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Weekly Trivia Quiz is below
WEDNESDAY - MAY 23, 2012
TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE
“When the lasagna content in my blood gets low, I get mean!”
‘Garfield' - Jim Davis
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY
- National Taffy Day
1707 Carolus Linnaeus was born. He was a Swedish botanist who developed the 2 name or binomial system for defining and naming plants.
1774 Residents of Chestertown, Maryland react to news of the Boston Tea Party by staging a similar protest, dumping a shipment of tea into the Chester River.
1868 Kit Carson, American frontiersman, died. His last words were supposedly "Wish I had time for just one more bowl of chili."
1922 Thomas Edison patented a method for making metal foils.
1960 Georges Claude died. A French engineer, he invented the neon light, commonly used for signs.
1968 'Yummy, Yummy, Yummy' by the Ohio Express is #1 on the charts.
THIS WEEKS FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALS
May 24, 2012 Balls With Attitude Competition - New Brunswick, New Jersey
May 24-27, 2012 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival - Gonzales, Louisiana
May 25-28, 2012 Worlds Largest Brat Fest - Madison, Wisconsin
May 26-27, 2012 29th Annual Strawberry Festival - Arroyo Grande, Calif.
May 27, 2012 Jersey Shore Food Truck Wars - Oceanport, New Jersey
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TODAY’S KITCHEN TIP
Acids help proteins coagulate, so adding either vinegar or lemon juice to water used for poaching eggs helps keep the eggs from spreading out.
FEATURED ARTICLES
The Price of a Club Sandwich in 35 Cities Around the World
Chef Jerrett Joslin Provides 10 Tips So Anyone Can be a Pro at the Grill
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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