DaBookLady's Recipe Life: Swapping with a School Theme

Monday, September 21, 2009

Swapping with a School Theme

Oh.. my... MIA I have been....I exchanged with a partner on Yummy Recipe swaps this month for a school theme, "Sandwiches and Snacks" I got a cute school time bag and crayons, a fun sandwich receipe and the cutest crust and sandwich cutter, with a pattern for a school vest.... IT is a great package...

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***Some Interesting Food and Health Facts***

*Avacados
*You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
*The drive-in restaurant concept, where patrons are served food in their vehicles, dates back to pre-World War II. The concept reached its height of popularity in the early 1950's. The first drive-in restaurant opened in Glendale, California in 1936.
*The average American consumes about 30 pounds of hamburger a year.
*The popsicle was invented by 11-years-old Frank Epperson in 1905. Epperson (1894-?) lived in San Francisco, California. Epperson had left a fruit drink out overnight (with a stirrer in it), and it froze, making a new treat.
*Purchase at least one pound of uncooked turkey per person when purchasing a whole turkey. You'll have enough for the feast and leftovers, too.
*Consuming chocolate was once considered a sin during the 16th and 17th century.
*The only "real" food that U.S. Astronauts are allowed to take into space is pecan nuts.
*You use more calories eating celery than there are in the celery itself.
* Apples are made of 25% air, that is why they float.
* Apples, onions, and potatoes all have the same taste? Try the test: Pinch your nose and take a bite out of each.
* Carrots were originally purple in colour, changing in the 17th Century to orange with newer varieties.
* Cherries are a member of the rose family.
* Corn always has an even number of ears.
* Orange does not rhyme with any other word.
* Pears are a fruit that ripens from the inside out.
* Strawberries are the only fruit which has its seeds on its outer skin.
*44% of Americans go on a diet each year.
*A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
*Catsup was sold as medicine, in the 1830's.
*Ben and Jerry's send the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed. Pigs love the stuff, except for one flavor: Mint Oreo.
*Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings.
*Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight.
*Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
*The average ear of corn has 800 kernels arranged in 16 rows. *Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.