Interesting Facts

The Irish brewers of Guinness are going to stop using fish bladders as part of the filtration process for the first time in their 256-year history.  (Vegans have been campaigning for this ammendment to the traditional brewing process for years.  I can only hope it doesn't change the taste (which was never fishy).)

At nearly 400 years old, the sponge cake is the oldest recorded cake. (The earliest recipe was recorded by the English poet, in 1615. in the wonderfully titled "The English Huswife".)