Jelly Bean Fun Facts
The internet is full of fabulous fun facts about everything from current events to the history basket weaving. Because of this, as we research for our daily content on food trucks, food carts and street food, we stumble upon some items of knowledge that we just did not know. We have decided when these fun facts pop up, that we would share them with our readers in our section titled “Did You Know?”
For today’s Did You Know fun food facts we will look at Jelly Beans.
The Facts: While no one really knows the origin of jelly beans, they may be a descendant of Turkish Delight which were popular in biblical times.
- The first appearance of what would become the modern day jelly bean was promoted to Union Soldiers during the Civil War.
- They use a process called “panning” which creates the hard outer shell while preserving the gooey middle.
- April 22 and July 24th are National Jelly Bean Day.
- It takes 7 to 21 days to make a jelly bean.
- Most jelly bean assortments include eight flavors.
- In the early 20th century, a “jelly-bean” was slang for a man of style and no substance.
- They were the first candy to be sold by weight rather than by piece.
- They were originally sold by color and people would buy a bag of red or a bag of green.
- Each year in the U.S, there are 16 billion jelly beans manufactured just for Easter. This is enough to circle the Earth more than 3 times if they were laid end to end.
- They were President Reagan’s favorite candy and he used them to help him quit smoking when he was the governor of California.
- As part of his first inauguration in 1981, 7,000 pounds of jelly beans were ordered and distributed.
- Jelly Belly jelly beans became the first jelly beans in space when they traveled aboard the 1983 Challenger Space Shuttle.
- Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans from the Harry Potter books and movies are manufactured by Jelly Belly and include flavors like ear wax, pepper, avocado, marmalade and caviar.
Jelly Bean Facts We May Have Missed?
If so, please feel free to let us know in the comment section below. We always love to add to these lists. If we can verify that the facts is just that, a fact, we will give the reader credit in the article.
Reference: Fun Facts about Jelly Beans
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Food Truck Alley Starts This Thursday After Week’s Delay
After a week’s delay caused by thunderstorms and even a tornado watch, the Alpharetta Food Truck Alley starts in its inaugural season this Thursday in downtown Alpharetta.
This Thursday the chance for rain is only 30 percent – and that’s after 2 a.m. early Friday. The high will be 81. But there will be wind gusts of up to 20 mph, so hang on to your cash and napkins.
Old Roswell Street will be filled with six to eight food trucks and live music each week from 5-9 p.m.
This week, there will be two nationally ranked food trucks from Atlanta, Happy Belly Curbside Kitchen, www. and Yumbii, according to Fork in the Road’s Dawn Hall. Fork in the Road was contracted by the city to organize the event.
The full lineup of trucks for Thursday, April 18 is:
- Buen Provecho Truck (Puerto Rican cuisine)
- Happy Belly Truck (Farm to Street menu)
- Freckled Blue – A Modern Southern Eatery (Southern food)
- Viet-Nomie’s Gourmet Food Truck Cafe (Vietnamese)
- Yumbii (gourmet fusion of world flavors)
To satisfy your sweet tooth, two more food trucks will be on hand:
- King of Pops (handcrafted pops)
- Yum Yum Cupcake
All trucks accept cash and credit cards.
Parking will be available in a downtown parking lot opposite Old Roswell Street at its intersection with Roswell Street; along Roswell Street in designated parking spaces; and at Milton Center.
The lot beside City Hall has been closed for construction of the City Center.
The Alpharetta City Council told staff they did not want Milton Avenue closed that often, and instructed them to use Old Roswell Street instead. They also are using these first weeks as a test to determine if the Food Truck Alley is what the city wants in its downtown.
Alpharetta Food Truck Alley is presented by the city of Alpharetta and Fork In the Road LLC. The live music sponsor is presented by Music Matters.
For more information contact 678-297-6000; or to participate as a vendor email Special Events Manager Kim Dodson.
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Raul Jurca handed out muffaletta piadini to customers Erik Killough (left) and Jamie McKenna.
Just in time for warmer weather, the new A4 food truck is hitting the pavement running, or rather rolling. Nestled among other trucks in popular places like Dewey Square and along the Rose Kennedy Greenway near Rowes Wharf, this mobile extension of Area Four restaurant in Kendall Square has hand-painted gray-scale graffiti and chartreuse yellow signage. It’s outfitted with chrome counters, pedestrian-level pastry cases, and a digital menu on a screen embedded in the truck’s body (hard to read in the sunlight). The crew, including Area Four co-owner and chef Michael Leviton, moves swiftly doling out flaky pastries, cookies larger than your hand (try ginger molasses, $2), and a variety of piadinei ($6.50 to $8.50), grilled flatbread sandwiches (think Italian quesadillas). Flavors range from the classic, with prosciutto, arugula, tomato jam, and a melted cheese blend, to tomato basil, combining tomato jam, provolone, arugula, and a spicy pesto. The A4 food truck will change its menu as ingredients come into season. And don’t worry about the dim digital menu. The truck has since added a chalkboard menu and tinkered with the backlighting on the screen. When a food truck goes high tech, it’s bound to take a couple tries. Follow A4 food truck on Twitter @A4truck or go to www.facebook.com/areafourcambridge.
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Ravenswood Couple Starts Stuffed Snacks Food Truck
Food trucks are popping up all over Chicago, but few venture up to the Lincoln Square and Ravenswood area. One local family is trying to change that.
Damian Warzecha, 26, and Jessica Whitney, 23, are starting a food truck called Pierogi Wagon, serving of course, pierogies.
Pierogies are dumplings that are boiled and seared after being stuffed with filling. They’re a natural choice for the couple’s heritage—Polish and Ukrainian—and the two have several family recipes.
The menu will change, but initial portions come in snack and regular sizes with options of beef, mushroom and kraut and potato and cheddar.
“We want to modernize them a little bit and serve them with a sauce like jalapeño aioli or applewood smoked bacon ranch and maybe even eventually expand into pierogi flavors like bacon and egg or chorizo,” Whitney said.
The two currently own a marketing company, Whisk Social, and took to social media to help fund the food truck.
A Kickstarter campaign began April 10 and has a goal of $15,000 by May 20. As of Monday, 64 backers have donated $2,321. Warzecha and Whitney are sweetening the deal by offering skip-the-line passes and free orders to donors.
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With the wide variety of food on trucks in the city, Warzecha and Whitney will bring the first pierogi food truck to Chicago.
The two grew up in the food industry and met while working in the same restaurant.
“Hospitality is something unique and special. I’m really looking forward to meeting with people, greeting and talking with them, and serving them great food,” Warzecha told Red Eye. “That’s what it’s all about. The vigor of street and crowds.”
Donate to their Kickstarter campaign here.
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Food Truck for DOGS Sets Tails Wagging
APRIL 14, 2013James Nye, Daily Mail
A food truck for dogs that promises to bring artisanal treats to four legged foodies is to open in Phoenix this weekend.Serving up flavors to pooches such as beef short rib, braised brisket and grilled sirloin steak, the Chef Michael’s Food Truck for Dogs claims that as well as being tasty, the meals are nutritional too.’They sound inspired by human food because they are,’ says Niky Roberts, spokesperson for Chef Michael’s, the Purina-owned brand that operates the nationally touring truck. Read more: Daily Mail
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Couple hopes to Kickstart pierogi food truck
Chicago’s wealth of food trucks is vast and varied–you can find pretty much any food on wheels. A couple from Ravenswood wants to add pierogis to that list.
Damian Warzecha, 26, and Jessica Whitney, 23, met when they worked at the same restaurant, and have since started a marketing company, Whisk Social, and started a family. But they missed the bustle of the service industry and hoped to start a food truck. Warzecha is Polish, and Whitney is Ukrainian, so pierogis were both an obvious and meaningful choice.
“We both have a little different recipes from our families, different concepts, different ways of making dough and ingredients, so we’ll be mixing and matching, finding the best recipes for the streets,” Warzecha said.
The problem was finding the capital to start the truck, according to their press release, so they began a Kickstarter. Warzecha said Whisk Social armed them with some of the savvy they needed for such a DIY campaign.
“The Kickstarter and social media marketing ideas, this all came from the company,” he said. “Most of our attention is on social media. There’s no print or direct advertising, so we’re running on a very small scale model.”
Their goal of $15,000 needs to be reached by May 20, and they’re currently sitting at slightly more than $1,000. The incentives range from an order of pierogis to a VIP skip-the-line pass. They’ll have a few staple items and plan to experiment with more exotic flavors, all of which will be served with dipping sauce.
“It’s just the first draft of the menu right now. We worry about the reliability and consistency of the food first,” Warzecha said. “So we’ll have a couple different flavors and sauces that will be set, with basic ingredients that everyone knows and loves.”
He said the most important part of it all is having tasty food: as long as they have that, he’s not worried about whether the Kickstarter fund succeeds or not, he said, because “nothing will stop us from going forward.” The pair is planning to begin near North Avenue Beach, Clark Street and local colleges, but they really crave a return to the streets, where Warzecha said serving food is a special task.
“Hospitality is something unique and special. I’m really looking forward to meeting with people, greeting and talking with them, and serving them great food,” he said. “That’s what it’s all about. The vigor of street and crowds.”
To fund their project or look at their mouthwatering preliminary menu, visit their Kickstarter page.
Want more? Discuss this article and others on RedEye’s Facebook page.
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Food Truck Stops: April 12
Happy Friday, food truck followers! The rain is forecast to clear up by lunch, so get out there for specials like chicken and jamon croquettes from Pepe, lobster lasagna aboard Basil Thyme, and a two-chorizo, chicken, and carnitas taco deal at Best Burritos.
Farragut Square (17th and I sts., NW), where you’ll find DC Slices, Halal Grill, Cheesequake, Chef Driven, Mayur Kabob House, Sweetbites Truck, Yellow Vendor, Yumpling, Pepe, Pho Nation, Caribbean Cafe, Cap Mac, and Chick-Fil-A Truck; Fire Rice, Cheesecake Truck, and Pho Junkies (nearby at 20th and L).
Franklin Square (13th and K sts., NW), where you’ll find Dangerously Delicious Pies, Ball or Nothing, Mr. Miyagi’s Teriyaki, and Tokyo in the City.
L’Enfant (Sixth St. and Maryland Ave., SW), where you’ll find Cathy’s Bistro, Halal Grill, Basil Thyme, Kabob Palace, Ooh Dat Chicken, Tasty Kabob, Porc Mobile, and Big Cheese.
Metro Center (12th and G sts., NW), where you’ll find Cirque Cuisine, Tasty Kabob, and Wassub.
Montgomery County, where you’ll find Corned Beef King (Rockville), and Red Hook Lobster (Beltsville).
Navy Yard (First and M sts., SE), where you’ll find BonMi, and Halal Grill.
NoMa (First and M sts., NE), where you’ll find Kraving Kabob.
Northern Virginia, where you’ll find Seoul Food, Chef on Wheels (Ballston), DC Slices (Arlington Hall), Latin American Flavors (Court House), Mojo Truck, Top Dog, Food for the Soul, Redbone, Lime Tree (Tysons), Red Hook Lobster (Dulles), and Ducky’s Grub (Reston).
State Department (around 21st St. and Virginia Ave., NW), where you’ll find Chatpat Truck, DC Ballers, and Best Burritos.
Union Station (North Capitol St. and Massachusetts Ave., NE), where you’ll find Carnivore BBQ, and Mayur Kabob House.
West End (24th and M sts., NW), where you’ll find Tasty Kabob, Captain Cookie, DC Ballers, and Rolls on Rolls.
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The Italian Market brings South Philly street food to Portland
The Italian Market
EXCERPTED FROM FoodCartsPortland.com
Yo, cheesesteaks are for tourists! Those
are the first words I remember hearing from the owners of The Italian
Market almost a year ago. Hailing from the city of brotherly love, the
owners Erin and Andrew bring south Philly street food to Portland.
I first met Erin and Andrew over a year ago and learned of their
plans to relocate to Portland and jump into our ever evolving street
food scene. Coming from Philadelphia, a food city in its own right, they
wanted to bring those flavors without the schtick we all associate with
the cheesesteak. I’ve been to Philly and yeah, you can find a
cheesesteak on every corner, but there is so much more to eat and The
Italian Market will show you. It has been a long year for the two from
the move and building a food cart and securing a location. But now, in
April, they are open and slingin’ sandwiches at Belmont Station, a
venerable bottle shop known by many who took out their old kitchen in
order to welcome a mobile vendor. A new welcoming patio was also
constructed so you can enjoy your sandwich inside out of the rain with a
beer.
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Food Truck Stops: April 11
Happy Thursday, food truck followers! Tomorrow’s forecast calls for rain, so get outside in the sunshine while it lasts for specials like shaved apple salad with grilled shrimp at Chef Driven, Buffalo chicken sandwiches from Porc Mobile, and sweet-spicy steak skewers aboard Stix.
Chinatown (Seventh and G sts., NW), where you’ll find Fojol Bros. (Volathai).
Farragut Square (17th and I sts., NW), where you’ll find Korengy, Mr. Miyagi’s Teriyaki, Phillies Phamous, Kushi-moto, Salsa Room Empanadas, Tokyo in the City, Caribbean Cafe, Sundevich Truck, Big Cheese, House of Falafel, and Burritos on the Run; Sate Truck, Porc Mobile, and Best Burritos (nearby around 20th and L).
Franklin Square (13th and K sts., NW), where you’ll find DC Slices, Basil Thyme, Fojol Bros. (Benethiopia), Hula Girl, Krazy Koshary, Mojo Truck, Street Cream, What the Pho?, and Rolling Ficelle.
L’Enfant (Sixth St. and Maryland Ave., SW), where you’ll find Dangerously Delicious Pies, DC Ballers, DC Doner, Cirque Cuisine, DC Empanadas, Wassub, Borinquen Lunchbox, Fire Rice, Kimchi BBQ Taco, Mayur Kabob House, Sang on Wheels, Chef Driven, and Tops American Food.
Metro Center (12th and G sts., NW), where you’ll find Far East Taco Grill, Chick-Fil-A Truck, Kabob Bites, Pho Nation, Zesty Kabob, and Yellow Vendor.
Montgomery County, where you’ll find Curbside Cupcakes, Red Hook Lobster, BBQ Bus (Chevy Chase), LA Taco Truck, Go Fish, Curly’s Q (Bethesda), and Corned Beef King (Bethesda).
Navy Yard (First and M sts., SE), where you’ll find Yumpling.
NoMa (First and M sts., NE), where you’ll find Something Stuffed, Willie’s Po Boy, and Popped Republic.
Northern Virginia, where you’ll find Green Eggs and Burgers, Choupi Crepes (Rosslyn), Latin American Flavors, Seoul Food, District Taco (Court House), Lemongrass Truck, District Taco (Crystal City), Food for the Soul (Fairfax), Chef on Wheels, Scoops 2U, Kafta Mania (Arlington Hall), Tortuga Truck, District Foodies, Mama’s Donut Bites (Tysons), and Red Hook Lobster (Reston).
State Department (around 21st St. and Virginia Ave., NW), where you’ll find Kabob Palace, Lily Pad on the Run, and Rolling Ficelle.
Union Station (North Capitol St. and Massachusetts Ave., NE), where you’ll find BonMi, Captain Cookie, Stix, El Fuego, Pho Junkies, Stella’s PopKern, and Tasty Kabob.
West End (24th and M sts., NW), where you’ll find Cheesequake, Crepes Parfait, Far East Taco Grill, Rolls on Rolls, Tasty Kabob, DC Greek Food, and Cheesecake Truck.
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Food Truck for Dogs to stop Saturday in Gilbert
Food Truck for Dogs
Food Truck for Dogs
If You Go
What: Treat your dog to breakfast or lunch at the Food Truck for Dogs, a nationally touring dog food truck by Chef Michael’s pet food brand making a one-day stop in Gilbert
When: 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 13
Where: Gilbert Farmers Market, 222 N. Ash Drive Gilbert
Cost: Free
Information: chef-michaels.com
Posted: Monday, April 8, 2013 6:00 pm
East Valley Tribune
Food trucks have been popular for some time now in the Valley, but on April 13 a new class of diner will get to partake of the trend.
The Food Truck for Dogs will be parked 8 a.m. to noon that day at Gilbert Farmers Market, near the water tower downtown. The truck will give out free dry and wet dog food samples, in flavors like beef short rib, braised brisket and grilled sirloin steak, for hungry pooches.
“They sound inspired by human food because they are,” says Niky Roberts, spokesperson for Chef Michael’s, the Purina-owned brand that operates the nationally touring truck. “We create chef-inspired meals for dogs. We work with nutritionists, dog behaviorists and even chefs to create meals for dogs that are nutritionally sound for them and meet their needs.”
There’s something in it for people, too. The first 100 dog owners to visit the truck will receive a free a voucher up to $10 to use at any of the human-geared food trucks at the market that day.
“We’re going to have long, communal tables, where you can pull up a chair with your lunch and your dog’s lunch, and make new like-minded friends that are also there with their dogs,” says Roberts.
Inspiration for the motorized canine kitchen came from the idea that lots of pet owners like to take their dogs to the kind of events where food trucks are stationed, things like festivals and street fairs.
“A lot of vendors will put a water bowl out for dogs, which is great, but there’s not really a lot (at these events) for dogs (that is) specifically designed for a dog, something that’s not going to upset their stomach, like giving them half of an ice cream or a hot dog,” says Roberts. “We wanted to create a moment where the owner and the dog can bond, but provide something specifically made for the nutritional needs of the dog.”
Chef Michael’s Food Truck for Dogs will make stops throughout the Valley April 8-14. To find its up-to-the-minute whereabouts, follow it on Twitter at @thefoodfordogs.
IF YOU GO
What: Treat your dog to breakfast or lunch at the Food Truck for Dogs, a nationally touring dog food truck by Chef Michael’s pet food brand making a one-day stop in Gilbert
When: 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 13
Where: Gilbert Farmers Market, 222 N. Ash Drive Gilbert
Cost: Free
Information: chef-michaels.com
Contact writer: (480) 898-6818 or azajac@evtrib.com
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