Saturday, June 13, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“The joys of the table belong equally to all ages, conditions, countries and times; they mix with all other pleasures, and remain the last to console us for their loss.”
Jean-Antheleme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS: Family Health & Fitness Day (June 13, 2026 - 2nd Sat) [National Recreation & Park Association] Promotes the importance of parks and recreation in keeping communities healthy and active. National Rosι Day (June 13, 2026 -2nd Sat in June)
[Bodvαr – House of Rosιs] Kitchen Klutzes of America Day National Weed Your Garden Day [World Gin Day] (June 13, 2026 - 2nd Saturday) St. Anthony of Padua, patron of starving people, domestic animals, swineherds, harvests. Dairy Goat Awareness Week (June 13-20, 2026 - 2nd to 3rd Sat in June) [American Dairy Goat Assn]
(Goat Trivia & Facts) National Fishing & Boating Week: (June 6-14, 2026)
[Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation]
(Articles About Fish & Fishing --- Fishing Trivia) National Garden Week (June 7-13, 2026)
[National Garden Clubs Inc] National Salad Week (June 7-13, 2026) UK: British Tomato Fortnight: (June 1-14, 2026)
[British Tomato Growers’ Association]
(Tomato Trivia | Tomato Recipes)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1789 Mrs. Alexander Hamilton served a new dessert treat for General George Washington. The highlight of the dinner party was ice cream! And all this time you thought Dolly Madison was responsible.
(Ice Cream Trivia and Facts) 1816 The Peale Museum in Baltimore, Maryland becomes the first U.S. public building to use gas lighting. It was installed for its publicity value. 1817 Richard Lovell Edgeworth died. An Anglo-Irish inventor, among his many inventions and innovations were a turnip cutter, various improvements in agricultural machines, and a velocipede. 1831 Cyrus H. McCormick of Rockbridge County, Virginia received a patent for a 'Side-Hill Plow' 1831 Erastus and Thaddeus Fairbanks, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, received a patent for "Weighing Scales" used for weighing wagons; a platform scale that revolutionized weighing methods.
(Weights & Measures Trivia & Facts) 1844 Linus Yale, of Springfield, Massachusetts, received U.S. patent No. 3,630 for an improved door lock. 1886 In Canada, a swift moving fire consumed the entire city of Vancouver, British Columbia in less than 45 minutes. More than 28 people died, and 1,000 buildings were destroyed. 1893 African American inventor Thomas W. Stewart of Detroit, Michigan received U.S. patent No. 499,402 for an improved mop with a levered clamp to hold the 'mop rag' in place. 1903 Julius A. Landsberger, of Alameda, California, received a patent for a 'Closure for Receptacles;' a clamp for holding a cover on jars and cans, incorporated by Kerr glass into economy jars.
(Canning Trivia --- History of Canning) 1942 'Tangerine' by Jimmy Dorsey was #1 on the music charts. 2010 Jimmy Dean died at age 81. A country music singer he also founded Jimmy Dean Meat Co. in 1969, well known for its Jimmy Dean Sausage brand. 2020 To pass the time after being furloughed, Charlie Lello, a woman in Hertfordshire, England decided to try incubating 3 duck eggs purchased at a Waitrose supermarket. A month later they hatched 3 healthy ducklings. She named them Beep, Peep and Meep.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** June 1-30, 2026 - Idaho Wine and Cider Month
Statewide, Idaho June 5-6 & 13, 2026 40th Georgia Peach Festival
Byron & Fort Valley, Georgia June 10-14, 2026 New Orleans Wine & Food Experience - New Orleans, Louisiana June 11-14, 2026 Frankenmuth Bavarian Festival
Frankenmuth, Michigan une 12-13, 2026 Annual Pork Rind Heritage Festival
Harrod, Ohio (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?
· U.S. Microwave oven sales reach a record 12.6 million.
· The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) bans most uses of sulfites in fresh foods.
· Snapple bottled iced tea is introduced creating a new category of soft drinks.
· Dairy Queen acquires Orange Julius. 2) This large vegetable is best eaten when about 18 inches long, although they can grow to twice that size. They are related to the black eyed pea, and are popular in China.
Name this vegetable. 3) These fungi are common on plant leaves and in the intestinal tracts of warm blooded animals. They are also found in the soil and in saltwater. Some are also used in food and vegetable production.
Name this fungi.
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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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