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H3: Did You Know.......

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  • Nov
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… Boston cream pie, Brussels sprouts & Buffalo wings were all named after where they were originated?

… Cold pressing for different oils costs more money but produces a higher quality oil?

… The term cold pressing refers to the temperature which is not to go above 104 degrees?

… Flax is heat sensitive?

… Canola is not heat sensitive?

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G3: Did You Know.......

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… Freezing a wet sponge & putting it in a plastic bag makes a great ice pack?

… You can use a stick of spaghetti to light a candle?

. Filling a water bottle 1/2 was with water and freezing it on it’s side will give you instant ice for your beverages?

… Putting a wooden object in water that is being boiled in the microwave will result in no bubbling.

… On the 29th day of every month, the Argentines gather for a good luck dumpling dinner?

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F3: Did You Know.......

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… “Galumpkie” means Stuffed Cabbage in Polish?

… Placing a wooden spoon across the top of a pot of boiling water will prevent it from boiling over?

… “Churro” is Mexican dried dough and is usually served with chocolate sauce?

… Adding corn syrup to melting chocolate keeps it shiny?

… Frozen French fries are flashed cooked twice to maintain their crispness?

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E3: Did You Know.......

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  • Jul
  • 15

Insert into post … David Burkes House of Prime has their own cattle ranch with a bull named “Prime?”

… The bull “Prime” is sire to all the steak’s served at David Burkes Prime House?

… The Prime House have an aging vault lined with salt blocks that are millions of years old?

.. The Steak and Main restaurant in Northeast, MD has a contest called the Great Steak Challenge; which is 74 oz (5 1/2 lbs.)total plus 1 lb of sides?

… The Great Steak Challenge consists of 12 oz. NY Strip, 8 oz. Filet, TWO 13 oz. Delmonico’s, 16 oz. Flat Iron and 12 oz. Prime Rib?

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D3: Did You Know.......

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Insert into post … In 1910, The Rex restaurant in Billings, MO first served bacon wrapped buffalo filet and they still do today?

… Prime rib is located farthest from the ears and tail of the cow?

… On Columbus’ second voyage in 1495, his cargo was beef cattle?

… The Peter Luger Steakhouse in Brooklyn, NY has help the award for best steakhouse in the country for 30 years?

… Wards House of Prime in Milwaukee carries Prime Ribs steaks ranging in weights from 8 oz all the way up to  168 oz.?

 

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C3: Did You Know.......

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  • Jun
  • 15

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… Parker House dinner rolls are proofed, brushed with butter, the dough pulled & folded over to get their unique shape?

… Short ribs come from the short loin of the cow?

… Pittsburg known as the “Steel City”  & the “City of Bridges” is home to the Tomahawk Ribeye (34 oz. big)?

…Boston got its nick name “Bean Town” because of the baked beans served at Faneuil Hall (founded in 1742)?

… At Allegan. Michigan’s The Grill House restaurant, you can pick and COOK your own steak?

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B3: Did You Know.......

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… Parker House dinner rolls became famous after Eleanor Roosevelt asked for the recipe?

…  Diet Coke will float in water and regular Coke will not?

… In the USA alone, ten million tons of turkey is consumed every year @ Thanksgiving?

… Based on the above “tidbit”, that amount of turkey produces enough sulfur content to fly 75 Hindenburg’s from LA to NYC in 24 hours?

… In Saudi Arabia, a wife can get a divorce if her husband does not give her coffee?

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A3: Did You Know.......

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  • May
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Insert into post … The chocolate chip cookie was born in the south of Boston by Ruth Wayfield of the Toll House Inn? She didn’t have any nuts when making the cookies so she subbed in chocolate chips

…Parker House dinner rolls were invented in 1930’s by accident? The rolls were put through the oven and the dough got folded over by mistake? and the rest is history.

… Scrod isn’t a fish but stands for “Seaman’s Catch Right On Deck?”

… The chef at the Omni Hotel in Boston makes over 2 million Boston Cream pies every year?

…The dough for Parker House dinner rolls must weigh exactly 3# 4 oz. before proofing to get the perfect roll?

 

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Z2: Did You Know.......

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  • May
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… Low levels of vitamin D are associated with depression?

… Coconut water has fewer calories, less sugar  and more potassium then most sports drinks?

…. That taking 750 mg DHA of omega-3’s a day can help with depression?

… Canned wild salmon, tuna sardines & anchovies are high in omega-3 fatty acids?

.. Spending 20 minutes in the sun gives you your daily dose of vitamin D?

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