Food Facts

50% of U.S pizzas are sold with pepperoni on them.

Bananas aren't fruit! They are a type of herb.

Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed for marketing reasons!

Heineken beer is designed to 'foam' for exactly five minutes.

In Spain, it is common to pour chocolate milk on cereal for breakfast.

Pretzels were originally invented for Christian Lent.

Strawberries have more vitamin c than oranges.

To burn off one plain M&M candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field.

A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate!

Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears.

Is bottled water worth it? 'Evian' spelled backwards is 'naive'.

The 7-Eleven Extreme Gulp is 50% bigger than the volume of the human stomach!

A hardboiled egg will spin; An uncooked or softboiled egg will not.

Chop-suey is not a native Chinese dish, it was created in California by Chinese immigrants.

It takes 100 pounds of rain water to produce a single pound of food from the earth.

The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!

A coffee tree yields about one pound of coffee in a year.

Among older men, vanilla is the most erotic smell.

Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy; This same chemical is also found in Prozac.

Cashew nut shells contain oil that is extremely irritating to human skin.

During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.

Honey is used sometimes for antifreeze mixtures and in the center of golf balls.

Instead of a birthday cake, many children in Russia are given a birthday pie.

Nachos is the food most craved by pregnant women.

Pumpkin rule of thumb: the darker the shell, the longer the pumpkin lasts.

The 'Big Dipper' is known as 'The Casserole' in France.

The Number One Selling Snack in the US is potato chips

Tomatoes were originally thought to be poisonous.

15 million gallons of wine were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours.

In its ancient form, the carrot was purple, not orange.

Spinach consumption in the U.S rose 33% after the Popeye comic strip became a hit in 1931.

A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.

Coca-Cola was the first soft drink to be consumed in outer space.

It takes about a week to make a jelly bean.

The average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the he/she graduates from high school.

By partially filling saucers with vinegar and distributing the saucers around a room, you can eliminate odors.

In India, pickled ginger, minced mutton, and a cottage cheese like substances are popular pizza toppings.

Smokers eat more sugar than non-smokers do.

Worcestershire Sauce is basically an Anchovy ketchup.

A peanut is not a nut; It is a legume.

An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.

Bacteria that cause tooth decay, acne, tuberculosis, and leprosy can be cured with cashews.

Coca-Cola's 'Super Pure' Dasani bottled water is just filtered tap water!

Each year, the average family uses about 18,000 gallons of water just to do its laundry!

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

It takes twelve years of corn to make a tablespoon of corn oil.

No 2 cornflakes are identical!

Pound for Pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars!

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

The powder on chewing gum is finely-ground marble.

There is more real lemon juice in Lemon Pledge furniture polish than in Country Time Lemonade.

A pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of potatoes.

Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do; Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts.

It takes up to four hours to hard boil an ostrich egg.

The average coach airline meal costs the airline $4.00; The average first class meal: $50.

By 3,000 B.C there were at least six different types of beer in Egypt.

In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.

Rubber is one of the ingredients in bubble gum.

Slow-Roasted Garlic and Lemon Chicken

 

This is one of those recipes you can’t make once: that’s to say, after the first time, you’re hooked. It is gloriously easy: you just put everything in the roasting dish and leave it to cook in the oven, pervading the house, at any time of year, with the summer scent of lemon and thyme – and of course mellow, almost honeyed garlic.

I got the idea of it from those long-cooked French chicken casseroles with whole garlic cloves and just wanted to spritz it up with lemon for summer. The wonderful thing about it is that you turn the lemon from being flavouring to being a major player; left in chunks to cook slowly in the oven they seem almost to caramelise and you can eat them, skin, pith and all, their sour bitterness sweetened in the heat.

 

Rice Stuffed Chicken Breasts

 

Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Asparagus and Parmesan Rice

Ingredients

• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, or more as needed
• 1 cup chopped fresh asparagus
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, or to taste
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 4 slices deli ham
• 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 2 tablespoons butter, divided
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• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup uncooked white rice
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes with onion and celery, drained
• 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste

 

Chicken Stew

Recipes for southern chicken stew vary slightly from person to person, but it is usually made by first cooking a whole chicken by boiling or parboiling, allowing a rich broth to form. The chicken is then removed from the pot and the meat is pulled from the bones or cut off with a knife. The skin, bones and fat are removed as well. Sometimes boneless, skinless chicken breasts are used instead of a whole chicken. A thickening of flour and milk or cream is made and added to the broth. The chicken is then added back into the liquid along with salt, pepper and butter or margarine. Various other ingredients may be added to the stew according to local tradition; a more common addition is varying amounts of hot sauce.The stew varies in color from white to pale yellow, depending on the amount of butter or margarine used. It can vary in thickness from very thin and soup-like to thick and creamy. Saltine crackers are commonly served with chicken stew, either on the side or crumbled into the bowl.

Grilled Chicken Salad with Seasonal Fruit

Chicken salad is any salad that comprises chicken as a main ingredient. Other common ingredients include mayonnaise, hard-boiled egg, celery, and a variety of mustards.In the US it refers to a salad consisting primarily of chopped chicken meat and a binder such as mayonnaise or salad dressing. Like tuna salad, it may be served on top of lettuce, tomato, avocado, or some combination of these. It may also be used for sandwiches. Typically it is made with leftover or canned chicken.In Europe and Asia the salad may be complemented by any number of dressings, or indeed no dressing at all, and the salad constituents can vary from traditional leaves and vegetables, to pastas, couscous, noodles or rice.The American form of chicken salad was first served by Town Meats in Wakefield, Rhode Island, in 1863. The original owner, Liam Gray, mixed his leftover chicken with mayonnaise, tarragon, and grapes. This became such a popular item that the meat market was converted to a delicatessen which still stands to this day.

Buttermilk Chicken Tenders

 

 

Buttermilk Chicken Recipe

 

Recently at dinner my father instructed me, "tell your website readers that your dad says this is a good one." Done, dad. This chicken was good - perfectly tender, well flavored, crunchy - just what one wants in fried chicken.Searching around for a buttermilk fried chicken recipe, I adapted this recipe from various sources. Many recipes I found seemed to be rather dated as they called for frying the chicken in vegetable shortening. Most shortenings on the market have transfats in them, which we now know are very bad for us. We do our frying, of anything, in grape seed oil, which as the name implies, comes from the seeds of grapes. It is a high smoke-point oil, which means that you can get it pretty hot before it begins to burn, making it perfect for deep frying. It also has many known health benefits . The recipes also called for frying the chicken in a cast iron frying pan. We love our cast iron pans, but they tend to be quite heavy, and retain heat so well, that if you have a problem and have to lower the heat rapidly, you won't be able to do it. Anodized aluminum can also take the heat without warping, but will be more responsive for heating and cooling. 

http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/buttermilk_fried_chicken/

 

Buffalo Chicken

A Buffalo wing, hot wing or wing is a chicken wing section (drumette or flat) that is traditionally fried unbreaded and then coated in sauce. Classic Buffalo-style chicken wing sauce is composed of a vinegar-based cayenne pepper hot sauce and butter.Buffalo wings are traditionally served with celery sticks and blue cheese dressing or ranch dressing.Buffalo wings were created in Buffalo, New York. The residents of Buffalo generally refer to them as "wings" or "chicken wings" rather than "Buffalo wings."

Chicken Lavash Wraps

A wrap is a sort of sandwich made of a soft flatbread rolled around a filling. The usual flatbreads are wheat-flour tortillas, lavash, or pita; the filling usually consists of cold sliced meat, poultry, or fish accompanied by shredded lettuce, diced tomato or pico de gallo, guacamole, sauteed mushrooms, bacon, grilled onions, cheese, and a sauce, such as ranch or honey mustard.

Chicken Burger

A chicken sandwich is a boneless, skinless, breast of chicken on a hamburger bun topped with condiments and trimmings.The breast of chicken can be prepared by either:Battering and frying the breast. This type of treatment, as it can use various parts of the breast rather than a whole piece of chicken breast meat, is known in most parts of the world as a Chicken burger.Grilling the breast plainBasted in barbecue sauce, or marinated in teriyakiThe usual condiment of choice is barbecue sauce, but honey mustard, mayonnaise and chipotle have become popular in recent times. The usual trimmings are lettuce and tomato. Many restaurants may add bacon, or cheese, such as Swiss, American, Cheddar, Provolone, or Pepper Jack. Other toppings include: Guacamole, or avocado, sauteed mushrooms, grilled pineapple, or grilled onions.The chicken sandwich is a staple of fast food, particularly American fast food, competing with hamburgers and fish sandwiches. The chicken sandwich can become a sub sandwich or a wrap with a different type of bread.Chick-fil-A claims that it was the first restaurant to serve a chicken sandwich, though such claims cannot be verified due to the fact that they are claiming to be the first to put chicken between bread. The chain's sandwich is served plain with only pickles on the bun with the fried chicken breast, because when Truett Cathy first served his invention to customers, the only condiments he had on hand were pickles.

Chicken and Vegetable

 

Chicken and Vegetable

Warm up your Friday night with this hearty soup - the winner of this week's soup recipe food fight.

Ingredients (serves 6)

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 leek, halved, washed, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 large carrot, peeled, diced
• 2 sticks celery, diced
• 2 small zucchini, diced
• 1 swede or turnip, peeled, diced
• 1 1/4 cups dry soup mix, rinsed (see note)
• 8 cups chicken stock
• 1kg skinless chicken lovely legs

 

Chicken Tamale

 

A tamale or tamal (Spanish: tamal, from Nahuatl: tamalli) is a traditional Latin American dish made of masa (a starchy dough, usually corn-based), which is steamed or boiled in a leaf wrapper. The wrapping is discarded before eating. Tamales can be further filled with meats, cheese, vegetables, chilies or any preparation according to taste, and both the filling and the cooking liquid may be seasoned.Tamales were one of the staples found by the Spanish Conquistadors when they first arrived in Mexico and were soon widely spread throughout their other colonies. Tamales are said to have been as ubiquitous and varied as the sandwich is today.Tamales originated in Mesoamerica as early as 8000 to 5000 BCE. Aztec and Maya civilizations as well as the Olmeca and Tolteca before them used tamales as a portable food, often to support their armies but also for hunters and travelers. There have also been reports of tamal use in the Inca Empire long before the Spanish visited the new world. The diversity of native languages in Mesoamerica led to a number of local words for the tamal, many of which remain in use.

 

Chicken and Rice Soup

Chicken soup is a soup made by bringing to a boil and then simmering chicken parts and/or bones in water, with various vegetables and flavorings. The classic chicken soup consists of a clear broth, often served with small pieces of chicken or vegetables, or with noodles or dumplings, or grains such as rice and barley. Chicken soup has also acquired the reputation of a folk remedy for colds and flus, and in many countries is considered a classic comfort food.Traditionally, chicken soup is prepared using old hens too tough and stringy to be roasted or cooked for a short time. In modern cities these fowl are difficult to come by, and broiler chickens (young chickens suitable for broiling or roasting) are often used to make soup; soup hens or fowl are to be preferred when available.

Chicken Penne Florentine

Italian cuisine (Italian: cucina italiana, IPA: [kuˈtʃiːna itaˈljaːna]) has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots as far back as the 4th century BC. Italian cuisine in itself takes heavy influences, including Etruscan, ancient Greek, ancient Roman, Byzantine, Jewish and Arab cuisines.Significant changes occurred with the discovery of the New World with the introduction of items such as potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers and maize, now central to the cuisine but not introduced in quantity until the 18th century.Italian cuisine is noted for its regional diversity, abundance of difference in taste, and is known to be one of the most popular in the world, with influences abroad.Ingredients and dishes vary by region. Many dishes that were once regional, however, have proliferated with variations throughout the country. Cheese and wine are a major part of the cuisine, with many variations and Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) (regulated appellation) laws. Coffee, specifically espresso, has become important in Italian cuisine.

"Pennoni" redirects here. You may be looking for Pennoni Honors College.Penne, uncooked  and cooked Penne with sauce.Penne (pronounced /ˈpɛniː/ [UK], or /ˈpɛneɪ/ [US]) is a type of pasta with cylinder-shaped pieces. Penne is the plural form of the Italian penna, deriving from Latin penna (meaning "feather" or "quill"). In Italy, penne are produced in two main variants: "penne lisce" (smooth) and "penne rigate" (furrowed), the latter having ridges on each penna. There is also pennoni ("big quills"), which is a wider version of penne.The same or similar shape is also called mostaccioli (meaning "little mustache" in Italian, a form of penne lisce that is smooth, not ridged, in texture) and ziti (long hollow rods which are also smooth in texture and have square-cut edges; "cut ziti" are ziti cut into shorter tubes),and can refer to particular dishes made from penne-shaped pasta. There is also zitoni, which is a wider version of ziti. It can be somewhat difficult to differentiate between subtypes of penne in the USA, since regional differences in product naming can result in both ridged and smooth forms of penne being labelled interchangeably. In the U.S., many people refer to penne as "penne pasta," while other types of pasta are not typically referred to in this manner.

Green Chile-Chicken

New Mexican cuisine is a regional cuisine found in New Mexico, reflecting the regional climate and long history as part of the Native American, Mexican, Spanish and United States cultures. This form of southwest cuisine is most popular in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and California. New Mexican Cuisine is also very different than the preferred Tex-Mex style of Mexican-American food in Texas and Arizona. One of its most defining characteristics is the dominance of the New Mexican chile—in red and green varieties, depending on the stage of ripeness when picked.Other distinctive elements include blue corn, the stacked enchilada, and sopapillas into which honey is added moments before eating.The New Mexico chile, especially when harvested as green chile, is perhaps the defining ingredient of New Mexican food compared to neighboring styles. Chile is New Mexico's largest agricultural crop. Within New Mexico, green chile is a popular ingredient in everything from enchiladas and burritos to cheeseburgers, french fries, bagels, and pizzas, and is added to the standard menu of many national American food chains. In the early twenty-first century, green chile has also become increasingly available outside of New Mexico.

Kung Pao Chicken

Kung Pao chicken (宫保鸡丁, pinyin gōng bǎo jī dīng; also spelled Kung Bao chicken, Gung Po chicken or Kung Po chicken in English) is a classic dish in Sichuan Cuisine, originating in the Sichuan Province of central-western China. Allegedly, the dish is named after Ding Baozhen (1820–1886), a late Qing Dynasty official. Born in Guizhou, Ding served as head of Shandong province and later as governor of Sichuan province. His title was Gōng Bǎo (宮保), or palatial guardian. The name "Kung Pao" chicken is derived from this title.During the Cultural Revolution the dish was labeled as politically incorrect because of its association with Ding Baozhen. The dish was renamed "fast-fried chicken cubes" (hong bao ji ding) or "chicken cubes with seared chiles" (hu la ji ding) until its political rehabilitation in the 1980s.The dish exists in both traditional Sichuan and Westernized versions; the latter is more popular in the United States and Canada.

Rotisserie Chicken with Peaches

Rotisserie is a style of roasting where meat is skewered on a spit - a long solid rod used to hold food while it is being cooked over a fire in a fireplace or over a campfire, or roasted in an oven. This method is generally used for cooking large joints of meat or entire animals, such as pigs, turkeys, goats or historically, entire cattle. The rotation cooks the meat evenly in its own juices and allows easy access for continuous basting if desired.In medieval and early modern kitchens, the spit was the preferred way of cooking meat in a large household. A servant, preferably a boy, sat near the spit turning the metal rod slowly and cooking the food; he was known as the "spit boy" or "spit jack". Mechanical turnspits ("roasting jacks") were later invented, first moved by dog-powered treadmill, and then by steam power and mechanical clockwork mechanisms. Spits are now usually driven by electric motors.Rotisserie can also refer to a mechanical device used for rotisserie cooking, or to a restaurant specializing in spit-roasted meat and chicken. The word comes from French where it first appeared in Paris shops around 1450. Additionally, in restaurants employing the Escoffierian brigade de cuisine, the rotisseur is the chef responsible for all spit-roasted, oven roasted, grilled and in some cases fried foods.

Chicken in Milk

Southern chicken stew ("chicken mull" in northern Georgia) is a traditional dish from North Carolina,. It is a type of stew consisting of parboiled whole chicken in a cream or milk based broth, butter and seasoned with salt, pepper and other ingredients. Traditionally, the stew is served in the late fall and winter months. Often the term "chicken stew" refers to an event or gathering where the dish is served.

Recipes for southern chicken stew vary slightly from person to person, but it is usually made by first cooking a whole chicken by boiling or parboiling, allowing a rich broth to form. The chicken is then removed from the pot and the meat is pulled from the bones or cut off with a knife. The skin, bones and fat are removed as well. Sometimes boneless, skinless chicken breasts are used instead of a whole chicken. A thickening of flour and milk or cream is made and added to the broth. The chicken is then added back into the liquid along with salt, pepper and butter or margarine. Various other ingredients may be added to the stew according to local tradition; a more common addition is varying amounts of hot sauce.The stew varies in color from white to pale yellow, depending on the amount of butter or margarine used. It can vary in thickness from very thin and soup-like to thick and creamy. Saltine crackers are commonly served with chicken stew, either on the side or crumbled into the bowl.

Chicken Alfredo

Fettuccine alfredo is a pasta dish made from fettuccine pasta tossed with Parmesan cheese and butter. As the cheese melts, it emulsifies the liquids to form a smooth and rich coating on the pasta. It was named by an Italian restaurateur at his restaurant Alfredo on the via Scrofa in Rome. In US cuisine, it may be mixed with other ingredients such as broccoli, parsley, cream, garlic, shrimp, or chicken.

African Chicken

African cuisine is a generalized term collectively referring to the cuisines of Africa. The continent of Africa is the second largest landmass on Earth, and is home to hundreds of different cultural and ethnic groups. This diversity is also reflected in the many local culinary traditions in terms of choice of ingredients, style of preparation and cooking techniques.Traditionally, the various cuisines of Africa use a combination of locally available fruits, cereal grains and vegetables, as well as milk and meat products. In some parts of the continent, the traditional diet features a preponderance of milk, curd and whey products. In much of Tropical Africa, however, cow's milk is rare and cannot be produced locally (owing to various diseases that affect livestock). Depending on the region, there are also sometimes quite significant differences in the eating and drinking habits and proclivities throughout the continent's many populations: Central Africa, East Africa, the Horn of Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa each have their own distinctive dishes, preparation techniques, and consumption mores.

Brazilian Chicken

Brazilian cuisine, like Brazil itself, varies greatly by region. The natural crops available in each region add to their singularity.Root vegetables such as cassava (locally known as mandioca, aipim, or macaxeira), yams, and peanuts[citation needed], and fruits like açaí, cupuaçu, mango, papaya, guava, orange, passionfruit, pineapple, and hog plum are among the local ingredients used in cooking. Brazilian pine nuts called pinhão grow in a tree that is abundant in the southern part of Brazil, and are a popular national snack, as well as a lucrative export. Rice and beans are an extremely common dish, as are fish, beef and pork.Some typical dishes are caruru, which consists of okra, onion, dried shrimp and toasted nuts (peanuts and/or cashews) cooked with palm oil until a spread-like consistency is reached; feijoada, a simmered bean-and-meat dish; tutu de feijão, a paste of beans and cassava flour; moqueca capixaba, consisting of slow-cooked fish, tomato, onion and garlic topped with cilantro; and chouriço, a mildly spicy sausage. Salgadinhos, cheese buns, pastéis and coxinha are common finger foods, while cuscuz branco, milled tapioca, is a popular dessert. Brazil is also known for cachaça, a popular native liquor used in the caipirinha.The European immigrants (primarily from Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Portugal) were accustomed to a wheat-based diet, and introduced wine, leaf vegetables, and dairy products into Brazilian cuisine. When potatoes were not available they discovered how to use the native sweet manioc as a replacement. Lasagna and other pasta dishes are also very popular.