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How long does it take to hard-boil a three-pound ostrich egg?
A: 1 hour and 45 minutes.

A pound of ground coffee yields 50 cups. How many cups does a pound of tea yield?
A: 200.

What popular fruit was named after a papal estate outside Rome?
A: The cantaloupe, which was named after the Pope's summer residence of Cantalupo.

Currants--small seedless grapes --were named for their place of origin. Just where was that?
A: Corinth, Greece. They were originally known as raysons de Corauntz or "raisins of Corinth."

In what country did the Jerusalem artichoke originate?
A: In the United States. Its name has nothing to do with the biblical city, but is a corruption of the Italian word for sunflower, girasole.

What was Charles Elmer Hires originally going to call the drink we now know as root beer?
A: Root tea--but a friend convinced him the name would discourage sales.

What is the most widely eaten fish in the world?
A: The herring.

How long does it take a ginseng root to reach marketable size?
A: Seven years.

What snack food commercial was pulled off the air in 1970 because of complaints from an outraged ethnic group?
A: The Frito Bandito commercial for Frito corn chips. The complaints came from Mexican-Americans.

Vichyssoise--the cold potato and leek soup--was first created in 1917 by chef Louis Diat. Do you know where?
A: In New York City--in the kitchen of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, where Diat was head chef.

What fruit did the Visigoths demand in ransom when they laid siege to Rome in 408?
A: Peppercorns--3,000 pounds of them. Pepper was a highly valued spice at the time.

What ethnic food did Jeno Paulucci make available in supermarkets nationwide for the very first time in 1947?
A: Paulucci gave us Chinese food--under the Chun King label. He later brought us Jeno's pizza.

What recipe--first published 50 years ago--has been requested most frequently through the years by the readers of "Better Homes and Garden"?
A: The recipe for hamburger pie, which has been updated and republished a number of times over the years.

What were guests at the Buckinghamshire estate of financier Alfred de Rothschild asked when they requested milk with their tea?
A: "Jersey, Hereford and Shorthorn?"

Under standards establilslhed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, what is the minimum a gallon of ice cream must weigh?
A: Four and one-half pounds.

What food product is named after Hannibal's brother Mago?
A: Mayonnaise--which is named after the Minorca Island port city of Mahon, which was named for Mago.

When was coffee first sold in sealed tin cans in the United States?
A: In 1879--by Chase & Sanborn.

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