Thursday, July 17, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.”
Wallace Stevens (1880-1955)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Peach Ice Cream Day (Ice Cream Recipes)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1763 John Jacob Astor was born in Waldorf, Germany. His descendants built the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. 1821 Spain formally transferred Florida to the United States. (Florida Food Trivia) 1845 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl died. Grey (also Baron Grey and Viscount Howick) was given the recipe for Earl Grey Tea by a Chinese mandarin with whom he was friends (and/or whose life either he or another British diplomat saved). (Earl Grey Tea Facts & Trivia) 1861 Congress authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue the first paper currency, called 'Demand Notes,' to finance costs of the Civil War. 1867 Harvard School of Dental Medicine was founded in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the first university based dental school in the U.S. 1948 Mick Tucker of the music group 'Sweet' was born. 1955 Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California. 1959 Mary Leakey, wife of Louis Leakey, discovered the oldest human skull to date in Tanganyika (Tanzania). It was about 1.8 million years old. 1961 The Supremes first single recording was released, 'Buttered Popcorn.' 1968 Brewery workers in Ontario, Canada end a 3 week strike for higher wages.
(Beer Trivia & Facts) 2024 The stock market closes above 41,000 for the first time (41,198).
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Gaffney, South Carolina July 11-27, 2025 California State Fair
Sacramento, California July 13-19, 2025 Derry Township Agricultural Fair
New Derry, Pennsylvania July 16-19, 2025 40th Annual Mattoon Bagelfest
Mattoon, Illinois July 16-20, 2025 Big Sky Country State Fair
Bozeman, Montana July 18-20, 2025 Roscoe Village Burger Fest
Chicago, Illinois July 18-20, 2025 - 60th Yarmouth Clam Festival
Yarmouth, Maine (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?
· Grand Rapids, Michigan became the first U.S. city to fluridate its drinking water, to reduce tooth decay.
· 'Cheerioats' cereal was renamed 'Cheerios'
· Tupperware Corp. is founded by former duPont chemist Earl W. Tupper. 2) In 1846, 65,000 tons, or 175 shiploads of this product were shipped by a Boston company. Large quantities were exported to the Far East, where it is sold at high prices in exchange for cheap silk, which brought high prices in the U.S. What valuable product was in these 175 ships?
a) whale oil. b) seaweed. c) lobster.
d) beef. e) ice. 3) In 1648 the Massachusetts Bay Colony had poor harvests, and were saved from starving by eating what abundant species? 4) In 1945 Japan organized school children to gather what item to use for making flour due to dwindling stocks of wheat and rice? 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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