Sunday, December 1, 2024Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Cocoa? Cocoa! Damn miserable puny stuff; fit for kittens and unwashed boys. Did Shakespeare drink cocoa?”
Shirley Jackson, American writer. (1916-1965)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Eat a Red Apple Day
(Apple Trivia and Facts --- Apple Quotes) • St. Eligius day, patron of agricultural workers, knife makers. • [National Handwashing Awareness Week]
(Dec 1-7, 2024) • Cookie Cutter Week: (Dec 1-7 ?) • UK: [National Tree Week] (Nov 23-Dec 1, 2024)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1857 Ephraim Ball, of Canton, Ohio, received a patent for a 'Harvester' ("Improvement in Mowing-Machines"). Known as ‘Ball's Improved Ohio Mower’ (grass harvester) it is the first widely successful of two-wheeled flexible or hinged bar mowers. 1878 The first telephone was installed in the White House in Washington, D.C. Alexander Graham Bell installed it himself. Rutherford B. Hayes was president. 1885 Dr. Pepper is sold for the first time.
(Dr Pepper Trivia & Facts) 1886 Rex Stout, American crime writer was born. More than 70 of his novels and stories feature the fictional gourmand/gourmet detective, Nero Wolfe. Archie Goodwin, the detective's assistant, described him as weighing "one seventh of a ton" (about 286 pounds). Shad Roe and Duck were two of Wolfe's favorites, and he also consumed copious amounts of beer. Stout also published 'The Nero Wolfe Cookbook' in 1973. 1897 'Grape Nuts' cereal goes on sale for the first time. 1913 The first drive-up automobile service station opened, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, operated by Gulf Refining Co. 1917 Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town, a farm village for wayward boys, near Omaha, Nebraska 1924 James Cobden of Dahinda, Saskatchewan, Canada, wins the World Wheat Championship for best Hard Red Spring Wheat at the International Hay and Grain Show in Chicago, Illinois.
(Wheat Trivia & Facts) 1926 Ontario, Canada votes for government control of sale of liquor, rather than prohibition. 1936 The first patent was issued for a commercial scale hydroponic system for plant culture (a 'hydroponicum'). Ernest Walfrid Brundin and Frank F. Lyon received U.S. patent No. 2,062,755 on the system they had set up the previous year. 1942 WW II mandatory gasoline rationing begins in the U.S. 1944 Eric Bloom of the music group 'Blue Oyster Cult' was born. 1959 Mattel Inc. registered the 'Barbie' trademark (for dolls). 1990 British and French workers digging the Channel Tunnel from their respective countries drilled through a final piece of rock and shook hands, 22.3 km from the UK, 15.6 km from France. 1999 The Russian Duma passed an animal rights bill that prohibits people from eating their pets.
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DAY 5 (questions 33-40)
QUESTIONS
33) From about 1900 through 1955, nearly 4 billion of these plants were destroyed by Cryphonectria parasitica, leaving only a few isolated clumps in the upper Midwest and Pacific Northwest. The plant is the source of a traditional winter holiday food.
Can you name this plant? 34) What state has been the top pecan producing state in the nation since the late 1800’s? 35) About how many pecan are in a typical pecan pie? 36) What percentage of pecans are sold already shelled? 37) What do turkey giblets consist of? 38) How many pecans would it take to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool? 39) What did the mother turkey say to her disobedient children? 40) What percentage of the worlds' crop of sweet potatoes is grown in Asia? Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers Can’t wait ?
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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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