Funky Fruits
What fruit has more Vitamin C than an orange and looks like a tiny cabbage?
Kiwi
What food never spoils, even after thousands of years?
Honey!
What salty snack was invented by accident when a cook sliced potatoes too thin?
Potato Chips
Where did pizza originally come from?
Italy
What green veggie can make your pee smell funny?
Asparagus!
True or False: Tomatoes are vegetables.
False!
What’s the most stolen food in the world?
Cheese
What’s the official state snack of Texas?
Chips and salsa
What country eats the most chocolate per person?
Switzerland
True or False: Some food dyes come from bugs.
True – red dye “carmine” comes from crushed beetles!
What fruits are berries: strawberry, banana, or raspberry?
Bananas & Raspberries
What drink used to be advertised as “brain tonic” in the 1800s?
Coca-Cola
How did popcorn get its “pop”?
The water inside each kernel turns to steam and explodes!
What fruit was once called a “love apple”?
Tomato
What breakfast food was first made to help people with stomach problems?
Cornflakes!
What vegetable used to be purple before humans bred it to be orange?
Carrots!
True or False: Ketchup was once sold as medicine.
True!
True or False: Doritos were first made from leftover tortillas at Disneyland.
True! (They were invented at a restaurant in Disneyland.)
True or False: French fries were invented in France.
False – they came from Belgium!
What food used to be more valuable than gold?
Salt! (That’s where the word “salary” comes from.)
Which vegetable can make you cry just by cutting it?
Onions – they release sulfur gas that irritates your eyes!
What nut isn’t really a nut — it’s a legume?
Peanuts
What cookie has a secret pattern that stands for “Knights Templar”?
The oreo!
What’s the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside?
Strawberry
What food can actually glow under blacklight?
Bananas! (The B vitamins make them glow blue.)