Did you know…?

1. Oysters and lobsters used to be working class food.
Such is the crazy nature of life that the foods that people pay hand over fist for in restaurants used to be considered barely worthy of human consumption. Lobsters are quite literally sea insects that were a hard sale back in the day. They used to be chucked back in the sea or given to servants. There used to be a law on how much lobster you could serve a prisoner as too much was considered to be cruel. How things have changed.

2. Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren’t.
his fact tends to only be known by botanists who apparently get their kicks from misleading the public. Bananas, cucumbers, kiwis are all classed as berries. Strawberries, blackberries and raspberries are not.

3. Chocolate is as healthy as fruit
In tests that compared dark chocolate with fruit juices made from from blueberries and pomegranate, dark chocolate was found to be higher in disease-fighting antioxidants. For maximum benefit it is best to choose dark chocolate over milk chocolate, as the the dairy variety contains additional sugar and is much more processed which reduces the health benefits.

4. The margharita pizza was invented in Naples
The Margherita pizza was created in 1889, when Queen Margherita of Savoy visited Naples, according to the owners of Brandi Trattoria in Port Chester, New York. In honor of the queen, Chef Raffaele Esposito and his wife created a pizza resembling the Italian flag and its colors; red (tomato), white (mozzarella), and green (basil). Later that same year, Queen Margherita penned a letter identifying Brandi Pizzeria as the originator of the Margherita Pizza. Brandi Pizzeria in Naples is still in operation today and Brandi Trattoria in Port Chester is its first official outpost in the U.S

5. You can hear Rhubarb grow!
An old method called ‘rhubarb forcing’ involves putting your rhubarb in a dark shed, tricking it into thinking that it’s spring. This will cause the rhubarb to grow unnaturally large at an unnaturally fast pace. So fast that you can hear the rhubarb popping as it grows.