Food

Friday, 25 September 2026

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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Kombucha

The emergence of American sweetened and carbonated beverages on the market has made kombucha or sour bread an unpopular relic.

Western corporations have succeeded, within fifty years, in completely displacing from our culture a beverage that was regularly consumed in central and eastern Europe for hundreds of years.

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Maple syrup

A single tree produces a maximum of 12 liters of juice per day.

In season, it is from 35 to 50 liters. About 7% of the total amount of sap flowing through the tree is obtained in this process.

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Eggs

A chicken egg is made up of four essential parts: egg yolk, egg white, two egg membranes, and shell.

The eggshell is the outer covering, 0,2-0,5 mm thick. It consists of two layers: an outer layer, ca ...

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Cheesecake

The spread of the Roman Empire brought cheesecake to more and more distant territories.

Subsequent nations took over the recipe, modifying it and adapting it to their conditions by adding ...

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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.

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Wagyū Beef

Since 1997, neither cattle nor their genetic material can be exported outside Japan.

The Japanese government has declared Wagyu a national treasure. Prior to the legislation, some 225 s ...

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Pizza

A deep-fried pizza, instead of being baked, was invented in Scotland and is popular in Glasgow and Fife.

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Parmesan

The milk for the production of Parmesan comes from reggiana cows breed.

The cows are fed with dry fodder, fresh grasses and meadow hay. They are not fed with silage. Milk f ...

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Parmesan

A special knife is used to cut parmesan cheese.

It is a knife with a round wooden handle and a drop-shaped blade. It is used to break the hard chees ...

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French fries

To prepare fries, you need to rinse or immerse them in water after cutting the potato into strips (or any other shape you fancy).

This is to rinse the starch that is there from the surface of the potato. After the bath, the cut potatoes need to be thoroughly dried.

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16 facts about Mozzarella

The most recognizable Italian cheese in the world

Mozzarella is the most recognizable and third most often bought Italian cheese, after Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano. It is always associated wi ...

17 facts about Kimchi

Traditional Korean dish

Kimchi is a staple Korean delicacy, served as a side dish with almost every meal. It consists of salted and fermented vegetables, including various ca ...

10 facts about Hot dog

One of the most popular fast foods

Hot dogs are typical representatives of fast food. They are prepared swiftly and consumed even faster. Even though the fashion for eating hot dogs spr ...