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THE FOOD REFERENCE NEWSLETTER
Food History, Trivia, Quotes, Humor, Poetry, Recipes
October 1, 2001 Vol 2 #38 ISSN 1535-5659
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IN THIS ISSUE
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=> Website News
=> Quotes and Trivia
=> Ancient & Classic Recipes
=> Food Trivia Quiz
=> This Weeks Calendar
=> Did you know?
=> Who's Who in the Culinary Arts
=> Requested Recipes
=> Answer to Food Trivia Quiz
=> Subscribe/Unsubscribe information
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WEBSITE NEWS http://www.foodreference.com
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CHECK THE WEBSITE DAILY - I am posting a new FOOD QUIZ question
each day on the website, along with a Daily Culinary Quote,
Daily Trivia and other interesting food items.
The Website was down for 13 hours on Friday, as the 2 hour move
to a larger server turned into an ordeal of 13 hours. The move
was necessary because the site has grown quickly with well over
2,000 pages now. The new server leaves plenty of room to grow
even more. I apologize for any inconvenience the down time might
have caused. James
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QUOTE
"Don't let love interfere with your appetite.
It never does with mine."
Anthony Trollope, English novelist (1815-1882)
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TRIVIA
The world's largest almond factory is in Sacramento, California.
It processes 2 million pounds of almonds a day.
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FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ
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The Food Trivia Quizzes are now moved to their own separate section after the newsletter is e-mailed. Check the Navigation Bar at the top of the page.
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E-MAIL FROM READERS:
Sept 27, 2001
Your web site is FANTASTIC!! I have only glanced at it so far.
It's astounding. I could live in it for a couple of days. You
immediately answered a long-standing question, the methyl
mercaptan (if I have it right) in asparagus. I can't say enough.
I'm going to tell a lot of people about this. Thank You, a
million times!!! Carla
Thank YOU Carla for your great email, and for telling others
about FoodReference.com James
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WINDOWS OF HOPE http://www.windowsofhope.org
To aid the families of the hundreds of victims of the World
Trade Center tragedy who worked in the foodservice profession
throughout the entire complex. Please help if you can.
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QUOTE
"But I, when I undress me
Each night, upon my knees
Will ask the Lord to bless me
With apple-pie and cheese."
Eugene Field
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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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ANCIENT & CLASSIC RECIPES
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JOHNNYCAKES
1 cup stone ground white corn meal
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
1 1/4 cups boiling water
Combine corn meal, salt and sugar. Stir in water until mixture
is smooth (it will be thick). Drop by tablespoons onto a well
greased griddle and fry over medium heat for about 6 minutes.
Turn and cook on the other side for 5 minutes.
Makes 8 to 10.
For thin Johnnycakes, thin batter with 1/2 cup milk or water.
Serve buttered with maple syrup.
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SWEET PICKLED PEARS
1/2 peck pears (1 gallon)
2 pounds brown sugar
2 cups cider vinegar
1 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.
Cut pears in half to use.
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QUOTE
"She did not so much cook as assassinate food."
Storm Jameson (1891-1986)
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TRIVIA
Americans eat 800 million pounds of bologna annually!
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Don’t for get to check David Jenkins http://www.Hub-Uk.com,
he features some of my articles and recipes in addition to some
GREAT content from chefs around the world.
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THIS WEEKS CALENDAR
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OCTOBER
Go Hog Wild - Eat Country Ham Month
National Popcorn Poppin' Month
Frozen Food Festival Month
National Cookie Month
National Pork Month
OCTOBER 1
World Vegetarian Day
OCT 1-5 No Salt Week
OCT 5-6 Kentucky Apple Festival - Paintsville, Kentucky
OCT 5-7 Apple Fest - Long Grove, Illinois
OCTOBER 6
Oyster Festival - Chincoteague Island, Virginia
OCT 6-7 Vermont Apple Festival - Springfield, Vermont
OCT 6-7 Apple Harvest Festival - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
OCT 6-7 Rockport Seafair - Rockport, Texas
OCT 6-7 Apple Butter Festival - Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
OCT 6-8 Chowderfest - Mystic, Connecticut
OCT 7-10 Assn for Dressings & Sauces Annual Meeting - Tucson, AZ
OCTOBER 12
World Egg Day
OCT 12-14 Gumbo Festival - Bridge City, Louisiana
OCT 12-14 Apple Butter Makin' Days - Mt Vernon, Maryland
OCTOBER 14
Burgoo Festival - North Utica, Illinois
OCTOBER 16
World Food Day
OCT 17-20 Circleville Pumpkin Show - Circleville, Ohio
OCT 19-21 Apple Butter Stirrin' - Coshocton, Ohio
OCT 20-21 St Mary's County Oyster Festival - Leonardtown, MD
OCTOBER 23
Birthday: 1752 Nicolas Appert "father of canning"
OCTOBER 27
Wild Foods Day - Pikeville, Tennessee
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QUOTE
"Even the biscuit was so full of worms that, God help me, I saw
many wait until nightfall to eat the porridge made of it so as
not to see the worms."
Crew member, on Columbus 4th voyage,
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DID YOU KNOW?
Currant tomatoes are about half the size of cherry tomatoes.
There are red and yellow varieties, and both are sweet,
slightly tart and bursting with flavor.
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needs before, and during your visit to Key West.
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WHO'S WHO IN THE CULINARY ARTS
Eliza Acton wrote what was probably the first basic cookbook
for the housewife rather than the trained chef with a full
kitchen staff, 'Modern Cookery for Private Families' (London,
1845). She was 46 years old when she wrote it, and had spent
years testing the recipes. The recipes were well written and
easy to understand, and for the first time ingredients were
listed separately, rather than in the body of the recipe.
This helped make the book an immediate success.
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RECIPE REQUESTS FROM READERS
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Title: Crevettes Au Pernod (Shrimp) Yield: 6 servings
----------STEP ONE----------
1 med Onions; julienne
1 med Green peppers; julienne
1/2 med Red peppers; julienne
1/2 small Yellow peppers; julienne
1 1/2 tsp Garlic; minced
1 1/2 tb Olive oil
1/4 c Butter
----------STEP TWO----------
2 Tomatoes; peel & dice
1/4 c White wine
1/4 c Pernod
Salt & pepper
1) Saute ONION, PEPPERS & GARLIC in olive oil and butter on
high heat for 3-4 minutes.....
do not allow vegetables to wilt...leave crisp.
2) Add ingredients in STEP TWO, bring to a simmer and
REMOVE FROM heat.
3) For service...saute shrimp until almost done, add sauteed
vegetable mixture and swirl in pan until hot.
Serve over rice in Au Gratin dish.
Email your recipe requests, food info or history
questions to me at james@foodreference.com
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QUOTE
"Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before
breakfast, eat your breakfast first."
Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1818-1885)
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TRIVIA
The country with the largest number of chewing gum manufacturers
is Turkey, with more then 60 companies manufacturing chewing gum!
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TRIVIA
The thickness of an ordinary potato chip is 55/1000 of an inch.
Ridged chips are 4 times thicker, 210/1000 of an inch.
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QUOTE
"Champagne and orange juice is a great drink.
The orange improves the champagne.
The champagne definitely improves the orange."
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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Food Reference Newsletter ISSN 1535-5659
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