25th Oct 2019 - 05:00
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To end the week, here is another great edition of Fun Friday Food Facts!
- In 2014, Haagen-Dazs unveiled its first vegetable carrot- and tomato-flavoured ice cream in Japan, The series was called Spoon Vege. As expected it didn’t really win people over.
- The latest hipster coffee trend is ‘Bulletproof Coffee’ - organic butter and coconut oil whisked into a double espresso. It is claimed to suppress appetite and boost brain power, but clocks up 400kcal a cup.
- The biggest ever pizza was 5m sq. and weighed 45kg (Texas 2013).
- The Dutch fought the Portuguese (between 1602-1663) to access trade routes for importing cinnamon.
- To drink your required 1.5 litres of liquid a day will take about 150 sips, or 10 an hour through the waking day.
- Pharaoh Ramses IV of Ancient Egypt had his eyes replaced with small onions when he was mummified because Ancient Egyptians believed the rings and layers of onions represented eternal life.
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