Culinary Trivia 2

Are you looking for some of the interesting facts about food or culinary? If your answer is yes, then here are some of the most amusing facts you must know. Share these facts and impress your friends.

Ice Cream


• Ice cream is a Chinese food item. Marco Polo the famous explorer when returned to Italy, from China in the year 1295, he actually brought a well known recipe called "Milk Ice" among many other things. However, later Europeans substituted cream for the milk, and voila. Since then, ice cream has been a major hit.
• Generally, the United States actually consumes on an average 48 pints of ice cream per person, per year. This is usually more than any other country in the world.
• On an average, it takes 50 licks to polish off a single-scoop ice cream cone.

Pizza


• The word pizza was originally spelt as "pitsa".
• Most pizza is ordered during the weather forecast or TV programs. Adding to this, the delivery folks also report that women, perhaps not surprisingly, are better tippers!
• Generally, Americans consume or eat almost 350 slices of pizza each second.

Chilies


• The color of a chili is no indication of its spiciness, but what matters is its size. Generally, it is important to note that the smaller the chilie pepper, the hotter it is.
• Near about 140 varieties of chilies peppers are alone grown in Mexico alone.
• Chilies play a very important role in making foods safer. They help in reducing the harmful bacteria on foods.

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