15 surprising facts about food that can satisfy your thirst for knowledge (16 photos)

Knowledge is never superfluous, and even more so when it comes to food. The more interesting and fun culinary facts you learn, the more your dishes will become tastier and communication with guests at the festive table. So welcome and bon appetit!





1 Why A Drop Of Salt On Tomatoes Makes Them Amazing delicious? They are rich in free glutamate, which reacts with salt gives monosodium glutamate



2. Cashews are not actually nuts. These are the seeds that grow from the bottom of the cashew apple (which is also edible)





3. Oregano means “mountain of joy” in Greek.



4. Broccoli is a mutant cabbage. If not for the ancient farmers-breeders, it would not exist in nature.



5. When margarine was just launched, it was bright pink. So that buyers do not confuse it with real cream oil painting



6. Fresh pineapple contains an enzyme that breaks down protein. If you make chicken salad with fresh pineapple and leave it in refrigerator, the chicken will begin to dissolve and become mealy



7. Japanese curry was created in an attempt to replicate British stew, not Indian curry.



8. Orange is a hybrid of pomelo and tangerine



9. You can "cook" shrimp in lemon and/or lime juice. Just drop them into a bowl of juice and watch them become pink



10 Ciabatta Was Only Invented In 1981



11. Ketchup was originally a Chinese fish pickle sauce with anchovies. Then the British began to remake it: first, based on mushrooms, then on the basis of tomatoes. Finally removed the anchovies and composition has completely changed.



12. Croissants are considered a truly French dish, but in general they are from Austria. The form was not chosen by chance: it is Islamic crescent, and when the Austrians ate it, they “devoured” their Ottoman enemies



13. Finland is the largest exporter of cumin in the world (its share is approximately 30%)



14. There is an opinion that the taste of onions depends on how cut it. If from the root to the stem, the taste is softer and sweeter, and if perpendicular - sharper



15. Macaroni and cheese is so popular in the USA, because once upon a time they considered a delicacy. It was the food that people ordered in trendy restaurants