Mind Blowing Food Facts

Food is fascinating. We eat it without giving it much thought but there are some fascinating stories behind much of what we put in our mouths. For example:

• Pound cake got its name from its original recipe, which called for a pound each of butter, eggs, sugar, and flour.

• Canola oil was originally called rapeseed oil, but rechristened by the Canadian oil industry in 1978 to avoid negative connotations. “Canola” is short for “Canadian oil.”

• Honey is made from nectar and bee vomit.

• Ripe cranberries will bounce like rubber balls.

• An average ear of corn has an even number of rows, usually 16.

• Most wasabi consumed is not real wasabi, but colored horseradish.

• About 70% of olive oil being sold is not actually pure olive oil.

• The softening agent L-cysteine — used in some bread — is made from human hair and duck feathers.

• No matter what color Fruit Loop you eat, they all taste the same.

• When taken in large doses nutmeg works as a hallucinogen.

• McDonald’s sells 75 hamburgers every second of every day.