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Dandelion roots can be roasted, ground, and brewed as a coffee substitute.

About a tenth of the 7 million tons of rice grown in the U.S. each year goes into the making of beer.

A-1 Steak Sauce contains both orange peel and raisins.

Americans collectively eat 100 pounds of chocolate every second.

Rosemary is said to relieve indigestion and flatulence.

Parsley is rich in vitamin C, containing more by volume than an orange.

Spices are plant buds, bark, roots, berries, and seeds; herbs are the leaves.

In 1996, the U.S. Agriculture Department proposed yogurt as a substitute for meat in school lunches.

In ancient times, Egyptians would place their right hand on an onion when taking an oath. Its round shape symbolized eternity.

Black-eyed peas are not peas, but they are beans.

Pepper and mustard are the two top selling spices in the world.

Iceberg lettuce was called Crisphead until the 1920s.