Here are 7 facts about food that you may find hard to swallow.
- Bird’s Saliva Is Actually An Expensive Delicacy
- Forget caviar and expensive truffles, bird’s saliva is the food of the well-heeled, at least in China anyway. Bird’s nest soup, is an expensive delicacy made from rare bird’s nests created from the saliva of small swiftlets.
- Chewing Coffee Beans Can Help Eliminate Bad Breath Been overdoing it on the garlic and needing to rid yourself of the smell on your breath? Those of you who choose to chew on some gum or even some extra strong mints are doing it wrong as the answer apparently lies in the coffee bean.
- Chocolate Is As Healthy As Fruit While we were telling you earlier to eat more fruit, perhaps we should also be telling you to eat more chocolate.
- Pound Cake
- Pound cake is called pound cake because there was a pound of every ingredient
Honey is basically bee vomit. Some bees are "forager" bees, which collect nectar from flowering plants. The foragers drink the nectar and keep it in their "honey stomach
Next time you're feeling dehydrated and don't feel like drinking water
You can make sure your cranberries are fresh by throwing it on the counter and seeing if it bounces back to you.
During the 1830s ketchup was said to have medicinal properties. People thought it would cure diarrhea, indigestion, jaundice, and rheumatism.
Gelatin
Gelatin is made from boiling skin, cartilage and bones from animals such as pigs, cows, and chickens.
Pretzels
During the 17th century, pretzels came to symbolize undying love
Gum
The first gum was from Europe over 9,00 years ago
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