The Peruvian anchovy fishery was the greatest one in the world, until the El Niño event of 1972 caused its collapse. Production didn't return to its pre-1972 yield until 1994. In 2008–2012, the annual catches varied between 4.2 and 8.3 million tonnes, more than for any other fish in the wild. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per…
Human’s trophic level (or place on the food chain) is a mere 2.2 on a 1-5 scale, with apex predators such as lions and great white sharks at a 5. We rank even with pigs and anchovies. businessinsider.com/map-o…
Today I learned of the 'rôti sans pareil'—a bustard stuffed with a turkey, a goose, a pheasant, a chicken, a duck, a guinea fowl, a teal, a woodcock, a partridge, a plover, a lapwing, a quail, a thrush, a lark, an ortolan bunting, a garden warbler, an anchovy, an olive, and a single caper vice.com/en_ca/article/7b…
Worcestershire sauce is not vegetarian or kosher as in contains anchovies. Orthodox Jews refrain from eating fish and meat in the same dish, so cannot use traditional Worcestershire sauce to flavor meat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wor…
On the Trophic Scale (food chain rank) humans rank slightly above anchovies and below pigs, with a rating of 2.2 out of a possible 5.5. smithsonianmag.com/scienc…
One of the first recipes for ketchup included anchovies, and it took 100 years for people to start adding tomatoes into the sauce. mentalfloss.com/article/2…
Ecologists calculated exactly where humans rank on the food chain. We are between pigs and anchovies with a trophic level of 2.21 on a scale from 1-5 (trophic levels describe the position of species in a food web). npr.org/sections/thesalt/…
Worcestershire sauce is made by mixing anchovies cured in salt for several months, onions and garlic pickled in malt vinegar for two years, then aged further in salt, vinegar, tamarind concentrate, and other spices youtube.com/watch?v=TZznz…
In Italy, noodles predate tomato sauce by hundreds of years. Before the 17th and 18th centuries, Italians enjoyed pasta mainly with cheese, oils and anchovies. nellositaly.com/the-histo…
Puttanesca Sauce is said to have been devised by prostitutes as one that could be cooked quickly between clients' visits. Word origin: Italian, from puttana 'prostitute'. The pasta sauce recipe typically includes tomatoes, garlic, olives, and anchovies. oxforddictionaries.com/us…
The Titanichthys, an extinct species of fish, is thought to have fed by possibly swallowing or inhaling entire schools of anchovy-sized fish en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit…
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