16th Oct 2020 - 08:43
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As the talks over a trade deal with Europe get into choppy water over fishing rights, we kick off this week’s collection of food facts with a reference to an earlier trade dispute over fish.
• From the 1950s to the 1970s the UK and Iceland were involved with a conflict over fishing areas in the Atlantic Ocean. It was known as the Cod War.
• In Estonia dairy production makes up the greatest proportion of agricultural output (30%), followed by grain production (20%) and pig farming (10%).
• “I ate his liver with some Fava beans and a nice chianti” is a well used quote, but what are Fava beans? Nothing too exotic as it turns out, we know them better in the UK as broad beans.
• The literal translation of strudel, in the German dessert dish apple strudel, is ‘whirlpool’.
• The Queen’s Lane Coffee House in Oxford dates back to 1654 and claims to be the oldest in Europe.
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