Monday, June 18, 2018
Daily Trivia Questions are below
TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE
“Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.” P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
Food Holidays - Today is:
• National Cherry Tart Day
(Tart Recipes - Cherry Trivia)
• International Picnic Day (Picnic Trivia)
• National Go Fishing Day (Fishing Trivia)
• International Sushi Day (Ordering Sushi)
• UK: [National Picnic Week] (June 15-24, 2018)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY
On this day in:
1816 Thomas Henry died (born Oct 26, 1734). An apothecary in Manchester, England, he was the first to produce artifically carbonated water for sale.
(Seltzer Trivia & Facts)
1865 Edmund Ruffin died. He was a pioneer in the study of soil chemistry in the U.S.
1892 Macadamia nuts were first planted in Hawaii.
(Macadamia Nut Trivia --- Hawaii Food Trivia)
1897 Juliet Corson died. Librarian, cookery teacher and writer, founder of the New York Cooking School in 1876. Her books include 'Cooking Manual' (1877), 'Twenty-five Cent Dinners for Families of Six' (1878), and 'Miss Corson's Practical American Cookery' (1886).
1898 Atlantic City, NJ opened its Steel Pier (boardwalk). The world-famous Steel Pier had 9 miles of food, beverages, concessions, amusements, concerts, etc. Ed McMahon, of the Johnny Carson Show and Publisher's Clearing House fame, was a barker on the pier in his youth.
(New Jersey Food Trivia -- NJ Food Festivals)
1913 Robert Mondavi was born. A leading Napa Valley vintner. (North American Wines Articles)
1964 The African Groundnut Council was founded in Dakar.
1993 So-called 'killer bees,' Africanized honey bees, have reached Tucson, Arizona; a small dog was killed from a bee attack. Their original source was Brazil, where African bees were imported for experimental cross breeding.
(Bee Trivia and Facts)
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UPCOMING FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALS
· June 15-July 8, 2018 Alameda County Fair - California
· June 16-24, 2018 LA Beer Week - Los Angeles, California
· June 21-24, 2018 Luling Watermelon Thump - Luling, TX
· June 22-23, 2018 6th Annual Boston Jerk Fest - Mass.
· June 22-23 Annual Cheese Curd Festival - Ellsworth, Wisc.
· June 22-26, 2018 - Taste of the Caribbean - Miami, Florida
· June 23 Whoopie Pie Festival - Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
(SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
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FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)
1) In the first half of the 19th century, wearing a coffee sack for a shirt, this wilderness loving, eccentric, bearded man walked hundreds of miles each year in the Midwestern wilderness. In exchange for meals and a place to sleep he would give his hosts some seeds, and read from his Bible and from a book by Kierkegaard (a Danish philosopher).
What was the nickname and real name of this legendary, odd gentleman?
2) On January 6, 1940 Britain's Ministry of Food began rationing control over certain foods.
What 3 foods were the first to be controlled?
milk butter sugar breadcheese potatoes
eggs bacon flour tea coffee meat
Click here for the answers
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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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