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------------------THE FOOD REFERENCE NEWSLETTER-----------------
April 5, 2006 Vol 7 #4 ISSN 1535-5659
Food Reference Website - http://www.foodreference.com
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-> Website News
-> 'Food for Thought' by Mark Vogel
-> Quotes and Trivia
-> Food Trivia Quiz
-> Website of the Week
-> Readers questions
-> Ancient & Classic Recipes
-> Did you know?
-> Who's Who in the Culinary Arts
-> Requested Recipes
-> Cooking Tips
-> Culinary Calendar - selected events
-> How To Subscribe to this Newsletter
-> How to Stop receiving this Newsletter
-> General information and Copyright
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----------------'FOOD FOR THOUGHT' BY MARK VOGEL----------------
Swiss Chard
Chard is a type of beet which, along with spinach, is a plant in the goosefoot family; so named because some of the plants in this category have ...............
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-----------------------------QUOTE------------------------------
"The dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink."
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
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------------------------FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ------------------------
1) This edible vegetable fat has a mild flavor and aroma. It contains natural antioxidants and is one of the most stable fats known. It can be stored up to five years, remains hard at room temperature, but melts below body temperature. In addition to it's culinary uses, it is used in cosmetics, sun tan oils, and soap. Name this edible fat.
2) This plant most likely originated somewhere around New Guinea in the Pacific Ocean, but long ago became distributed throughout the Pacific from Southeast Asia to Africa. It may have reached the Pacific coast of Central or South America before Columbus reached America, but was introduced to the Caribbean from Africa by Europeans. NOTE: There are some botanists who believe that it originated in the American tropics. There is no definitive proof for either origin. Name this plant.
a) soy bean
b) coconut palm
c) corn
d) mango
e) guava
3) These were first made in New Haven, Connecticut in 1908 by George Smith. They were named after a race horse. What are they?
4) This plant is used in the production of alcohol, and distilled spirits, a sweet syrup, sugar, starch, synthetic fibers such as nylon, certain plastics, in the manufacture of wood resin, lubricating oils and synthetic rubber, as an abrasive, pipes, oil, margarine, saccharin, paints, soaps, linoleum and gasohol. Name this plant.
a) soybean
b) wheat
c) corn
d) turnip
e) sunflower
5) All of the following events took place in the same year. Can you guess the year?
• General Electric introduces the first commercially successful electric toaster; it sells for about $1.45
• Chemist Jacques-Edwin Brandenburger patents 'cellophane,' which becomes widely used in the food industry.
• Half of all Americans live on farms or in towns with a population of less than 2,500.
• Dry Sack Sherry is introduced.
• Iceland bans the sale of intoxicating beverages.
• Tea bags are pioneered by NY wholesaler Thomas Sullivan.
• Chef Auguste Escoffier makes his 2nd visit to the U.S. He Loves the Maryland Chicken at Martin's restaurant, and also admires soft-shell crabs.
• Tokyo University chemist Kikunae Ikeda isolates MSG from seaweed; he calls it ajinimoto.
• Chicago passes the first U.S. law making pasteurization of milk compulsory.
6) The largest importer of United States crawfish is:
a) Sweden
b) England
c) Russia
d) France
c) Brazil
7) This is an Asian member of the mint family grown for its unusually shaped edible tubers. They were introduced to Europe in the 1880s (first cultivated in France) and enjoyed popularity until the 1920s. They have been 'rediscovered' lately and their popularity has increased here in the U.S. The tubers look a string of misshapen mottled pearls (they are also described as 'petrified worms). They can be eaten raw, in salads, or stir fried, boiled, baked or in soups.
Can you name this plant?
8) Lake Titicaca is the world's highest lake navigable to large vessels. It is the border between Peru and Bolivia at 12,500 feet above sea level, and is 3,200 square miles in size. It is also an area that was home to one of the oldest known civilizations in the Americas. The Aymara people that live there still practice ancient methods of agriculture. What do they grow in the highest cultivated area of land in the world, at 15,420 feet?
a) potatoes
b) quinoa (a small grain)
c) barley
d) corn
e) chocolate
9) This is one of the oldest cultivated flowering plants. The flowers are edible, with a taste reminiscent of grapes and mint. It has been cultivated for so long that its origin is unknown. Some of the other names for the cultivated flower are ladies-delight, stepmother's flower. The wild forms are also known as johnny-jump-up and love-in-idleness. Name this flower.
10) What famous food personality made his debut in a commercial for crescent rolls in 1965?
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-------------------ANSWERS TO FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ------------------
1) Cocoa butter.
2) b) Coconut.
3) Lollipops, named after race horse Lolly Pop.
4) c) Corn.
5) The year was 1908. The Model T Ford was also introduced on August 12 for $850.50.
6) a) The largest importer of U.S. crawfish is Sweden, which imports more than 2,500 tons each year from the U.S.
7) Crosne, also called Chinese artichoke, Japanese artichoke, knotroot and Chorogi. (first cultivated in France near Crosne, hence the name)
8) c) Barley is grown at the highest cultivated plot of land in the world. Potatoes, quinoa and barley are grown at slightly lower elevations, and potatoes probably originated in the area.
9) Pansy.
10) The Pillsbury Doughboy, "Poppin' Fresh."
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-----------------------------TRIVIA-----------------------------
Banana squash come in orange, pink and even blue. The 'Pink Mammoth Jumbo' variety can grow to 4 feet long and 12 inches in diameter and weigh over 70 pounds.
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------------------------READERS QUESTIONS-----------------------
QUESTION: Is there a cross between a zucchini and a cucumber and if there is what is it called and what does it look like.
ANSWER FROM CHEF JAMES: I don't know of any such crosses. They are both members of the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes the squash, pumpkin, cucumber, gourd, watermelon, and cantaloupe. Cucumber and zucchini (a summer squash) would not normally cross pollinate, however it could be possible to do so. Cucumbers are actually closely related to muskmelons.
You might be referring to the cucuzzi (cucuzza) gourd, whose name looks and sounds like a cross between cucumber and zucchini. However, it is not a cross between cucumber and zucchini, they are a variety of Italian summer squash. Cucuzzi is also known as suzza melon, zucca, Tasmania bean, Guinea bean and calabash. They are edible when young and immature, about 10 inches long; they eventually grow to 3 feet long.
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Bibb lettuce is a butterhead lettuce with a small, loose head and tender but crisp medium green leaves. First cultivated in Kentucky by Jack Bibb in the late 19th century It is also called limestone lettuce, from the limestone in the Kentucky soil where it was first grown.
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--------------------ANCIENT & CLASSIC RECIPES-------------------
TOMATO ASPIC
Makes 4 cups. Serves 6.
2 envelopes (1 oz. each) unflavored gelatin
3 1/2 cups tomato or V-8 juice
4 tablespoons lemon juice
3 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
sea salt to taste
several dashes of Outerbridge's Sherry Peppers Sauce or Tabasco Sauce
Soften gelatin in part of liquid, dissolve this in remainder of liquid which has been brought to a boil. Add seasonings. Pour into a mold wiped with olive oil. Cool, then refrigerate until set. Such things as chopped onion, celery, bell pepper, etc. can be added to the mold before refrigerating.
(from Charlie Barham)
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------------------------------QUOTE-----------------------------
"The corned beef is exquisitely done, and as tender as a young lady's heart, all owing to my skillful cookery; for I consulted Mrs. Hale (Sarah Hale's cookbook) at every step, and precisely followed her directions. To say the truth, I look upon it as such a masterpiece in its way, that it seems irreverential to eat it. Things on which so much thought and labor are bestowed should surely be immortal....."
Nathaniel Hawthorne (while Mrs. Hawthorne was away)
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--------------------------DID YOU KNOW?-------------------------
Bitterness in cucumbers can be caused by any stress on the plant such as high temperature, low moisture, low soil nutrients, etc. Bitterness is also associated with fruit harvested late in the season from poor yielding, unhealthy plants.
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-----------------WHO'S WHO IN THE CULINARY ARTS-----------------
Adolphe Duglere (June 3, 1805 - April 4, 1884)
Adolphe Duglere was a pupil of Careme, head chef of the Rothschild family, and in 1866 became the head chef of the most famous 19th century Paris restaurant, the Café Anglais. He is generally credited with creating Anna Potatoes. It at the Café Anglais that Duglere served the famous 'Dinner of the Three Emperors,' for Tsar Alexander II of Russia, his son (later to become tsar Alexander III) and King William I of Prussia. The table service used for that occasion is still on display at the oldest existing restaurant in Paris, La Tour d'Argent.
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-----------------------------QUOTE------------------------------
"The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill."
Bryan Miller (NY Times Restaurant Critic)
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------------------RECIPE REQUESTS FROM READERS------------------
SWEET PICKLED PEARS
1 peck pears (2 gallons)
4 pounds brown sugar
1 quart cider vinegar
2 oz stick cinnamon
whole cloves
Boil sugar, vinegar and cinnamon for 20 minutes.
Stick each peach with 4 cloves.
Put in syrup, and cook until soft.
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--------------------------COOKING TIPS--------------------------
Cauliflower may turn yellow in alkaline water. For whiter cauliflower, add a tablespoon of milk or lemon juice to the water. Do not cook cauliflower in an aluminum or iron pot. The chemical compounds in cauliflower will react with the aluminum and turn the vegetable yellow. While in an iron pot, it will turn a brown or blue-green color.
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------------CULINARY CALENDAR - A FEW SELECTED EVENTS-----------
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5
1764 The Sugar Act passed in Britain, placing new restrictions on the import of molasses to America.
THURSDAY, APRIL 6
1930 'Twinkies' go on sale for the first time.
FRIDAY, APRIL 7
1860 Will Kieth Kellogg was born. Founded the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co. (later the W.K. Kellogg Company) to manufacture cereals (cornflakes were the first) developed by his brother John Harvey Kellogg.
SATURDAY, APRIL 8
1879 The Echo Farms Dairy of New York began selling milk in glass bottles, the first in the U.S.
SUNDAY, APRIL 9
1965 The entire cast of the comic strip 'Peanuts' was featured on the cover of TIME magazine.
MONDAY, APRIL 10
1982 Saturday Night Live had viewers vote whether to boil 'Larry the Lobster' or not. The audience voted to free him.
TUESDAY, APRIL 11
1986 Kellogg’s ended tours of its breakfast cereal plant for fear that industrial spies would obtain company secrets.
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Black walnuts are native to North America and have an extremely hard shell, so they are not as popular as English walnuts. Black walnut trees also secrete 'juglone', which kills many herbaceous plants around the root system of the tree. Its own natural weed killer!
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"The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread."
Steven Wright
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