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Chef James

“The duty of a good Cuisinier is to transmit to the next generation everything he has learned and experienced.”
 
Fernand Point, 1941

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September Food Holidays:

For Details, History and more DAY, WEEK and MONTH Food Holiday designations, including LINKS to Holiday Origins and Additional Information:
SEE Detailed SEPTEMBER Food Calendar

SEPTEMBER is:

• Better Breakfast Month
• All-American Breakfast Month

• California Wine Month

• Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

• Family Meals Month

• Hunger Action Month

• National Biscuit Month

• National Bourbon Heritage Month

• National Chicken Month

• National Cholesterol Education Month

• National Food Safety Education Month

• National Fruit & Veggies Month

• National Hazelnut Month)

• National Honey Month

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• National Rice Month

• Organic Harvest Month
• Organic September

• Whole Grains Month
• Grains of the Month: Rice & Wild Rice

• Canada: National Organic Month

• Scottish Food & Drink September

• UK: National Fishing Month

• UK: Seed Gathering Season

• UK: Sourdough September

• UK: Sustainable Seafood September
 

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DID YOU KNOW?

The average date palm produces about 100 pounds of dates a year. A good date palm can produce 300 to 600 pounds of dates per year, and will produce for 100 years or more.

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Sunday, September 8, 2024

Daily Trivia Questions are below

TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE

“No cook who has attained mastery over her craft ever apologizes for the presence of garlic in her productions.”   Ruth Gottfried
 

FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:

• National Date-Nut Bread Day (also Dec 22)

• Feast of St. Adrian of Nicomedia, patron of butchers

• [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]
 

TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

1565 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed on the shore of what is now called Matanzas Bay and began the founding of the settlement that would be called St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest continually occupied city in the United States. (Florida Food Trivia)

1621 Prince Louis II de Condé, known as the Great Condé, was born. He was a French general who loved to hunt and had a passion for rice. Several dishes have been named for him, including Consommé Condé and Creme Condé.

1636 The Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony established Harvard College (New College), the first college in the Americas.

1795 Some Harvard students met to form the secret social club the 'Hasty Pudding Club' to cultivate 'friendship and patriotism. They agreed to take turns providing a pot of Hasty Pudding for the meetings.
(Hasty Pudding Recipe)

1830 Frédéric Mistral was born (died March 25, 1914).  French Nobel-prize winning writer. In 1891 he founded the journal 'L'Aioli' (aioli is a traditional Provençal garlic sauce).  "Aioli epitomizes the heat, the power, and the joy of the Provençal sun, but it has another virtue — it drives away flies."
(Aioli Recipe)

1930 The 3M Company began marketing 'Scotch' brand masking tape developed by Richard Drew.
(see also May 27, 1930).

1959 Charles 'Charlie' Trotter was born (died Nov 5, 2013).  Famed American chef and restaurateur. His eponymous Chicago restaurant (opened in 1987) was recognized as one of the finest in the world. He was also host of the PBS cooking show 'Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter' and the author of 14 cookbooks.

1966 The first episode of the TV show 'Star Trek' airs. Chemically synthesized food on the Enterprise - we seem to be getting close to that now.

1970 Percy Le Baron Spencer died (born July 19, 1894). Spencer developed the microwave oven in 1945, after he noticed that some chocolate in his pocket had melted after being accidentally exposed to radiation from a magnetron tube he was working on at the time.

1978 'Grease' by Frankie Valli is #1 on the charts.

2007 Harry G. Day died (born Oct 8, 1906).  He helped develop the fluoride additive used in toothpaste to fight tooth decay. Proctor and Gamble funded his research at Indiana University. The FDA approved stannous fluoride in 1955 for use in toothpaste. In 1956 P&G introduced Crest toothpaste with this ingredient, which they called fluoristan.
 

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A FEW FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALS
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September 1-30, 2024 - California Wine Month
 Statewide, California

September 6-8, 2024  65th Annual International Camel & Ostrich Races - Virginia City, Nevada

September 6-15, 2024  North Carolina Mountain State Fair - Fletcher, North Carolina

September 7-8, 2023  Blues Burgers & BBQ Festival
Fort Pierce, Florida

September 7-15, 2024 - Vermont Cheese Week
Statewide, Vermont

September 10-12, 2024  Annual National Heirloom Exposition - Ventura, California

September 11-14, 2024  58th Annual Morton Pumpkin Festival - Morton, Illinois

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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?
· The first batch of Tabasco Sauce was shipped from Avery Island, Louisiana.
· Henry Tibbe invented the corncob pipe.
· Hippolyte Mege Mouries produces the first commercial margarine.
· Beer was first sold in bottles by English brewer Francis Manning-Needham.

2) This large subtropical evergreen tree is one of Australia's few food plant contributions to the world. It was named by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller after his friend, a Scottish born Australian physician, chemist and teacher who promoted its cultivation. Various species are native to coastal rainforests and near streams in Queensland and New South Wales. Demand for this trees product is greater than the supply, so it remains fairly expensive. It is used in everything from sweets to soups and stews as well as eaten alone. It is cultivated today in such diverse areas as Indonesia, Brazil, Kenya, Guatemala, South Africa, Hawaii, Costa Rica, the West Indies, California and in many Mediterranean countries.
Name this tree and its product.

3) I was one of America's earliest health foods. Named after 19th century vegetarian Sylvester, I am still popular today. 
What Am I?

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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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DID YOU KNOW?

In 1948 Michigan became the first state to require statewide pasteurization of milk.

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A FOOD LIFE

"There are those who say that a life devoted to food -- cooking it, eating it, writing about it, even dreaming about it -- is a frivolous life, an indulgent life.  I would disagree.  If we do not care what we eat, we do not care for ourselves, and if we do not care for ourselves, how can we care for others?"
Fictional cookery writer Hilary Small, in episode 6, series 2 of 'Pie In the Sky'

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DID YOU KNOW?

Because pepper can be stored for many years without losing its flavor and aroma, it has long been known as the master spice. Pepper was so precious in ancient times that it was used as money to pay taxes, tributes, dowries, and rent. It was weighed like gold and used as a common medium of exchange.

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IN SEASON FOR SUMMER

VEGETABLES
(Recipes  --  Tips)
Avocados
Beets
Bell Peppers
Carrots
Celery
Corn
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Green Beans
Lima Beans
Okra
Summer Squash
Tomatillos
Tomatoes
Zucchini

FRUITS (Tips)
Apples
Apricots
Bananas
Blackberries
Blueberries
Cantaloupe
Cherries
Lemons
Limes
Mangos
Melons
Peaches
Plums
Raspberries
Strawberries
Watermelon

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DID YOU KNOW?

As Secretary of State during Woodrow Wilson's presidency, William Jennings Bryan, a prohibitionist, served grape juice instead of wine at state dinners, much to the amusement of sophisticated European diplomats.

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