A typical American eats 28 pigs in his/her lifetime.

Americans eat 20.7 pounds of 캔디 per person annually. The Dutch eat three times as much.

Americans spend approximately $25 billion each 년 on beer.

Americans spent an estimated $267 billion dining out in 1993.

An etiquette writer of the 1840's advised, "Ladies may wipe their lips on the tablecloth, but not blow their noses on it."

Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented in 1889, was the first ready-mix 음식 to be sold commercially.

Caffeine: there are 100 to 150 milligrams of caffeine in an eight-ounce cup of brewed coffee, 10 milligrams in a six-ounce cup of cocoa, 5 to 10 milligrams in one ounce of bittersweet chocolate, and 5 milligrams in one ounce of 우유 chocolate.

California's Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle in 1905 when he was 11-years-old.

Capsaicin, which makes hot peppers "hot" to the human mouth, is best neutralized 의해 casein, the main protein found in milk.

Cast iron skillets used to be the leading 출처 of iron in the American diet!

China's Beijing 오리 Restaurant can 좌석 9,000 people at one time.

초콜릿 contains phenyl ethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love.

World wide, consumers spend 더 많이 than $7 billion a 년 on chocolate. Annual per capita consumption of 초콜릿 is 12 pounds per person.

Each American eats an average of 51 pounds of 초콜릿 per year.

Fortune 쿠키 were invented in 1916 의해 George Jung, a Los Angeles noodle maker.

Fried chicken is the most 인기 meal ordered in sit-down restaurants in the US. The 다음 in popularity are: roast beef, spaghetti, turkey, baked ham, and fried shrimp.

Goulash, a beef soup, originated in Hungary in the 9th century AD.

Haggis, the national dish of Scotland: take the heart, liver, lungs, and small intestine of a 송아지, 종 아리 또는 sheep, boil them in the stomach of the animal, season with salt, pepper and onions, add suet and oatmeal. Enjoy!

Hostess Twinkies were invented in 1931 의해 James Dewar, manager of Continental Bakeries' Chicago factory. He envisioned the product as a way of using the company's thousands of 쇼트 케이크, 케 잌 pans which were otherwise employed only during the 딸기 season. Originally called Little 쇼트 케이크, 케 잌 Fingers, they were renamed Twinkie Fingers, and finally "Twinkies."

In 1860, 'Godey's Lady's Book' advised US women to cook tomatoes for at least 3 hours.

In 1926, when a Los Angeles restaurant owner with the all-American name of Bob Cobb was looking for a way to use up leftovers, he threw together some avocado, celery, tomato, chives, watercress, hard-boiled eggs, chicken, bacon, and Roquefort cheese, and named it after himself: Cobb salad.

In 1995, KFC sold 11 pieces of chicken for every man, woman and child in the US.

In an authentic Chinese meal, the last course is 수프 because it allows the roast 오리 entree to "swim" toward digestion.

In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times 더 많이 than a pound of potatoes.

Irish cream and Hazelnut are the most 인기 whole 콩 coffee flavorings.

Large doses of coffee can be lethal. Ten grams, 또는 100 cups over 4 hours, can kill the average human.

Laws forbidding the sale of sodas on Sunday prompted William Garwood to invent the ice cream sundae in Evanston, IL, in 1875.

Mayonnaise is said to be the invention of the French chef of the Duke de Richelieu in 1756. While the Duke was defeating the British at Port Mahon, his chef was creating a victory feast that included a sauce made of cream and eggs. When the chef realized that there was no cream in the kitchen, he improvised, substituting 올리브 oil for the cream. A new culinary masterpiece was born, and the chef named it "Mayonnaise" in honor of the Duke's victory.

McDonald's "Big Mac" slogan, introduced in 1975, is: "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, and a sesame seed bun."

McDonalds and Burger King sugar-coat their fries so they will turn golden-brown.

Nabisco's "Oreo's" are the world's best-selling brand of cookie at a rate of 6 billion sold each year. The first Oreo was sold in 1912.

Per capita, the Irish eat 더 많이 초콜릿 than Americans, Swedes, Danes, French, and Italians.

Persians first began using colored eggs to celebrate spring in 3,000 B.C. 13th century Macedonians were the first Christians on record to use colored eggs in Easter celebrations. Crusaders returning from the Middle East spread the custom of coloring eggs, and Europeans began to use them to celebrate Easter and other warm weather holidays.

Potato chips are American's 가장 좋아하는 snack food. They are devoured at a rate of 1.2 billion pounds a year.

Potato chips were invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853 의해 chef George Crum. They were a mocking response to a patron who complained that his French fries were too thick.

Refried beans aren't really what they seem. Although their name seems like a reasonable translation of Spanish frijoles refritos, the fact is that these beans aren't fried twice. In Spanish, refritos literally means "well-fried," not "re-fried."

Research show that only 43% of homemade dinners served in the US include vegetables.

쌀 is the staple 음식 of 더 많이 than one-half of the world's population.

Saffron, made from the dried stamens of cultivated crocus flowers, is the most expensive cooking spice.

Since Hindus don't eat beef, the McDonald's in New Delhi makes its burgers with mutton.

Sliced 빵 was introduced under the Wonder 빵 label in 1930.

테킬라, 데 킬 라 is made from the root of the blue agave cactus.

Swiss Steak, Chop Suey, Russian Dressing, and a Hamburger all originated in the US.

The Agen 자두, 매 화 which would become the basis of the US prune industry was first planted in California in 1856.

The average child will eat 1,500 PB sandwiches 의해 high school graduation.

The California 포도 and wine industries were started 의해 Count Agoston Haraszthy de Moksa, who planted Tokay, Zinfandel, and Shiras varieties from his native Hungary in Buena Vista in 1857.

The color of a chile is no indication of its spiciness, but size usually is - the smaller the pepper, the hotter it is.

The daughter of confectioner Leo Hirschfield is commemorated in the name of the sweet he invented: Although his daughter's real name was Clara, she went 의해 the nickname Tootsie, and in her honor, her doting father named his chewy 초콜릿 logs Tootsie Rolls.

The difference between 사과, 애플 주스 and 사과, 애플 cider is that the 주스 is pasteurized and the cider is not.

The dye used to stamp the grade on meat is edible. It's made from 포도 skins.

The English word "soup" comes from the Middle Ages word "sop," which means a slice of 빵 over which roast drippings were poured. The first archaeological evidence of 수프 being consumed dates back to 6000 B.C., with the main ingredient being Hippopotamus bones!

The first ring 도넛 were produced in 1847 의해 a 15 년 old baker's apprentice, Hanson Gregory, who knocked the soggy center out of a fried doughnut.

The FDA allows an average of 30 또는 더 많이 insect fragments and one 또는 더 많이 rodent hairs per 100 grams of 땅콩 butter.

The fungus called truffles can cost $800 to $1,500 per pound. They are sniffed out 의해 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.

The hamburger was invented in 1900 의해 Louis Lassen. He ground beef, broiled it, and served it between two pieces of toast.

The hottest pepper in the world is the Habanero.

The ice cream soda was invented in 1874 의해 Robert Green. He was serving a mixture of syrup, sweet cream and carbonated water at a celebration in Philadelphia. He ran out of cream and substituted ice cream.

The largest item on any menu in the world is probably the roast camel, sometimes served at Bedouin wedding feasts. The 낙다, 낙 타 is stuffed with a sheep's carcass, which is stuffed with chickens, which are stuffed with fish, which are stuffed with eggs.

The Pillsbury Bake-off has been held every 년 since 1948.

The pound cake got its name from the pound of 버터 it contained.

The 샌드위치 is named for the Fourth Earl of 샌드위치 (1718-92), for whom sandwiches were made so that he could stay at the gambling 표, 테이블 without interruptions for meals.

The white part of an egg is the albumen.

The vintage 날짜 on a bottle of wine indicates the 년 the grapes were picked, not the 년 of bottling.

The white potato originated in the Andes mountains and was probably brought to Britain 의해 Sir Francis 드레이크, 드레이 크 about 1586.

The world's first 초콜릿 캔디 was produced in 1828 의해 Dutch chocolate-maker Conrad J. 봉고차, 반 Houten. He pressed the fat from roasted cacao beans to produce 코코아 butter, to which he added 코코아 powder and sugar.

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.

The world's deadliest 버섯 is the Amanita phalloides, the death cap. The five different poisons contained 의해 the 버섯 cause diarrhea and vomiting within 6 to 12 hours of ingestion. This is followed 의해 damage to the liver, kidneys, and central nervous system - and, in the majority of cases, coma and death.

To determine the percentage of alcohol in a bottle of liquor divide the proof 의해 two.

봉고차, 반 Camp's Pork and Beans were a staple 음식 for Union soldiers in the Civil War.

Vanilla is the extract of fermented and dried pods of several species of orchids.

When honey is swallowed, it enters the blood stream within a period of 20 minutes.

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."