Food and Things

Did you know:

1. Peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, zucchini, cucumbers, squash and avocado, are all fruits we use as vegetables.

2. Rhubarb is the only vegetable we use as a fruit.

3. White asparagus is just green asparagus that’s been gown underground.

4. There is no such thing as a naturally blue food. Blueberries are actually purple.

5. Mace and nutmeg come from the same berry.

6. Vanilla is a fermented bean.

7. Saffron is so expensive because it is the stamen of a flower and each one has to be picked by hand.

8. Cinnamon is the bark of a tree.

9. The two most expensive spices after saffron, are vanilla and cardamom.

10. The fur of a polar bear is clear, not white.

11. There are two mammals on the planet that lay eggs: The platypus and the echidna.

12. Cranes and other birds often mate for life.

13. Chimpanzees ‘fish’ for insects with long twigs.

14. Flamingoes are pink because of their diet.

15. Male seahorses are the ones that give birth.

16. Black belt has ten levels. First level is just competence in the basics.

I’m interested in food and animals, apparently. ^_^