Monday, February 9, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“There's a pizza place near where I live that sells only slices. In the back, you can see a guy tossing a triangle in the air.”
Steven Wright, Comedian, actor, writer.
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Pizza Day (Pizza History -- Pizza Trivia)
(Pizza Recipes --- Pizza Quotes) • National Bagels and Lox Day
(Bagel Trivia --- Bagel Quotes) • Scotland: Oatmeal Monday: (Feb 9, 2026 - 2nd Mon in February: Scottish Universities) • St. Apollonia's Day, patron of dentists. • Kraut and Frankfurter Week ? (Feb 8-14, 2026) • Jell-O Week (Feb 9-15, 2026 2nd full week in Feb) in 2001 Jell-O was declared Official State Snack of Utah and Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt declared an annual "Jell-O Week." (Jello Trivia)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1854 Coffee County, Georgia was founded.
(Georgia Food Trivia) 1870 The creation of the U.S. Weather Service [National Weather Service] was authorized by Congress. 1871 The [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] began life in 1871 as the U.S. Commission on Fish and Fisheries, created to study and recommend solutions to a decline in the stocks of food fish. Spencer Fullerton Baird was appointed its first commissioner. 1883 Garnet Carter was born (died July 21, 1954). He opened the first miniature golf course on Lookout Mountain in Tennessee in 1926. He patented it under the name 'Tom Thumb Golf’. Within 5 years there were more than 25,000 miniature golf courses in the U.S. 1889 The United States Department of Agriculture [USDA] was established as a Cabinet level agency. 1894 Hershey's Chocolate Company was founded as a subsidiary of Milton S. Hershey's Lancaster Caramel Company. 1895 Volleyball (originally called 'Mintonette') is invented by William G. Morgan, the physical education director at the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts. 1899 Minnesota's new record low temperature:
59 degrees F below zero at Leech Lake Dam.
(Minnesota Food Trivia) 1901 Fred Harvey died in Leavenworth, Kansas. Born in 1835 in London, Frederick Henry Harvey, was an American restaurateur who operated a chain of restaurants called the 'Harvey House,' and a series of railroad dining cars and hotels. The restaurants were opened along the route of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and were staffed by ‘Harvey Girls’, who over the years numbered in the thousands. Will Rogers said Harvey "kept the West in food and wives." 1909 Carmen Miranda was born. Brazilian singer and actress. Appeared in many Hollywood movies, she was known as "the Brazilian bombshell” and also "the lady in the tutti-frutti hat." 1943 Harry and David Holmes (Bear Creek Orchards) registered "Harry and David" trademark (fresh fruits). 1960 Adolph Coors, grandson of the Coors brewery founder, was kidnapped and held for ransom. He was later found shot to death. 2001 The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks a Japanese fishing & high school training ship, the Ehime-Maru. Nine crew members of the Ehime Maru and 4 high school students were drowned. The submarine was practicing an emergency rapid surfacing maneuver at the time.
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New York, New York February 5-16, 2026 - Florida State Fair
Tampa, Florida February 6-15, 2026 79th Annual Holtville Carrot Festival - Holtville, California February 12-March 1, 2026 Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival - Indio, California February 13-15, 2026 56th Annual Everglades Seafood Festival - Everglades City, Florida February 14-15, 2026 20th Annual Florida Keys Seafood Festival - Key West, Florida (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
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· The first Groundhog day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
· John Dickenson introduced paper napkins at his company's annual dinner.
· Log Cabin Syrup is introduced, a blend of maple syrup and cane sugar syrup. 2) These plants, native to Central and South America are grown worldwide, both as garden flowers and for culinary uses. The brillIant yellow, orange or red flowers and peppery flavored leaves are used in salads. The flowers may also be chopped and used to flavor butters, cream cheese and vinegar; the immature flower buds and seed pods may be pickled and used like capers. There is also a species found in the Andes which is a vegetable tuber crop.
Can you name this plant? 3) This plant most likely originated somewhere around New Guinea in the Pacific Ocean, but long ago became distributed throughout the Pacific from Southeast Asia to Africa. It may have reached the Pacific coast of Central or South America before Columbus reached America, but was introduced to the Caribbean from Africa by Europeans. NOTE: There are some botanists who believe that it originated in the American tropics. There is no definitive proof for either origin. Name this plant.
a) soy bean. b) coconut palm. c) corn.
d) mango. e) guava. 4) These were first made in New Haven, Connecticut in 1908 by George Smith. They were named after a race horse. What are they? Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers
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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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