Sunday, September 20, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“It is impossible to read English novels without realizing how important a part food plays in the mental as in the physical life of the Englishman.”
Elisabeth Luther Cary (1867-1936)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Rum Punch Day (Punch Recipes) • National Pepepperoni Pizza Day ?
(Pizza Trivia --- Pizza Recipes --- Pizza Quotes) • National Fried Rice Day • National String Cheese Day • National Queso Day • St. Eustace's Day, patron of hunters. • Maine Lobster Week (Sept 19-26, 2026)
[Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative]
(Lobster Trivia --- Lobster Recipes) • UK [British Food Fortnight] (Sept 17-Oct 2, 2026)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1519 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan sailed from Spain with 5 ships, in search of a western route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. After sailing around the tip of South America, Magellan was killed on an island in the Philippines. One of the ships eventually reached the Spice Islands and continued sailing west, reaching Spain on Sept 6, 1522. The first ship to circumnavigate the globe. 1842 Sir James Dewar was born. He invented the 'Dewar Flask,' the original 'thermos bottle'. 1859 George B. Simpson received U.S. patent No. 25,532 for an "electroheater" which could be used for heating or boiling water, etc. 1878 Upton Sinclair was born. His novel, 'The Jungle,' was a detailed horror story about the conditions in the meat packing industry of the time. It led to extensive reforms. 1888 David Marine was born (died Nov 6, 1976). An American pathologist whose research on the treatment of goitre with iodine led to the iodizing of table salt. (Salt, A Precious Commodity)
(Salt Trivia & Facts --- Salt Quotes) 1890 Blues musician 'Jelly Roll' Morton was born. 1891 August Schell died. He founded the August Schell Brewing Company in New Ulm, Minnesota in 1860. 1943 Xavier Marcel Boulestin died (born 1878). French chef, restaurateur, cookbook author. He was also the first TV chef, appearing on the BBC in 1937-1939 in 'Cook's Night Out'. 1969 'Sugar, Sugar' by the Archies hits Number 1 on the charts. 2002 William Rosenberg founder of Dunkin' Donuts died (born June 10, 1916). (The Dunkin' Donuts website lists his date of death as Sept 22, but numerous newspapers and others list Sept 20). 2018 California becomes 1st state to ban restaurants from automatically handing out plastic straws. The ban includes full-service, dine-in restaurants, but not fast-food restaurants.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** September 19-26, 2026 79th Persimmon Festival
Mitchell, Indiana September 20-26, 2026 Farmington Fair
Farmington, Maine September 24-27, 2026 106th Annual Durham Agricultural Fair - Durham, Connecticut September 24-27, 2026 Chicago Gourmet
Chicago, Illinois September 24-27, 2026 Annual Alligator Festival
Luling, Louisiana September 25-26, 2026 34th Annual Coca-Cola Days
Atlantic, Iowa September 25-27, 2026 Annual Pensacola Seafood Festival - Pensacola, Florida (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?
· In Ontario a cow named Hanover Hill Barb is sold for $235,000; highest price ever paid for a cow to date.
· In Paris, two California wines won top honors at a tasting by the best of France's wine experts.
· To settle a sex discrimination lawsuit, New York's "21" Club hired its first waitress.
· The $2 bill is reintroduced by the U.S. Treasury.
· The U.S. and Russia both extend their fishing rights to 200 miles offshore. 2) The cucurbits include melons, cucumbers, watermelons, pumpkins, squashes, marrows and zucchini. This particular curcurbit occurs in the wild only in the Himalayas and in lands to the east of those mountains. It was probably domesticated in northern India, and arrived in the Mediterranean area sometime around 500 B.C. This curcurbit is the:
a) Cucumber. b) Pumpkin. c) Cantaloupe.
d) Watermelon. e) Zucchini. 3) Although not created the 20th century, this drink probably takes it's name from a Queen of England.
Name this drink and the Queen. 4) A very large smoked sausage (usually pork) from Bologna, Italy, studded with cubes of pork fat, peppercorns and/or pistachios and/or green olives. American bologna (boloney) is a very poor imitation. It probably dates back to the 15th century, and the original recipes included myrtle.
Name this sausage. 5) Bombay duck (Harpodon nehereus) is not a duck. What is it?
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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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