Wikipedia Entries for Extremely Common Things - Part 1

Today...
mostly because I haven't blogged since Sunday and feel the need to write something...
despite not having much to say...

I'm going to start a new project on my blog, called, "Wikipedia Entries for Extremely Common Things" (Or WEECT, as the kids call it)

This is somewhat inspired by Cracked's "The 8 Most Needlessly Detailed Wikipedia Entries", but it's a little different. I'm seeking out Wikipedia entries for the most common things to man. And I will relay ten interesting facts from the Wikipedia entry.

This first one is one my fiancee and I came across a while back when we were hungry. That's right... we looked up the Wikipedia entry for....

FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This stuff.



Here are your ten facts about food.

1. "Food is any substance, usually composed primarily of carbohydrates, fats, water and/or proteins, that can be eaten or drunk by an animal or human being for nutrition or pleasure."

2. "Most traditions have a recognizable cuisine, a specific set of cooking traditions, preferences, and practices."

3. "Food is traditionally obtained through farming, ranching, and fishing, with hunting, foraging and other methods of subsistence locally important."

4. "While some food can be eaten raw, many foods undergo some form of preparation for reasons of safety, palatability, or flavor."

5. "The term 'cooking' encompasses a vast range of methods, tools and combinations of ingredients to improve the flavor or digestibility of food."

6. "Ovens are one type of cooking equipment which can be used for baking or roasting and offer a dry-heat cooking method."

7. "Many cultures produce food for sale in restaurants for paying customers."

8. "Packaged foods are manufactured outside the home for purchase."

9. "Food deprivation leads to malnutrition and ultimately starvation."

10. "Dietary habits are the habitual decisions a person or culture makes when choosing what foods to eat."

So there you go. Boy. That was boring. If you've actually read this far, I'll now reward you with a pretty cool picture of a grocery store in Portland.