Friday, July 31, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“My kitchen is a mystical place, a kind of temple for me. It is a place where the surfaces seem to have significance, where the sounds and odors carry meaning that transfers from the past and bridges to the future.”
Pearl Bailey
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Raspberry Cake Day (Raspberry Trivia) • National Avocado Day (Avocado Trivia & Facts)
(Guacamole and Avocado Dip Recipes)
(Avocado Kitchen Tips) • National Cotton Candy Day (also Dec 7)
(Cotton Candy Trivia) • St. Neot, patron of fish.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1714 Queen Anne of Britain, the last of the Stuart dynasty died. She had grown so large that her coffin was almost square. 1790 The first U.S. patent was granted to Samuel Hopkins of Vermont. The patent was for a process for producing potash and pearlash . Potash was used in soap and fertilizer. Pearlash was also used in baking. It produced carbon dioxide gas in dough, used in the first 'quick breads.' (Commercial baking powder was not available until 1857 [phosphate baking powder]).
(Quick Bread Facts & Trivia) 1867 Sebastian Spering Kresge was born (died Oct 18, 1966). American merchant who started a chain of variety stores. Renamed Kmart Corp. in 1977, which evolved into Sears Holdings Corp, parent of Sears and Kmart stores. 1921 There are reports that it rained frogs in Sterling, Connecticut. (Connecticut Food Trivia) 1937 Charles Elmer Hires died (born Aug 19, 1851). Hires, a Philadelphia pharmacist, introduced root beer to the world in 1876 at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. This naturally effervescent beverage was billed as the 'National Temperance Drink.' The original formula included sarsaparilla, sasafras, ginger, pipsissewa, wintergreen, juniper and other flavor ingredients.
(Why Does Root Beer Foam So Much?) 1962 The 'Little Debbie' trademark was registered by McKee Baking Co. for their line of snack cakes (first sold in 1960). 1974 Canada: Quebec makes French the official language of government and business in Quebec.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** July 23-August 1, 2026 Delaware State Fair
Harrington, Delaware July 23-26 & July 30-Aug 2, 2026 Glier’s Goettafest
Newport, Kentucky July 27-August 1, 2026 Douglas County Fair
Lawrence, Kansas July 28-August 2, 2026 151st Broome County Fair
Whitney Point, New York July 29-August 1, 2026 Vintage Farming Days
Lynden, Washington July 29-August 2, 2026 Maine Lobster Festival
Rockland, Maine July 29-August 9, 2026 171st Ohio State Fair
Columbus, Ohio (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?
· First successful beet sugar factory in the U.S. was built in California.
· Saccharin, an artificial sweetener, was discovered.
· Echo Farms Dairy of New York began selling milk in glass bottles, the first in the U.S.
· The first cash register invented to prevent bartenders from stealing at the Pony House restaurant in Dayton, Ohio. 2) Water boils at 212° F at sea level.
At what temperature does it boil at 10,000 feet?
a) 232° F b) 192° F c) 202° F
d) 222° F e) 212° F 3) In Latin, the name of this fruit means 'precious,' so named because it ripens earlier than most other summer fruits. They originated in China, and have been around for more than 4,000 years. The first recorded major production in America was in 1792 south of San Francisco. In the U.S. today, 95% of this fruit are grown in northern California. Name this fruit.
a) grapes. b) kiwifruit. c) apricots.
d) apples. e) pears. 4) What percentage of bread was baked in the home in 1910 in the U.S.?
a) 100%. b) 85%. c) 70%. d) 55%. e) 40%.
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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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