Your mouth produces about 16 ounces (473 ml) of saliva per day. Can you imagine drinking it all at once?
Category: Food and Drink
Garlic
Recent scientific research indicates that garlic is a natural cancer-fighter. It also seems to lower cholesterol.
Coffee in Turkey
Four hundred years ago in Turkey drinking coffee was illegal. The sentence: death.
Candy in Idaho
According to one source, in Idaho it is illegal to give your lover a box of candy smaller than fifty pounds in weight. Another source stated that it is illegal to give any other citizen a box of candy weighing more than 50 pounds. In any case, the giving of huge quantities of candy is regulated in Idaho.
Massachusetts Clam Chowder and the Law
In Massachusetts you can’t legally use tomatoes in clam chowder.
Carrying Ice Cream
In Kentucky it is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket.
Canned Sardines
There is an actual court case on record named: “The United States v. 350 Cartons of Canned Sardines.” It has something to do with interstate commerce.
Chop Suey
Chop suey was invented in America.
Bringing Home The Beer
In the old days, people did not buy beer in bottles or cans at a store. They went to the tavern and carried the beer home in a bucket.
Beer for Breakfast
In Old England, people drank beer at breakfast.
Roman Citizens
All members of the Roman empire were vegetarians until Julius Caesar.
Babe Ruth’s Foolish Feat
Just before a game, famous baseball player Babe Ruth was taken to a hospital due to extreme stomach pain. He had eaten twelve hot dogs in a row!
Sweet Onions
Historians tell us that a sweet onion was the favorite dessert of the Romans.
Exotic Culinary Affair
Perhaps the most exotic annual culinary affair was hosted by Clodius (also spelled Claudius), a rich Roman actor who had one hundred birds given voice lessons at a cost of approximately $250 per bird. He had these birds made into a pie for his guests. He then offered a drink which contained a dissolved pearl worth about one-half million dollars.
The Price of Milk
A hundred years ago, the average American worked thirteen minutes to earn enough money for a quart of milk. Now, it takes four minutes.
Ketchup
Worst Ingredient
Ketchup was originally made from fish broth and mushrooms. Tomatoes were added later. Today, ketchup has to contain sugar, otherwise it must be called imitation ketchup.
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Popsicles
When Popsicles first appeared in 1905, they were called Epsicles, after Frank Epperson, their inventor.
Pepsi’s Mistake
Pepsi spent millions of dollars on an advertising campaign in China with a translation of the slogan, “Pepsi gives you life.” Only problem was, they got the translation wrong: “Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave.”
