Thursday, August 18, 2022Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Chardonnay is a red wine masquerading as a white, and Pinot Noir is a white wine masquerading as a red.”
André Tchelistcheff, winemaker (1901-1994)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Ice Cream Pie Day (Ice Cream Recipes) • National Pinot Noir Day (Wine) • National Fajita Day • Sweden: Surströmingspremiären, Sour Herring Premiere (Aug 18, 2022 - 3rd Thursday) By ordinance, the year's supply of sour herring may begin to be sold
(Herring Trivia & Facts)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1587 Virginia Dare was born on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, the first English child born in the New World. However, when a ship with relief supplies returned 3 years later, the colony was abandoned and no trace of the colonists was ever found. 1850 Honore de Balzac died. French author. Balzac would lock himself away during creative bursts, drinking coffee and eating only fruit and eggs. When he finally took a break, he was known to consume huge quantities of food. One report recalls that at the Véry restaurant he consumed at one sitting 'a hundred Ostend oysters, twelve cutlets of salt-meadow mutton, a duck with turnips, two partridges and a Normandy sole,' not to mention the desserts, fruit and liqueurs he finished up with. 1872 Montgomery Ward published the first mail order catalog. It consisted of one page and listed more than 150 items for sale. 1891 The first rainmaking experiments in the U.S. were conducted near Midland, Texas. Robert Dyrenforth set off explosive balloons and artillery to try to make rainclouds. It was thought that the smoke, dust and air disturbances might produce rain. It didn’t. (Rain Trivia) 1929 Attracted by the smell of food in the coffee shop, a 350 pound bear breaks into the lounge of the Hotel Duluth in Minnesota. Police are forced to shoot it when efforts to capture or drive off the bear fail. 1953 Four cows in Stearns county Minnesota were picked up by a tornado and set down unharmed. 2004 It was reported that it rained fish at about 2:30 p.m. in Shropshire, western England. 2010 The USDA expanded a recall of eggs from two Iowa producers to 380 million eggs nationwide after they were linked to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning. (A much smaller initial recall was issued on August 13). The massive recall was expanded to more than half-billion eggs by August 20. More than 1,000 people had been sickened.
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· Cracker Jack began to put prizes in each box.
· The National Biscuit Co. introduced 'Mallomars', chocolate covered marshmallow cookies.
· Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat cereals are introduced by Quaker Oats Co.
· Peppermint Life Savors are introduced.
· The first drive-up automobile service station opened, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2) Any of several plants of the genus Panax of eastern Asia. There are also several similar species found in North America. The aromatic root has been used for medicinal purposes in Asia for thousands of years. It has been reputed to cure cancer, diabetes, aging, sexual dysfunctions, high blood pressure, and many other disorders. It is also used in tea, tonics, spirits, and in cookery. Its curative powers have never been scientifically documented. It is acknowledged as a stimulant, like coffee or tea.
Name these plants. 3) The blossom of this plant is the official state flower of Arizona. The white, funnel shaped, night blooming flowers grow on the trunk and branches of the plant during May and June, and produce edible red fruits. Name this plant. Click Here for Quiz Answers
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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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