Sunday, May 11, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“As everybody knows, there is only one infallible recipe for the perfect omelette: your own.”
Elizabeth David (1913-1992)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Mother’s Day 2025 (2nd Sunday) • National Mocha Torte Day • Eat What You Want Day • Netherlands: [National Mill Day] (May 10-11, 2025 - 2nd Sat & Sun) On this day 950 windmills and watermills open their doors to visitors. • Go Public Gardens Days (May 9-18, 2025)
[American Public Gardens Assn] • [National Women’s Health Week] (May 11-17, 2025) begins on Mother’s Day • [Food Allergy Awareness Week] (May 11-17, 2025)
(Food Allergy Articles) • UK: [National Doughnut Week] (May 10-18, 2025) participating bakers across the UK will be helping to raise money for The Children's Trust by donating money for every doughnut they sell.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1838 Thomas Andrew Knight died. British horticulturist and botanist who experimented with geotropism, phototropism and heliotropism. 1858 Minnesota became the 32nd state. Land of 10,000 Lakes; The Gopher State.
(Minnesota Food Trivia, Facts & Statistics) 1886 Willis Marshall of Chicago, Illinois received a patent for a 'grain binder' for grain harvesters. 1934 The Dust Bowl. One of the worst dust storms ever to hit the Great Plains occurred. It lasted 2 days and the area lost massive amounts of top soil. 1946 The first CARE packages for survivors of WW II in Europe arrive at Le Havre, France. (Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe). 1947 B.F. Goodrich announced the development of the tubeless tire. 1977 The U.S. announced a timetable for the phase out of the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in aerosol products. By December 15, 1978, companies must stop using chlorofluorocarbons as propellants in aerosol products. 1992 Carlos 'Danny' Herrera died. He was 90 years old. Herrera is the most likely inventor of the Margarita tequila cocktail in 1938.
(see also Margarita Trivia) 2002 Yes, we have no bananas. Joseph Bonanno, a former Mafia boss known as 'Joe Bananas,' died in Tucson, Arizona at age 97. 2009 U.S. first class postage rates were raised to 44 cents and post cards to 28 cents. 2010 A giant herring measuring 11.4 feet long, was discovered in the fishing village of Bovallstrand on Sweden's west coast. The Regalecus glesne, known as the 'King of Herrings' or Giant Oarfish, had last been seen in Sweden in 1879. The rarely seen fish can reach nearly 40 feet long and weigh up to 600 pounds. (Photo on phys.org)
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** May 1-31, 2025 - Oregon Wine Month
Statewide, Oregon May 7-11, 2025 St. Augustine Food + Wine Festival
St. Augustine, Florida May 8-11, 2025 Gator By the Bay
San Diego, California May 9-16, 2025 Illinois Craft Beer Week
Various locations, Illinois May 9-18, 2025 Spring Georgia State Fair
Metro Atlanta, Hampton, Georgia May 10-18, 2025 83rd Annual West Virginia Strawberry Festival - Buckhannon, West Virginia May 14-17, 2025 47th World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest - Memphis, Tennessee (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· Procter & Gamble introduces Jif Peanut Butter.
· The first completely enclosed shopping mall, Southdale Shopping Center opens in Edina, Minnesota
· At a Fourth of July family picnic, Milton Levine came up with the idea for the Ant Farm.
· Del Monte Pineapple Grapefruit Drink was introduced. 2) A Turkish soup of beef stock & small meat-filled dumplings, garnished with yogurt, thyme and mint. 3) What food was created in 1942 for the Texas State Fair by Neil Fletcher; a maize hound? 4) A brownish, bitter, foul-smelling resinous material obtained from the roots of an Asian member of parsley family, used as a condiment. Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 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
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 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.
· 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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