Contrary to popular belief, plastic cutting boards are more likely to harbor bacteria than wood ones. New plastic boards are easier to clean, but ones with cuts are nearly impossible to completely disinfect, whereas wood ones absorb and kill bacteria, regardless of age or use.
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A cauliflower that weighs almost 72.5kg has broken the world record by almost 3kg.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Seattle is planning to build a new city park filled with hundreds of edible plants - such as fruit trees, vegetables plants, herbs, etc… Free to “anyone and everyone.” If successful, it will be the first “food forest” of the nation.
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Quality dark chocolate contains flavonoids which help reduced the risk of heart disease.
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There are so many kinds of apples that if you ate a new one everyday, it would take over 20 years to try them all.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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