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Food Interesting History - Fun Facts

The Truth, the HOLE Truth, and Nothing But The Truth!!!

February 15th 2010 22:00
ring doughnut free image
Although doughnuts were reportedly introduced to Americans by the Dutch, they were not the first people to come up with the idea of a hole in the middle.

So is there actually a reason for having the hole in the middle? The answer is yes.

As a sea going mariner, Hanson Gregory of Maine U.S.A. was posed with a dilemma while sailing one night and about to tuck into a delicious doughnut.
A fierce wind had sprung up and both of his hands were required for steering the ship, so what to do with the doughnut? After a quick glance at the ship's wheel, he promptly stuck it onto one of the wheel spokes, thereby punching the centre out.

After getting the ship under control and returning to his snack, he noted that the doughnut tasted much better without the centre portion which he had always found to be a little too undercooked and soggy. He therefore requested the ship's cook to prepare his doughnuts with a hole in the middle. thereby inventing the ring doughnut.
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CRAZY About CARROTS And Their NON-ORANGE COLOUR!!!

June 17th 2009 08:13
coloured carrots
According to the World Carrot Museum, (yes, it really does exist!), carrots are the second-most popular vegetable after potato, and the most popular in the UK.

Originally carrots were found in a variety of colours including purple, white, black, yellow and red. Orange carrots did not appear until later on in the 1500's when the Dutch Royal House of Orange was in power and the Dutch decided therefore to breed an orange carrot by using a mutant yellow carrot seed from North Africa. Beta carotene, found in orange carrots is converted in the human body to vitamin A.
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FOOTBALL, MEAT PIES, KANGAROOS AND HOLDEN CARS!!!

May 12th 2009 10:10
Yesterday while setting up the lesson on lamingtons, I began thinking back to my younger days and the tune of "Football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars."

I couldn't remember what is what for exactly as I was pretty young at the time, but thanks to the wondrous combination of the Internet and YouTube, I was able to refresh my memory. It was the jingle used to sell GM Holdens during the 70's (showing my age now aren't I!), and it's stuck with me ever since.
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A LESSON IN LAMINGTONS!!!

May 11th 2009 09:19
The chocolate Lamington is as Australian as meat pies, kangaroos and Holdens. (Who else remembers that song/chant from way back when - "Football, meat-pies, kangaroos and Holden cars...?")

For years lamingtons have been a way of putting stale or over-cooked sponge cake to good use, but where did it actually start?
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Are FRENCH FRIES Really FRENCH???

May 5th 2009 10:29
French fries hot chips
French fries. Are they actually French?

It turns out the answer is actually no.
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IT FELL From The SKY! MEAT!!!

July 3rd 2008 10:15
meat
All sorts of strange and bizarre items have fallen from the sky in the past, but how would you feel if a lump of fresh meat landed in your lap?

In 1851 soldiers at a base out near San Francisco were practising drills when they were hit by blood and pieces of meat, from a cloudless sky.
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From The Harvest Festival To Thanksgiving

October 9th 2007 09:31
harvest time food
As an Australian in the UK my cultural knowledge is ever expanding.

Take for instance my new knowledge of Britain's Harvest Festival, a cultural celebration of which I knew nothing about. I did however know about America and Thanksgiving. It turns out that the two are actually somewhat related.
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WEIRD Ancient History Facts & Customs!

August 10th 2007 00:35
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In Ancient Peru, when a woman found an 'ugly' potato, it was the custom for her to push it into the face of the nearest man.

The streets of ancient Mesopotamia became literally knee-deep in rubbish. they had not put a proper rubbish removal system in place and this was the result.
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McDonalds FIRST Drive Through!

June 2nd 2007 00:30
McDonalds drive through window
The first drive through window at a restaurant was at the McDonald's in Sierra Vista, Arizona, opening on the 24th of January, 1975

It was put in so that the soldiers from Fort Huachuca could get their food from there as the military base had a regulation prohibiting anyone in uniform from entering a business establishment.
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Behind HOT CROSS BUNS

April 6th 2007 00:25
"One ha-penny, two-a-penny, Hot Cross Buns!'

So why do we have hot Cross Buns at Easter?
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Origins Of The Easter EGG!

April 5th 2007 00:25
Eggs are traditionally connected with rebirth, rejuvenation and immortality.

Easter eggs coloured
The Greeks and Romans buried eggs in their tombs.Maoris used to put an egg in the hand of a dead person before burial. Still today Jews present mourners on their return from the funeral of a relative with a dish of eggs as their first meal.
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Forks Deemed Irreligious

September 12th 2006 02:37
Here is a short history of cutlery, in particular the history of forks, deemed irreligious by the Catholic Church.

Cave men invented the first piece of cutlery ever - the knife. Knives were made from stones, bones and shells. The serrated edge, better for cutting with was achieved by chipping pieces off the edge of the blade.
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