By topic
Useless facts about food
Food is the most heavily engineered thing most people put in their mouths, and the engineering comes with vocabulary. Why things smell the way they do, what the parts are properly called, and where the odder recipes came from.
- What is the liquid on top of yogurt called?
- Why does Swiss cheese have holes?
- What are the green leaves on top of a strawberry called?
- What is the red liquid in packaged meat?
- What is the white stringy thing in an egg called?
- What is the plastic ball inside a Guinness can called?
- What is the mathematical shape of a Pringles chip?