NOVEMBER 2 - Today in Food History
- National Deviled Egg Day
1734 Daniel Boone was born. American pioneer and frontiersman.
1755 Marie Antoinette, Queen consort of Louis XVI of France. She would sometimes wear potato blossoms as a hair decoration. Attributed quote: "If they have no bread, let them eat cake."
1947 Dave Pegg of the music group 'Jethro Tull' was born.
1950 George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, died. You will find many food related quotes from his works on the Food Reference Website. ("Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.")
1978 The largest squid ever caught was taken in Thimble Tickle Bay, Newfoundland. It was 55 feet long and weighed two tons.
1995 The Soup Nazi first appears on the ‘Seinfeld’ TV show.
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