Wednesday, April 30, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“In pies, puddings, &c., raisins are not to be tolerated, and I must protest against their frequent use in this way, as not merely a waste of time and property, but as a means of destroying more health, in fashionable life, than all the physicians, in high life, ever restored.”
‘The Young House-keeper’ by William Andrus Alcott (1846)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Oatmeal Cookie Day (Oatmeal Cookie Recipes)
(History of the Oatmeal Cookie) • National Raisin Day (Raisin Trivia and Facts) • [Stop Food Waste Day] (April 30, 2025 - last Wed) • Stewardship Week - April 27-May 4, 2025 (last Sun in April to 1st Sun in May) [Nat’l Assoc. of Conservation Districts] To encourage conserving natural resources for our future. • UK: National Gardening Week: April 28 - May 4, 2025 [Royal Horticultural Society] Encouraging gardners to share their love of gardening.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1792 John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich died. Captain Cook named the Sandwich Islands after him (now known as Hawaii). He is supposed to have invented the sandwich as a quick meal so as not to interrupt his gambling sessions. (Sandwich Trivia)
(Sandwich Recipes --- Sandwich Quotes) 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed in Paris. The formal transfer of ownership from France to the U.S. took place on March 10, 1804. 1812 Louisiana was admitted as the 18th state in the U.S. (Louisiana Food Trivia and Facts) 1879 Sarah Josepha Hale died (born Oct 24, 1788). Author, editor (Ladies' Magazine, Godey's Lady's Book). She was influential in having Thanksgiving declared a national holiday. Author of the poem 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'; Hale also founded the Seaman's Aid Society in 1833. 1891 Abram Lyle died (born Dec 14, 1820). Scottish shipbuilder and sugar refiner. Noted for the pale treacle, 'Lyle's Golden Syrup' (treacle is made from the syrup that remains after sugar is refined). 1900 Casey Jones (John Luther Jones) died (born March 14, 1864). Famed railroad engineer of the passenger train, the Cannonball Express, which crashed into a freight train near Vaughn, Mississippi. He died trying to stop his train and was immortalized as a hero in Wallace Saunders, 'The Ballad of Casey Jones'. 1904 The Louisiana Purchase Exposition opened in St. Louis (St. Louis World's Fair). It was at the Fair that the ice cream cone was supposed to have been invented. The hot dog and iced tea were also popularized at the Fair. 1939 The 1939 New York World's Fair opened. 'Dawn of a New Day' and 'the World of Tomorrow.' 1952 Mr. Potato Head is introduced to the world. Mr. Potato Head is the also the first toy to be advertised on network television. 1955 'Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White' by Perez Prado hits number one on the charts. 1981 Dunkin Donuts opened its first store in the Philippines. (Donut Trivia) 1988 Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania created a new record setting 4.55 mile long Banana Split: 33,000 Bananas, 2,500 gallons of Ice Cream, 600 pounds of chopped Nuts and 450 gallons of Topping. 2020 Coronavirus: Major brand budget 'light' beers show big increase in retail sales, pricier craft beers not so much.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** April 24-May 4, 2025 - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans, Louisiana April 30-May 3, 2025 54th Annual World Famous Armadillo Festival - Hamburg, Arkansas May 1-31, 2025 - Oregon Wine Month
Statewide, Oregon May 2-4, 2025 - Annual Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival - Fernandina Beach, Florida May 2-4, 2025 - La Habra Citrus Fair
La Habra, California May 2-4, 2025 - Annual New Jersey Wine & Food Festival - Crystal Springs Resort, New Jersey May 3-4, 2025 Bodega Bay Fisherman's Festival
Bodega Bay, California (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 first commercial milking machines are introduced.
· The Washburn A flour mill in Minneapolis exploded, sending the roof 500 feet in the air. 18 workers were killed and seven other flour mills were also destroyed
· Gustavus Swift perfected the refrigerated railroad car.
· The White House hosted the first Easter Egg Roll. Previously, the activities had been held on the Capitol grounds.
· In Brooklyn, New York, milk was supposedly delivered to homes in glass bottles for the first time, rather than being ladled from metal cans. 2) Legend has it that tofu was developed by prince Liu An (179-122 B.C.) while searching for something.
What was he searching for? 3) What type of oil did the ancient Egyptians use before olive oil was known?
a) radish seed oil. b) sunflower seed oil.
c) avocado oil. d) whale oil. e) palm oil. Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Read an article about Chef James and the FoodReference.com website published in the Winona Daily News, Minneapolis StarTribune, and numerous other newspapers: Click here for the Article
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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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