Oats are domesticated cereal grass grown primarily for its edible starchy grains. They are annual plants and often reach 1.5 metres (5 feet) in height. The long leaves have rounded sheaths at the base and a membranous ligule (small appendage where the leaf joins the stem). The flowering and fruiting structure, or inflorescence, of the … Read more
Falafel is a staple Middle Eastern dish and a popular street food around the world. It consists of fried spiced balls or patties of ground chickpeas or fava beans (or a mixture of both) stuffed into a pita or wrapped in laffa bread with hot sauce, tahini sauce, and generally some saladlike combination of tomato, … Read more
Hummus is a Middle Eastern dip, spread, or savory dish made from cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, lemon juice, and garlic. The chickpea is an annual legume. Its different types are variously known as gram or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, or Egyptian pea. Chickpea seeds are high in protein. It is one … Read more
Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food. The word “meat” comes from the Old English word mete, which referred to food in general. Meat is mainly composed of water, protein, and fat. All muscle tissue is very high in protein, containing in most cases is a good source of zinc, vitamin B12, selenium, … Read more
A corn dog is a sausage (usually a hot dog) on a stick that has been coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter and deep fried. It originated in the United States and is commonly found in American cuisine. Newly arrived German immigrants in Texas, who were sausage-makers finding resistance to the sausages they … Read more
A popsicle is a water or milk-based frozen snack on a stick. Unlike ice cream or sorbet, which are whipped while freezing to prevent ice crystal formation, a popsicle is “quiescently” frozen—frozen while at rest—and becomes a solid block of ice. It was invented by an 11-year-old boy in 1905, and it was a fluke. … Read more
Smarties are colour-varied sugar-coated chocolate confectioner. They are oblate spheroids with a minor axis of about 5 mm (0.2 in) and a major axis of about 12 mm (0.5 in). Smarties come in eight colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, mauve, pink and brown, although the blue variety was temporarily replaced by a white variety … Read more
The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company. It is known for its “57 Varieties” slogan, which was devised in 1896, though it marketed more than 5,700 products in the early 21st century. Heinz’s headquarters are in Pittsburgh. The Heinz Company was founded in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1869 by Henry John Heinz … Read more
Steak is a slice off a larger piece of meat, usually beef. Besides cattle, steaks are also often cut from other grazing animals, including bison, camel, goat, horse, kangaroo, sheep, ostrich, pigs, reindeer, turkey, deer, and zebu, as well as various types of fish, especially salmon and large fish such as swordfish, shark, and marlin. … Read more