You've Been Using Your Garbage Disposal Wrong All Along
You probably don't know that the temperature of the water you run can actually impact the effectiveness of your garbage disposal.
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The Infamous Chips That Used To Only Be Sold In Jail
Many of the commissary foods are manufactured specifically for the prison population, and up until recently, one of these was a brand of chips called The Whole Shabang.
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The Real Reason Iberico Ham Is So Expensive
Iberico ham, otherwise known as jamon Iberico, is one of the most popular foods in Spain, a country widely known for its incredible gastronomy scene. It's a cured ham, similar to prosciutto, and only comes from the rear legs of the pig. Why is it so pricey?
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The Real Reason Cheese Costs So Much Right Now
We've probably never seen our grocery bills swing back and forth the way they have since March. While states are beginning to reopen and businesses are getting back to normal, there are still signs that the pandemic is causing trouble within the food supply chain. Case in point: our cheese market.
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This Is The Smelliest Cheese In The World
Aside from durian fruit, you might be hard-pressed to find a food that makes more noses blow a gasket than stinky cheese. Per a 2017 study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, university researchers surveyed over 300 people as to how much disgust they felt when smelling cheeses.
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This Trick For Seasoning Chicken Will Change Everything
It doesn't take more than a second to remember the last time you bit into a piece of chicken, only to be disappointed by its rubbery texture and lack of flavor. Before you know it, you're dousing it in ketchup. But bland chicken will be a thing of the past with this simple seasoning trick.
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The Real Reason New Coke Disappeared
In 1895 Coca-Cola announced it was swapping out their well-known recipe for a new type of soda, dubbed New Coke. However, the public balked at the new flavor, and the decision quickly led to protests, petitions, and angry phone calls, In fact, the company was reportedly fielding 8,000 calls a day.
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You've Been Freezing Pies Wrong This Whole Time
While it doesn't get much better than a freshly baked pie, we also love that they're great for making ahead and freezing. People often go wrong by freezing pies after baking, which can compromise the texture if you are not careful. Here are a few tricks to keep your frozen pies from being fails.
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Nutritionist Breaks Down Everything Wrong With The Whopper
You know that eating Burger King's Whopper isn't like eating, say, a kale and quinoa bowl. It's a calorie bomb. But not everyone's on a diet! Some people may even want to gain weight. So is a Whopper really that bad for you? Oh, is it. Chef and nutritionist Serena Poon breaks it down for us.
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Why Buying Pre-Packaged Food At The Grocery Store Is A Big Mistake
We've all been there. You're walking through the produce, checking out the big round green watermelons and the perfectly-shaped purple onions, and then your gaze is diverted to a section that has these same items — but they are already cut up and packaged in little plastic containers, just for you.
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Sneaky Ways Seafood Restaurants Are Scamming You
If you give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. If you teach a man to catch fraud at seafood restaurants, he might not eat out for the rest of his life.
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The Untold Truth Of Bitters
Bitters are an important part of any liquor cabinet and bartenders likely go through cases of the stuff quite frequently given how tiny the bottles are and how integral they are to dozens of cocktails.
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The Real Reason You Should Stop Eating Cherries
No, the reason that you shouldn't be eating cherries has nothing to do with their pits. Nor does it have anything to do with their inordinately high price. It's actually all about their nutritional content — or lack thereof.
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The Untold Truth Of The Inventor Of The Jack Daniel's Recipe
In a moment in history where so much of how we look at our own past is under justified scrutiny, it can be helpful to look at companies who were making efforts to correct incorrect, racist narratives ahead of the curve, like Jack Daniel's.
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The Surprising Way McDonald's Generates Most Of Its Income
As tempting as it is to attribute all of Mickey D's profits to people snorting Happy Meals in alleyways and selling televisions for french fry money, the food actually isn't the biggest moneymaker for the McDonald's cartel.
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Whatever Happened To Taco Bell's Extreme Nachos?
Taco Bell is known for keeping things exciting with an ever evolving menu of fast food fare. Some innovations have been big winners — think Doritos Tacos Locos and the Quesarito — while others are a mere flash in the pan, like the Bell Beefer and Extreme Nachos. Remember those?
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The Real Reason You Shouldn't Eat Bananas
Americans like their bananas. On average, we eat 27 pounds of bananas per person, per year (via Consumer Reports). In fact, in 2019 bananas were the most widely purchased and consumed fruit in the United States (via Statista). Bananas are awesome. Or are they?
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Here's What Happens When You Drink Milk Every Day
Americans have a love hate relationship with milk. We drink a lot of it: In 2019, the United States produced about 217.5 billion pounds of milk for human consumption (via Statista). But over the years we've become increasingly skeptical as to whether or not it is good for us.
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The Real Reason These Melons Are So Expensive
If you've ever been to Japan, you may have noticed that in certain department stores and luxury food shops, you can find unusual fruits with outrageous price tags attached to them. One example is this melon.
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The Real Difference Between Ice Cream And Gelato
Both desserts include milk and sugar in their bases. After that, the differences begin. Ice cream uses a large amount of cream and sometimes egg yolks in proportion to the milk. There is actually a legal requirement that ice cream has to have a minimum of 10 percent fat (via Spruce Eats).
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Why Vegetarians Should Think Twice About Eating A Veggie Hot Dog
Proving once again that learning how the hot dog is made always makes you regret eating it, USA Today reported in 2015 that veggie dogs might not be so vegetarian after all.
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The Real Reason Candy Cigarettes Were Almost Banned
Candy cigarettes come as chalky hard candies, or as bubble gums that turn into a silly-putty consistency faster than you can blow a bubble. It's hard to believe that such an unattractive candy was once so popular it was almost contraband. Why did kids long for them?
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The Fascinating Reason Margarine Used To Be Pink
Butter and human mouths go together like bread and — see that? You can't even complete that classic phrase without butter. Once margarine was introduced, however, dairy farmers were not pleased. The dairy lobby began decrying margarine — and even managed to turn it pink.
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How Major Tuna Brands Scammed You
It turns out that Bumble Bee tuna contains more 'bumble' than 'bee' because in 2019, Bumble Bee Foods capped off an awful year by filing for bankruptcy. Chapter 11 wasn't even the worst chapter of the story.
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The Real Difference Between Greek Yogurt And Regular Yogurt
It comes from cow milk, and is cultured with enzymes to produce yogurt (via My Fearless Kitchen). However, there's a significant difference between the two, which has to do with the texture and consistency. Regular yogurt is transformed into Greek yogurt when it's strained three times, not two.
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The Strange Story Of Ice Cream In Cuba
Havana summers are hot, humid, and crowded. Black clouds of smoke swell from the tailpipes of Cuban taxis, which somehow makes everything hotter. What better relief than a scoop — or maybe five scoops — of ice cream? Yes, There's definitely something strange and special about ice cream in Cuba.
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Here's Why Scientists Are Turning Bug Fat Into Butter
Male model Fabio famously proclaimed, "I can't believe it's not butter." But one day a new Adonis may declare, "I can't believe it's bug butter." As Reuters details, Ghent University scientists conducted a study in which they fed participants butter made with insect larvae. Here's why.
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