Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Daily Trivia Questions are below
TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE
“Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.”
M. F. K. Fisher (1908-1992)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:
• National Gazpacho Day
(Gazpacho Recipes --- Gazpacho Trivia)
• Microwave Oven Day (see also Jan 24, 1950)
(Microwave Oven Trivia)
• Feast of Nicholas of Myra, patron of bakers, barrel makers, brewers, coopers.
• [National Handwashing Awareness Week]
(Dec 3-9, 2023)
• Cookie Cutter Week: (Dec 1-7 ?)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY
1492 Columbus sighted the island he names Hispaniola (Now consisting of Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
1866 The 2 mile long, 5 foot diameter Chicago ‘Lake Tunnel’ was completed. It was the first water supply tunnel for a U.S. city. (Chicago Food Trivia)
1872 Felix Archimede Pouchet died. A French naturalist, he was one of those who believed that life was created from nonliving matter in processes such as fermentation and putrefaction. Those flies and maggots, fungi, yeast and bacteria just appeared from nowhere. (He was wrong.)
1877 Thomas A. Edison made the first sound recording "Mary had a little lamb"
1879 Erastus Brigham Bigelow died (born April 2, 1814). Inventor of manufacturing machinery for making gingham cloth. The red & white checked tablecloths used in restaurants is a classic example of gingham.
1883 The 'Ladies’ Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper' began publication.
1917 Irv Robbins was born (died May 5, 2008). Co-founder, with Burt Baskin, of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain in 1946 in Glendale, California.
(Baskin Robbins Trivia)
1931 Catharine Furbish died. An American botanist, she spent almost 40 years traveling and painting very accurate watercolors of the flora of the state of Maine. (Maine Food Trivia)
1964 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' Christmas special first aired on NBC TV.
1968 'Beggar's Banquet' album by the Rolling Stones was released.
1994 Orange County, California filed for bankruptcy due to investment losses.
1994 The play 'Lamb Chop On Broadway' opened in New York.
2006 An outbreak of illness from the dangerous E. Coli 0157:H7 was reported, with green onions as the suspected cause. Cases were reported in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, South Carolina, and Utah.
2014 A record 4.16 pound (1.89 kg) White Alba Truffle from the Umbrian region of Italy sold at auction for $61,250 to a Taiwanese buyer.
(Truffle Trivia)
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UPCOMING FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALS
December 7, 2023 Kosher Food and Wine Experience
Miami, Florida
December 9, 2023 Annual Christmas on the Bayou
Gulfport, Mississippi
December 9, 2023-January 6, 2024 Holiday Tours & Annual Gingerbread House Display
Oxnard, California
November 27-January 2, 2024, 2023 31st Annual National Gingerbread House Competition & Display
Asheville, North Carolina
(SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
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FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)
1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· Kansas became the first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.
· James Harvey Logan of Santa Cruz, California developed the Loganberry, a cross between a red raspberry and a wild blackberry.
· Dr. Satori Kato of Japan introduced the first instant coffee at the Pan American World Fair.
· The first U.S. made margarine is produced in New York City by Community Manufacturing Co.
2) These were created in 1886 in his candy store by Leo Hirschfield. Initially he would make them for his daughter, but he soon began to make them for sale to other children in the neighborhood. He named the candy for his daughter. 20 to 30 million of these are made each day, still under the same name and with the same formula as the original. The company that makes them also makes 50% of the lollipops in the U.S. Name this candy.
3) This is an ancient dish mentioned in Greek and Roman literature, but the modern version from Spain contains 2 ingredients from the New World which did not arrive in Spain until the 16th century. It's classified as a salad in Andalusian cookbooks, but Americans call it a soup. What is this confusing dish, AND what are the 2 New World ingredients?
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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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