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The Jewish Home | DECEMBER 22, 2022 TJH Centerfold

Dilly Dairy-ing

Cows spend about 10 hours a day eating and 8 hours a day lying down. (Sign me up!)

The average American consumes almost 25 gallons of milk a year ... that’s 400 glasses! (I personally spill the milk out once I’m done dipping the cookie.)

Americans eat about 350 slices of pizza per second, or almost 3 billion pizzas per year. (I totally don’t believe that—I never ate more than 2 slices in one second!)

Milk remains fresh for 7-10 days after the expiration date if refrigerated at 35-40°F. (Thanks but no thanks.)

It takes 12 pounds of whole milk to make one gallon of ice cream. (Who only eats one gallon of ice cream?) Around 300 varieties of cheese are sold in the U.S. Wisconsin producing more than 25 percent of those varieties. (And, to add insult to injury, Wisconsinites are known as “cheeseheads.”)

Vanilla is the most popular ice cream flavor in the U.S. (It’s my favorite too…when it’s topped with Reese’s Pieces, hot fudge, mini peanut butter cups, cookie dough, crushed Oreos and caramel.)

It takes three cups of broccoli to equal the calcium in one cup of milk. (How about this — I won’t eat broccoli and I won’t drink milk!)

Cows have an acute sense of smell and can smell something up to six miles away. (And they still refuse to put on deodorant!)

Cows can go up stairs, but not down stairs. (I guess I’m not a cow then —I can go down stairs but not up stairs.)

You Gotta Be Kidding Me!

Two cows are chatting over the fence between their fields.

The first cow said, “I tell you, this Mad Cow Disease is really pretty scary. They say it is spreading fast; I heard it hit some cows down on the Johnson Farm.”

The other cow replies, “Nah, I ain’t worried. I’m a helicopter.”

Round Pastry Trivia

1. What is the most common spelling for the delectable round pastry that we all love? a. Donut b. Donettes c. Donutt d. Doughnut

2. Which of the following donut shops has been around for the longest? a. Chris’ Donut Shoppe b. Yum Yum Dooughnuts c. Dunkin’ Donuts d. Krispy Kreme

3. Approximately how many donuts are eaten in the U.S. every year? a. 77 million b. 120 million c. 640 million d. 10 billion b. 98 c. 116 d. 257

5. Why are donuts made with a hole in them? a. Dunkin’ Donuts started the trend so that they can sell munchkins separately and everyone copied them. b. It enables vendors to differentiate between donuts that have filling and those that don’t have filling. c. Because if they weren’t made with a hole in them the world would be perfect, and we just can’t live in a perfect world. d. It enables them to cook more evenly.

4. How many powdered donuts did my hero, Joey Chestnut, eat in 6 minutes at an eating competition this past summer? a. 59 6. Which U.S. city has the most donut shops per capita? a. The Five Towns (is that a city?) b. New York City c. Chicago d. Boston

7. The largest donut ever was made in Utica, NY, in 1993. How much did it weigh? a. 120 pounds b. 230 pounds c. 780 pounds d. 1.7 tons

Answers 1-D 2-D 3-D 4-D 5-D 6-D 7-D

Glaze Key 6-7 correct: You are D’Best! 4-5 correct: Not bad…like a dayold donut from Dunkin Donuts — it’s still great but not “Oh my gosh” great. 1-3 correct: You have as much donut intelligence as a donut hole!