Facts in "Food & Drink" Category
#1991 - Food & Drink Fact     -5  If you would like to make a Siberian happy, give him a horse-meat steak. |
| #1992 - Food & Drink Fact 0 A black cow is a chocolate soda with chocolate ice cream. The term dates from the Roaring Twenties, although it also came to be used to describe a root beer float. Another term for a black cow was a mud fizz. |
| #1993 - Food & Drink Fact 4 The Ritz cracker was introduced to markets in 1934, but gourmets had to wait until 1953 for the invention of cheese in a can. |
| #1994 - Food & Drink Fact 7 The fortune cookie was invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodlemaker. |
| #1995 - Food & Drink Fact 0 A man named Ed Peterson is the inventor of the Egg McMuffin. |
| #1996 - Food & Drink Fact -6 Although the combination of chili peppers and oregano for seasoning has been traced to the ancient Aztecs, the present blend is said to be the invention of early Texans. Chili powder today is typically a blend of dried chilies, garlic powder, red peppers, oregano, and cumin. |
| #1997 - Food & Drink Fact 8 Americans eat an average of 18 pounds of fresh apples each year. The most popular variety in the United States is the Red Delicious. |
| #1998 - Food & Drink Fact 12 An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this - pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet. |
| #1999 - Food & Drink Fact 2 Mr. Peanut was invented in 1916 by a Suffolk, Virginia schoolchild who won $5 in a design contest sponsored by Planters Peanuts. |
| #2000 - Food & Drink Fact 1 John Kellogg invented corn flakes, for a patient with bad teeth. Charles Post invented Grape Nuts. Dr. Kellogg was the manager of a Michigan health spa and Post was a patient. The spa was founded by Sylvester Graham...inventor of the Graham cracker and pioneer of the early 1800s movement to eat more bran. |
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