Sunday, November 9, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“The very discovery of the New world was the by-product of a dietary quest.” Arthur M. Schlesinger
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Scrapple Day: A Pennsylvania Dutch specialty of chopped or ground pork and cornmeal mush, cooked and shaped in a loaf pan, cooled, then sliced and browned in butter to serve.
(A Scrapple Story & Recipe) (More Scrapple Recipes) • British Pudding Day • National Fried Chicken Sandwich Day • National Split Pea Soup Week: Celebrated in the U.S. since 1969 (Nov 9-15, 2025 - 2nd week in Nov)
(Pea Soup Recipes --- Pea Quotes)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1801 Gail Borden born. Inventor of process for making condensed milk, and founder of New York Condensed Milk Co. (later renamed Borden Co).
(Gail Borden short biography -- Borden Co. Trivia) 1857 The first issue of the Atlantic Monthly was published. It contained the first installment of Oliver Wendell Holmes' 'The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.' 1872 Fire nearly destroyed Boston's business district. Firefighters from dozens of surrounding towns helped to fight the blaze, but water pressure was too low to halt the spreading inferno. Officials resorted to blowing up buildings to keep the fire from spreading to residential areas. Almost 1,000 businesses were destroyed. 1891 George A. Hormel opened his packinghouse in Austin, Minnesota. (Hormel Trivia & Facts) 1911 Georges Claude of Paris, France applied for a patent for an electric neon sign. It was issued on January 19, 1915. 1916 California Packing Company (Calpak) was created with the merger of five major Canning enterprises, consolidating control over canning, drying, packing houses, brokers and farmers in California and the West. 1938 Edward Murray East died. An American botanist and chemist he helped with the development of hybrid corn. Specifically, he concentrated on controlling the protein and fat content of possible hybrids. (Corn Trivia and Facts --- Corn Quotes) 1948 'More Beer' is recorded by the Ames Brothers. 1953 Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet, died at the Chelsea Hotel in New York. He had consumed 18 straight martinis. (Martini Trivia --- Martini Quotes) 1961 During lunchtime, Brian Epstein heard the Beatles for the first time at The Cavern in Liverpool. 1963 The enigmatic 'Louie Louie' was released by the Kingsmen. 1965 At 5:15 pm a 13 hour blackout of the northeastern U.S. and parts of Canada began when the electric grid failed. The blackout affected some 80,000 square miles and 25 million people. 1983 Alfred Heineken, president of Heinken (the beer) was kidnapped. He was freed on November 30 after a ransom was paid (over $20 million). The kidnappers were eventually caught. 2019 A flock of up to 60 aggressive wild turkeys, weighing up to 24 pounds, are reported to be terrorizing residents at Holiday City in Toms River, New Jersey. The gobblers have chased residents, broken windows, and pecked away at roofs and cars. Wildlife and Animal Control officials are aware of the problem, but cannot do anything about the turkeys due to state regulations.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** October 30-Nov 16, 2025 119th Edition of the State Fair of Louisiana - Shreveport, Louisiana October 31-Nov 9, 2025 National Peanut Festival
Dothan, Alabama November 1-9, 2025 San Francisco Restaurant Week
San Francisco, California November 5-9, 2025 - American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kansas City, Missouri November 7-16, 2025 Wurstfest
New Braunfels, Texas November 9, 2025 12th Annual South Florida Seafood Festival - Miami, Florida (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?
· The first IHOP (International House of Pancakes) opened in Los Angeles.
· Ant Farms are introduced by Milton Levine.
· Friskees introduced the first dry cat food.
· Rice-A-Roni is introduced. 2) What brownish, bitter, foul-smelling resinous material obtained from the roots of an Asian member of parsley family, is used as a condiment? 3) What bitter extract from a southern European plant root is used in Angostura bitters, chocolate, vermouth, candy, ice cream and vanilla flavorings? 4) About what percentage of a lemon is juice? Click Here for Today’s 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
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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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