Monday, June 16, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.”
Oscar Wilde(1854-1900)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Fudge Day (Fudge Recipes) • Fresh Veggies Day (Vegetable Recipes)
(Vegetable Articles --- Vegetable Quotes) • Feast of St. Benno, patron of anglers, fishermen. • [National Pollinator Week] (June 16-22, 2025) Birds, bats, bees, butterflies, beetles, and other small mammals that pollinate plants are responsible for bringing us one out of every three bites of food. • Dairy Goat Awareness Week (June 14-21, 2025 - 2nd to 3rd Sat in June) [American Dairy Goat Assn]
(Goat Trivia & Facts) • UK: [National Picnic Week] (June 14-21, 2025)
(Picnic Trivia & Facts)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1794 The first stone was laid for the world’s largest grain windmill in Holland. Known as ‘De Walvisch’ (the whale), it is still in existence.
[De Walvisch website] 1855 John Gorrie died (born Oct 3, 1803). An American physician he pioneered the artificial manufacture of ice, refrigeration, and air conditioning. While a Naval officer in Apalachicola, Florida he needed ice to treat malaria patients. He used a small steam driven piston to chill brine, which was used to cool air or make ice. He was issued the first U.S. Patent (No. 8080) for mechanical refrigeration in May 1851. (Refrigerator Trivia) 1868 William Davis of Detroit, Michigan, received a patent for an improvement in refrigerated railroad cars. 1891 George A. Hormel founded Geo. A. Hormel & Company as small retail store in Austin, Minnesota.
(see also Hormel Trivia & Facts) 1893 R.W. Rueckheim invents ‘Cracker Jack’, a popcorn, peanut and molasses confection. It was introduced at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. R.W.'s brother Louis perfected the secret formula in 1896, which prevents the molasses coated popcorn from sticking together. The prize in each box was introduced in 1912. 1903 The one year old Pepsi-Cola Company registered the 'Pepsi-Cola' trademark with the U.S. Patent Office. It's original name was ‘Brad's Drink’ after Caleb Bradham, the pharmacist who developed the formula at his drugstore in New Bern, North Carolina. (I was the manager of the New Bern Golf & Country Club for a while in the 1980's - Chef James).
(Pepsi Cola Trivia & Facts) 1909 Archie Fairley Carr was born (died May 21, 1987). An American biologist and authority on turtles. His extensive studies and conservation efforts helped to increase turtle populations around the world. 1937 August Busch III was born, president and CEO of Anheuser Busch from 1974 to 2002 (Budweiser Beer, etc.). (Anheuser-Busch Trivia and Facts) 1960 Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller 'Psycho' premiered. It was the first film to show a toilet flushing. (Alfred Hitchcock Food Trivia) 1978 The movie 'Grease' opened in U.S. theatres. 1980 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Diamond v. Chakrabarty that living, genetically-engineered microorganisms are patentable. 2004 Al Lapin Jr. died (born Sept 18, 1927). Entrepreneur and restaurateur, co-founder with his brother Jerry of International House of Pancakes in 1958 in Toluca Lake, California. 2020 An Expensive Fart: A man in Vienna, Austria was fined 500 euros ($536) for standing on a park bench and loudly breaking wind during an encounter with police.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** June 1-30, 2025 - Idaho Wine and Cider Month
Statewide, Idaho June 11-July 6, 2025 San Diego County Fair
Del Mar, California June 17-21, 2025 Annual West Virginia Interstate Fair - Mineral Wells, West Virginia June 18-21, 2025 Annual Ice Cream Days
Le Mars, Iowa June 19-21, 2025 64th Annual Stonewall Peach JAMboree and Rodeo - Stonewall, Texas June 19-22, 2025 Cranberry Blossom Festival
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin June 21-22, 2025 33rd Annual Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle - Washington D.C. (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?
· U.S. Patent issued to Joseph F. Glidden for barbed wire. The beginning of the end of cowboys and the open range.
· Durra sorghum, known as Egyptian corn, introduced into California from Egypt.
· Georgia is the first state to establish a state Department of Agriculture.
· Pascal celery was first cultivated, in Michigan.
· Women's Christian Temperance Union was formed in Cleveland, Ohio 2) In the early 20th century this was considered a disgusting food by the British. Escoffier, while chef at the Carlton Hotel in London, had them accepted by no other than the Price of Wales by listing them on the menu as 'cuisses de nymphes aurore', or legs of the dawn nymphs.
What is the common name of this food? 3) How did the alligator pear get its name and what is the other common name for it? 4) How much feed does it take to produce a dozen eggs? 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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