Fun Food Facts

~ The word "salary" comes from salt

~ In France, people eat approximately 500,000,000 snails per year

~ Potato crisps were invented by a North American Indian called George Crum

~ Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

~ The onion is named after a Latin word meaning large pearl

~ Cream is lighter than milk

~ Over 1,000 litres of beer are drunk in the House of Commons each week

~ Instant coffee has been in existence since the middle of the eighteenth century

~ Temperature can affect your appetite, you are more likely to be hungry if you are cold!

~ A portion of the water you drink has already been drunk by someone else, maybe several times over

~ Bakers used to be fined if their loaves were under weight, so they used to add an extra loaf to every dozen, just in case....hence the expression " baker's dozen".

~ It takes 3500 calories to make a pound of fat

~ Peanuts are used in the manufacture of dynamite

~ It has been traditional to serve fish with a slice of lemon since the Middle Ages, when people believed that the fruit's juices would dissolve any bones accidentally swallowed.