Cheese is delicious. You can’t beat a nice chunk of brie or gorgonzola on a cracker, and melty mozzarella makes pizza worth eating. Humanity’s love affair with cheese has ancient origins. But it’s unclear how long exactly we’ve been making cheese. That said, a recent discovery has shed some light on our cheesy history. Archeologists …
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Have you read The History of Dessert on a Stick And Where They Came From? Because this is part two. It takes 43 pounds of ice to manufacture and deliver one gallon of ice cream. But Harry Burt created the delivery truck. Ford was producing reliable trucks at the time and Burt wanted to rework …
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What do you know about mushrooms? Did you know that we are discovering new varities all the time? We’ve been eating them for thousands of years. Mushrooms will grow almost anywhere. Mushroom growing in the United States is credited to J.B. Swayne as the first to grow them here. He started the shrooms in Kennett …
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What do you know about apples? There is only one kind of apple that’s native to the United States! Read on to find out more. More than 2500 varieties of apples are grown in the United States including Honeycrisp, Red Delicious, Empire, McIntosh Red, EverCrisp, Ginger Gold, Jonathan, Golden Supreme, Gala, Cortland, Fuji, Granny Smith, …
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Do you know the history of dessert on a stick? There are two main guys and it’s a whole story. In the winter of 1905 in San Fran, Frank Epperson was drinking a powdered fruit drink when he accidently left it on the porch. This accident will forever change Epperson’s life. He eventually creates the …
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National TV dinner day just happened on September 10th but do you know the history and origin of tv dinners? Or who the two groups are that claim they invented them? TV dinners came out as compact multi course meals that took 15 minutes to bake. They were affordable and delicious and the people wanted …
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It’s not the time when summer is over and fall is here but it’s about that time. Which of these activities will you get into before the end of the summer? Go see small town America Make tomato recipes-because they’re in season and they taste great right now! You could use them for canning as …
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Sunny summer fun facts, whether you like summer or not because it’s here! Would you pick summer or fall if you could? How many watermelon varieties do you know of? Because there are more than 1,200 types of watermelon in the world. The Watermelon Board says the most popular kinds include seeded, seedless, and mini …
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These Pop-Tarts varieties range from blueberry, one of the original flavors, to one that is supposed to taste like a Boston Creme donut. Which flavor sounds best to you? Frosted Blueberry Pop-Tarts Blueberry was one of the original flavors of Pop Tarts to be released and they come in unfrosted as well, though you shouldn’t …
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There are so many fun facts about the state of Connecticut, there was enough for more articles! Like did you know that ESPN first started in Connecticut? The first American dictionary was made by Noah Webster in Connecticut. The first dictionary was published in 1806 and an expanded and comprehensive version was published in 1826. …
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