27 Facts About Food That’ll Cloud Your Brain With Sheer Umami

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27 Facts About Food That’ll Cloud Your Brain With Sheer Umami
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If you’ve ever tasted anything that just wrapped your tongue in a complete flavor cocoon, you’d know what your brain is about to experience. These zesty little random factoids are about to pulverize every taste bud you’ve got. 

Tell your brain to savor every nibble. It can only experience it for the first time the first time.

Swiss Cheese

Today's Swiss cheese has fewer holes than it did a few decades ago. The reason is that modern dairies have improved to the point that they have become too clean. This has prevented microscopic hay particles necessary for hole formation, to mix with the milk, resulting in fewer cheese holes. GRACKED.COM

Airline Food

AIRLINE FOOD IN THE 1960S E Back then, flying was a rarity, so the airline market was very competitive. Airlines served full meals, some had a dessert station, and they offered free unlimited booze to keep their passengers entertained. GRAGKED.COM

Sushi

GRACKED.COM SUSHI When originally invented over a thousand years ago, sushi was made using fermented fish. It wasn't until the 1800s that fresh fish started to be used, resulting in the sushi that is common today.

Turkey Growth

U.S. commercial turkeys have grown 81% larger since 1960. Consumer preference has encouraged farmers to raise turkeys with more delicious breast meat-that is, turkeys that are fat as hell (over 30 pounds!). These turkeys are so fat they need artificial insemination to breed at all. CRACKED.COM

Carrots

CRACKED COM Carrots used to be purple or white until the 17th century. Legend has it that the Netherlands honor developed Whether their Royal the orange S house true or variety of not Orange. to the new color proved to be SO popular that now it's rare to see any other varieties.

Twinkies

CRACKED.COM When James Dewar first made Twinkies in 1930, he filled them with a banana cream filling. Then WW2 came along, cutting him off from his banana supply. The filling was changed to vanilla cream. It wasn't until 2007 that the banana made it back to the regular Twinkie line-up.

Old School Watermelons

This painting by Giovanni Stanchi shows what watermelons looked like in the 1600s. Watermelons used to taste either bland or bitter, so selective breeding sought to make them sweeter. Since the gene responsible for the fruit's sweetness is paired with the gene that makes it red, the flesh gradually became redder and evolved into what it looks like today. CRACKED.COM

Frogs in the Milk

Before modern refrigeration, Russians dropped frogs in their milk to keep it fresh. And it worked. Research shows that the amphibians' skin secretions contains antimicrobial compounds called peptides, which are as effective against Salmonella bacteria as prescription antibiotics GRACKED.COM

Caviar

Caviar used to be SO worthless that in the 19th century, bars served it for free, like peanuts, to make customers get thirsty and drink more. Now it costs CRACKED.COM you your soul.

PEZ

Before they became the iconic dispensable candies of our collective childhood, R were originally invented in 1927 to be anti-smoking mints SUPER PEZ SUP SUPER MINT CRACKED.COM

Silicon Dioxide

SiO 2 Silicon dioxide is an agent used in many foodstuffs and drugs to prevent caking. It's found naturally in quartz, and in turn, on beaches and in deserts throughout the world. So yeah, it's basically sand. CRACKED.COM

Yolk Color

CRACKED.COM Yolk color is serious business... ... and the egg industry has it down to a science. The DSM YolkFan measures yolk color within a range of 15 shades of orange and yellow. Hens are fed to produce yolks of a DSM shade that suits the regional preference, which can vary. Ultimately, while consumers do factor in yolk color when judging an egg's quality, it has little if any effect on how the egg actually tastes.

Foie Gras

The French delicacy Paté de Foie Gras is made by force-feeding ducks and geese to enlarge their liver. CRACKED.COM

Caviar

Some types of caviar contain your favorite cleaning product, Borax, or known as E285! It is used to improve the texture and sweetness of the delicacy, while extending its shelf life at the same time. Yummy! CRACKED.COM ALL NATURAL SINCE 1891 on - 20 MULE TEAM 20MULE TEAM BORAX - DETERGENT - I - I - BORAX

Cheese

Are you addicted to cheese? It's not entirely your fault, the blame is on Casomorphin which is derived from the digestion of the milk protein Casein. These casomorphins have opioid effects, and since producing one kilogram of cheese requires about 10 liters of milk you can imagine how much casomorphin is produced. So, you're basically just taking Dairy Crack $399 arest MESANI GRAGKED.COM

Chinese Delicacies

Bird saliva is a Chinese delicacy. Birds' Nest Soup is dangerous to harvest and difficult to prepare. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Nutella

Nutella uses 25% of the world's hazelnuts. utella And they own one of the largest hazelnut producers in the world, so there's nothing you can do about it! NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Fake Wasabi

You've probably never had wasabi. x Most wasabi served outside of Japan is actually horseradish. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Corned Beef in Space

Someone smuggled a corned beef sandwich into space. The astronaut got in trouble, but the sandwich is now in a museum. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Dead Wasps in Figs

When you bite into a fig, you run the risk of eating a dead wasp. Wasps lay eggs in inedible male figs, but they sometimes get stuck and die in the female figs you see in the grocery store. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Jelly Beans

It can take two weeks to make a single jelly bean. Sour flavors take the longest to congeal. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Rhubarb

Rhubarb grows so fast, you can hear it. Forcer pots limit photosynthesis, causing stalks to grow extremely rapidly. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Berries

Strawberries aren't berries; bananas are. Strawberries are in the same family as apples, cherries, and roses. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Candy From Wax

Lots of candy is made of beetles and car wax. Cochineal is a gross little bug that's boiled for its red pigment. Car wax is shiny. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Fear of Peanut Butter

Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter. Specifically, getting it stuck to the roof of your mouth and choking. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Pistachios

Pistachios spontaneously combust. Large quantities of raw pistachios are prone to heating up, and their oil catching fire. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Cashews

This is what cashews really look like. They're a seed, not a nut, and they grow on an evergreen tree. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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