13 interesting facts about food that will definitely surprise you
In fact, every day promises a lot of secrets and riddles, and we don't even guess about it. Here, for example, are the products that appear on our table every day. You have no idea how much you don't know about them.
Chili pepper
The color of pepper affects only the taste, but not the sharpness. But its size is worth paying attention to — the smaller the pepper, the sharper it is.
Bananas
It will probably seem strange to you, but mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten a banana. We can only guess why mosquitoes might like this fruit so much.
Avocado
Avocado is a very capricious and unpredictable product.
Something else about avocados
Never, do you hear, never give avocados to birds, even if they ask in a human voice. It's poison to them.
Gravity and water
Gravity, it turns out, has a sense of humor, especially when you are very thirsty. How to deal with it? Nothing, accept it.
Dyes
Because of chemical dyes in food, children become hyperactive. Especially from red or yellow.
Coffee
Coffee beans are actually not really grains — more like berries. And it is correct to say "coffee tree berries".
Tea
Drink only freshly brewed tea. The Japanese even have a saying on this score: "Yesterday's tea is worse than a snake." Iced tea irritates the walls of the stomach, and the Chinese compare it with poison.
Honey
Honey has no expiration date. The oldest honey pot was found in 1922 by Howard Carter in the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Scientists have studied it and recognized it as suitable for food.
Camembert cheese
Camembert should be eaten as close as possible to the expiration date, but not after it.
Eggs
If you put an egg in water and it pops up, then you can't eat it anymore, it's spoiled.
Chocolate
If you eat a small piece of dark chocolate before eating, it will saturate the blood with glucose. Therefore, even if you were very hungry, you will not eat too much and will feel full in time.
The main secret of food
The food is always tastier at night. Always.
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