10 Funny facts about food

• Onion is Latin for ‘large pearl’.
• Apples, pears, cherries and strawberries are all members of the rose family.
• The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia.
• Pearls melt in vinegar.
• Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
• Dry swallowing one teaspoon of sugar can commonly cure hic-ups.
• Carrots have zero fat content.
• A row of corn always has an even number.
• When cranberries are ripe, they bounce like a rubber ball.
• If you want to speed up the ripening of a pineapple, do it by standing it upside down on the leafy end

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