fun food facts

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Across
  1. 2. this lighter colored sweet despite it's name, is not technically chocolate as it only contains the fat of the cocoa bean
  2. 4. this decisive kind of pizza is not in fact from the island it claims but rather originated from Ontario Canada
  3. 6. this sticky substance literally can't spoil thanks to it's sugar content
  4. 7. this common sweet treat originates all the way back to 350 BC made as a delicacy for a Chinese emperor
  5. 8. this wild fish develops a pink body thanks to it's shrimp based diet
  6. 11. this fruit has the most seeds to flesh ratio of any fruit containing over 5000 seeds at once
  7. 12. this vegetable has more protein per calorie than steak
  8. 13. this popular "nut" actually grows on the underside of a specific type of apple
  9. 15. this canned meat's name is a shortened version of "spiced ham"
  10. 18. this hard to pronounce sauce is made by putting anchovies in vinegar until they dissolve, bones and all
  11. 22. this leafy veggie was once believed to have helped people sleep
  12. 23. this seed, popularly used to spice sweet treats, is a hallucinogen if ingested in large doses
  13. 25. this vegetable was worshipped in ancient Egypt as representing eternal life, thanks to it's layered structure
  14. 27. this popular salad is not from italy as first suspected by rather Tijuana Mexico
  15. 30. this fruit has 500-525 milligrams more potassium than bananas
  16. 31. chefs must train for 2 or more years just to serve this kind of fish, as preparing it wrong can give consumers poison, 1200 times deadlier than cyanide
  17. 32. this candy bar used to be 3 different flavors, vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry but was changed to just chocolate during world war 2
  18. 33. this decadent crustacean's blood turns blue when exposed to oxygen
Down
  1. 1. this "berry" is not actually a berry due to the seeds being on it's skin
  2. 3. this large spherical fruit is actually a berry
  3. 5. this fluffy treat is not vegan, as it contains gelatin, I.E. the skin, bones, and connective tissue of pigs or cows
  4. 9. the red variant of this slightly spicy pepper contains over 3 times the vitamin C of oranges
  5. 10. this was the first food to be planted in space back in 2005
  6. 14. these fried bite sized potatoes were created in Ontario Oregon
  7. 16. this herb is often overhated for tasting like soap but the blame is actually in genetics specifically a gene called OR6A2
  8. 17. this common condiment used to be believed to have medicinal properties
  9. 19. too many of this vegetable can eventually turn your skin orange
  10. 20. this common fruit comes in over 7500 variants
  11. 21. this popular Mexican dish was actually made in arizona, and roughly translates to thingamajig
  12. 24. this tropical fruit is not one single fruit but many tiny berries
  13. 26. a single cup of this fruit gives you 98% of your daily fiber
  14. 28. this long green fruit is more percent water than a watermelon
  15. 29. this triangular snack translates to "little golden things" in spanish