 grams of French fries.

Sesame halva is popular in the Balkans, Far East, and the Mediterranean.

Although seaweed (Jap. nori) is the most popular sushi wrapper, it has equivalents for those not fond of its taste.

Traditionally, kimchi is kept in clay pots, partially buried in the ground outside of buildings.

In the 19th century, the dried egg industry developed.

The cheese to be matured is placed in a round stainless steel mold, which is tightly closed with a spring-loaded buckle so that the cheese keeps its shape.