Saturday, May 23, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Happy and successful cooking doesn't rely only on know-how; it comes from the heart, makes great demands on the palate and needs enthusiasm and a deep love of food to bring it to life.”
Georges Blanc, French chef and restaurateur.
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Taffy Day • National Italian Beef Day (May 23, 2026 - 4th Sat) A beef sandwich originating in Chicago. • [World Fish Migration Day] (May 23, 2026) To create awareness of the importance of open rivers and migratory fish. • International Heritage Breeds Week (May 17-23, 2026) [Livestock Conservancy] • UK: [National Doughnut Week] (May 16-24, 2026) participating bakers across the UK will be helping to raise money for The Children's Trust by donating money for every doughnut they sell. • UK: British Sandwich Week (May 18-24, 2026)
[British Sandwich Association] (Sandwich Trivia)
(Sandwich Recipes --- Sandwich Quotes)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1707 Carolus Linnaeus was born. He was a Swedish botanist who developed the 2 name or binomial system for defining and naming plants. 1725 Robert Bakewell was born (died, October 1, 1795). Bakewell was an agriculturalist who helped revolutionize cattle and sheep breeding in England. He obtained the best animals he could find and then worked with a closed herd, inbreeding only superior animals. 1774 Residents of Chestertown, Maryland react to news of the Boston Tea Party by staging a similar protest, dumping a shipment of tea into the Chester River. 1788 South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
(South Carolina Food Trivia) 1820 James Buchanan Eads was born (died March 8, 1887). Created special boats and a diving bell for salvaging goods from sunken riverboats on the Mississippi river. He also created a jetty system on the Mississippi for New Orleans which used the river's flow to cut its channel deeper enabling year round navigation. 1868 Kit Carson, American frontiersman, died. His last words were supposedly "Wish I had time for just one more bowl of chili." 1911 The New York Public Library, the largest marble structure ever constructed in United States, was officially dedicated by President William Howard Taft. The beaux-arts building, located on Fifth Ave. between 40th and 42nd Streets, cost $9 million and took 14 years to complete. 1922 Thomas Edison patented a method for making metal foils. 1933 Max Wasserberg of Brooklyn, New York received a patent for a Collapsible Beach and Lawn Chair.
(see also July 2, 1982 - Lawnchair Larry) 1939 William Underwood Company registered "Underwood" trademark for canned deviled ham. 1950 Frederick M. Jones was issued U.S. patent No. 2,509,099 for a "System for controlling the operation of refrigeration units". 1960 Georges Claude died (born Sept 24, 1970). A French engineer, he invented the neon light, commonly used for signs. 1968 'Yummy, Yummy, Yummy' by the Ohio Express is #1 on the charts. 2016 Archaeologists uncovered a 5,000-year-old brewery in the Central Plain of China. It is the oldest beer-making facility ever discovered in China. Residue from inside the uncovered pots and funnels included a mix of fermented grains: broomcorn millet, barley and Job's tears, a chewy Asian grain also known as Chinese pearl barley. The beer 'recipe' also called for tubers, which were added to sweeten and flavor the beer. (As reported in the journal 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'). 2020 Coronavirus: The Minnesota State Fair is canceled for 2020; Coronavirus still causing problems at meat and poultry plants.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** May 21-24, 2026 59th Annual Jambalaya Festival
Gonzales, Louisiana May 22-24, 2026 Blue Crab Festival - Palatka, Florida May 22-24, 2026 Fredericksburg Crawfish Festival
Fredericksburg, Texas May 22-24, 2026 Worlds Largest Brat Fest
Madison, Wisconsin May 22-25, 2026 Moonshine Festival
New Straitsville, Ohio May 23-24, 2026 85th Happy Valley Strawberry Festival - Anderson, California May 23-24, 2026 Annual Chuck Wagon Festival
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (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?
· George M. Hoover opened the first business in Dodge City, Kansas, a Saloon of course. Whisky was 25 cents.
· Etiquette expert Emily Post was born.
· Henry Tate, an English sugar merchant, patented a method of cutting sugar into small cubes. He made a fortune.
· The C.A. Pillsbury & Co. flour milling company was founded.
· Montgomery Ward published the first mail order catalog. 2) Roux, beurre manie, egg yolks with or without cream, cornstarch and arrowroot are all examples of what? 3) Although the name may sound German, this is an American cheese. It was created in 1882 (1892?) by Emil Frey, an apprentice cheesemaker in Monroe, New York. He named the cheese after a singing society, where the owner of the cheese factory had taken the first samples of the new cheese. It is a cow's milk cheese, with an edible pale yellow crust, and a semisoft, pale interior with a mildly pungent flavor and distinct aroma. Name that cheese!
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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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