Fun facts

now I hate to break it to you but

there's no such thing as a baby carrot

the cute little carrots they sell at

supermarkets are actually regular

carrots that have been shaved down to

this baby size

you would think strawberry flavored

gummy bears should be red or pink right

well sorry to say but they're green

brown rice and white rice are the same

product the white variety starts off as

the brown one but then some parts of it

are removed by Milling which gives the

rice its white color this allows it to

be stored for longer but at the same

time reduces the Rice's nutritional

value now on the topic of rice it was

used to build the Great Wall of China

the builders make sticky rice soup with

lime and got rice mortar for

construction it was stronger and had

better water resistance than regular

lime mortar thanks to the rice soup the

Great Wall has been able to stand for

centuries despite the elements

you've found a long forgotten chocolate

bar somewhere deep in your desk yum nice

surprise but when you open it you

hesitate there's some unpleasant looking

kind of Dusty film on it don't worry

though it's still safe to eat it's just

that the fat or cocoa butter used to

make the chocolate has been separated

from the rest of the bar because of the

heat it has a cool back down it created

this whitish film The Taste might be a

little off however so it may be best to

use it for cooking instead and you'd

have more self-control than I do

avocados can't ripen while on the tree

if not picked they will simply fall from

the branch while still not ripe when

picked up they will become soft and

flavorful just like we love them this

happens because of the burst of ethylene

produced by the fruit itself after

picking it's inhibited while the avocado

is still on the tree

Tomatoes bought at supermarkets often

have a weak flavor it has to do with how

they're grown and stored afterwards

tomatoes are gathered when not fully

ripe yet and they ripen in the

transportation containers and on the

store shelves but if they're stored at

temperatures below 40 degrees Fahrenheit

while not fully ripe they lose a lot of

their flavor so to keep them tasty it's

best to store Tomatoes outside the

fridge

honey is probably the only food that can

literally never go bad if it's properly

sealed with no air left in it can go for

Millennia and still be edible the oldest

pot of Honey ever found was 5 500 years

old next to the mummy of Winnie the Pooh

nah not really

while dark and milk chocolate raise no

questions their white sibling isn't

chocolate at all it doesn't contain any

cocoa powder which makes chocolate well

chocolate the white variety is made of

cocoa butter mixed with sugar and flavor

usually vanilla peanuts are closer

relatives to peas than to nuts they're

legumes the type of plants that includes

peas chickpeas and beans cashew nuts

aren't nuts either they're seeds that

are collected from pretty large fruits

the same can be said about walnuts

almonds pecans and pistachios

when you buy some sushi rolls with crab

meat what you get is no crab at all the

red and white stuff is what is called

imitation crab and it's basically paste

made of fish its Other Name Is cerini by

the way Sushi was originally a way to

preserve fish it was stored in fermented

rice which could keep Fish Fresh for up

to a year and after that the rice was

thrown away while the fish was cooked

and eaten

if you get all tearful while cutting

onions there are several ways to avoid

that one is put the onion in the freezer

before cutting it that will freeze the

molecules of the chemical that makes you

cry another method is washing the onion

in cool water just before cutting it the

cold and moisture left on The Onion will

not allow the tearful chemical to get in

your eyes and the Third Way is to put a

wet paper towel next to your cutting

board the chemical gets attracted to the

nearest water source which is usually

your eyes but in this case it'll be the

towel

now the vast majority of Wasabi we eat

isn't actual Wasabi the real thing is

very expensive so what we get is just a

mixture of horseradish mustard and green

food coloring

be careful when you eat fresh pineapple

because it can literally eat you back it

contains an enzyme that digests protein

that burning sensation you get when

you've eaten a bit too much pineapple

that's it

mac and cheese used to be a really fancy

dish back in the 18th century us pasta

could only be imported from Italy which

made it expansive and the process of

making cheese was time and effort

consuming it didn't make the product

cheaper either only the wealthiest could

afford a plate of mac and cheese and it

was served in the fanciest restaurants

as a delicacy