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JANUARY 12 - Today in Food History

• National Marzipan Day (Marzipan Recipe)

• National Curried Chicken Day
  (Madras Curry Paste Recipe  --  Curry Powder Recipe)

• National Hot Tea Day (?)
 

On this day in:

1833 Marie-Antoine Carême died in Paris. Carême was known as "the cook of kings and the king of cooks". He is the founder and architect of French haute cuisine. His story is one out of a Dickens novel.
(Short biography of Carême)

1885 John Bloomfield Jarvis died. A civil engineer, he designed and built the Boston Aqueduct and the 41 mile long Croton Aqueduct (New York City's water supply for over 50 years from 1842). (New York Food Trivia)

1899 Paul Hermann Muller was born. A Swiss chemist who discovered that DDT was a potent insecticide. It was the most widely used insecticide for more than 20 years, and helped to increase food production around the world. Due mainly to its accumulation in animals that eat insects, and its toxic effects on them and those further up the food chain, it has been banned in the U.S. since 1972. However its residue is still found in some foods grown in the U.S. in 2002!

1906 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 100 for the first time, closing at 100.25.

1909 Thomas A. Edison received U.S. patent No. 909,806 for "Waterproofing Fibers and Fabrics".

1916 Ruth Rogan Benerito was born. American chemist who was a pioneer in the development of wash and wear fabrics. She also helped develop cotton fabrics that are stain resistant. Thanks to Benerito, your chef's jacket can be clean and wrinkle free.

1942 The National War Labor Board (NWLB) is created to forestall labor-management conflicts during World War II.

1943 Due to wartime meat shortages, the U.S. Office of Price Administration announced that frankfurters would be replaced by 'Victory Sausages' made of meat and soybean meal or other substitute.
(Hot Dog Trivia and Facts  ---  Hot Dog Quotes)

1948 The opening of Britain's first supermarket, at Manor Park, run by the London Co-Op.
I have conflicting information on this. Some sources say the first supermarket in Britain, ‘The Premier,’ opened on September 1, 1951. (Supermarket Trivia & Facts)

2001 William Hewlett died. Founder with David Packard of Hewlett Packard Company. Before they became famous for computers and printers etc., some of their early inventions were an automatic urinal flusher and a weight loss shock machine!

2010 A magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastates the Island nation of Haiti, killing over 200,000 people and leaving almost 1 million homeless.
 

 

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