Sunday, May 24, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“I don't like to eat snails. I prefer fast food.”
Roger von Oech
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Escargot Day (Escargot Trivia & Facts) • UK: [National Doughnut Week] (May 16-24, 2026) participating bakers across the UK will be helping to raise money for The Children's Trust by donating money for every doughnut they sell. • UK: British Sandwich Week (May 18-24, 2026)
[British Sandwich Association] (Sandwich Trivia)
(Sandwich Recipes --- Sandwich Quotes)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1686 Gabriel Fahrenheit was born (died Sept 16, 1736). Fahrenheit was a German physicist who invented the Fahrenheit temperature scale thermometer. It was the first thermometer to use mercury instead of alcohol, which also extended the temperature range of thermometers. 1830 The nursery rhyme 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' by Sarah Josepha Hale was first published.
(see also April 30, 1879) 1883 Gabriel Gustav Valentin died. This German-Swiss physiologist was the first to discover the digestive activity of pancreatic juice. 1883 The Brooklyn Bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan was opened. It took 14 years to build at a cost of $18 million, and was the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time. 1893 The Anti-Saloon League was founded by Howard H. Russell at Oberlin, Ohio.
(Prohibition Trivia) 1893 Newfoundland, Canada bans fishermen from killing seals on Sundays. 1911 The NY Public Library opened to the public.
(see also May 23, 1911) 1929 The first Marx Brothers film, 'Cocoanuts' premiered 1931 The B&O (Baltimore and Ohio) Railroad passenger train the 'Columbian' between Jersey City, New Jersey and Washington D.C. began service as the first fully air conditioned passenger train. 1941 Robert Allen Zimmerman was born. (He legally changed his name to Bob Dylan in 1962). 1945 The first Food-O-Mat was installed in a Grand Union Company store in New Jersey 1976 In Paris, two California wines won top honors at a blind wine tasting by the best of France's wine experts. The French were shocked, and the wine world was changed forever.
(North American Wine Articles) 2007 Kelly Jo Dowd died. She was one of the original 'Hooters' Girls' at the first Hooters' restaurant which opened in 1983 in Clearwater Florida.
(see also April 1, 1983) 2020 Coronavirus: With restaurants closed, rats are searching for food sources other than restaurant dumpsters and may even exhibit aggressive behavior.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** May 21-24, 2026 59th Annual Jambalaya Festival
Gonzales, Louisiana May 22-24, 2026 Blue Crab Festival - Palatka, Florida May 22-24, 2026 Fredericksburg Crawfish Festival
Fredericksburg, Texas May 22-24, 2026 Worlds Largest Brat Fest
Madison, Wisconsin May 22-25, 2026 Moonshine Festival
New Straitsville, Ohio May 23-24, 2026 85th Happy Valley Strawberry Festival - Anderson, California May 23-24, 2026 Annual Chuck Wagon Festival
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (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 New York State Legislature passed Raines Law, which restricted the sale of alcohol on Sundays.
· Michelob beer was introduced by Anheuser-Busch Brewery.
· 'The Boston Cooking School Cook Book' is published, later known as the 'Fannie Farmer Cook Book.'
· In New York City, Leo Hirshfield created the Tootsie Roll, the first individually wrapped penny candy. 2) This is a moist, cake-like fragrant Swedish rye bread made with molasses (or brown sugar), and flavored with orange zest and fennel, caraway or anise. Frequently it is made with a combination of several types of rye flour from dark to light. Its sweet flavor and moist texture is sometimes enhanced with the addition of golden raisins.
Name that bread! 3) This member of the Sapindaceae family, which includes the Akee, Longan and Soapberry tree, is native to the low elevations of southern China, where it has been cultivated for over 2,000 years. It is now cultivated throughout most southern Asiatic countries, including India, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines; they have been grown in the Caribbean since the 18th century, and were introduced to Hawaii, Florida and California in the late 19th century. The fruit are about 1 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter when fresh, and have a red brittle shell, with white translucent flesh and a single large seed. They are eaten fresh or dried, and are also available canned in syrup. The flesh is fragrant and sticky, sweet and juicy; the dried fruit has a smoky taste somewhat like a raisin. A versatile fruit, they are excellent in fruit salads, sweet and sour sauces, and dessert sauce. The may be used in stir fries, salads, poultry dishes, and even served over ice cream.
Name this "fruit”.
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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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