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
All the best Jan
...these missed my radar screen.
ReplyDeleteAlways learning new facts from you
ReplyDeleteLove these -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI knew 1 and 2. Number 5 explains an awful lot about the world today. Some people are simply bananas.
ReplyDeleteUy no conocía esos datos. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteI did know that about cranberries. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI only knew the first....these are fun facts to learn.
ReplyDeleteI only knew #1. I never heard of the change in taste from altitude or sound. So interesting!
ReplyDeleteI might try the balancing cranberry test.
ReplyDeleteI knew #1 and #2.
ReplyDeleteI knew 1 and 2, yesterday at the hospice we had a Christmas Quiz and one question was
ReplyDeleteWhat berries are also called bounceberries? ans: Cranberries
Great trivia! Thanks, Debbie
This is a very good read, thanks Ja and all the best :)
ReplyDeleteLike you, I knew one and three. I like the idea of farmers bouncing cranberries - which I don't think I have ever seen fresh.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know any of these, Jan.
ReplyDeleteI only knew about bad eggs floating ( I grew up on a farm).
ReplyDeleteI did know about the eggs but had completely forgotten that fact. A good reminder.
ReplyDeleteI only knew about the flying thing.
ReplyDeleteThe banana thing is a surprise.
Amalia
xo
Hello Jan!
ReplyDeleteMy mother taught me the test about the "floating eggs" :-) but I have never heard of the relation between food tastes and environment (sounds, altitude, light, etc.). That's really an interesting post!
I only knew 1 and 3 too. Fascinating facts!
ReplyDeleteThose are some whacky facts! I knew about the eggs :-D
ReplyDeleteHello Jan :)
ReplyDeleteToday I made my first post in two months and it feels good, it also feels good when bloggers like you pass by my blog just to say hello, Thank you so much Jan, it was really appreciated. About your post, I only knew about the eggs but found the rest of the facts fascinating. Thank you! :)
Interesting facts.
ReplyDeleteI knew about the eggs floating.
Take care, have a wonderful day!
I am obviously not in touch with important things in life. I knew none of these facts and I am sure that an hour from now I will be unable to remember any of them!
ReplyDeleteI knew about the banana and our DNA, but I didn't know about sounds and taste. I wonder if that's why restaurants often play music. It's for more than just the atmosphere whether they know it or not. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAll new to me!
ReplyDeleteI only knew number 1.
ReplyDeleteCrazy about the banana! :)
Bouncing cranberries is new to me. Thanks for these interesting facts, Jan.
ReplyDelete1. and 3. I knew that too but the other thing was new to me!
ReplyDeleteThat was interesting, thank you!
greetinngs Elke
I only knew one, but I'll never look at a banana the same way again! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI did not know that raspberries will bounce.
ReplyDeleteInteresting Jan. I only knew two of them.
ReplyDeleteI only knew #1for sure. Interesting about the altitude thing because we visited one of the tallest mountains here in the States and they said their ice cream tasted better than any you have had anywhere else, we did not try it, but that is probably why, they didn't mention that part.
ReplyDeleteI just knew the first one.
ReplyDeleteMuy interesante. Solo conocía el número 1. Besos.
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