Cooking Trivia
Food plays a part of history, and the history of food itself is filled with trivia both unusual and amusing. See how many of these fun facts about cooking and food you know. Does this Spark an idea?
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Butterball Turkeys
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Butterballs first started being served for Thanksgiving in 1954. Butterball turkeys first started being sold in 1954.
Katy the Kangaroo
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Katy the Kangaroo gave Tony the Tiger a run for the cereal box cover. The Kellogg Company held a contest to determine who would be the mascot for Sugar Frosted Corn Flakes. The competitors were Katy Kangaroo, Tony the Tiger, Elmo the Elephant and Newt the Gnu. Katy and Tony were tied for first for a while, and both appeared on the cereal box cover before Tony the Tiger was declared the winner.
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Popular Berries
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Bananas are the most popular berry in the United States. The most popular berry in the United States is a banana. Yes, according to botanists, bananas are classified as a berry.
Squirts of Milk
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It takes a lot of pulls to make a gallon of milk. It takes 350 squirts of milk from a cow to produce a gallon of milk.
Yummy Herb
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Fenugreek is used to create several sweet flavors. The herb that is used to make imitation maple, rum and butterscotch flavors is fenugreek.
Wedding Gifts
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Queen Victoria was given a lot of cheese for her marriage. One wedding attendee gifted Queen Victoria with a wheel of cheddar cheese that weighed 1,000 pounds.
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References
- Photo Credit Food image by robootb from Fotolia.com turkey image by Bobi from Fotolia.com kangaroo image by Christopher Meder from Fotolia.com banana image by ale_s from Fotolia.com moo cow image by devilpup from Fotolia.com Fenugreek in White Bowl 2 image by Leena Damle from Fotolia.com vertical cheese image by Chris Hill from Fotolia.com
