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Weekly Trivia Quiz is below
TUESDAY - MAY 29, 2012
TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE
“Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.”
M. F. K. Fisher
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY
- National Coq Au Vin Day
1630 Charles II, king of England was born. The 'Merry Monarch,' tea was introduced to England during his reign. On December 23, 1675, he issued a proclamation suppressing Coffee Houses. The public response was so negative that he revoked it on January 8, 1676.
1716 Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton was born. A French naturalist and pioneer in several fields including plant physiology. He also conducted agricultural experiments and introduced Merino sheep to France. First director of the Museum of Natural History in Paris.
1886 Coca-Cola, invented by pharmacist John Styth Pemberton in 1885, was advertised for the first time in the Atlanta Daily on this day.
1919 Charles Strite of Stillwater, Minnesota applied for a pop-up toaster patent.
1971 'Brown Sugar' by the Rolling Stones hits number 1 on the charts.
2004 Tens of millions of pounds of almonds were recalled by one of the world's largest almond producers, located in California due to a salmonella outbreak. At least 25 people were sickened in states from Alaska to Michigan.
THIS WEEKS FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALS
June 1, 2012 Livermush Festival - Marion, North Carolina
June 1-3, 2012 International Horseradish Festival - Collinsville, Illinois
June 2, 2012 Annual Great Chowder Cook-Off - Newport, Rhode Island
June 2, 2012 Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival - Berkeley, California
June 2-3, 2012 26th Annual Chicken & Egg Festival - Prescott, Arkansas
June 3, 2012 Minnesota Cheese Festival - St. Paul, Minnesota
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TODAY’S KITCHEN TIP
When baking tomatoes, whole or stuffed, use a muffin tin liberally coated with oil pan spray. The tomatoes will sit straight and hold their shape.
FEATURED ARTICLES
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FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new on May 22, 2012)
1) The following events all took place during the same year:
• E. Bean creates the orange crate. It holds about 200 oranges.
• In Berlin, Ferdinand Tiemann patents a process for making synthetic vanillin, the key flavor ingredient in vanilla beans.
• The Bing cherry is developed by a Chinese orchardman in Oregon.
• B&M Baked Beans, the world's first canned baked beans, are produced in Portland, Maine.
• The Palace Hotel opens in San Francisco.
• The first Chinese general store in New York opens at 8 Mott Street.
• The first milk chocolate for eating is invented in Switzerland.
• The first British trademark is registered - for Bass Pale Ale.
In which year did the above events take place:
a) 1875 b) 1895 c) 1905 d) 1925 e) 1935
2) What country is the largest producer of dried beans?
a) China b) United States c) Mexico d) Italy e) India
3) What relationship does Charles Dicken's 'Tale of Two Cities' and O. Henry's 'Rolling Stones' have with potatoes?
4) What effect did World War II have on the frozen food industry?
5) What percentage of catsup (ketchup) is consumed away from home in the U.S.?
a) 20% b) 30% c) 40% d) 50% e) 60%
6) What are the original 3 flavors in 'Fruit Loops' breakfast cereal?
7) One of the world's largest and oldest living organisms is believed to be somewhere between 1,500 and 10,000 years old. It is located in an Iron County, Michigan forest near the Wisconsin border.
What is it?
8) What country is the world's largest garlic producer?
a) United States b) China c) South Korea d) India e) Italy
9) When gas ranges (stoves) were first introduced in the 1850s it took several decades before they became popular.
Why?
10) The University of Florida football team has a connection to what beverage?
Click here for the answers to this Culinary Quiz
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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