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FEATURED FOR SEPTEMBER

• Updated: Over 9,000 Food Festivals

• BBQ & Grilling Articles with Recipes

• Tailgating and Game Day Articles with Recipes

• Summer Food Ideas with Recipes
 

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SOME SUMMER RECIPES

· Mango Pork Fajitas

· Turkey & Balsamic Onion Quesadillas

· Franks and Beans Recipe

· Ham with Mango Glaze

· Honey Orange Glazed Ham

· Bourbon Honey Glazed Ham

· Roasted Sesame Asparagus

· Spring Onion & Herb Risotto

· Spring Crab Salad Recipe

· Heartland Fennel Slaw

· Springtime Pasta Primavera

· Authentic Italian Pasta Primavera

· Amish Rhubarb Cake Recipe

· Crustless Spinach Ricotta Quiche
 

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September Food Holidays:

For Details, History and more DAY, WEEK and MONTH Food Holiday designations, including LINKS to Holiday Origins and Additional Information:
SEE Detailed SEPTEMBER Food Calendar

SEPTEMBER is:

• Better Breakfast Month
• All-American Breakfast Month
  · Breakfast Recipes

• California Wine Month
  · North American Wines

• Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

• Family Meals Month

• Fruit & Veggies: More Matters Month
  · Vegetable Recipes  ---  Fruit Articles

• Hunger Action Month

• National Biscuit Month
  · Short History of Biscuits

• National Bourbon Heritage Month
  · Bourbon Trivia & Facts

• National Chicken Month
  · Chicken Trivia  ---  Chicken Recipes
 
• National Cholesterol Education Month

• National Food Safety Month
  · Food Safety Articles

• National Hazelnut Month
  · Hazelnut Trivia & Facts

• National Honey Month
  · Honey Trivia & Facts

• National Mushroom Month
  · Mushroom Trivia -  Mushroom Recipes

• National Papaya Month (also June)
  · Papaya Trivia & Facts

• National Potato Month
  · Potato Trivia  ---  Potato Recipes

• National Rice Month
  · Rice Trivia  ---  Rice Recipes

• Organic Harvest Month: Organic September (observed in many countries)
  · Organic Food Articles

• Wild Rice Month
  · Wild Rice Article

• Whole Grains Month
 
• UK: National Fishing Month

• UK: Seed Gathering Season

• UK: Sourdough September
  · Sourdough Trivia  -  Sourdough Article
 

DID YOU KNOW?

Malt is produced by steeping barley (or other grain) in water until it germinates and then roasting and crushing it in a mill. It is used in brewing and distilling, and in malted milk drinks. Malt has a high protein and carbohydrate content. Any cereal grain (rye, wheat, rice, corn, etc)  may be used to produce malt, but barley is by far the most frequently used. Malt for malted milk powder uses both barley and wheat.
 

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Sunday, September 22, 2019

Daily Trivia Questions are below

TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE

“Soup and fish explain half the emotions of human life.” Sydney Smith, English writer (1771-1845)
 

FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:

• National White Chocolate Day
  (White Chocolate Trivia & Facts)

• National Ice Cream Cone Day (see 1903 below)
  (Ice Cream Trivia & Facts)

• Hobbit Day, celebrate with 7 meals today
  (Today is Bilbo and Frodo Baggins’ birthday)

• St. Maurice's Day, patron of knife grinders.
• St. Phocas' Day, patron of gardeners.

• UK: [British Food Fortnight] (Sept 21 - Oct 6, 2019)

• UK: [National Cupcake Week] (Sept 16-22, 2019)
  (Cupcake Trivia  --  Cupcake Recipes)
 

TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

1777 John Bartram died. An American botanist, and considered the 'father of American botany,' he established a botanical garden in Philadelphia in 1728.

1877 Victor Shelford was born. An American zoologist and ecologist, he was one of the first to treat ecology as a separate science. He was active and influential in several ecological organizations, including the Nature Conservancy formed in 1951.

1903 Italo Marchiony applied for a patent for an ice cream cup mold. Initially, he would fold warm waffles into a cup shape. He then developed the 2-piece mold that would make 10 cups at a time. (U.S. patent No. 746,971 was granted on Dec 15, 1903). (Ice Cream Trivia)

1904 Ellen Church was born (died Aug 22, 1965). The first airline stewardess. (See May 15, 1930)

1907 Wilbur Olin Atwater died (born May 3, 1844). American agricultural chemist who layed the groundwork for the science of nutrition. In 1875 he established the first agricultural experimental station in the U.S. at Wesleyan College in Connecticut.

1909 Allan 'Rocky' Lane was born (died Oct 27-1973). Actor in numerous films and TV shows, he was also the voice of the talking horse in the TV show 'Mister Ed' (1961-1966).

1955 The first British commercial TV station began broadcasting. The first advertisement was for Gibbs SR toothpaste.

1967 The Queen Mary began her last Atlantic crossing

1985 The first ‘Farm Aid’ Concert was held at Champaign, Illinois.

2002 William Rosenberg founder of Dunkin' Donuts died (born June 10, 1916).  [The Dunkin' Donuts website lists his date of death as Sept 22, but numerous newspapers and others list Sept 20].

2003 Actor Gordon Jump died. The 'Maytag Repairman' in commercials, also Arthur Carlson on ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’
 

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UPCOMING FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALS

· September 18-22, 2019  Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Bardstown, Kentucky

· September 19-22, 2019  Annual Draft Horse Classic and Harvest Fair - Grass Valley, California

· September 19-22, 2019  44th Annual Nappanee Apple Festival - Nappanee, Indiana

· September 20-22, 2019 - Shrimp & Grits Festival
Jekyll Island, Georgia

· September 21-22, 2019  Texas Hot Sauce Festival
Houston, Texas

(SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
 

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FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ    (new DAILY questions)

1) The following all took place during the same year.
Can you guess the year?
· Kellogg introduced Pop-Tarts toaster pastries.
•· General Mills introduced Lucky Charms cereal.
•· The French dairy cooperatives introduced Yoplait Yogurt in France.
•· Maxim freeze dried instant coffee is introduced by General Foods.
·• The U.S. government defines Bourbon as whiskey with at least 51% corn liquor and aged in new charred-oak barrels.
·• Rocky Aoki opens his first Benihana of Tokyo restaurant in New York.
·• The first Arby's restaurant is opened.

2) What is the difference between the liquid in a can of salmon and the liquid in a can of tuna?

Click here for the answers

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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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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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DID YOU KNOW?

Some mature grapefruit trees can yield up to 1500 pounds of fruit in a season.  The average yield is 350 pounds.
 

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A FOOD LIFE

"There are those who say that a life devoted to food -- cooking it, eating it, writing about it, even dreaming about it -- is a frivolous life, an indulgent life.  I would disagree.  If we do not care what we eat, we do not care for ourselves, and if we do not care for ourselves, how can we care for others?"
Fictional cookery writer Hilary Small, in episode 6, series 2 of 'Pie In the Sky'
 

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Click Here for
Food Emergency
Websites, Phone #s, E-mails, etc.
 

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Classic Fish and Seafood Recipes
 

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DID YOU KNOW?

Freezer burn does not make food unsafe, merely dry in spots. It appears as grayish-brown leathery spots and is caused by air reaching the surface of the food. Cut freezer-burned portions away either before or after cooking the food. Heavily freezer-burned foods may have to be discarded for quality reasons.
 

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IN SEASON FOR SUMMER

Pineapple Trivia

Banana Trivia

Strawberry Trivia

ASPARAGUS:
  Recipes  --  Trivia

BROCCOLI:
  Trivia  --  Recipes

CARROTS:
  Recipes  --  Trivia

CELERY:
  Trivia  --  Tips

COLLARD GREENS:
  Trivia  --  Tips

MUSHROOMS:
  Recipes  --  Trivia

PEAS:
  Trivia  --  Recipes

SPINACH:
  Trivia  --  Recipes

TURNIPS:
  Recipes  --  Trivia

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DID YOU KNOW?

POWDERED MILK
Marco Polo reported in the late 13th century that the nomadic Tartars would boil mare's milk, skimming the cream from the top, and then expose the milk to the hot sun until it dried. When it was to be used, they would add water, and while riding their horse, the mixture would be violently shaken, producing a thick porridge for dinner.

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