Did You Know? Five Food Related Facts!

 

Sharing five food related facts:

1. Bad eggs will float.
If you need to test the freshness of your eggs, put them in a glass of cold water. The fresher the egg, the faster it will fall to the bottom!

Any eggs that float should be thrown out.

2. Ripe cranberries will bounce.
If you want to test how ripe your cranberries are, drop them on the ground!

Cranberries are nature’s bouncy ball – even farmers use this technique to see if their cranberries are ready for shipment!

3. Food tastes different when you’re flying.
Altitude changes your body chemistry, making certain flavours taste different than how they taste when you’re on the ground.

4. Sound can influence the taste of your food.

High-frequency sounds to enhance the sweetness in food, while low frequencies bring out the bitterness.

5. Humans’ DNA is 60% the same as bananas.
Our genes are comprised of 3 billion building blocks which are surprisingly un-unique.

From this, 60% of our genes are identical to that of a banana; however, the other 40% is different enough to make us who we are!

Do you/did you know any of them? Please share in the comments section.

I only knew 1 and 3

December is flying by

good wishes for the remainder of this month

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All the best Jan