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Wednesday, 7 May 2025
15 facts about french fries
15 facts about french fries
Not so French after all
It is not known where the fries come from. Some say from France, others, Belgium. Whatever the truth, one thing is certain–they are delicious, and pro ...

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Pizza
The traditional pizza consists of cheese and tomatoes.
Toppings are served on leavened wheat-based dough, baked in a wood-fired oven.
Mozzarella
In the production of Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, a maximum of 60 hours may elapse from the milking of the buffaloes to the start of cheese production.
The milk is then acidified by adding rennet thereto. It must come from a buffalo from the same, or a ...
Kimchi
Kimchi is a tasty and low-calorie dish; 100 g of kimchi contains 32 kcal.
Maple syrup
In order to extract sap from a maple tree, it must be around 30 to 40 years old.
Depending on the diameter of the trunk, from one to three holes are drilled in it and taps are placed in them. The tree is used to obtain sap until it is over 100 years old.
Tomato juice
In Europe, the largest producers of tomato juice are Italy and Spain.
Pizza
The original pizza was square.
Kombucha
Kombucha is a beverage made from sweetened tea fermented by a so-called tea mushroom.
This mushroom is also called Japanese mushroom or SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeasts). It is a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast.
Parmesan
The cheese to be matured is placed in a round stainless steel mold, which is tightly closed with a spring-loaded buckle so that the cheese keeps its shape.
The buckle is released after one or two days. A plastic band with several imprints of the name of th ...
French fries
To prepare fries, you need to rinse or immerse them in water after cutting the potato into strips (or any other shape you fancy).
This is to rinse the starch that is there from the surface of the potato. After the bath, the cut potatoes need to be thoroughly dried.
Sushi
Restaurants worldwide typically offer six forms of sushi.
They are: Nigiri–molded vinegared rice, topped with a raw slice of fish; Sashimi (meaning pierced o ...