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 FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2009
Weekly Trivia Quiz is below (New on June 28)
TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE
“I dined at the Cocoa Tree....That respectable body affords every evening a sight truly English. Twenty or thirty of the first men in the kingdom....supping at little tables....upon a bit of cold meat, or a Sandwich.”
Edward Gibbons, historian
The earliest written record of the word 'sandwich', Edward Gibbons Journal, 11/24/1762
TODAY’S EVENTS IN FOOD HISTORY
* National Chocolate Wafer Day
1806 Michael Keens presented the first cultivated strawberry combining flavor and appearance, at the Royal Horticultural Society. ".... I have for a considerable time employed myself in raising new varieties from seed, which has been not only a source of great amusement to me, but also very profitable in my profession."
1844 The last pair of Great Auks was killed near Iceland. They had been hunted to extinction for food and bait. Great Auks (Garefowl) were almost 3 feet tall, with short wings, similar to penguins. They were flightless, which made them vulnerable to hunters.
1890 Idaho became the 43rd state, the Potato State.
1908 M.F.K. Fisher (Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher) was born. Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher was an American food critic and writer and the author of various articles, essays and books about food. She also translated Brillat-Savarin's 'The Physiology of Taste' in 1949.
1922 ‘Fruit Garden & Home Magazine' was founded. Two years later it was renamed ‘Better Homes & Gardens’.
1924 Clarence Birdseye, with the financial backing of W. Hodges, W. Gamage, B. Jones, I.L. Rice and J.J. Barry, founded the General Seafood Corporation. The birth of the frozen food industry.
1929 Foam rubber was developed at Dunlop Laboratories. British scientist E.A. Murphy used a kitchen mixer to whip natural latex rubber.
1954 Rationing finally ended in Britain, almost nine years after the end of World War II.
1985 The honey bee was designated the official state insect of Missouri on July 3, 1985.
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DID YOU KNOW? Food Trivia
There are 500 million olive trees in Europe, and 50 million in California. California produces less than 5% of the world crop, but it produces more than 70% of the ripe olives consumed in the U.S.
CULINARY TRIVIA QUIZ
1) What do the following products all have in common:
• Barnum's Animal Crackers
• Cream of Wheat Cereal
• Grey Poupon Mustard
• Knox Gelitin
• Life Savers
• Milk Bone Dog Biscuits
• Planters Peanuts
• A.1. Steak Sauce
2) Do you know what percentage of the total world catch of fish is caught in the northern hemisphere?
a) 10%
b) 25%
c) 40%
d) 75%
e) 90%
3) What is the difference between the liquid in a can of salmon and the liquid in a can of tuna?
4) Portobello mushrooms are actually the mature, fully opened form of what mushroom?
5) The following events all took place in the same year:
• Gold Bond Trading Stamps were introduced.
• Teflon was discovered.
• ‘Larousse Gastronomique’ by Prosper Montagne was published.
• Lawry's Seasoned salt was created by Lawrence L. Frank for use in his new restaurant, Lawry's The Prime Rib in Los Angeles.
• Both the Nestle Crunch Bar and Hershey's Krackel bar were introduced.
• Mott's Apple Juice was introduced.
• Nescafe instant coffee was introduced by Nestle in Switzerland.
In what year did all of the above events take place?
--a) 1918
--b) 1923
--c) 1928
--d) 1933
--e) 1938
6) This fruit is native to both Europe and the Americas, and is now cultivated in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida, but is rarely cultivated from seed.
The U.S. produces 75% of the world's crop, and it is an important crop in Canada, Australia, Japan, and parts of Africa.
Its name is very old, dating back to at least 1000 AD, There are many theories, but no one really knows for sure how, why and where its name originated. The Romans valued it for its supposed medicinal properties, such as healing loose teeth and treating stomach problems.
This fruit is technically an enlarged pulpy receptacle bearing numerous achenes, or in other words an aggregate of numerous nutlets distributed on an enlarged, pulpy, scarlet receptacle. It is 90% water and contains more vitamin C than an equal quantity of lemons or oranges.
Name this fruit.
7) The Encyclopedia Britannica gives the following description of this bean:
The fresh beans "have no aroma. The characteristic aroma results from enzymatic action during curing. The traditional method begins with subjecting the harvested beans to a process of nightly sweating and daily exposure to the sun for about 10 days, until they become deep chocolate brown in color. Then the beans are spread on trays in an airy shelter until dry enough for grading and packing. Curing and drying requires from four to five months. The best grade of cured bean pods may be covered with tiny crystals, which provide the characteristic aroma, sweet, rich, and delicate. This coating, known as givre, may be used as a criterion of quality."
Can you name this bean?
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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.
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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