Saturday, October 10, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.”
Raymond Chandler
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS: World Porridge Day [GoldenSpurtle.com] National Angel Food Cake Day
(Angel Food Trivia -- Angel Food Cake Recipes) National Cake Decorating Day UK: Fungus Day (Oct 10, 2026)
[British Mycological Society] (Fungus Trivia) 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: 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 HISTORY1796 Traditional date for the creation of the metric system, 10/10. 1886 The Tuxedo was created. Griswold Lorillard of Tuxedo Park, N.Y. fashioned the first tuxedo for men, a tail-less black dress jacket. 1892 Earle Dickson was born. He invented Band-Aids for his wife, who had frequent kitchen accidents, cutting or burning herself. He worked as a buyer for Johnson & Johnson, who soon began manufacturing Band-Aids. 1911 Jasper Newton 'Jack' Daniel died (born Sept 5, 1850). Founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, located in Moore county, which ironically is a dry county. 1913 Adolphus Busch died. Founded Anheuser Busch brewery in 1866 with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser. (Anheuser-Busch Trivia) 1913 A dike was blown up by the U.S. engineers to complete the final stage of the Panama Canal, and the waters of the Pacific met the waters of the Atlantic. 1933 Waldo L. Semon received U.S. patent No. 1,929,453 for a method for making plasticized PVC, which is now know as Vinyl. 1933 Proctor & Gamble began marketing 'Dreft,' the first detergent with synthetic surfactants for home use. Detergents perform better in hard water than soaps. 1961 The musical comedy 'Milk and Honey' opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York. 1966 Simon and Garfunkel release their album, 'Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme'
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** October 1-November 1, 2026 Arizona State Fair
Phoenix, Arizona October 8-18, 2026 Mississippi State Fair
Jackson, Mississippi October 13-17, 2026 Annual Bradford Pumpkin Show
Bradford, Ohio October 14-17, 2026 La Fκte du Champagne
New York, New York October 15-17, 2026 81st Annual Peanut Festival
Grapeland, Texas October 15-18, 2026 World Food Championships
Indianapolis, Indiana October 15-18, 2026 89th Annual International Rice Festival - Crowley, 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?
· Grand Rapids, Michigan became the first U.S. city to fluridate its drinking water, to reduce tooth decay.
· 'Cheerioats' cereal was renamed 'Cheerios'
· Tupperware Corp. is founded by former duPont chemist Earl W. Tupper.
· Peter Paul Inc introduced the Almond Joy candy bar. 2) What herb is used in the production of imitation maple syrup, rum and butterscotch flavors? 3) What percentage of a lemon is juice? 4) How many pounds of mustard are consumed in the world each year? 5) From 1935 to 1937 Wisconsin restaurants were required to serve what foods with every meal? 6) When and where were the first frozen foods sold in the U.S.?
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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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