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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT FOOD To celebrate his victory over Pompey, Julius Caesar gave a banquet at which 150,000 guests were seated at 22,000 tables. It lasted for 2 days. He also proclaimed a rent-free year for every poor family in the Empire. Despite their frequent appearance in major Renaissance paintings, oranges were not eaten at the Last Supper, simply because they were not available. Returning Crusaders reported seeing oranges in the "holy lands," which must have influenced Titian, Boticelli, and other artists. But that was more than 1,000 years after the Crucifixion. During that time, citrous fruits had been introduced to the Mediterranean countries from China. The first volume of recipes was published in 62 A.D. by the Roman Apicius. Titled De Re Coquinaria, it described the feasts enjoyed by the Emperor Claudius. It is said that Vitellus, Emperor of Rome briefly in 69 A.D., spent over £1,200 a day on food alone. He was capable of downing 1,000 oysters a day as well as vast quantities of other delicacies. After a short reign he was deposed by the Roman citizens, driven to revolt by the excesses of their emperor, and his body was dumped in the River Tiber. The Romans used poisonous lead as a sweetening agent. When King John ascended the English throne in 1199, he gave one of the most fantastic Christmas parties recorded. 200 gallons of various wines, 400 oxen, 1,000 capons, 1,000 eels and 200 lampreys were devoured by his hungry guests. Honey was used as a synonym for anything pleasant ("land of milk and honey") in ancient and medieval times because it was about the only sweetener then available to the West. Sugar didn't reach Europe in quantity until the twelfth century, when returning Crusaders brought it with them from the East. Archaeological digs at ancient tombs have turned up edible honey. Honey has been used both as a centre for golf balls and in antifreeze mixtures. When ketchup was originally developed by the Chinese in 1690, it contained no tomatoes. It was made out of pickled fish, shellfish, and spices. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. Chemists have found over 300 chemicals that contribute to the flavour of Scotch whisky. Grape juice contains acetaldehyde (a close chemical relative of the poisonous embalming fluid formaldehyde), ethyl acetate (used as a varnish solvent), acetone (used in nail-polish remover), acetic acid (vinegar), and a few chemicals called hexenals, which give freshly cut grass its characteristic odour. Around the turn of last century, a nutrition book contained a typographical error. A decimal point was misplaced in the value of iron for spinach, so that spinach appeared to have ten times more iron than it actually did. As iron is associated with strength, this may have been the basis for Popeye's eating spinach. It is untrue that carrots are good for your eyes. This belief started in World War II, when the British began using airborne radar, allowing them to find German bombers at night. In order to mislead the Germans, a rumour was spread indicating that John Cunningham, the Royal Air Force's most successful night fighter pilot, had developed phenomenal night sight by eating carrots in large quantities. *The term "humble pie" comes from the food "umble pie", a pie consisting of the innards of deer, which very poor people in Medieval |
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