Thursday, May 7, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“If you throw a lamb chop in the oven, what's to keep it from getting done?”
Joan Crawford in 'The Women' (1939)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Roast Leg of Lamb Day
(Lamb Recipes --- Lamb Trivia & Facts) • National Homebrew Day: Congressional designation 1988. See also Big Brew for Homebrew Day. • [Herb Week] (May 3-9, 2026)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1657 King Louis XIV of France prohibits the sale of liquor to Indians in New France (Canada). 1660 Isaack B. Fubine of The Hague received a patent for macaroni.
(This fact is reported on many sites on the internet. No one has any further information listed, and I am in doubt as to its accuracy). 1718 Traditional date celebrating the founding of the city of New Orleans by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville of the French Mississippi Company. 1847 The American Medical Association was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1873 Salmon Portland Chase died. He was Secretary of the Treasury under Abraham Lincoln, and later Chief Justice. 1922 John Henry Patterson died (born Dec 13, 1844). Founder of National Cash Register Company. 1925 William Lever died (born Sept 19, 1851). British manufacturer who founded Lever Brothers soap company with his brother James. Lever was one of the first to produce soap from vegetable oils rather than tallow. 1925 The play 'Lima Beans' opened at Wallack's Theatre in New York. 1947 The 'Kraft Television Theater' premiers on NBC TV, sponsored by Kraft Foods. (Kraft Trivia & Facts)
1953 A world record 1,182 pound Swordfish was caught off Chile by Louis Marron.
(Swordfish Trivia --- Swordfish Recipes) 1962 'Mashed Potato Time' by Dee Dee Sharp was number one on the music charts. 1987 Shelly Long, who played cocktail waitress Diane Chambers, makes her final appearance as a regular on the TV show 'Cheers.'
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Sequim, Washington May 3-9, 2026 - West Tennessee Strawberry Festival
Humboldt, Tennessee May 6-10, 2026 St. Augustine Food + Wine Festival
St. Augustine, Florida May 7-9, 2026 54th Rayne Frog Festival
Rayne, Louisiana May 7-9, 2026 41st Annual Texas Crab Festival
Crystal Beach, Texas May 8-17, 2026 128th Edition Rochester Lilac Festival - Rochester, New York (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?
· Of gainfully employed persons, 21.5 percent were engaged in agriculture.
· Approximately 13% of farms in the U.S. have electricity.
· The Zagnut and Snickers candy bars are introduced.
· Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail was introduced
· 'Twinkies' go on sale for the first time. 2) If you boiled an egg, and the white turned bluish and the yolk turned reddish orange, what kind of egg would you have? 3) How can you tell the difference between a blueberry and a huckleberry? 4) The oil from what edible nut is used in insecticides, brake linings, rubber and plastic manufacturing? 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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