Soup
This soup is the most popular soup in the US.
Chicken noodle
The commonly non-dairy, tomato based chowder is known as this.
Manhattan style
This addition of the cabbage family is often considered a superfood due to its high nutritional value.
Kale
This grain-like food contains all 9 essential amino acids, making it a good source of complete protein.
Quinoa
This year, Pillsbury started the still-annual Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest.
1949.
The US market consumes this many bowls of soup annually.
10 billion
The oldest quahog clam was caught just outside of Iceland in 2007. It was proven to be this old.
400 years
These are the two most popular veggies in the US
Potatoes and Lettuce
Fish Protein: This kind of fish has the highest protein, with 30g of protein per 100g.
Yellowfin Tuna
Which city in Texas held the first chili cook-off in 1967?
Terlingua, TX
This year, the food industry was revolutionized by Campbell's invention and release of condensed soup.
1897.
Bob Shoudt holds the record of eating this kind of chowder by eating 23.4lbs of it in a 2009 chowder eating contest.
Salmon
This root vegetable looks like a white version of its relative, the carrot, but has a sweeter taste.
Parsnip
Cheese proteins: This kind of cheese has the highest amount of protein at 41.6 grams of protein per 100g.
Parmesan
One of the first recorded took place during this century in Baghdad.
11th Century
According to proper soup eating etiquette, you are not supposed to fill up your soup spoon 100%. You are only supposed to fill it up to this percentage.
75%
This day is National Clam Chowder Day.
February 25th
Up until the late 16th century, the French thought this vegetable caused leprosy.
Potato
These two animated characters have proteins named after them.
Pikachu and Sonic the Hedgehog
The first recovered pie-eating contest took place in Toronto during this year. It was organized as a charity fundraising event. The prize was a "Handsomely Bound Book".
1878.
Archaeological evidence for the consumption of this kind of soup dates back to 6000 BC.
Hippopotamus soup
The earliest documented recipe of clam chowder dates back to September 23rd 1751, in the Boston Evening Post. It does not use dairy as its thickener, but this instead.
Biscuits/bread
Romaine Lettuce
The word protein comes from this Greek word, which means "first rank" or "primary".
Proteios
The Bocuse D'Or is a biennial world chef competition taking place in Lyon, France. It is known as one of the world's most prestigious culinary contests. How many countries participate?
24