Saturday, November 27, 2021Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTEFOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Bavarian Cream Pie Day
(Bavarian Cream Origins -- Bavarian Cream Recipe) • National Craft Jerky Day (honoring small batch craft jerky makers). (Jerky Trivia) • National Family Week in U.S. (Nov 21-27, 2021 - Thanksgiving Week) Many Organizations have promoted National Family Week for more than 40 years. An annual celebration observed during the week of Thanksgiving, designed to build community connections and honor those who strengthen families • UK: National Tree Week (Nov 27-Dec 5, 2021)
[Tree Council]
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1701 Anders Celsius was born (died April 25, 1744). Swedish astronomer, he developed the temperature scale which bears his name (Celsius). 1811 Andrew Meikle died (born May 5, 1719). A Scottish millwright, he invented the first successful drum threshing machine which separated the grain from the cobs, stalks or husks. He patented the machine April 9, 1789. 1826 John Walker invented the friction match (strike anywhere). 1889 The historic 90 room Hotel Jerome opened in Aspen, Colorado. Built by Jerome B. Wheeler, half owner of NYC's Macy's Department store. The first Colorado hotel with electricity and indoor plumbing, and the first west of the Mississippi with an elevator. [Hotel Jerome website] 1894 Mildred M. Lord of Milwaukee, Wisconsin received U.S. patent No. 529,869 for a "Washing Machine in which a suds box is used with a swinging agitator." 1901 Clement Studebaker was born (died Nov 27, 1901). Founder of a family firm that became the world's largest manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles, including ‘Conestoga Wagons’. After his death the Studebaker company became the only horse drawn vehicle manufacturer to successfully switch to producing automobiles. 1910 Pennsylvania Station, the largest railway station in the world, opened to traffic. The building was demolished in 1963. 1923 Velveeta Cheese Co. registered 'Velveeta' trademark. (Velveeta Trivia) 1924 The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was originally called a Christmas Parade. 1944 Musician Eddie Rabbitt was born. 1945 C.A.R.E. (Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere) was founded to send relief packages to survivors of WWII in Europe. 1950 R. P. Robbins of Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, Canada, won 'Wheat King' title, with a sample of Durham wheat at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. 1984 Sylvan N. Goldman died. Goldman ran a successful chain of grocery stores, and while a major owner of the Piggly-Wiggly supermarket chain he invented the shopping cart. He hired fake shoppers to wheel them around the store to encourage his customers to see how useful they could be.
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· Henry Jones, a baker in Bristol, England received a patent for 'self-raising flour' - flour pre-mixed with baking powder and salt.
· John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, died.
· Eliza Acton's 'Modern Cookery for Private Families' is published in London.
· Poland Spring Water is bottled for the first time by Hiram Ricker at Poland Spring, Maine.
· Henry David Thoreau begins his 2 year experiment with simple living at Waldon Pond. Click Here for 40 Thanksgiving Theme Questions Click Here for Quiz Answers
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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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