Nearly everyone likes ketchup, and even one ice cream manufacturer to make an ice-cream with ketchup flavor. Ketchup has got other names too – tomato sauce, red sauce, Tommy sauce. But not everyone knows that first ketchups weren’t made from tomatoes. When ketchup was originally developed by the Chinese in 1690, it contained no tomatoes. It was made out of pickled fish, shellfish, mushrooms and... 

The history of tea in China is long and complex. The Chinese have enjoyed tea for millennia. Scholars hailed the brew as a cure for a variety of ailments; the nobility considered the consumption of good tea as a mark of their status, and the common people simply enjoyed its flavor. Tea was first discovered by the Chinese Emperor Shennong in 2737 BC. It is said that the emperor liked his drinking water... 

Some sources say that there are 15.000 kinds of rice. Don’t believe them! In fact, by their form there are 4 general kinds of rice. Maybe when combining these kinds, you get another one. But it’s not considered to be a new kind. So here are the main 4 kinds: arborio, which is the biggest one, basmati ,the “tallest one”, nishiki, the shortest, and spanish. There are also other differences between... 

Worldwide, 20,000 brands of beer are brewed in 180 styles, from ales, lagers, pilsner and stouts to bitters, cream ales and iced beers. Beer has been a popular beverage for a long time. Babylonian clay tablets show detailed recipes of beer making in 4300 BC. Beer was also brewed by the ancient Chinese, Assyrians and Incas. An Egyptian text of 1600 BC gives 100 medical prescriptions using beer. A few... 

Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it. Do you believe it? Though this fact is widely distributed throughout the internet, but at no time in Coca-Cola’s history has that beverage been green. The original formula called for caramel to give Coca-Cola its rich brown color, and although the recipe has undergone some changes through the years, none of them affected the ultimate...