Friday, April 26, 2024Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Asparagus, when picked, should be no thicker than a darning needle.”
Alice B. Toklas, American writer (1877-1967)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Pretzel Day (History of the Pretzel)
(Soft Pretzel Recipe -- Another Pretzel Recipe) • National Arbor Day [Arbor Day Foundation]
(April 26, 2024 - last Friday in April - many states observe different dates according to best local tree planting times)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1785 John James Audubon was born. Ornithologist, naturalist and artist, known mainly for his paintings and sketches of North American birds.
[National Audubon Society www.audubon.org/ ] 1856 Eben Horsford patents a process to manufacture calcium acid phosphate, a key ingredient in his 'Horsford's Bread Preparation' later renamed 'Rumford Baking Powder' 1877 Minnesota held a state day of prayer to plead for an end to a 4 year plague of Rocky Mountain locusts. In southwestern Minnesota, locusts had been eating crops, trees, tobacco, fence posts, leather, dead animals, sheep's wool - everything but the mortgage. Two days later a snowstorm moved through and the locusts were never seen again. No one knows what caused the locust plague, nor why the Rocky Mountain locust became extinct after the plague. (Minnesota Trivia & Facts --- Locust Trivia) 1931 'The Carnation Contented Hour' premiered on the NBC regional West Coast network, sponsored by Carnation ("Milk from contented cows"). It went national Jan 4, 1932.
(Carnation Evaporated Milk Facts) 1937 Life magazine removed its logo from the cover to feature a full cover photo of a White Leghorn Rooster's head by innovative photographer Torkel Korling. 1947 Pete Ham of the music group 'Badfinger' was born. 1962 'Mashed Potato Time' by Dee Dee Sharp is #1 on the charts. 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant in the Ukraine explodes. The worst nuclear disaster in history. In addition to the human toll, agriculture and livestock was contaminated by radiation in large areas of Europe for years to come. 1989 Lucille Ball died. Two of the funniest food related comedy routines ever done were the chocolate factory and the grape stomping episodes from her TV show, 'I Love Lucy.' 1992 The musical 'Jelly's Last Jam' opened on Broadway. Based on the life of jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton. 2005 A herd of buffalo escaped from a farm and wandered around a Baltimore, Maryland suburb disrupting traffic, and shutting down several major highways. Police eventually herded them onto a nearby tennis court. (Buffalo [Bison] Trivia and Facts) 2006 Chicago banned the sale of foie gras. (Repealed May 14, 2008). (Foie Gras Trivia & Facts) 2012 Indonesia suspends some U.S. beef imports following the discovery of an American dairy cow in California infected with mad cow disease.
(Indonesian Cookery)
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** UPCOMING FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALSApril 25-28, 2024 Vidalia Onion Festival
Vidalia, Georgia April 26-28, 2024 Interstate Mullet Toss and Gulf Coast's Greatest Beach Party
Orange Beach, Alabama April 26-28, 2024 Annual Pensacola Crawfish Festival
Pensacola, Florida April 26-28, 2024 - Vermont Maple Festival
St. Albans, Vermont April 27, 2024 Annual Riverside Tamale Festival
Riverside, California April 27, 2024 Annual Waikiki Spam Jam
Waikiki, Hawaii (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· France raised the minimum age to purchase alcohol from 16 to 18 years of age.
· McDonald's closed its 3 locations in Iceland in October due to the 'complex operational environment.
· The last issue of 'Gourmet' magazine was published
· In the U.S. French Fries are the most common 'vegetable' children eat. 2) Legend has it that tofu was developed by prince Liu An (179-122 B.C.) while searching for something.
What was he searching for? 3) What type of oil did the ancient Egyptians use before olive oil was known?
a) radish seed oil. b) sunflower seed oil.
c) avocado oil. d) whale oil. e) palm oil. Click Here for Quiz Answers
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Read an article about Chef James and the FoodReference.com website published in the Winona Daily News, Minneapolis StarTribune, and numerous other newspapers: Click here for the Article
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Dedication
This website is dedicated to:
· Gladys Ehler, my mother, who taught me patience and how to make Sauerbraten (it is still my favorite)
· Edward Ehler, my father, who taught me a love of books and history.
· Barbara Saba, my sister, who taught me how to dance.
· Cpl. Thomas E. Saba, my nephew. Died in action on Feb. 7, 2007 in Iraq. He was 30 yrs. young. Chef James
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