Catering Facts..
Did you know there are over 15,000 varieties of rice?
In 18th century Maine, lobster was so
plentiful it was commonly used as farm fertilizer! In the 19th century, lobster was called a Poor Man's Food
1924-The Caesar Salad was created
Until the early 1800s in Hawaii, most banana varieties were 'kapu' - forbidden for women of Hawaii to eat, under penalty of death.
French fries are not French, they're Belgian
In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage; catching it was acceptance.
China's Beijing Duck Restaurant can seat 9,000 people at one time.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ate turkey in foil packets as the first meal on the moon.
In an effort to cut corners, American Airlines eliminated one olive from each salad served in First Class during 1987. They saved $40,000 that year.
It takes 1000 pounds of almonds to make 1 pint of almond oil.
A single Alaskan King Crab can yield over 6 pounds of meat
There are 211,600 beekeepers and 2.63 million colonies of honeybees, which produce more than 220 million pounds of honey each year in the United States.
The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, there are 1,322 words in the Declaration of Independence, but government regulations on the sale of cabbage total 26,911 words.
Eggs will age more in one day at room temperature than in one week in the refrigerator.
25 years ago large Atlantic bluefin tuna (250 to over 1,000 pounds) might sell for a penny a pound for catfood, if it sold at all. Today, that same bluefin tuna will sell for up to $50 per pound (that's $50,000 for a large fish!), mainly due to the popularity of sushi and sashimi around the world.
Each saffron crocus flower has 3 stigmas, it takes about 80,000 flowers (240,000) stigmas to make a pound of saffron. It takes an experienced picker about 12 days to pick this many. By the time saffron gets to retail stores, its cost is $600 to $2000 per pound.
