Friday Food Facts

• Eggs symbolise fertility, so farmers used to scatter broken eggs into their fields hoping this would bring forth an abundant crop.
• In Japan, sticking chopsticks upright into a bowl

• People have been making and drinking alcohol for nearly as long as human history.

• Centuries ago in Sparta, young boys ini

• The ancient Greeks attempted to cure hangovers by wrapping their heads in cabbage leaves. 
• Scientists have found that listening to talk radio puts captive pumas off their food.

• There are an estimated seven billion unwanted male chickens culled every year.

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• Definitely not on your Veganuary menu – and probably not at any other time of year – is casu marzu, the Sardinian ‘rotten cheese’ that contains live maggots.
• Despite veganism growi

• The official Twitter account of international fried chicken franchise KFC follows just 12 people including the five Spice Girls and six men named Herb.
• The consumption of garlic is

• Around 500 Brits are injured while dipping their biscuits into a hot drink every year.  
• Roman chef Apicius produced the first surviving cookbook.

• In the 17th century Catholics were condemned by some bishops for ‘cheating’ because they drank chocolate on fast days, such as during Lent.