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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Interesting Food Facts You Probably Didn’t Know!
-Peaches and nectarines are basically the same fruit – They’re pretty much genetically identical except for one thing: a gene that determines if the skin is fuzzy like peaches or smooth like nectarines.
-McDonald’s fries were cooked in beef fat until 1990 – Then Mickey D’s switched to vegetable oil to make their fries seem healthier, but now they’re made with “Natural Beef Flavor.”
(Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for McDonald’s)
-Australia has fruit salad trees – The multi-grafted trees were developed to grow up to six different types of fruit on one tree.
-German chocolate cake isn’t from Germany – It’s named for Sam German, who invented a kind of baking chocolate.
-SPAM is a mix of the words “spice” and “ham” – So that urban legend about it standing for Scientifically Processed Animal Matter is wrong.
(Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
-Hawaiian pizza isn’t from Hawaii either – It was actually invented in Canada.
-Pineapples take years to grow – We’re talking two to three years a pineapple.
-Nabisco redesigned its iconic animal crackers box after PETA complaints – The new, less-offensive design uncages the animals and lets them run free.
(Photo by Donald Bowers/Getty Images for Lilly Pulitzer Shop & Share)
-Before Wally Amos got famous for his cookies and became Famous Amos, he was a talent agent who discovered big stars – He signed Simon and Garfunkel and Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye were some of his clients.
-Most wasabi is just horseradish that’s been dyed green – Real wasabi is hard to grow, really expensive, and should be eaten within 15 minutes after its grated.
-Lemons float but limes sink – It’s all about density, limes are a little more dense than lemons.