Good Afternoon All,
Today was a lovely day here in Virginia Beach... Sunny, warm, and slightly breezy.... The perfect day for a nice long walk.FOODFACT FRIDAY... Today I will be sharing some strange and off the wall fact about some of our favorite foods.
1) Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
2) When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
3) Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?
4) Almonds are a member of the Rosaceae (Rose) family which includes peaches.
5) Chop-suey is not a native Chinese dish, it was created in California by Chinese immigrants.
6) The average American will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!
7) The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
8) Hostess Twinkies were invented in 1931 by James Dewar, manager of Continental Bakeries' Chicago factory. He envisioned the product as a way of using the company's thousands of shortcake pans which were otherwise employed only during the strawberry season. Originally called Little Shortcake Fingers, they were renamed Twinkie Fingers, and finally "Twinkies."
9) Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate.
10) Coffee is the world's most recognizable smell.
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