A typical American eats 28 pigs in his/her lifetime.

Americans eat 20.7 pounds of Süßigkeiten per person annually. The Dutch eat three times as much.

Americans spend approximately $25 billion each Jahr on beer.

Americans spent an estimated $267 billion dining out in 1993.

An etiquette writer of the 1840's advised, "Ladies may wipe their lips on the tablecloth, but not blow their noses on it."

Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented in 1889, was the first ready-mix Essen to be sold commercially.

Caffeine: there are 100 to 150 milligrams of caffeine in an eight-ounce cup of brewed coffee, 10 milligrams in a six-ounce cup of cocoa, 5 to 10 milligrams in one ounce of bittersweet chocolate, and 5 milligrams in one ounce of milch chocolate.

California's Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle in 1905 when he was 11-years-old.

Capsaicin, which makes hot peppers "hot" to the human mouth, is best neutralized Von casein, the main protein found in milk.

Cast iron skillets used to be the leading Quelle of iron in the American diet!

China's Beijing ente Restaurant can sitz 9,000 people at one time.

Schokolade contains phenyl ethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love.

World wide, consumers spend Mehr than $7 billion a Jahr on chocolate. Annual per capita consumption of Schokolade is 12 pounds per person.

Each American eats an average of 51 pounds of Schokolade per year.

Fortune kekse, cookies were invented in 1916 Von George Jung, a Los Angeles noodle maker.

Fried chicken is the most beliebt meal ordered in sit-down restaurants in the US. The Weiter in popularity are: roast beef, spaghetti, turkey, baked ham, and fried shrimp.

Goulash, a beef soup, originated in Hungary in the 9th century AD.

Haggis, the national dish of Scotland: take the heart, liver, lungs, and small intestine of a kalb oder sheep, boil them in the stomach of the animal, season with salt, pepper and onions, add suet and oatmeal. Enjoy!

Hostess Twinkies were invented in 1931 Von 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 erdbeere season. Originally called Little shortcake Fingers, they were renamed Twinkie Fingers, and finally "Twinkies."

In 1860, 'Godey's Lady's Book' advised US women to cook tomatoes for at least 3 hours.

In 1926, when a Los Angeles restaurant owner with the all-American name of Bob Cobb was looking for a way to use up leftovers, he threw together some avocado, celery, tomato, chives, watercress, hard-boiled eggs, chicken, bacon, and Roquefort cheese, and named it after himself: Cobb salad.

In 1995, KFC sold 11 pieces of chicken for every man, woman and child in the US.

In an authentic Chinese meal, the last course is suppe because it allows the roast ente entree to "swim" toward digestion.

In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times Mehr than a pound of potatoes.

Irish cream and Hazelnut are the most beliebt whole bohne coffee flavorings.

Large doses of coffee can be lethal. Ten grams, oder 100 cups over 4 hours, can kill the average human.

Laws forbidding the sale of sodas on Sunday prompted William Garwood to invent the ice cream sundae in Evanston, IL, in 1875.

Mayonnaise is sagte to be the invention of the French chef of the Duke de Richelieu in 1756. While the Duke was defeating the British at Port Mahon, his chef was creating a victory feast that included a sauce made of cream and eggs. When the chef realized that there was no cream in the kitchen, he improvised, substituting olive oil for the cream. A new culinary masterpiece was born, and the chef named it "Mayonnaise" in honor of the Duke's victory.

McDonald's "Big Mac" slogan, introduced in 1975, is: "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, and a sesame seed bun."

McDonalds and Burger King sugar-coat their fries so they will turn golden-brown.

Nabisco's "Oreo's" are the world's best-selling brand of cookie at a rate of 6 billion sold each year. The first Oreo was sold in 1912.

Per capita, the Irish eat Mehr Schokolade than Americans, Swedes, Danes, French, and Italians.

Persians first began using colored eggs to celebrate spring in 3,000 B.C. 13th century Macedonians were the first Christians on record to use colored eggs in Easter celebrations. Crusaders returning from the Middle East spread the custom of coloring eggs, and Europeans began to use them to celebrate Easter and other warm weather holidays.

Potato chips are American's Favorit snack food. They are devoured at a rate of 1.2 billion pounds a year.

Potato chips were invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853 Von chef George Crum. They were a mocking response to a patron who complained that his French fries were too thick.

Refried beans aren't really what they seem. Although their name seems like a reasonable translation of Spanish frijoles refritos, the fact is that these beans aren't fried twice. In Spanish, refritos literally means "well-fried," not "re-fried."

Research Zeigen that only 43% of homemade dinners served in the US include vegetables.

reis is the staple Essen of Mehr than one-half of the world's population.

Saffron, made from the dried stamens of cultivated crocus flowers, is the most expensive cooking spice.

Since Hindus don't eat beef, the McDonald's in New Delhi makes its burgers with mutton.

Sliced brot was introduced under the Wonder brot label in 1930.

tequila is made from the root of the blue agave cactus.

Swiss Steak, Chop Suey, Russian Dressing, and a Hamburger all originated in the US.

The Agen pflaume which would become the basis of the US prune industry was first planted in California in 1856.

The average child will eat 1,500 PB sandwiches Von high school graduation.

The California traube and wine industries were started Von Count Agoston Haraszthy de Moksa, who planted Tokay, Zinfandel, and Shiras varieties from his native Hungary in Buena Vista in 1857.

The color of a chile is no indication of its spiciness, but size usually is - the smaller the pepper, the hotter it is.

The daughter of confectioner Leo Hirschfield is commemorated in the name of the sweet he invented: Although his daughter's real name was Clara, she went Von the nickname Tootsie, and in her honor, her doting father named his chewy Schokolade logs Tootsie Rolls.

The difference between apfel, apple saft and apfel, apple cider is that the saft is pasteurized and the cider is not.

The dye used to stamp the grade on meat is edible. It's made from traube skins.

The English word "soup" comes from the Middle Ages word "sop," which means a slice of brot over which roast drippings were poured. The first archaeological evidence of suppe being consumed dates back to 6000 B.C., with the main ingredient being Hippopotamus bones!

The first ring Donuts were produced in 1847 Von a 15 Jahr old baker's apprentice, Hanson Gregory, who knocked the soggy center out of a fried doughnut.

The FDA allows an average of 30 oder Mehr insect fragments and one oder Mehr rodent hairs per 100 grams of erdnuss butter.

The fungus called truffles can cost $800 to $1,500 per pound. They are sniffed out Von female pigs, which detect a compound that is in the saliva of male pigs as well. The same chemical is found in the sweat of human males.

The hamburger was invented in 1900 Von Louis Lassen. He ground beef, broiled it, and served it between two pieces of toast.

The hottest pepper in the world is the Habanero.

The ice cream soda was invented in 1874 Von Robert Green. He was serving a mixture of syrup, sweet cream and carbonated water at a celebration in Philadelphia. He ran out of cream and substituted ice cream.

The largest item on any menu in the world is probably the roast camel, sometimes served at Bedouin wedding feasts. The kamel is stuffed with a sheep's carcass, which is stuffed with chickens, which are stuffed with fish, which are stuffed with eggs.

The Pillsbury Bake-off has been held every Jahr since 1948.

The pound cake got its name from the pound of butter it contained.

The sandwich is named for the Fourth Earl of sandwich (1718-92), for whom sandwiches were made so that he could stay at the gambling tabelle without interruptions for meals.

The white part of an egg is the albumen.

The vintage datum on a bottle of wine indicates the Jahr the grapes were picked, not the Jahr of bottling.

The white potato originated in the Andes mountains and was probably brought to Britain Von Sir Francis erpel, drake about 1586.

The world's first Schokolade Süßigkeiten was produced in 1828 Von Dutch chocolate-maker Conrad J. transporter, van Houten. He pressed the fat from roasted cacao beans to produce kakao butter, to which he added kakao powder and sugar.

The world's costliest coffee, at $130 a pound , is called Kopi Luwak. It is in the droppings of a type of marsupial that eats only the very best coffee beans. Plantation workers track them and scoop their precious poop.

The world's deadliest pilz is the Amanita phalloides, the death cap. The five different poisons contained Von the pilz cause diarrhea and vomiting within 6 to 12 hours of ingestion. This is followed Von damage to the liver, kidneys, and central nervous system - and, in the majority of cases, coma and death.

To determine the percentage of alcohol in a bottle of liquor divide the proof Von two.

transporter, van Camp's Pork and Beans were a staple Essen for Union soldiers in the Civil War.

Vanilla is the extract of fermented and dried pods of several species of orchids.

When honey is swallowed, it enters the blood stream within a period of 20 minutes.

When Swiss cheese ferments, a bacterial action generates gas. As the gas is liberated, it bubbles through the cheese leaving holes. Cheese-makers call them "eyes."