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Monday, 31 August 2026
16 facts about Chocolate
16 facts about Chocolate
A delicacy not only for a sweet tooth
Chocolate is one of the most popular foods and flavors in the world. It was already known 4 thousand years ago. The ancient inhabitants of today's Mex ...

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Cheddar
The village of Cheddar was an ideal place for cheese making.
Near the village there is a limestone gorge, the Cheddar Gorge, with many caves that in the Middle Ages provided a stable temperature and adequate humidity for the ripening process.
Churro
Churros should be eaten warm.
Served immediately after frying, they retain their crunchy exterior and soft center. Dipped in a chocolate dip with cinnamon or served with sugar and fruit, they make a delicious dessert.
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.
Pizza
The art of making Neapolitan pizza was included on the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage in 2017.
Coffee
Coffee, Coffea is a genus of evergreen shrubs and trees in the marzipan family (Rubiaceane).
The beans derived from the coffee fruit, which are previously subjected to a process of roasting and later grinding, produce a beverage called coffee.
Halva
Most likely, halva comes from Persia (Iran).
It proves difficult to deduce the country of origin because different cultures participated in its d ...
Halva
In Mesopotamia, halva was a mixture of honey and nuts.
In ancient Greece and Rome, sweets similar to halva were prepared with honey, nuts, and sesame seeds ...
Eggs
World Egg Day falls on the second Friday in October.
In many cultures around the world, the egg symbolizes new life, the triumph of life over death, a pe ...
Cheddar
It contains large amounts of cholesterol.
In 100 grams you will find about 33% of the daily recommended intake.
Churro
Churros resemble doughnuts but are created from steamed dough.
Native doughnuts, as well as the aforementioned Chinese youtiao, are made from deep-fried yeast dough.Churros are prepared by squeezing the previously prepared steamed dough directly into the fat.