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| ( Cabbages ) |
Cabbages are mentioned in "Iliad", the famous epic poem of Greek poet Homer?
Cabbage is 90% water?
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| ( California ) |
California produces more avocados in the world than any other country?
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| ( Calories ) |
Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie?
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| ( Can Opener ) |
The can opener was invented 48 year after the invention of cans?
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| ( Candy ) |
The Dutch consume more candy than anyone else in the world?
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| ( Canned Food ) |
Canned foods were invented by Napoleon when he commissioned 3 scientists to invent something that would store food supplies for his army?
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| ( Cardamom ) |
Cardamom is the second most expensive spice in the world after saffron?
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| ( Carpaccio ) |
Carpaccio was invented in Venice, Italy in 1950 by Giuseppe Cipriani? Carpaccio is a thinly sliced raw beef traditionally served with olive oil and lemon juice on a platter with assorted greens.
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| ( Carrots ) |
Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, hated carrots? In the famous "What's up doc?" phrase were Bugs appears to chew on a carrot, Mel Blanc actually chew on a stick of celery!
Carrot gets its vivid orange colour from beta-carotene? A nutrient that our body converts to Vitamin A. Vitamin A is good for your eyesight, your skin and hair and even helps your body fight infections.
Not all carrots are orange? The carrots we eat today come from a variety bred in the 16th century by the Dutch. 5000 year ago there were purple, red, green, white and even black carrots.
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| ( Cashews ) |
Cashew nuts are native to the Amazon? They were imported to India and Portugal only in the 16th century.
India and East Africa are the top cashewnuts producers in the world?
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| ( Cat Food ) |
There are no mouse-flavoured cat foods?
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| ( Cat's Meal ) |
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| ( Cattle ) |
Cattle was domesticated more than 8500 years ago?
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| ( Celery ) |
Ancient Chinese used celery for medicinal purposes?
Celery has "negative" calories because it contains less calories than the ones needed by your body to digest it?
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| ( Chasseur ) |
Chasseur means: "hunter's style" in French? It is game sauteed and cooked with mushrooms, shallots, tomatoes, garlic and wine.
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| ( Cheese ) |
We refer to a wealthy person as "Big Cheese" because at a time, he that was able to afford a whole wheel of cheese was indeed wealthy?
Roquefort was invented by accident when some cheeses that were kept in a cave developed mold? Someone decided to taste the
supposedly ruined cheese and discovered how great it tasted!
An enormous - 500kg- wheel of cheddar cheese was offered to Queen Victoria as a wedding present?
Cheese was firstly made in Asia, more than 4000 years ago?
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| ( Cheesecake ) |
Various types of cheesecake were popular in ancient Greece?
Cheesecake probably originates in Ancient Greece in 776BC? The first historic record of cheesecake mentions that it was served to athletes during the Olympic Games.
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| ( Cherries ) |
Cherries go as back as the Stone Age? Cherry pits were found in several stone-age caves in Europe.
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| ( Cherry Pie ) |
It was once against the law in Kansas to serve ice cream on cherry pie?
It takes more than 230 cherries to make a cherry pie?
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| ( Chestnuts ) |
The Chinese eat 40% of the world's production of chestnuts?
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| ( Chicken ) |
The red jungle fowl of India and Southeast Asia is the "ancestor" of chicken?
Chicken have been domesticated for more than 4000 years?
Chicken soup is most flavourful when using a chicken older than 1 year? These are called stewing hens.
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| ( Chickpeas ) |
Chickpeas are the most widely consumed beans in the world.
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| ( Chillies ) |
Seeds are not the hottest part of chillies? It is the point where the seed is attached to the white membrane that's the hottest!
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| ( china ) |
The ice cream was invented in China 4000 years ago?
It contained milk and rice packed in snow and it was only available to nobility.
China is the world's top apple producer? USA follows.
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| ( Chinese ) |
When KFC translated its slogan "finger lickin' good" into Chinese, it came out as "eat your fingers off"?
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| ( Chocolate ) |
Milk chocolate was the first type of chocolate to be developed for public consumption? Switzerland, 1875
Chocolate manufacturers use 40% of the world's almonds for their products?
Aztec emperor Montezuma drank 50 mugs of chocolate every day?
Cacao beans (chocolate) was brought to Europe by Colombo at 1502?
You should never give chocolate to a dog? It contains a central nervous system stimulant that can kill it.
The blood in the famous shower scene of Hitchcock's "Psycho" was actually Chocolate syrup?
During the 16th and 17th century consuming chocolate was considered a sin?
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| ( Chocolate Chip Cookie ) |
The chocolate chip cookie is the official cookie of Massachussetts?
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| ( Christmas ) |
In Sweden it is customary to hide an almond inside a rice pudding at Christmas? Whoever finds it is blessed with good luck for 1 year.
In the Netherlands it is customary to eat chicken stuffed with sauerkraut at Christmas?
Around the 17th century Christians in Europe started to use Christmas trees in their Christmas celebrations? They made special decorations from candy canes, cookies and other types of food!
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| ( Cinnamon ) |
Cinnamon was used by ancient Egyptians 5000 years ago and mentioned many times in the Old Testament?
Cinnamon is one of the ingredients used in "cola" type drinks?
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| ( Citrus ) |
If you boil the peels of an orange and grapefruit in 2 cups of mineral water you get a great natural facial? Keep the liquid in a bottle and apply daily to your face. Keep refrigerated.
Citrus was firstly mentioned in literature in 2400BC?
The first varieties of citrus were not edible?
British sailors were once called "Limeys" because when on a long journey they ate citrus to prevent scurvy?
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| ( Cloves ) |
Cloves are dried flower buds?
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| ( Cobb Salad ) |
Cobb salad was invented at 1926 at a Los Angeles restaurant when Robert Cobb, the owner, was hungrily looking for an easy snack one night? So he pulled out some lettuce, romaine, tomatoes, watercress, cold chicken, an avocado, a hard boiled egg, cheese, bacon and an old French dressing. The result was so good that he added the recipe to the restaurant's menu.
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| ( Coconut ) |
Coconut was once forbidden by law to be eaten by Hawaiian women?
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| ( Coconut Oil ) |
Coconut oil was the proffered vegetable oil of the world until the sixties, where soybean took over?
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| ( Cod Fish ) |
Norwegian scientists play recordings of tuba music to call young cod to feeding?
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| ( Codfish ) |
"Bacalao" is Spanish for: dried salt codfish?
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| ( Coffee ) |
The most recognizable smell in the world is the smell of coffee?
In the 16th century women in Turkey could divorce their husband if he failed to provide coffee to his family?
Brown gargle is cowboy slang for coffee?
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| ( Coleslaw ) |
Coleslaw is so popular in the USA because a deli owner in NY named Richard Hellmann created bottled mayonnaise which was suggested as a salad dressing?
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| ( Cookbook ) |
The first cookbook written for housewives (rather than professional chefs) was Eliza Acton's "Modern Cookery for Private Families"? It was published in London, 1845.
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| ( Cookies ) |
Cookies originated in ancient Rome at about 350 BC? They were then called "bis coctum" which means "baked twice".
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| ( Coq au vin ) |
Coq au vin is a French recipe for chicken stew with wine.
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| ( Corn ) |
An ear of corn always has an even number of rows?
Popcorn pops because when the corn kernels are heated their moisture turns to steam which builds up pressure until the kernel finally explodes?
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| ( Corn Flakes ) |
John H. Kellog, a surgeon and a vegetarian developed the Corn Flakes as a breakfast cereals for his patients at the Battle Creek Sanitarium?
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| ( Cottage Cheese ) |
Richard Nixon liked to put ketchup on his cottage cheese?
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| ( Courgette ) |
Courgette is French for zucchini?
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| ( Cows ) |
More people are attacked by cows than by sharks?
A cow has 4 stomachs?
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| ( Crab ) |
A single King Crab can yield 3 kg of meat?
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| ( Cranberries ) |
Ripe cranberries will bounce?
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| ( Crepe ) |
Crepe is French for pancake? In France crepes were traditionally made to celebrate family life and hope for good fortune. It is customary to hold a coin in your hand, touch the handle of the frying pan and make a wish when the crepe is turning.
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| ( Crepe Suzette ) |
Crepe Suzette was invented by accident for the Prince of Wales by a French chef at Monte Carlo in 1896? Suzette was the name of the Prince's company.
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| ( Cucumbers ) |
Cucumbers are cultivated since 8.000 BC?
Cucumbers are 95% water?
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| ( Cumin ) |
Cumin is the second most popular spice in the world after black pepper?
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| ( Curd ) |
"Curd" is the white edible part of the cauliflower?
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