Friday, May 9, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Watermelon -- it's a good fruit. You eat, you drink, you wash your face.” Enrico Caruso
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Butterscotch Brownie Day
(Brownie Recipes -- Brownie Trivia) • National Moscato Wine Day - The Moscato (Muscat in Italian) is one of the oldest known grape varieties. • Fintastic Friday: Giving Sharks a Voice (May 9, 2025 - 2nd Fri) [Whale Times & Shark Research Institute] • Go Public Gardens Days (May 9-18, 2025)
[American Public Gardens Assn] • [Herb Week] (May 4-10, 2025)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1785 The beer-pump handle was patented by Joseph Bramah. (Beer Trivia and Facts) 1845 Carl Gustaf Patrik de Laval was born. A Swedish scientist and inventor. Among his inventions was the centrifugal cream separator and a vacuum milking machine. 1868 The town site of Reno, Nevada (named after Civil War General Jesse Reno) was officially established. (Nevada Food Trivia and Facts) 1914 C. W. Post (Charles William) died. He founded the Postum Cereal Co. in 1895 (renamed General Foods Corp. in 1922) to manufacture Postum cereal beverage; 1897 Grape Nuts, 1904 Post Toasties, originally called Elijah's Mana.
(Breakfast Cereal Trivia & Facts) 1914 President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation declaring the first national Mother's Day. The previous day, May 8, Congress designated the 2nd Sunday in May as Mother's Day and requested a proclamation. 1920 Frank Perdue president of Perdue Farms was born (died March 31, 2005). He was the son of the company's founder Arthur Perdue. Perdue is the 3rd largest poultry company in the U.S. 1942 'Tangerine' by Jimmy Dorsey was #1 on the music charts. 1949 The first self-service coin operated laundry (laundrette) in Britain opened in Queensway, London. 1992 A record brown trout weighed over 40 pounds and was caught in Arkansas. (Trout Trivia & Facts) 2014 The movie 'Chef' was released in the U.S. A chef loses his restaurant job and starts up a food truck. 2016 President Obama signed the National Bison Legacy Act, declaring the North American Bison the official National Mammal of the United States.
(Bison Trivia) 2019 In Australia, the University of Canberra's library was evacuated due to a suspected gas leak. The odor turned out to be from a Durian fruit.
(see also Oct 15, 2021). (Durian Trivia & Facts) 2019 Mexico City announced a ban on plastic bags, straws, utensils and other disposable plastic plastic items. The ban takes effect at the end of 2020. 2020 Coronavirus: In addition to individual restaurants closing permanently, numerous small and regional restaurant chains are filing for bankruptcy, others are closing permanently.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** May 1-31, 2025 - Oregon Wine Month
Statewide, Oregon May 4-10, 2025 87th West Tennessee Strawberry Festival - Humboldt, Tennessee 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, 2025 40th Annual Windsor Zucchini Festival
Gainesville, Florida (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
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· Ultra-high temperature pasteurization is introduced.
· V-8 Cocktail Vegetable Juice is introdced by Campbell Soup Co.
· Nestle's Quik chocolate milk additive is introduced to compete with Ovaltine. 2) Name this vegetable.
This member of the Mustard Family was developed in Germany sometime around the 16th century. (Although one source claims that Charlemagne ordered it planted throughout his domain during the 9th century). It matures in about 2 months when started from seeds, and about 40 days from transplants. Available from May to December, there are green and purple/ red varieties.
Although not widely grown commercially in the U.S. it is popular in Israel, Germany, Austria, Russia, Italy, and Hungary. It is frequently grown as a kitchen garden vegetable in some U.S. regions, and is also grown for livestock feed in Europe. In Asia it is popular in northern China (where it is called gai laarn tau), India (ganth gobhi or knol-khol) and Nepal.
It can be eaten raw in salads, or cooked. Its leaves can be used much like spinach. Although traditional dishes are usually quite elaborate, stuffed, creamed, etc., it stands up excellent on its own.
Food writers tend to disparage it, although many people become obsessed with its taste, which has been described as combining that of cucumber, radish and broccoli. You either love it or hate it. 3) An Italian red or white wine harvested on the slopes of Massico mountains in Campania. 4) What liqueur is made with a brandy base flavored with a variety of fruits and bitter almond? 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
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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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