Food and drink

At the annual La Tomatina festival in Spain, people eat around 1 million tomatoes.

The study of food is called 'morphology'.

Wheat is ground into flour to make bread or pasta for example.

The prongs of a fork are called tines.

Ketchup was made from pickled fish and mushrooms before tomatoes were used instead.

Light soy sauce is less salty than dark soy sauce.

The most widely eaten meat in the world is beaf.

The heaviest cabbage ever grown weighed more than 60kg.

Cakes turn hard when they're stale, but cookies turn soft.

Crushed garlic tastes stronger than chopped one.

Apples and raw onions taste different if you eat them while pinching your nose.

Around 40 olives are pressed to make just one taplespoon of olive oil.