06/29/21 Grif.Net - Coin Collecting (part 8)
Robert Griffin
My friend was working overtime at the Denver Mint every day.
Forced into too many hours on the job, the staff members were threatening a strike.
Oddly enough, they were striking because they wanted to make less money.
~~~ANSWERS TO FOOD NAME QUIZ~~~
1. Where did Hawaiian Pizza originate?
(Canada)
2. Is there really a “Famous Amos”?
(Yes, Famous talent agent Wally Amos also signed Simon & Garfunkel, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye)
3. What is coriander also known as?
(as cilantro leaves, unless one just uses the coriander seeds)
4. What is a single strand of spaghetti called?
(A spaghetto)
5. Where is German Chocolate cake from?
(Texas. Sam German developed the famous chocolate processing formula)
6. Cashews are not nuts, but seeds. But of what fruit is the cashew a seed?
(Cashew apple)
7. Is “white chocolate” actually “chocolate”?
(No. It’s just a mixture of sugar, milk, vanilla, lecithin, and cocoa butter)
8. What is the biggest cause of tooth decay?
(Not sugar, but acid. A soda cracker will stick to your teeth, a breeding ground for bacteria and far worse than candy)
9. Where did American cheese originate?
(Switzerland. Waltz Gerber and Fritz Stettler processed cheese in 1911 to lengthen the shelf-life before it was shipped overseas to America)
10. Is honey really “bee poop”?
(No. Bees drink nectar and keep in their stomach. At the hive, they vomit the nectar to form honey, so it is really beer puke)
11. Is there cream in the “cream filling” of a Twinkie?
(It has NO cream but is sweetened whipped vegetable shortening)
12, Where did French Fries come from?
(They were first made in Belgium and used the “French cut”, hence the shortened French-cut style potatoes)
13. So then did Belgian Waffles come from France?
(No. They were from the capital of Belgium and called Brussels’ Waffles, but no one knew where Brussels was, so the name was changed. Aside: no one cared that Brussel’s sprouts came from Italy)
14. How does South African popcorn differ from American popcorn?
(No “corn” in it, but roasted termites and ants)
15. Which has fewer insect fragments by USDA standards – Chocolate or Peanut Butter?
(Peanut butter can have no more than 30 insects per 100 grams; chocolate may have 60. BTW, 100 grams is about 6 tablespoons, so 1 tablespoon of chocolate can have 10 insect parts and pass USDA quality control)
16. Until 2010 when kale became an “in” food, what company was the largest purchaser of kale in the world?
(Pizza Hut, to use as garnish on salad bar, of course never meant for human consumption)
17. Chile is a country, but not the country that is the largest producer, consumer and exporter of chiles. Which is?
(India)
18. What city has the most Chinese restaurants?
(London, more than Mumbai and Delhi combined)
19. What meal is the most important of the day?
(Late lunch or early dinner (3-4 pm), but NOT breakfast. General Foods marketed “Experts agree that breakfast in the most important meal of the day” in 1944 as an unproven ad campaign to sell Grape Nuts cereal. With millions of men in the military, breakfast in many homes no longer centered on eggs, meat and potatoes. So selling a product falsely named – no grapes and no nuts – seemed right to have false advertising!
20. In what city were fortune cookies created?
(San Francisco, in 1901)
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Dr Bob Griffin
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