DID YOU KNOW?

Peanuts are used to manufacture dynamite.

 An ear of corn always has an even number of rows.

On average, each of us consumes:  290 pounds of dairy,
150 pounds of meat, 125 pounds of potatoes, 80 pounds of fruit,
68 pounds of bread, 48 pounds of poultry,
and 35 pounds of eggs per year.

Within two hours of standing in direct sunlight,
milk can lose up to two-thirds of its vitamin B content.

Maine produces almost all of the nation’s wild blueberries.

Pumpkins are not a vegetable but rather a fruit.

The Frankfurter was first created in China.

Did you know that Almonds are actually stone fruits…
related to cherries, peaches and plums?  The world’s largest almond factory
is located in Sacramento, California and processes over 2 million pounds
of almonds per day.  California produces over 80% of the world’s supply
of almonds and that chocolate manufacturers currently use about 40%
of the world’s almonds and about 20% of the world’s peanuts.

It takes 12 honeybees to produce one tablespoon of honey.

Wisconsin, not Massachusetts, grows the most cranberries. 
Each year more than 300 million pounds of cranberries are produced.

It takes 3500 calories to make a pound of fat.

The tradition of serving a lemon slice with fish dates to the middle ages…
were it was believed that the acid from the juice would dissolve any of the fish’s bones if  they were accidentally swallowed.

Cream is actually lighter than milk.

The Fig Newton was created in Cambridge, Massachusetts by the Kennedy Biscuit Works…who named many of their cookies for nearby towns.  It is rumored that it was almost called the “Fig Shrewsbury” before the Newton name won out in 1891.

The potato chip was invented in Saratoga Springs, NY…in 1853 when George Crum, chef at the Moon’s Lake House, served them to a patron who complained that Chef Crum’s French fries were too thick.  Chef Crum proceeded to shave some potatoes paper thin, fry them in oil and serve them
to the patron who then encouraged Crum to open his own restaurant across
the lake.  Crums new restaurant opened without taking reservations
and so the rich and famous, such as Commodore Vanderbilt had to stand in
line like everyone else who wanted a taste of the famous Saratoga chips.

(Source: The Food Chronology, 1995, Henry Holt & Co.)

Instant coffee has been in existence since the middle of the 18th century.

Approximately 40 million pounds of lobsters are caught off the Maine coast annually, representing almost 90% of the nations total supply.

  Only male turkeys gobble…female turkeys make a clicking sound.

 
It takes over 300 gallons of water to grow one pound of rice.

  Raisins are grapes that dry in the sun for up to three weeks. 
It takes between 4 and 5 pounds of grapes to produce 1 pound of raisins. 
Three quarters of all the raisins consumed are done so at breakfast.

 
The potato was the first vegetable to be successfully grown in space.

An apple, when fresh, is made up of about 25% air…
that is why they float in the barrel when we “Bob-for-apples”.

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