Sunday, February 8, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“We may live without poetry, music and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart; We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man cannot live without cooks.”
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1831-1891)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Super Bowl Sunday (Feb 8, 2026) Almost 1.5 billion Chicken Wings are consumed on Super Bowl Sunday.
(Chicken Wing Recipes) • [Pork Rind Appreciation Day] (Feb 8, 2026 - Super Bowl Sunday) • Kraut and Frankfurter Week ? (Feb 8-14, 2026) • Molasses Bar Day (Cookie Bar Recipes) • Feast of St. Meingold, patron of bakers
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1795 Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge was born. A German chemist who developed a method for obtaining sugar from beet juice. (Beets & Beetroot Trivia) 1839 American and Canadian loggers clash in the Aroostook war, sometimes called 'the Pork and Beans War' (1838-39), over the boundary between the British colony of New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine along the St. Croix River. The U.S. and Britain settled the bloodless dispute with the Webster-Ashburton Treaty signed August 9, 1842 in Aroostook, New Brunswick.
[More info: New England Historical Society] 1878 Elias Fries died (born Aug 15, 1794). Considered one of the fathers of mycology, he developed the first system used to classify fungi. His 3-volume work, ‘Systema mycologicum’ (1821-32) is still an important source for nomenclature of fungi.
(Fungus Trivia -- Mushrooms & Fungi Articles) 1886 Wilhelm Koppers was born. This cultural anthropologist developed theories on the origins of society based on studies of hunter-gatherer tribes. 1898 John Ames Sherman of Worcester, Massachusetts received U.S. patent No. 598,716 for the first machine to fold and seal envelopes. 1910 The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated. 1922 U.S. President Warren G. Harding had a radio installed in the White House. 1925 Actor Jack Lemmon was born. A couple of his film titles: 'The Fortune Cookie' and 'Days of Wine and Roses' 1946 Felix Hoffman died (born Jan 21, 1868). German chemist who first synthesized aspirin in 1897. (see also Feb 27, 1900) 1946 Canned Heat drummer Adolfo De La Parra was born today. 1946 Paul Wheatbread, drummer with Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, was born today. 2014 The first McDonald's restaurant in Vietnam opened in Ho Chi Minh City. (McDonald’s Trivia) 2014 'Drink a Beer' by Luke Bryan is number 1 on the country music charts. 2020 12 year old Ryder Day won the Fort Worth junior steer champion grand prize with a Hereford steer named Cupid Shuffle, at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. The steer sold for a record $300,000.
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New York, New York February 5-16, 2026 - Florida State Fair
Tampa, Florida February 6-15, 2026 79th Annual Holtville Carrot Festival - Holtville, California February 12-March 1, 2026 Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival - Indio, California February 13-15, 2026 56th Annual Everglades Seafood Festival - Everglades City, Florida February 14-15, 2026 20th Annual Florida Keys Seafood Festival - Key West, Florida (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)1) The following events took place in the same year.
What year is it?
· Yuengling Brewery in Pennsylvania opened. It is the oldest brewery still operating in the U.S.
· The Tremont Hotel opened in Boston. It was the first hotel with indoor plumbing.
· Sylvester Graham invented the Graham cracker. 2) Originating in Southeast Asia and India, cultivated for 5000 years, this member of the cashew family can range in size from a plum to 5 pounds. It is one of the most popular fruits in the world, but was originally a small, fibrous, acrid, sometimes toxic fruit that tasted of turpentine. Can you name this fruit? 3) I am native to all continents except Australia. Of my 450 varieties, many are used for food. According to Greek legend, I was the staple food of the Golden Age, although now I am mostly fed to animals. I was used as a rather inferior coffee substitute during the American Civil War, and I can be used to make a good flour. What am I? Click Here for Today’s 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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