5 Weird food facts you may find difficult to swallow
Some of these might be enough to change what you eat forever!
The average chocolate bar contains 8 insect parts, according to Buzzfeed
Honey makes a wonderful spread, has incredible natural healing powers and even doubles as a great homemade moisturiser guess what it’s made from… a combination of nectar and bee vomit, says Glamourmagazineuk
Cheese, says Babble, is made using rennet, a group of enzymes for digesting mother’s milk and a crucial part of making cheese. Rennet for cheese making is obtained by slicing up a calf’s stomach, soaking it in whey and wine or vinegar, and then filtering it.
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Every time you drink a beer it’s more than likely that you’re consuming fish gel too.According to Toptenz the fish gel, also referred to as isinglass, is used to aid in mixing yeast in beer to help it keep clumped. It’s also widely used in the clarification of wine. This gel is obtained from the bladders of dead fish and is used to hasten the clarification process, since beer and wine can clear naturally on their own. It’s used mostly with beers, and is also used to filter yeast that settles at the bottom of kegs, cans and bottles.
The largest item found on any menu is roasted camel which, says Random history, is still served at some Bedouin weddings and was offered by royalty in Morocco several hundred years ago. The camel is cleaned and then stuffed with one whole lamb, 20 chickens, 60 eggs, and 110 gallons of water, among other ingredients.
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