ShareThisSunday, November 12, 2006
Food trivia questions from Food Network's "Unwrapped" show that airs on Monday at 9 and 9:30 p.m. EDT/PDT.
1. When was the popular Thanksgiving dish green bean casserole invented?
2. How many licks does it take to polish off an ice cream cone with a single scoop?
3. How much fat _ or cream _ is in premium ice creams?
4. How much do Americans spend on ice cream?
5. Where were cream puffs invented?
6. What percentage of coffee drinkers use cream?
7. When did cream in coffee first become popular?
8. Where did lollipops get their name?
9. When could you buy candy in a glass jar for a penny?
10. When did Italian foods become popular in the United States
ANSWERS
1. In 1955
2. 50 licks on average
3. Between 14 percent and 18 percent fat
4. A whopping $20 billion a year.
5. In 16th century France
6. Half of all coffee drinkers in the United States use cream
7. In the 1680s when a French doctor said that milk should be added to coffee for medicinal purposes.
8. From a race horse of the same name
9. First in the mid 1800s
10. Between 1880 and 1920 when 4 million Italian immigrants arrived in the United States, bringing their foods with them.
