Amazing food facts - at least to me

1 Lobsters used to be sub-par food  at turn of century and were fed to prisoners as punishment ,Now lobster can go for up to $1,000 a plate.



2
Chicken is considered to be healthier than red meat, but since the 1970’s, the fat levels of chicken breast have risen by 226%. Further research found that the protein value of chicken has decreased by 33%.

3-That plain cucumber in your fridge is much more complex than you’d think. From a botanical perspective, it is a fruit, and from a culinary perspective it is a vegetable. It’s comprised of 96% water, has a very low caloric value, as well as healthy levels of potassium, vitamins and antioxidants, most of which can be found in its skin.

4Of all of the food produced in the world every year, about 50% ends up in the garbage. Instead of being part of the problem, ask restaurants to let you take leftovers home, check the expiration date on products in your fridge, and always put less food on your plate than you think you’ll eat.

5-In Brazil, peas are one of the most popular pizza toppings. In India, people eat pizza with ginger, in Pakistan with curry, and the Japanese love it with seafood and mayo.

6In 2014, German researchers managed to create conditions similar to those in the Earth’s core, compressing peanut butter into diamonds

 While the diamonds were tiny and imperfect, it is still an impressive feat.

7There’s a reason Swiss chocolate is considered the best in the world. The Swiss are the world’s number one consumers of chocolate, with a yearly average of 10kg (22lbs) per person.

8In a recent statistical study conducted in the United States, it was found that the average human consumes approximately 80 tons of food in their lifetime. For comparison, that is the weight of a battle-ready tank.

9-There are more than 7,500 kinds of apples in the world. If you were to try and eat one species per day, it would take you over twenty years to be able to say you’ve tried them all.

10-The invention of the popsicle is attributed to an 11-year-old boy named Frank Epperson. The story claims that Frank forgot a glass of juice with a stirring stick on his porch on a cold night, only to discover the following morning that he had invented the popsicle.

11-Of all of the food produced in the world every year, about 50% ends up in the garbage.

12-Did you know that Eskimos use refrigerators too? However, they use them to make sure their food doesn’t freeze.

13-Ears of corn generally have an even number of rows, usually 16.