Saturday, September 14, 2024Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there is bacteria.”
David Auerbach
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Eat a Hoagie Day • National Cream-filled Donut Day (Donut Trivia)
(Doughnut Quotes) • Feast of Notburga of Eben, patron of waiters, waitresses and farmers. • [Folic Acid Awareness Week] (Sept 8-14, 2024) • International Housekeepers Week / Environmental Services Week (Sept 8-14, 2024 - 2nd full week)
[International Executive Housekeepers Assn] • Biscuits and Gravy Week (Sept 9-15, 2024 - 2nd full week in Sept) (Biscuits & Gravy Article & Recipe)
(Biscuit History --- Biscuit Quotes) • UK: [Fairtrade Fortnight] (Sept 9-22, 2024) Celebrate the people who grow our food, people who live in some of the poorest countries in the world and who are often exploited and badly paid.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1716 The first lighthouse in America was lighted on Little Brewster Island, marking the entrance to the Boston, Massachusetts harbor. 1752 Yesterday was September 2, 1752. 1849 Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was born. Pavlov's work with dogs actually started as a study of digestion. He theorized that digestion was controlled in part by sensory inputs of sight, smell and taste - and as he discovered, sound; 'conditioned reflex.' 1909 Sir Peter Markham Scott was born (died Aug 29, 1989). British conservationist, artist, and author. A founder of the Severn Wildfowl Trust (now Wildlife and Wetlands Trust) and the World Wildlife Fund. 1917 Joyce Chen was born (died Aug 23, 1994). Chinese American Chef, restaurateur, author. She is credited with popularizing northern-style Chinese cuisine in the U.S. Cookbook: The Joyce Chen Cook Book (1962). PBS TV show: 'Joyce Chen Cooks' (1967) 1960 OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) was formed by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. 1965 'My Mother the Car' premiered on NBC TV. 1976 'Play That Funky Music' by Wild Cherry is #1 on the charts. 1989 Marvin P. Middlemark died (born Sept 16, 1919). American inventor, he invented the 'Rabbit Ear' TV antenna in 1953 in Rego Park (Queens), New York, and among other minor inventions, a water powered potato peeler. 2006 The U.S. FDA reported an outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7. Fresh spinach is the suspected cause of the outbreak and consumers nationwide were advised not to eat bagged spinach. Eventually more than 200 people were sickened in 22 states and several deaths were reported. 2009 Keith Floyd died (born Dec 28, 1943). British celebrity chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and cooking show host. 2010 The World Conservation Society reported that fewer than 3,500 wild tigers exist in the world today. 2019 A fully functioning toilet made of 227 lbs of 18-karat solid gold, created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was stolen from Blengeim Palace in the UK. It was available for use as part of an exhibition of Cattelan's works. It was never recovered.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** September 1-30, 2024 - California Wine Month
Statewide, California September 6-15, 2024 North Carolina Mountain State Fair - Fletcher, North Carolina September 7-15, 2024 - Vermont Cheese Week
Statewide, Vermont September 11-14, 2024 58th Annual Morton Pumpkin Festival - Morton, Illinois September 13-15, 2024 182nd Long Island Fair
Old Bethpage, 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?
· The U.S. population is 38,558,371.
· Farmers are 53% of the labor force.
· The U.S. produces 30 million cans of food.
· Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the U.S. 2) Due to a shortage of baking flours after World War II breadmakers were forced to substitute up to 25% of wheat flour with something else.
What did they use as a substitute? 3) According to an American Dairy Association random sampling survey, pizza is America's fourth most craved food.
What are the first 3 most craved foods? Click Here for 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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