Food Facts

This week's top five unusual facts about Food & Drink!
  1. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.

  2. Refried beans are only fried once. The reason for this misconception is a translation error. The originals are frijoles refritos which actually means ‘well fried beans’ - not re-fried.

  3. The United Kingdom eats more cans of baked beans than the rest of the world combined.

  4. In the United Kingdom Indian restaurants employ more people than steel making, mining and shipbuilding industries put together!

  5. Cherries are a member of the rose family.

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