4 Common Myths About Food

Описание: Many common beliefs about food — from expiration dates to origins of certain dishes — aren’t actually true. Explore 4 debunked popular food myths.

There’s a widespread notion that Twinkies never go bad. In fact, there’s a school in Maine that’s held on to one for over 40 years as a science experiment. But in reality, Twinkies are only fresh for about 45 days.

Ironically, another commonly held myth is that you shouldn’t eat food past its expiration date. But most expiration labels are designed to indicate when food will be freshest, not when it becomes unsafe. As a result, Americans throw away about $115 billion worth of perfectly fine food every year.

Speaking of tossing food: There’s no problem with people throwing rice at your wedding.   There’s a common belief that if birds eat the rice it’ll expand in their stomachs and cause them to explode. But, as it turns out, the rice is harmless to them.

One more myth: Fortune cookies … aren’t Chinese at all. The after-dinner treat actually emerged from Japanese immigrants on the West Coast. Even once the fortune cookie was introduced in China, it never became popular.

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