Yummies Fun Facts

• Cupcakes were first baked in teacups and/or ramekins before the invention of the multi-cup pans – the kind we use today!!
• December 15th is known as national cupcake day!
• Nuts are actually a dry type of fruit that grow in a hard shell.
• Peppermint increases stomach acidity, aiding digestion. A great post dinner tea to help ease bloating if you indulged a little too much!
• In 1493 Christopher Columbus took chickens on his second voyage to the New World so the sailors would have eggs to eat during their travels.  We love EGGS!
• “Baby Ruth” candy bar was named after the daughter of U.S. president Grover Cleveland in 1921.  (Not the baseball player!!)
• Rocky Road Ice Cream was named after the troubled United States during the Great Depression.
• Did you know eggs from many animals are edible…including eggs from ducks, geese, pigeons, turtles, ostriches, and even crocodiles!!!  Don’t worry!  Tina’s Yummies does not bake with any of them!!