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- Food Trivia: Food on walls in Netherlands : An interesting way to get takeaway food in Holland is from the wall. There are snack bars that have rows of little windows where you slot in a coin and choose what snack you would like to takeaway.
- Food Trivia: Guinness : Ireland's most well-known drink is Guinness. Guinness is a dark, heavy beer with a good half-inch creamy head. Its particular taste and texture depends on how it is stored and poured.
- Food Trivia: Hard-Boiled Egg as wedding symbol : At the wedding reception, it is a marriage custom in Malaysia, for each guest to receive an artistically decorated hard -boiled egg, which represents fertility.
- Food Trivia: In Sudan, Africa : In a Sudanese home, a guest is first offered tea or a fruit drink, a refreshing and symbolic gesture to welcome someone after a "long journey".
It is called in Korea as Oiljang (Five-Day) Markets where Korean people would traditionally go to pick up day-to-day items, such as clothing, agricultural and marine products, and many more and enjoy traditional delicious foods. Oiljang Markets are held every 5 days and are full of lots of exciting activities and scenes.
- Food Trivia: Loaf as wedding symbol : in Bulgaria, during the wedding reception, the groom’s mother feeds the newlyweds a sweet honeyed cake and wine and wishes them a long and sweet life together. She then holds a loaf of freshly-baked bread over her head and invites the couple to each pull one end of it; whichever one gets the bigger piece will have the biggest role in the new family.
- Food Trivia: Louisiana : The United States of America bought the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803
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- Food Trivia: Miyazaki Mangoes : Mangoes grown in Miyazaki Prefecture of Japan are only picked once they are fully ripe so they are deliciously soft and sweet.