More Food Trivia!

-- Beer has a bitter taste and slightly pungent aroma because of lupulin, a substance found in hops.

-- Africa's 8,000-year brewing history began with ancient Egyptian commercial brewing dynasties and still includes handmade tribal beers.

-- Pineapples are classified as berries.

-- The apricot can be traced back to China at least four thousand years ago, and it first appeared in Greek mythology as the "golden apple."

-- Two-thirds of the world's coffee comes from Brazil.

-- One pound of tea can make nearly three hundred cups to drink.

-- Whiskey was first brewed in the United States in 1640. It was made from a mixture of corn and rye.

-- Vanilla is the extract of fermented and dried pods of orchids.

-- Chewing gum was created by the Mayans over 300 years ago. They boiled the sap of the sapodilla tree and chewed it.

-- Milk is actually considered to be a food and not a beverage.

-- In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was believed to be an aphrodisiac.

-- Cheese is the oldest of all man-made foods.