Trivia for Squiggle #7
Today's edition of Trivia for Squiggle involves not only useless facts specifically about chocolate and coffee, but also some general food facts as well. I'm hungry...
151. A recent study indicates when men crave food, they tend to crave fat and salt. When women crave food, they tend to desire chocolate.
152. German chocolate cake did not originate in Germany. In 1852, Sam German developed a sweet baking bar for Baker's Chocolate Co. The product was named in honor of him -- Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate.
153. One plain milk chocolate candy bar has more protein than a banana.
154. Pet parrots can eat virtually any common "people-food" except for chocolate and avocados. Both of these are highly toxic to the parrot and can be fatal.
155. The botanical name of the chocolate plant is Theobramba cacao, which means "Food of the Gods."
156. The term "white chocolate" is a misnomer. Under Fedaral Standards of Identity, real chocolate must contain chocolate liquor. "White" chocolate contains no chocolate liquor.
157. "Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and as sweet as love" - Turkish Proverb
158. A scientific report form the University of California found that the steam rising from a cup of coffee contains the same amounts of antioxidants as three oranges. The antioxidants are heterocyclic compounds which prevents cancer and heart disease. It's good for you!
159. The world's costliest coffee, at $130 a pound , is called Kopi Luwak. It is in the droppings of a type of marsupial that eats only the very best coffee beans. Plantation workers track them and scoop their precious poop.
160. Coffee was first known in Europe as Arabian Wine.
161. Coffee, as a world commodity, is second only to oil.
162. Frederick the Great had his coffee made with champagne and a bit of mustard.
163. The word "tip" dates back to the old London coffeehouses. Conspicuously placed brass boxes etched with the inscription, "To Insure Promptness," encouraged customers to pay for efficient service. The resulting acronym, TIP, has become a byword.
164. The pound cake got its name from the pound of butter it contained.
165. The sandwich is named for the Fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-92), for whom sandwiches were made so that he could stay at the gambling table without interruptions for meals.
166. The hottest chile in the world is the habanero.
167. The white part of an egg is the albumen.
168. The vintage date on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling.
169. Vanilla is the extract of fermented and dried pods of several species of orchids.
170. Watermelon, considered one of America's favorite fruits, is really a vegetable (Citrullus lanatus). Cousin to the cucumber and kin to the gourd, watermelons can range in size from 7 to 100 pounds.
171. When honey is swallowed, it enters the blood stream within a period of 20 minutes.
172. When Swiss cheese ferments, a bacterial action generates gas. As the gas is liberated, it bubbles through the cheese leaving holes. Cheese-makers call them "eyes."
173. When potatoes first appeared in Europe in the seventeenth century, it was thought that they were disgusting, and they were blamed for starting outbreaks of leprosy and syphilis. As late as 1720 in America, eating potatoes was believed to shorten a person's life.
174. The fungus called truffles can cost $800 to $1,500 per pound. They are sniffed out by female pigs, which detect a compound that is in the saliva of male pigs as well. The same chemical is found in the sweat of human males.
175. The largest living organism ever found is a honey mushroom, Armillaria ostoyae. It covers 3.4 square miles of land in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon, and it's still growing.
"I'm Shellie's new boyfriend and I'm out of my mind. If you so much as talk to her or even think her name, I'll cut you in ways that'll make you useless to a woman."
151. A recent study indicates when men crave food, they tend to crave fat and salt. When women crave food, they tend to desire chocolate.
152. German chocolate cake did not originate in Germany. In 1852, Sam German developed a sweet baking bar for Baker's Chocolate Co. The product was named in honor of him -- Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate.
153. One plain milk chocolate candy bar has more protein than a banana.
154. Pet parrots can eat virtually any common "people-food" except for chocolate and avocados. Both of these are highly toxic to the parrot and can be fatal.
155. The botanical name of the chocolate plant is Theobramba cacao, which means "Food of the Gods."
156. The term "white chocolate" is a misnomer. Under Fedaral Standards of Identity, real chocolate must contain chocolate liquor. "White" chocolate contains no chocolate liquor.
157. "Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and as sweet as love" - Turkish Proverb
158. A scientific report form the University of California found that the steam rising from a cup of coffee contains the same amounts of antioxidants as three oranges. The antioxidants are heterocyclic compounds which prevents cancer and heart disease. It's good for you!
159. The world's costliest coffee, at $130 a pound , is called Kopi Luwak. It is in the droppings of a type of marsupial that eats only the very best coffee beans. Plantation workers track them and scoop their precious poop.
160. Coffee was first known in Europe as Arabian Wine.
161. Coffee, as a world commodity, is second only to oil.
162. Frederick the Great had his coffee made with champagne and a bit of mustard.
163. The word "tip" dates back to the old London coffeehouses. Conspicuously placed brass boxes etched with the inscription, "To Insure Promptness," encouraged customers to pay for efficient service. The resulting acronym, TIP, has become a byword.
164. The pound cake got its name from the pound of butter it contained.
165. The sandwich is named for the Fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-92), for whom sandwiches were made so that he could stay at the gambling table without interruptions for meals.
166. The hottest chile in the world is the habanero.
167. The white part of an egg is the albumen.
168. The vintage date on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling.
169. Vanilla is the extract of fermented and dried pods of several species of orchids.
170. Watermelon, considered one of America's favorite fruits, is really a vegetable (Citrullus lanatus). Cousin to the cucumber and kin to the gourd, watermelons can range in size from 7 to 100 pounds.
171. When honey is swallowed, it enters the blood stream within a period of 20 minutes.
172. When Swiss cheese ferments, a bacterial action generates gas. As the gas is liberated, it bubbles through the cheese leaving holes. Cheese-makers call them "eyes."
173. When potatoes first appeared in Europe in the seventeenth century, it was thought that they were disgusting, and they were blamed for starting outbreaks of leprosy and syphilis. As late as 1720 in America, eating potatoes was believed to shorten a person's life.
174. The fungus called truffles can cost $800 to $1,500 per pound. They are sniffed out by female pigs, which detect a compound that is in the saliva of male pigs as well. The same chemical is found in the sweat of human males.
175. The largest living organism ever found is a honey mushroom, Armillaria ostoyae. It covers 3.4 square miles of land in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon, and it's still growing.
"I'm Shellie's new boyfriend and I'm out of my mind. If you so much as talk to her or even think her name, I'll cut you in ways that'll make you useless to a woman."
posted by Scott at 3:13 PM
1 Comments:
157. "Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and as sweet as love" - Turkish Proverb Damn straight!
Another brilliant post. =]
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