Tuesday, July 14, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“If life is a bowl of cherries, then what am I doing in the pits?”
Erma Bombeck
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Grand Marnier Day
(History of Grand Marnier) • National Mac and Cheese Day
(Mac & Cheese Recipes) • [Spain: Fiesta de San Fermin] - Running of the Bulls, Pamplona, Spain (July 6-14, 2026)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1850 At the Mansion House in Apalachicola, Louisiana, Dr. John Gorrie demonstrated the first refrigerated ice-making machine in the U.S., producing brick-sized blocks of ice. Gorrie received a patent for the machine on May 6, 1851. 1853 The first World's Fair in the U.S. opened in New York. 1857 Frederick Louis Maytag was born. One of the founders of a farm implement company in Newton, Iowa. In 1907 the company began producing the Maytag washing machine to make up for the seasonal nature of the farm equipment sales. Fred Maytag II began making Maytag Blue Cheese in the 1940s. 1895 Rudolph Boysen was born (died Nov 25, 1950). California horticulturist, he developed the boysenberry, a raspberry-blackberry hybrid in 1923.
(Boysenberry Trivia) 1906 Tom Carvel was born. Inventor of the soft-serve ice cream machine, and founder of Carvel ice cream chain. (Ice Cream Trivia) 1946 Dr. Bejnamin Spock's best selling 'Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care' was published. 1948 Harry Brearley died. Brearley was an English metallurgist who invented stainless steel in 1913. 1986 Raymond Loewy died. An American design engineer, he designed the Coca Cola bottle.
(Coca-Cola Trivia and Facts) 1990 A new world’s record cherry pie was baked in Oliver, British Columbia, Canada. There are 2 conflicting years and weights found on various websites. 1990: 37,740 pounds and 1992: 39,683 pounds. I haven't been able to determine which is correct or if Oliver set both of the records.
(Cherry Pie Recipes --- Cherry Trivia) 1998 Richard McDonald died. One of the brothers who founded the original McDonald's restaurant. He also designed the golden arches logo.
(McDonald Brothers Bio --- McDonald’s Trivia) 2020 Coronavirus: Some soft drinks may be hard to find because of an aluminum can shortage due to high demand for products consumed at home.
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Coral Gables, Florida July 15-18, 2026 41st Annual Mattoon Bagelfest
Mattoon, Illinois July 15-18, 2026 Wabasha County Fair
Plainview, Minnesota July 16-18, 2026 - Annual Johnson County Peach Festival - Clarksville, Arkansas July 16-18, 2026 75th Pageland Watermelon Festival
Pageland, South Carolina July 16-19, 2026 Picklesburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (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?
· Ultra-high temperature pasteurization is introduced.
· V-8 Cocktail Vegetable Juice is introduced by Campbell Soup Co.
· Nestle's Quik chocolate milk additive is introduced to compete with Ovaltine. 2) This fruit is a hybrid of tangerine and the Seville or bitter orange developed in 1902 near Oran, Algeria by Father Clement Rodier, a French missionary. They are easy to peel, have only occasional seeds, and have a very pleasant tangy, sweet flavor. They have been called 'zipper oranges' and 'kid-glove oranges' because they are so easy to peel (a lady could peel one wearing kid gloves).
Name this fruit. 3) This aromatic herb, is a member of the parsley or carrot family, and indigenous to the regions around the Black and Caspian Seas. It is an essential ingredient of fines herbes, widely used in French cuisine. Some varieties also have edible roots which are like small turnips, and were enjoyed by the early Greeks and Romans, and in England during the 14th to 17th centuries.
Name this herb.
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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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