Monday, February 16, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“How much cheese is a handful? How much more or less is a cupful? What is the capacity of a glass, a tumbler, or a soup ladle? What is the difference between a suspicion and a pinch? How much more is a good pinch? How much wine is a little, how many olives a few? When a book says a tin of chopped almonds or pomegranate juice what are you supposed to understand by that?”
Elizabeth David (1913-1992)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Presidents' Day (Washington's Birthday observed - Feb 16, 2026 - 3rd Mon) • National Almond Day (Almond Trivia & Facts) • National CSA Week (Feb 15-21, 2026) Formerly CSA Day [CSA Innovation Network] Community Supported Agriculture
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1852 In South Bend, Indiana, Henry and Clement Studebaker founded H. & C. Studebaker, blacksmith and wagon building. (See also Jan 3, 1921) 1864 Jacob Behel of Earleville, Illinois received a patent for an 'Improvement in Grain-Binders' 1866 The New York City Metropolitan Board of Health was created. (New York Food Trivia & Facts) 1897 Black American inventor Peter Walker was issued a U.S. patent # 577,153 for a 'Machine for Cleaning Seed-Cotton' 1909 Richard McDonald was born. He was one of the brothers who founded McDonald's fast food restaurants. Richard also designed the golden arches logo. He died in 1998. (McDonald’s Trivia & Facts) 1932 James E. Markham of Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards in Mississippi, received the first patent for a fruit tree. It was for a peach tree whose fruit ripened later than other varieties.
(Peach Trivia & Facts) 1937 Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers received U.S. patent # 2,071,250 for Nylon (patent filed July 3, 1931). The patent was assigned to the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. One of its first uses was to replace the hog bristles that had been used in toothbrushes. 1938 The U.S. Federal Crop Insurance program was authorized. 1959 Rap singer 'Ice T' was born (Tracy Morrow). 1968 Haleyville, Alabama became the first U.S. telephone system to use 911 as the universal number for emergency services. 2009 Burgers & Beer on the Road: A truck carrying 40,000 pounds of frozen hamburger patties hit the center median, and dumped thousands of pounds of burgers onto Interstate 15 near Salt Lake City. A few hours later on Interstate 84, also in Utah, a truck carrying 40,000 pounds of Fat Tire Beer hit the center median and spilled its load on the highway. Neither driver was injured. 2011 The bookstore chain 'Borders' filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· Chuckles sugared jelly candies are introduced.
· U.S. table-salt makers introduce iodized salt.
· 'Wise Potato Chips' were introduced.
· The 'I-Scream-Bar' is renamed 'Eskimo Pie' and within a year are selling one million bars a day. 2) This plant is pictured on tombs from ancient Egypt, and has been found in ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pliny listed it as a cure for 60 different illnesses. In 1st century India it was used to prevent heart disease. In Shakespearean England, it was prized as an aphrodisiac. The English name for it comes from the Anglo-Saxon for 'spear plant,' and the Latin word comes from the Celtic word meaning 'hot.'
What is it? 3) This tree and its fruit are native to the Peruvian Andes, but are widely cultivated as a commercial crop in New Zealand, where most of the U.S. supply originates. When it did not sell well under its original name, New Zealanders invented its current name in 1966.
a) kiwi. b) tamarillo. c) uglifruit.
d) gooseberry. e) pumello. Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers
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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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