Funny Food Facts

DID YOU KNOW???

• apple is 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. 
• avocado has the highest protein and oil content of all fruits, but most of this is the healthier unsaturated type. 
• cabbage is 91%  water. 
• carrots were originally purple in colour, changing in the 17th Century to orange with newer varieties.
• celery requires more calories to eat and digest than it contains. 
• cherries are a member of the rose family.
• corn always has an even number of ears. 
• corn makes up about 8% of the weight in a box of corn flakes.
• eggplants are actually fruits, and classified botanically as berries.
• honey is the only edible food for humans that will never go bad. 
• lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
• orange does not rhyme with any other word.
• peanuts are legumes and not a tree nut. 
• peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite. 
• pear is a fruit that ripens from the inside out. 
• strawberries are the only fruit which has its seeds on its outer skin.

ACROSTIC POEM - sent in by Felik Lane

My favourite thing to eat!

And it’s healthy for me too!

Never happy with just one,

Got to eat, because they’re:

OH SO YUMMY!!!

Well done Felik !!!