MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
Weekly Trivia Quiz is below (New on Nov 23 - Special Thanksgiving Quiz)
TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE
“A turkey is more occult and awful than all the angels and archangels. In so far as God has partly revealed to us an angelic world, he has partly told us what an angel means. But God has never told us what a turkey means. And if you go and stare at a live turkey for an hour or two, you will find by the end of it that the enigma has rather increased than diminished.”
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) 'All Things Considered' (1908)
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TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY
~ National Cashew Day
~ Pope Clement I, patron of sailors and mariners.
~ St. Columbanus, patron of motorcyclists.
1534 Otto Brunfels died. A German botanist, author of 'Herbarum vivae eicones' (‘Living Pictures of Herbs’), one of the first great herbals. His work is considered to be a bridge between ancient and modern botany.
1553 Prospero Alpini was born. An Italian physician and botanist, he is said to have introduced coffee and bananas to Europe and to have been the first to artificially fertilize date palms.
1835 Henry Burden was granted the first U.S. patent for a horseshoe manufacturing machine.
1869 The 3 masted clipper ship 'Cutty Sark' was launched at Dunbarton, Scotland. It was one of the last to be built and is the only one surviving today. It is 212 feet long and 36 feet wide. It was initially used in the English/Chinese tea trade. Fully restored in 1957, it is in dry berth in Greenwich, London as a sailing museum.
1894 Donald Deskey was born. An industrial designer, he designed the packaging for Tide laundry detergent and Crest toothpaste among others.
1921 President Harding signs the Willis Campell Act, which prohibits doctors from prescribing beer or liquor.
1945 Wartime rationing ended in the U.S.
1990 Roald Dahl died. British author, one of his most popular books was 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' the film version was titled 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.' Some of his other books are 'A Piece of Cake,' 'Pig,' 'Royal Jelly,' 'Smell' and 'Lamb to the Slaughter.'
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DID YOU KNOW?
~The state game bird of Alabama is the turkey. Alabama has one of the largest per acre populations of wild turkeys of any state.
~The Wild Turkey is the official state bird of Oklahoma.
~The Wild Turkey was designated the state game bird of Massachusetts on December 23, 1991.
~Then there's the time a lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock by, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?" The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they're dead."
CULINARY TRIVIA QUIZ
1) What president proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day, and when was it celebrated?
2) What president made Thanksgiving an annual holiday (to be commemorated on the LAST Thursday in November)?
3) In 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt changed Thanksgiving from the LAST Thursday in November. Three years later, in December 1941, a joint session of Congress changed it again (in part because not all states complied with Roosevelt's choice).
~ a) To what day did Roosevelt change Thanksgiving?
~ b) Why did he change it?
~ c) To what day did Congress change Thanksgiving?
4) When is Canada's national Thanksgiving Day celebrated?
5) True or False - All of the following celebrate annual Thanksgiving holidays:
Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Laos, Liberia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Grenada and the Virgin Islands, Mexico.
6) Name these parts of a Turkey:
~ a) The red/pink fleshy growth on the head and upper neck.
~ b) The long, red flesh growth from the base of the beak that hangs down over the neck.
~ c) The bright red appendage at the neck.
~ d) The black lock of hair on the chest of the male turkey.
7) Domesticated turkeys cannot fly, but wild turkeys can fly for short distances.
~ a) How fast can wild turkeys fly?
~ b) How fast can wild turkeys run?
8) What is a 'Turken'?
9) Who wrote the following:
"I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the Representation of our Country; he is a Bird of bad moral Character, like those among men who live by sharpening and robbing, he is generally poor and often very lousy.....The turkey is...a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original Native of America."
10) Turkey eggs are:
~ a) White.
~ b) Brown.
~ c) Creamy white with red/brown speckles.
~ d) Light brown with bluish speckles.
11) About how many feathers does the average mature turkey have?
12) How many days does it take a turkey egg to hatch?
13) What percentage of the U.S. turkey production is used by the pet food industry?
14) What percentage of a typical turkey is white meat?
15) Can you name 3 close relatives of the turkey?
16) What is Turducken?
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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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