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                 THE FOODREFERENCE NEWSLETTER
       Food History, Trivia, Quotes, Humor, Poetry, Recipes
                May 20, 2001     Vol 2 # 19
         James T. Ehler, Editor, james@foodreference.com
                 http://www.foodreference.com
     
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   IN THIS ISSUE
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    =>  Sponsorship Notice
    =>  Quotes and Trivia
    =>  Website News
    =>  Ancient & Classic Recipes
    =>  Food Trivia Question: What Am I?
    =>  This Weeks Calendar
    =>  Did you know?
    =>  Feedback from visitors
    =>  Requested Recipes
    =>  Answer to Food Trivia Question
    =>  Culinary Crossword Puzzle
    =>  Subscribe/Unsubscribe information

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 QUOTE
"The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life.
Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat."
Albert Einstein

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 WEBSITE NEWS
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I have added 20 new poems/rhymes, over 100 new quotes, and 50
new trivia items, many new humor entries, and several recipes.
Please note that there are new entries on the main page each
day. A new quote, trivia, and whatever I think you might find
interesting or informative. So don't forget to check each day.

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 TRIVIA
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's wedding cake was 9 feet
around, weighed 300 pounds and was 14 inches high. It was served
at the wedding breakfast.

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 ANCIENT & CLASSIC RECIPES
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BANANA FRITTERS
from Original 1896 Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking School Cook Book
1 cup bread flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt

1 egg
1/4 cup milk

1 tablespoon lemon juice
3 bananas

Mix and sift dry ingredients. Beat egg until light, add milk,
and combine mixtures; then add lemon juice and banana fruit
forced through a sieve. Drop by spoonfuls and fry in deep fat.
Drain on brown paper. Serve with a lemon sauce.

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 QUOTE
"An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better
than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup."
H.L. Mencken

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 TRIVIA
India and China produce more than 50% of the world's peanuts.
The U.S. accounts for 3%.

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 FOOD TRIVIA QUESTION: WHAT AM I?
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 QUOTE
"The fact is that it takes more than ingredients and technique
to cook a good meal. A good cook puts something of himself into
the preparation -- he cooks with enjoyment, anticipation,
spontaneity, and he is willing to experiment."
Pearl Bailey, Pearl's Kitchen, (1973)

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 TRIVIA
One of the latest innovations in peeling potatoes in large food
factories, uses 3 laser beams to zap the skin off a potato in
one second.

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 THIS WEEKS CALENDAR
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MONDAY, MAY 21
* NATIONAL WAITSTAFF DAY
Birthdays: 1909 Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel, her drawings
           were turned into the well known Hummel Figuines.

TUESDAY, MAY 22
* 1992 Johnny Carson Retires
Birthdays: 1859 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
           1913 Richard Wagner

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23
* WORLD TURTLE DAY
* May 23 - 27 West Virginia Strawberry Festival
* 1895 New York Public Library opened
Birthdays: 1883 Douglas Elton Fairbanks
           1846 Arabella Mansfield, first female lawyer in U.S.

THURSDAY, MAY 24
* 1883 Brooklyn Bridge Opened
* Mudbug Madness, Shreveport, Louisiana (crawfish festival)
* Kodiak Crab Festival (http://www.kodiak.org)
* 1935 First Baseball Game Played Under Lights
* Herrinfesta Italiana, Herrin, Illinois. Midwest Pasta Sauce
  Contest.
* 1844 First U.S. Telegraph Line Opens, Baltimore to Washington
Birthdays: 1941 Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman)

FRIDAY, MAY 25
* National Tap Dance Day
* Poetry Day in Florida
* 1787 U.S. Constitutional Convention opens
* Guthrie Jazz Banjo Festival, Guthrie, Oklahoma
Birthdays: 1926 Miles Davis
           1878 Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
           1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BEGINS

SATURDAY, MAY 26
* Utica Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Festival (Utica, Ohio)
* May 26-27 Chestertown Tea Party Festival
* International Jazz Day
Birthdays: 1907 John Wayne
           1949 Hank Williams Jr.
           1948 Stevie Nicks

SUNDAY, MAY 27
* Indianapolis 500 Race
* 1936 Maiden voyage of RMS Queen Mary
* Smith Valley Strawberry Festival, Smith Valley Nevada
* 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opened
* 1930 Cellophane Tape patented
Birthdays: 1911 Vincent Price
           1894 Dashiell Hammett (Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man)
           1907 Rachel Louise Carson (Silent Spring 1962)
           1878 Isadora Duncan
           1818 Amelia Jenks Bloomer (popularized bloomers) 
           1837 Wild Bill Hickok

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 QUOTE
"Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly
resembling that of the beasts -- who merely hunted and fished
for food, who found shelter where they could in jungles, in
trees, and caves -- was a civilizing triumph."
Mary Ritter Beard, 'Woman as a Force in History' (1946)

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 DID YOU KNOW?
The colors of Campbell's Soup labels, red and white, come from
the colors of the Cornell University football team.

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 items at Blue Heaven Restaurant
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 From our Readers:
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Hi James,

        I agree with that one subscriber - out of all the e-news-
letters I receive, yours is the one I really read through. I
especially love all the food quotes that you include into one
issue. It reminds me why I love food so much. Keep up the great
work! A fan in the Philippines,  lori 

Thanks for the support Lori!
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 RECIPE REQUESTS FROM READERS
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                             Crab Fritters

Serving Size  : 4    

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        -----Step One-----
  1              Whole  Shallots -- minced
  1         Tablespoon  Clarified Butter
                       
                        -----Step Two-----
  1              Pound  Lump Crabmeat -- cleaned
  2              Whole  Eggs -- slightly beaten
  1         Tablespoon  Flour
  3              Whole  Scallions -- thinly sliced
  1                Cup  Bread crumbs -- fresh
  1         Tablespoon  Fresh Parsley -- chopped
  1         Tablespoon  Fresh Dill -- chopped
                        Salt and pepper

[1) Sauté Shallots in Butter.

[2) In a large bowl mix ALL ingredients together gently,
so as not to break up the Crab meat too much.

[3) Form into small thick pancakes and sauté or fry until
golden brown, about 3-4 minutes

 Email your recipe requests, food info or history
 questions to me at james@foodreference.com
  
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 QUOTE
"The beet is the most intense of vegetables. The radish,
admittedly, is more feverish, but the fire of the radish is a
cold fire, the fire of discontent, not of passion. Tomatoes are
lusty enough, yet there runs through tomatoes an undercurrent of
frivolity. Beets are deadly serious."
Tom Robbins

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 TRIVIA  
General Foods 'Post Toasties' cereal (1904) was originally
called 'Elijah's Manna.'
 
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 TRIVIA
Popsicles were invented by Frank Epperson in 1905, they were
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later you're hungry again."
George Miller.

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