29th Jun 2018 - 07:00
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A very random selection of Fun Friday Food Facts this week (and not an ice cream one in sight... how disappointing you might say!)
- Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the skin off a cucumber and use it to erase the evidence
- In 1930 Ruth Wakefield realised she was out of baker’s chocolate and mixed broken piece of Nestle chocolate into her cookie dough, expecting the chocolate to be absorbed and create chocolate cookies. Instead, she accidently created chocolate chip cookies and later sold the idea to Nestle in return for a lifetime supply of chocolate
- Marshmallow fans rejoice – the sweet treat is in fact a plant and was used as a herbal remedy for sore throats during the Renaissance period
- Peanut butter has many uses beyond the obvious, it can remove the glue left over from price stickers, help get chewing gum off clothes and hair and even loosen bugs and insects stuck to your windscreen
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