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FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2008 Food quiz is below (New on May 16)
TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE
“It is, of course, entirely possible to cook without using wine. It is also possible to wear suits and dresses made out of gunny sacks, but who wants to?”
Morrison Wood, ‘Introduction to With a Jug of Wine’ (1949)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY
* National Coquilles St. Jacques Day
* St. Honoratus' Day. Patron saint of bakers, pastry chefs, confectioners, flour merchants.
1832 Philip Danforth Armour was born. An American industrialist, he was a pioneer in use of refrigeration and meat canning. Armour & Co. helped make Chicago the meatpacking capital of the world.
1861 John Stevens Henslow died. This British clergyman and botanist was a mentor of Charles Darwin. To get farmers to apply scientific methods, he gave lectures on the fermentation of manure. He also showed Irish farmers how to get starch from rotten potatoes during the potato famine of 1845-1846.
1866 Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.
1947 Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins died. He discovered what we now call 'vitamins,' essential nutrients needed to maintain health.
2005 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Michigan and New York could not prohibit people from buying wine online from out of state wineries. Some 23 other states have similar laws that presumably would also be affected by the ruling.
(View Culinary Calendar of Events for the year)
DID YOU KNOW? Food Trivia
The typical Norwegian salmon takes a very long journey before making it to the supermarket in the U.S. Usually passing frozen through Rotterdam or Hamburg, the salmon then travels by ship to China (due to cheap labor), where it is skinned, boned, and cut into portions. The salmon is then refrozen and takes another trip by ship to the U.S., arriving in your supermarket about 2 months after it was first caught.
CULINARY QUIZ
1) This fruit of this palm tree vies to be a rival of the coconut, but is restricted to the less humid regions of the tropics. As a source of food, it strongly resembles the coconut in various ways. The large black fruit (nuts) growing in clusters at the base of the leaves, contain a refreshing juice similar to coconut water. The soft white kernel of the young fruit is eaten fresh or may be cooked. The sap of the tree is used to produce 'toddy' and 'jaggery.' The white flesh is increasingly being found canned, as fruit cocktail along with other tropical fruit. Name this palm tree and its fruit.
2) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year was it?
- S&H Green Stamp are issued for the first time.
- Fannie Merritt Farmer publishes her famous cookbook.
- The American Public Health Assoc. blames drunkenness on "bad cooking, unpalatable meals, and the extravagant use of ice."
- Tootsie Rolls are introduced - the first penny candy to be wrapped in paper.
- Cracker Jack is introduced.
- Michelob Beer is introduced. It is sold only on draft until 1961.
- The Olympia Brewing Company is founded in Washington state.
3) This drink was supposedly created at the request of Lady Randolph Churchill (Sir Winston Churchill's mother), while she was entertaining politician Samuel J. Tilden at a club in New York City in 1874.
4) How many cans of food are produced worldwide each year?
a) 200 million
b) 500 million
c) 1 billion
d) 200 billion
e) 500 billion
5) In 1902 Dr. Alexander P. Anderson developed a new method for cooking rice. What was it?
6) What was the first ready to eat cereal?
a) granola
b) raisin bran
c) granula
d) corn flakes
e) wheaties
7) This herb is a member of the coffee family. It contains a milk curdling enzyme, and one of its names comes from its ability to curdle milk for cheese making. The leaves and stems also yield a yellow dye which was used to color cheese and butter. It is also used as a mattress stuffing. What are the 2 names of this herb?
Click here for the answers to the Culinary Quiz
- BBQ Festivals and Cookoffs around the country
- Crawfish, Shrimp and Lobster Festivals
- Ice Cream Festivals at various locations
- International Pickle Week
- National Frozen Yogurt Week
- Strawberry Festivals around the country
- UK: British Sandwich Week
- UK: National Vegetarian Week
- Wine Festivals at various locations around the world
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.
Crpl. 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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