Thursday, August 6, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the cornfield.” Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Farmworker Appreciation Day
(Farms & Farmers Trivia and Facts) • National Root Beer Float Day - Frank J. Wisner, owner of Cripple Creek Brewing in Colorado and manufacturer of Myers Avenue Red Root Beer, is said to have invented the 'Black Cow' root beer float in 1893. (Why Does Root Beer Foam So Much?) • India Pale Ale Day - IPA Day (Aug 6, 2026 - 1st Thurs in Aug) Beer enthusiasts, breweries and bars around the world celebrate IPA Day, a toast to one of craft beer’s most iconic styles: the India Pale Ale. • [National Farmers Market Week] (Aug 2-8, 2026 1st full week in August) • [World Breastfeeding Week] (Aug 1-7)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1867 Sheldon Everitt of Ansonia, Connecticut received a patent for a 'Tea Kettle.' (Tea Trivia ) 1881 Alexander Fleming was born (died March 11, 1955). Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928 while working at St. Mary's Hospital in London. 1889 Britain's first modern luxury hotel, The Savoy Hotel, opened in London, with Cesar Ritz as manager and Auguste Escoffier as chef de cuisine. With 268 rooms, it was the first hotel in Britain lit entirely by electricity and the first with electric lifts. Most of the rooms also had hot and cold running water. 1896 Spreckels Sugar Company (beet sugar) was incorporated in Salinas, California. (Beet Trivia) 1911 Lucille Ball was born. Two of the funniest food related comedy routines ever done were the chocolate factory and the grape stomping episodes from her TV show. 1928 Andy Warhol was born. American painter of the pop art movement. In the 1960s he made paintings of Campbell's Soup cans, Coca-Cola cans and other American products. 1930 Judge Joseph F. Crater of the New York State Supreme Court, walked out of a 45th Street restaurant in New York City on his way to the theater. He was never heard from again. 1954 David Grandison Fairchild died (born April 7, 1869). An American botanist and agriculturalist, he traveled the world, visiting every continent (except Antarctica) in search of plants of potential use to the American people. He brought back hundreds of plants, including varieties of mangos, alfalfa, nectarines, dates, cotton, soybeans, and bamboos. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Florida was named to honor him. Author of 'The World Was My Garden,' and 'Exploring for Plants'. 2013 Protesting low egg prices, French farmers began smashing thousands of eggs on the streets and squares of France's main poultry producing region of Brittany. Over-production and expensive renovations to meet new European regulations on hen houses have resulted in farmers receiving lower prices for eggs. (Egg Trivia and Facts)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** July 29-August 9, 2026 171st Ohio State Fair
Columbus, Ohio August 4-8, 2026 54th Annual Alcona County Fair
Lincoln, Michigan August 4-9, 2026 68th Cobb Corn Roast
Cobb, Wisconsin August 5-9, 2026 - 29th Annual Key West Lobsterfest
Key West, Florida August 5-9, 2026 171st Northern Maine Fair
Presque Isle, Maine August 6-8, 2026 - The Great American Ribfest
Lincoln, Nebraska August 6-9, 2026 - 79th Annual Mendota Sweet Corn Festival - Mendota, Illinois (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?
· H. & C. Studebaker was founded, blacksmith and wagon building.
· The Chicago Union Stock Yards opened.
· The first public lavatory opened for business in London.
· A 446 pound baron of beef was served to Queen Victoria and the royal family. 2) How 'cool' can a cucumber actually be? 3) What color is the 'Ice Cream Banana'? 4) What are the ingredients of the Scottish delicacy 'Crappit Heids'?
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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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