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Saturday, 17 January 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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Coffee
With Arab expansion, the custom of drinking coffee spread throughout the Middle East.
At first, coffee was received with distrust, even its consumption was forbidden (in Mecca in 1511, a ...
Mozzarella
Mozzarella di bufala is traditionally made exclusively from the milk of the Italian Mediterranean buffalo. (Bufala Mediterranea Italiana).
It is the Italian breed of water buffalos (Bubalus bubalis), also called domestic buffalos or Asian ...
Cheddar
In the U.S., most cheddar is produced in the state of Wisconsin.
Smaller but also important production centers are California, Idaho, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas and Vermont.
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.
Kimchi
Kimchi is a tasty and low-calorie dish; 100 g of kimchi contains 32 kcal.
Mozzarella
Mozzarella received the Traditional Specialties Guaranteed (GTS) certificate from the European Union in 1998.
This system requires mozzarella sold in the EU to be produced according to a traditional recipe. The certification does not specify the source of the milk, but suggests it to be whole milk.
Maple syrup
The harvesting of maple sap was accompanied by specific rituals.
The first day of the spring full moon was a harvest festival - that was when the Maple Dance was performed. Some tribes hold "maple moon" festivals to celebrate a return to old traditions.
Halva
Kocaeli in Turkey produces Pişmaniye, a Turkish-Bosnian delicacy.
It is made from wheat flour and sugar, with added vanilla flavor. It consists of stringy strands rol ...
French fries
According to legend, the original fries occurred in Namur, a city then in the Spanish Netherlands, which was under Belgian jurisdiction.
The residents of Namur were particularly fond of fried fish. When the Sambra River froze over one co ...
Wagyū Beef
Kobe beef and Wagyū beef are not the same.
While all Kobe beef is Wagyū, not all Wagyū beef is Kobe. The different types of beef are associate ...