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THE FOOD REFERENCE NEWSLETTER
Food History, Trivia, Quotes, Humor, Poetry, Recipes
JULY 10, 2002 Vol 3 #25 ISSN 1535-5659
James T. Ehler, Editor, james@foodreference.com
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=> Quotes and Trivia
=> Book Review Links
=> Website of the Week
=> Food Trivia Questions
=> Ancient & Classic Recipes
=> This Weeks Calendar
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QUOTE
"Wine is sunlight, held together by water."
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
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TRIVIA
The cow parsnip is a common weed and a member of the parsley family. The tender young shoots are cooked like asparagus in Siberia, and in northwestern Europe the seeds and leaves were used to make a potent beer.
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WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
THIS WEEK'S WEBSITE OF THE WEEK:
AirlineMeals.net http://www.airlinemeals.net/
This site is dedicated to providing information on airline food.
There are Airline Company photos compared to photos of the same meals that travelers have sent in to the website. You can send in your photos and rate the meals you have eaten while flying. There is also a discussion forum, and a new section with reviews of airport food. If you fly a lot, visit this site.
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FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ
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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QUOTE
"On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners."
George Mikes, British author, 'How to be an Alien' (1946)
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TRIVIA
Corn dogs are an excellent source of calories, fat, cholesterol and salt.
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ANCIENT & CLASSIC RECIPES
Classic Jamaican Cooking
by Caroline Sullivan (1893)
(This was the first book on Jamaican Cookery)
SWEET POTATO PONE
One large sweet potato
One tablespoon of yam or coco
One beaten egg
One tablespoon of butter
Half a grated coconut
Milk
Black Pepper
Water
Two tablespoons of sugar
To one large boiled and grated sweet potato put a tablespoon of grated yam or coco, one beaten egg, half a grated coconut made into coconut milk, or else a little cow's or condensed milk, nutmeg, black pepper (plenty) and two tablespoons of brown sugar in half a cup of water. Put in a 'pudding pan', as they call the little round baking tins, and bake until firm.
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QUOTE
"My own remedy is always to eat, just before I step into bed, a hot roasted onion, if I have a cold."
George Washington (attributed)
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THIS WEEKS CALENDAR
(Check the website daily for additional calendar entries)
JULY 10
1720 Mrs. Clements invents method of preparing mustard flour or powder, which was known for a long time as Durham Mustard.
JULY 11
1792 The first Old Farmer's Almanac is published by Robert Bailey Thomas.
JULY 12
1873 It is reported that it rained frogs in Kansas City, Missouri.
JULY 13
1940 Paul Prudhomme Born. Louisiana born chef and restaurateur. He owned his first restaurant at the age of 17, and in 1979 opened his world famous Cajun restaurant, K-Pauls. He has written several best selling cookbooks.
JULY 14
1986 Raymond Loewy Died. An American design engineer, he designed the Coca Cola bottle, the 1934 Sears Coldspot refrigerator, toothbrushes, etc.
JULY 15
St. Swithin's Day. If it rains on St. Swithin's Day means rain for 40 days. "St. Swithin’s day, gif ye do rain, for forty days it will remain; St. Swithin’s day, an ye be fair, for forty days ’twill rain nae mair."
JULY 16
1827 Josiah Spode Died. Inventor of Fine Bone China.
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QUOTE
"I did toy with the idea of doing a cook-book. . . . I think a lot of people who hate literature but love fried eggs would buy it if the price was right."
Groucho Marx (1890-1977) 'Groucho and Me' (1959)
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TRIVIA
Over 110,000 metric tons of cranberries are produced in the U.S. each year. More than 1/3 of these are made into juice. About 1/2 of the crop is grown in Massachusetts, where they were first cultivated around 1815. New Jersey and Wisconsin are other major producers.
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QUOTE
"Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends."
Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (1828-1906)
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TRIVIA
In Roman times, the Emperor Tiberius grew cucumbers in carts, and had his slaves wheel them around to catch the sun.
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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, American journalist and writer. (1880-1956)
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