Saturday, April 30, 2011

Top 6 fascinating food facts you must know

Top 6 fascinating food facts you must know

Food facts you must know

Why crackers have hole

Do you know why crackers have hole as most people would have thought these are for decoration, not only for decoration these holes allow steam to escape so crackers could be baled properly.

As a fact these holes help cracker to attain its flat shape.

white milk

white milk
white milk

Why milk is white

Do you know why milk is white? it is because of the casein contents in milk, as milk is composed of 87 percent water and 13 percent solids among which major contribution in solids is of casein which has property to absorb all colors and no part is reflected as the color of any object is due to its property of reflecting that specific color. The casein are some what uniformly suspended in milk.

Red chilli pepper

Red chilli pepper
Red chilli pepper

Why pepper tastes hot?

The hot and burning taste of peppers is due to capsaicin contents in which is in fact colorless, odorless and oily syrupy type liquid found in chillies, do you know world's hottest chillies are grown in Aussies.

Capsaicin has certain type of neurons effect which trick your brain making it feel burning or hot though you are not physically burned.

Cold mint

Cold mint
Cold mint

Why mint tastes cold?

Just like in peppers here the chemical is menthol which gives you cooling sensation, just like in peppers they trick your brain due to the contents making it feel cold though no cold thing is touching your body.

Mint it used in many products including eatables and body powders which tricks your brain to give cool sensation while in fact the temperature does not changes.

You gotta try this

Take jalapeno pepper and Altoids pepper mint together and eat it, it will effectively trick your brain to give both hot and cold sensation

Top 6 fascinating food facts you must know

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