Saturday, May 26, 2018
Daily Trivia Questions are below
TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE
“The ambition of every good cook must be to make something very good with the fewest possible ingredients.” Urbain Dubois (1818-1901)
Food Holidays - Today is:
• National Blueberry Cheesecake Day
(48 Cheesecake Recipes - Cheesecake Baking Tips)
• National Cherry Dessert Day (Cherry Trivia Facts)
(Cherry Cake Recipes -- Cherry Pie Recipes)
• World Trade Week (May 20-26, 2018) Every year, the President of the United States declares the third full week of May as World Trade Week.
• International Pickle Week (May 20-30 [10 days]) Observed for more than 50 years, it is one of the longest running food promotions
(Pickle Trivia -- Pickle Recipes)
• UK: English Wine Week (May 26-June 3, 2018)
[English Wine Producers]
• UK: British Sandwich Week (May 20-26, 2018)
[British Sandwich Assoc] --- (Sandwich Recipes)
• UK: British Tomato Week (May 21-27, 2018 - 3rd week) [British Tomato Growers’ Association]
(Tomato Trivia -- Tomato Recipes -- Tomato Tips)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY
On this day in:
1647 Alse Young of Windsor becomes the first person on record to be executed for witchcraft in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut.
1818 Urbain Dubois was born (died March 14, 1901). French chef, author of many cookbooks, but especially 'La cuisine classique' (1856). Served as chef to Prince Alexey Orlov and Prince William of Prussia.
1864 Montana becomes a U.S. territory.
(Montana Food Trivia --- Montana Food Festivals)
1908 Shortly after 4:00 am, Canadian drillers working for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company make the first major oil discovery in the Middle East at Masjid-i-Suleiman (in present day Iran).
1923 James Arness was born. Best known as Marshal Matt Dillon on the TV series 'Gunsmoke,' he also played the creature in the 1951 movie 'The Thing from Another World.' The creature was a vegetable based alien life form, a “super intellectual carrot.”
1927 The last Model T Ford rolled off the assembly line. 15 million Model T's were produced from 1908 to 1927. Known as the ‘Tin Lizzie.’
1950 Fuel rationing ends in the UK. Petrol rationing was first imposed at the onset of World War II in September 1939.
1955 Morimoto Masaharu was born in Hiroshima, Japan. Masaharu is a well known Japanese Chef, and was the last Japanese Iron Chef on the TV show, Iron Chef (late 1990s). He now has his own restaurant, Morimoto in Philadelphia.
1971 Don Maclean recorded 'American Pie'.
1979 'Reunited' by Peaches & Herb is #1 on the charts
1993 Parliament approves Canada's participation in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). NAFTA will become effective on January 1, 1994.
1998 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Ellis Island - historic gateway for millions of immigrants - is mainly in New Jersey, not New York.
1999 Waldo Lonsbury Semon died. Semon was an American Inventor who is credited with the invention of Vinyl. Vinyl is the 2nd most used plastic in the world. Semon held over 100 patents.
2000 Legislation in San Francisco banning discrimination based on Height or Weight became effective. (see also May 8, 2000).
2010 In Greece, a horde of millions of frogs forced the 2 hour closure of a major highway east of Thessaloniki.
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UPCOMING FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALS
· May 23-27 New Orleans Wine & Food Experience - LA
· May 24-27, 2018 35th Annual Mudbug Madness
Shreveport, Louisiana
· May 25-28, 2018 60th Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival - Garden Grove, California
· May 25-28, 2018 Worlds Largest Brat Fest - Madison, Wisc
· May 26-27, 2018 35th Annual Pungo Strawberry Festival
Virginia Beach, Virginia
· May 26-28, 2018 Jersey Shore Food Truck Festival
Monmouth Park, Oceanport, New Jersey
(SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
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FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)
This carnivorous fish ranges in size from 6 inches to 5 feet in length, but one Pacific species can reach almost 12 feet. The family contains about 100 species which are widespread in tropical and subtropical seas. They are found mainly in shallow water, where they live among reefs and rocks.
Their smooth, muscular bodies may be vividly marked or uniformly colored. One species is bluish and frequently covered with a yellowish algae which gives it a greenish hue. Some are dark brown with yellow and black markings. They have a large head and mouth, and small rounded gill openings on each side. They are typically nocturnal feeders, eating other fish and mollusks.
The Romans considered them a great delicacy, and wealthy gourmets bred them in expensive seaside fish-ponds. There is a legend concerning the unusual diet they were fed, and true or not, there are many mentions of how delicious these cultivated fish were. They have fatty flesh, but are fairly delicate in flavor and texture.
Name this fish.
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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.
· 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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