Do you like fruit? We LOVE fruit at our house. How much do you really know about fruit? What even makes a fruit a fruit?! We found some cool facts about fruit for you to enjoy!
- Oranges are not even in the top ten list of common foods when it comes to vitamin C levels.
- Cucumbers are fruits
- Apples give you more energy than coffee.
- The stalk, rind, or skin of a fruit or veggie is typically better than the actual fruit.
- In most cases, the outside of the fruit or vegetable in question is more nutritious than the inside.
- Cantaloupe is named for the papal gardens of Cantaloupe, Italy, where some historians say this species of melon was first grown.
- The honeydew was revered as a sacred food by the ancient Egyptians.