9th Nov 2018 - 09:59
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There's no theme for our Fun Friday Food Facts this week - we hope you'll enjoy them as much as we did!
- It is estimated that in Britain we eat 9,000 peas each year – or an average of 28 and a half every day
- Back in the 14th century, the King’s royal guards would eat roast beef every single Sunday, which is why they’re known as Beefeaters!
- For a short time in 1998, Caesar salad was illegal in California because it contained raw egg
- It may seem like the odd one out, but pumpkins are part of the same ‘family’ as cucumbers, honeydew melons, cantaloupe, watermelons and courgette
- Iceberg lettuce got its name from the way it used to be shipped in old train carriages. Ice was piled on the cartons of lettuce to keep it cold. As the trains bearing the lettuce came through towns, people would reportedly call out: “The icebergs are coming, the icebergs are coming!”