Friday Food Facts

In the UK we eat on average 84kg of meat a year – the equivalent of 740 quarter pounders.

A big spoonful of peanut butter can help cure hiccups. Take a big tablespoon and hold it in your mouth for 5-10 seconds then swallow the peanut butter without chewing.

Estonians eat seven, nine, or 12 meals on New Year’s Eve, believing that with each meal eaten, they will gain the strength of that many men in the New Year.

Are you a picky eater or were you just born that way? Brussels sprouts are loved by some and loathed by many, but according to research you may be been born with a gene that puts you off the veg.

Biscuit eating is a dangerous sport. A 2009 study revealed that 25 million people in Britain had been injured by biscuits.

Have you ever found a jar of honey at the back of the cupboard and not known how long it’s been there and what to do with it. It’s simple, eat it!

A bungee jumper recently broke the world record for the highest biscuit dunk. Simon Berry from Sheffield bungee jumped 75m before successfully dunking a chocolate hobnob into a mug of tea.

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.’

Food was first preserved in tin cans in 1806, nearly 50 years before the first can opener was invented.

The Guinness world record for the oldest cat ever was Crème Puff, who lived to be 38 years old.