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Fun Friday Food Facts 2016 Vol. 42

11th Nov 2016 - 09:52
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In the week where everyone got excited over a dog with a passion for trampolining, we found lots of great food facts.

When Swiss cheese ferments, a bacterial action generates gas. As the gas is liberated, it bubbles through the cheese leaving holes. Cheese-makers call them ‘eyes.’

What can dinner guests to the White House expect when the next president of the United States, Donald John Trump, takes residence in January? His butler says he likes very overdone steak, McDonald’s filet-o-fish and insists on eating his pizza with a fork!

Coconuts played an important part in the First World War. US gas mask manufacturers found that masks using coconut carbon were superior at filtering noxious substances, and saved many lives as a result.

We’ve heard about the benefits of eating a hearty meal before a night on the town. But ensure your plate has a helping of asparagus. It’s claimed the green stuff not only helps protect your liver from alcohol damage thanks to the minerals and amino acids it contains but the enzymes help fend off the unwanted hangover the morning after, or whenever you rise.

Sausages were called bangers during the second World War because they contained so much water they exploded when fried.
 

Written by
PSC Team