Now,
these food facts just might keep you amused, especially for those of you on
holiday. Besides you'll find one or two so fascinating that you're going to
trot them out next time you're out for dinner, (although I'm unsure if your
guests will approve of a few of them.)
1.
In Brazil one among the foremost popular pizza toppings is peas. Yes, the small
garden pea . Well, did you recognize those peas pack a reasonably powerful
punch? (lots of p's)
They
are not only an excellent protein source but they have vitamin K , manganese,
thiamin, copper, vitamin C, phosphorus and folate. However, their real
superpower is that they need a myriad of potent antioxidants including high
amounts of a polyphenol called coumestrol - this just may lower your risk of
stomach cancer. So don't just roll those peas around on your plate - dive into
them and luxuriate in their nutritional power.
2:
once you buy Virgin vegetable oil you'll not be getting exactly what you think
that . Yup about 70% of the vegetable oil sold isn't actually pure. it isn't
that there's another oil added, but the labels lead you to believe you're
getting 'virgin' or the initial pressing and that is the simplest oil to urge .
Now, in fact, that pure oil features a peppery taste then the manufacturers
would rather sell you oil that's smooth without the pepper - therefore it must
be processed more. Sometimes the oil will include Lampante Virgin vegetable oil
which is, in fact, rock bottom grade of virgin vegetable oil and really not fit
human consumption. In fact, it had been originally used as kerosene but
apparently, it takes that peppery taste away.
If
you actually want the 'good stuff' then you would like to try to to your
homework - as on behalf of me , I'd rather not use oil in the least - it's
still a processed food.
3.
Did you realise that store-bought 100% 'real' fruit juice is basically 100%
artificially flavoured to taste like oranges? You see to form fruit juice
reception you only squeeze the oranges right? Well to form it commercially you
squeeze the oranges on the other hand you've got to strip out the oxygen and
that is because you would like the liquid to stay for up to a year without
spoiling. But now there is no flavour, in order that they put the synthetic
flavour back in.
4.
Get prepared for this one if you're from the West. there's an funfair in Tokyo,
Japan that gives Raw Horse Flesh flavoured ice-cream. I kid you not - there are
actual chunks of horse during this ice-cream. And other flavours on offer are
cow tongue, octopus and squid.
5.
How's your love of cheese? hopefully, you're vegan and do not eat it - but if
you are doing . this is often getting to tickle the rear of your throat. Casu
Marzu may be a cheese found in Sardinia that's purposely infested with maggots.
Casu Marzu literally translates to 'rotten cheese' and it's classified because
the world most dangerous cheese.
It's
made up of sheep's milk, soaked in brine, smoked and left to ripen outside
within the open, uncovered which allows cheese flies to get eggs inside it. The
eggs hatch into thousands of white transparent maggots and by feeding on the
cheese they produce enzymes that promote fermentation and cause fats that make
the cheese decompose.
Locals
will tell you the spicy, creamy cheese is merely okay to eat if the maggots are
still moving because once the maggots are dead the cheese has gone bad -
decayed to some extent that it's too toxic for human consumption. It's actually
been declared illegal and not in compliance with EU hygienic standards - ha -
i'm wondering why????
So
there you've got the 5 fascinating food facts - trust you've got enjoyed.
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