Wednesday, October 7, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Weed -- a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Frappe Day • Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day (Pretzel History) • National Kale Day (Oct 7, 2026 - 1st Wed)
(Kale Trivia & Facts --- Kale Recipes) • National Pumpkin Seed Day (Oct 7, 2026 - 1st Wed)
(Pumpkin Trivia, Recipes and Quotes) • Canada: Canadian Beer Day (Oct 7, 2026; Wed before Canadian Thanksgiving) [Beer Canada] • Health Care Food Service Workers Week (October 4-10, 2026) [Assoc. for Healthcare Foodservice] • National 4-H Week (Oct 4-10, 2026) [4-h.org] • UK: [National Curry Week] (Oct 5-11, 2026) Celebrate over 200 years of Indian restaurants in the UK. • UK: National Vegetarian Week (Oct 1-7, 2026)
[The Vegetarian Society] (Vegetarian Trivia)
(Vegetarian Quotes --- Vegetarian Recipes) • UK: Seed Gathering Season (Sept 21-Oct 21, 2026)
[The Tree Council] Gather seeds, fruits and nuts which can be nurtured to grow the trees of the future.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1790 Obed Hussey was born (died Aug 4, 1860). Invented a horse drawn reaper.
(see also Dec 31, 1833) 1806 Ralph Wedgwood of England received the first patent for carbon paper. 1868 Inauguration Day for Cornell University, with an entering class of 412 students. Cornell is an agricultural land grant university endowed by Ezra Cornell, one of the founders of Western Union Telegraph Co. (see also April 27, 1865) 1894 Oliver Wendell Holmes died. American physician, poet and humorist. Author of 'The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,' 'The Professor of the Breakfast Table,' 'The Poet of the Breakfast Table,' and 'Over the Teacups.' 1916 The Georgia Tech Engineers football team beat the Cumberland College Bulldogs 222 to 0. 1940 The U.S. Post Office issued a 1-cent stamp commemorating Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, a machine for separating the seeds from cotton fibres. (Cottonseed Trivia) 1950 Willis Haviland Carrier died (born Nov 26, 1876). He invented the first practical air conditioner. 1956 Clarence Birdseye died in New York (born Dec 9, 1886). In 1924, Clarence Birdseye, with the financial backing of Wetmore Hodges, William Gamage, Basset Jones, I.L. Rice and J.J. Barry, organized the General Seafood Corporation. The birth of the frozen food industry. (Frozen Food Trivia) 1957 'Honeycomb' by Jimmie Rodgers was number one on the music charts. 1962 'Sherry' by the 4 Seasons is #1 on the charts. 1982 'Cats' opened on Broadway. 2025 Gold reached a new high over $4,000.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** October 1-11, 2026 - Tulsa State Fair
Tulsa, Oklahoma October 1-November 1, 2026 Arizona State Fair
Phoenix, Arizona October 6-10, 2026 82nd Annual Floresville Peanut Festival - Floresville, Texas October 8-11, 2026 53rd Annual National Shrimp Festival - Gulf Shores, Alabama October 8-18, 2026 Mississippi State Fair
Jackson, Mississippi October 9-11, 2026 54th Annual Cuero Turkeyfest
Cuero, Texas October 10-11, 2026 36th World Championship Gumbo Cook-Off - New Iberia, Louisiana (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· The 12 story, 416 room Martha Washington Hotel opened in New York City. The first hotel exclusively for women.
· Thomas Edison electrocutes an elephant to publicly demonstrate the supposed danger of alternating current (AC).
· Richard Hellmann, a New York deli owner created his recipe for bottled mayonnaise.
· The U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor was established.
· The Williamsburg Bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan opened in New York.
· The first Teddy Bear introduced by Morris and Rose Michtom, owners of a toy novelty store in Brooklyn, New York. 2) This cow's milk cheese with a sweet, nut like flavor, that has been made in Switzerland since the 15th century, and is the country's oldest cheese. 3) These mushrooms look somewhat like a fat-stemmed hat pin, with a long slender stem and a tiny white cap. They have a crunchy texture and fruity flavor, quite unlike any other mushroom. Wild varieties have yellow, brownish or orange caps. 4) How many metric tons of snails do the French eat each year? 5) What was the only bean known in Europe until the discovery of the New World? Itsd cultivation is so old that there is no known wild form of this bean. 6) Virtually all of this plant is edible: the roots and stalks can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable; the stems chopped and added to salads; the bulb eaten raw or cooked; chopped leaves used in soups, with fish or added to salads; the seeds are used in pickles, liqueurs, tomato sauces and sausages; its oil is used in candy, liqueur and perfume. Often mistaken for celery, this vegetable has a different taste that is quite similar to anise or licorice.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Dedication
This website is dedicated to:
· Gladys Ehler, my mother, who taught me patience and how to make Sauerbraten (it is still my favorite)
· Edward Ehler, my father, who taught me a love of books and history.
· Barbara Saba, my sister, who taught me how to dance.
· Cpl. Thomas E. Saba, my nephew. Died in action on Feb. 7, 2007 in Iraq. He was 30 yrs. young. Chef James
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