MAY 12 - Today in Food History• National Nutty Fudge Day (Maple Nut Fudge Recipe) • Fintastic Friday: Giving Sharks a Voice (May 12, 2023 - 2nd Fri) [Whale Times & Shark Research Institute] • [Herb Week] (May 7-13, 2023) • Go Public Gardens Days (May 12-21, 2023)
[American Public Gardens Assn]
On this day in:1777 Philip Lenzi, a London confectioner, ran the first advertisement for Ice Cream in the U.S. in the New York Gazette. (Ice Cream Trivia & Facts)
(Ice Cream Recipes --- Ice Cream Quotes) 1792 Charles-Somon Favart died in Belleville, France. A French playwright and pastry cook, one of the founders of the opera comique. 1803 Justus von Liebig was born (died April 18, 1873). German chemist who made major contributions to organic and agricultural chemistry. Developed Liebig Extract of Beef, a concentrated liquid meat extract. 1820 Florence Nightingale was born (died Aug 13, 1910). English nurse who established modern nursing practice. 1874 African American inventor Elijah McCoy received U.S. patent #150,876 for a folding ironing table. A prolific inventor, McCoy received 57 patents in his lifetime, and is supposedly the source of the expression "the real McCoy," meaning "the real thing." 1874 Charles Orvis (C. F. Orvis Company in Manchester, Vermont) received patent for a Fishing-Reel, the prototype for modern fly reels. (Fishing Trivia)
(Fish Quotes) 1878 Catherine Esther Beecher died (born Sept 6, 1800). An American educator and author of 'Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book', etc.
(Catherine Beecher Biography) 1889 John Cadbury died. He was the founder of Cadbury chocolate company. 1896 Charles B. Brooks of Newark, New Jersey was issued U.S. patent No. 560,154 for a dust proof bag for street sweepers.
1912 The Beverly Hills Hotel opened.
1933 U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Agricultural Adjustment Act into law. Its purpose was to reduce overproduction of agricultural products by paying farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land, thereby raising the value of crops.
(Agriculture Trivia) 1978 The U.S. Commerce Department announced that hurricane names would no longer be exclusively female. Both male and female names would now be used. 1994 Roy J. Plunkett died. He was the inventor of Teflon (Polytetrafluoroethylene) in 1938. The first nonstick cookware using Teflon was sold in 1960. 2008 U.S. first class postage rates were raised to 42 cents and post cards to 27 cents. 2020 Coronavirus: North Dakota State Fair in July is canceled; Steak 'n Shake restaurants to close at least 50 locations permanently.
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