30 Disgusting and Totally Unappetizing Facts About Food
Turns out, people in the past had no taste and considered chicken wings ‘trash’
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We all know that food is necessary for our survival. What we may not know, though, are some of the strange and somewhat odd facts about the food we ingest every day. From how chickens are raised to what happens to expired food, these facts will make you think twice before you take another bite. So, without further ado, here are some of the strangest facts about our food…
![Almost all avocados in the U.S. can be traced back to a single tree. The Hass avocado is descended from a seedling planted in 1926 by postman Rudolf Hass. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/2/820162.jpg)
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![Supermarket rotisserie chickens are injected with a salt water solution containing starch or gum. CRACKED.COM Besides giving the chicken an unnaturally smooth texture and preventing dry-out under the heat lamps, this helps it retain water weight and seem heavier than it is.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/0/820160.jpg)
![A chicken tender isn't a cutesy food name - it's an actual part of a chicken. Tenders are the two pieces of meat that are very lightly attached to each chicken breast - the attachment is so light, you can usually just pull them off. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/4/820154.jpg)
![Thomas Jefferson is responsible for bringing mac and cheese to the U.S. After visiting France, he returned with noodle recipes and a pasta machine. As President, he served mac and cheese at a state dinner. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/0/820170.jpg)
![Wagyu in Wagyu beef means Japanese cow, and refers to all Japanese COWS. In Japanese, gyu is cow while Wa is Japanese -- so the literal name actually just refers to any beef you get from Japanese cattle. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/7/820167.jpg)
![The French delicacy Paté de Foie Gras is made by force-feeding ducks and geese to enlarge their liver. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/6/820166.jpg)
![Rhubarb grows so fast, you can hear it. Forcer pots limit photosynthesis, causing stalks to grow extremely rapidly. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/9/820169.jpg)
![You can get blackcurrant in grocery stores just about anywhere, except the U.S. Blackcurrant cheesecake Its shrubs in the U.S. were spreading a fungus around a century ago, so growing it was banned, and only a few states later dropped the ban. It has a sweet but sharp taste, unlike any other berry, and about 0.1% of Americans have tried it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/8/820168.jpg)
![CRACKED COM The fortune cookie that comes with your Chinese meals originated in San Francisco in the early 1900s](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/4/820164.jpg)
![Before 1965, chicken wings were discarded for being undesirable. Before buffalo wings, they were considered the worst parts of the chicken. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/5/820165.jpg)
![In France, French toast is known as pain predu, which means lost bread. The name French toast came about in the 17th century in England. Poor Europeans with families to feed knew that stale old bread could be made edible by enriching and moistening it with milk and eggs. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/3/820153.jpg)
![Fast food is purposefully designed to overwhelm our taste buds, making a lot of it seem to taste the same. These meals leave no room for nuance and appeal to our sweet, salty, and bitter taste receptors all at once. This barrage of flavor triggers positive reactions in the brain causing us to crave more of this junk food. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/7/820147.jpg)
![Reindeer meat, despite the ick factor, is actually very nutritious and healthy. At least part of the reason is the fact that reindeer eat lichen, which is very nutrient-dense. And in Norway, reindeer meat is super-popular. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/0/820150.jpg)
![Movie theater popcorn costs more per ounce than fillet mignon Popcorn in movie theaters is sold at a 1,300% mark-up. This helps keep movie theaters afloat. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/3/820143.jpg)
![Nutella was originally sold in solid blocks which you'd slice and put between 2 slices of bread It didn't become a spreadable paste for many years mind nutella FERRERO CIANOUJOT CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/1/820161.jpg)
![Lobsters don't scream when they're cooked they're incapable of making noise. Those scream-like hisses they make as they're cooked are just the sound of air escaping from the lobster's shell during the cooking process. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/3/820163.jpg)
![CRACKED COM Many fast food restaurants' hamburgers and chicken strips are imprinted with fake grill marks.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/9/820159.jpg)
![It can take two weeks to make a single jelly bean. Sour flavors take the longest to congeal. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/4/820144.jpg)
![Thailand McDonald's just released a CHICKEN BBQ PIE. It's spicy and awesome! When will McD's in the US realize a pie can also be a meal? M GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/9/820149.jpg)
![Spaghetti and meatballs are not considered an Italian dish,though they were made by Italian immigrants in the US. NOT ITALIAN In fact, if you go to Italy, you won't find spaghetti and meatballs on their menu, because they don't put meatballs in their pasta. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/8/820148.jpg)
![Vlasic has a stork mascot because pregnant women supposedly crave pickles. Jassic Gall TASTE Masic BTC. CRUNCH SINCE KOSHER DILL am WHOLES The secret to Vlasic's success was to sell their Polish pickles in glass jars. And a killer marketing campaign. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/7/820157.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Bakeries often exploit your sense of smell to sell more products. Bakeries like Cinnabon require their shops to place the oven in front so that the smell of freshly baked cinnamon rolls attracts more customers. The one time they didn't do that, their sales dropped drastically.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/1/820151.jpg)
![Salami are completely uncooked, but still totally safe to eat as they are. The curing process, which involves the sausage maturing in its skin, makes them safe and gives them their characteristic intense flavor. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/6/820146.jpg)
![Louis the XIV popularized black pepper Louis the XIV was a picky eater who preferred lightly seasoned food, banning spices besides salt, pepper, and parsley. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/1/820141.jpg)
![GRACKED.COM SUSHI When originally invented over a thousand years ago, sushi was made using fermented fish. It wasn't until the 1800s that fresh fish started to be used, resulting in the sushi that is common today.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/2/820152.jpg)
![Farmed salmon are only pink because artificial coloring is added to their food. Wild salmon have that color thanks to their diet, but the diet of farmed salmon is different - so, without added coloring, their fillets would be whitish. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/2/820142.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Yolk color is serious business... ... and the egg industry has it down to a science. The DSM YolkFan measures yolk color within a range of 15 shades of orange and yellow. Hens are fed to produce yolks of a DSM shade that suits the regional preference, which can vary. Ultimately, while consumers do factor in yolk color when judging an egg's quality, it has little if any effect on how the egg actually tastes.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/5/820145.jpg)
![Russia didn't classify beer as alcoholic until 2011. Pamium PREMIER BALTIKA OBOLON OOLER Magna S TIL Premium not QUEEN Fa VERAINE MACICLICO Anything under 10% ABV was a soft drink. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/6/820156.jpg)
![CRACKED COM Got a sweet tooth? Head over to Portugal and try out their pastel de nata. It is a crispy tart filled with sweet and creamy egg filling. This delicacy also tastes different depending on which region you end up in.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/5/820155.jpg)