Tuesday, September 16, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for 30 years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”
Calvin Trillin
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day • National Guacamole Day
(Guacamole Recipes -- Avocado Trivia & Facts) • National Play-Doh Day (Play-Doh was originally created as a wallpaper cleaner). • Feast of St. Cornelius, patron of cattle, domestic animals.
• St. Ludmila, patron of in-law problems. • International Housekeepers Week / Environmental Services Week (Sept 14-20, 2025 - 2nd full week)
[International Executive Housekeepers Assn] • Biscuits and Gravy Week (Sept 14-20, 2025 - 2nd full week in Sept) (Biscuits & Gravy Article & Recipe)
(Biscuit History --- Biscuit Quotes)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1380 Charles V of France Died.
* It was Charles V who commissioned Taillevent to write what would become the first professional cookery book written in France, 'Le Viandier'.
* Forks were mentioned in an inventory during his reign.
* Some believe that he died as a result of eating amanita mushrooms. 1736 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit died (born May 24, 1686). Fahrenheit was a German physicist who invented the Fahrenheit temperature scale thermometer. It was the first thermometer to use mercury instead of alcohol, which also extended the temperature range of thermometers. 1835 Charles Darwin arrived at the Galapagos islands aboard the HMS Beagle. The unique fauna he observed on the various islands there helped in forming his theory of natural selection. 1893 At noon the Cherokee Strip Land Run began. It was Oklahoma's 4th and largest land run, with 100,000 participants competing for 40,000 homesteads on 6 million acres of land. 1903 Luther Crowell died (born Sept 7, 1840). He invented a machine to make square bottomed grocery bags. (U.S. Patent No. 123,811, Feb 20, 1872) 1916 Prohibition goes into effect in Ontario, Canada.
(Prohibition Trivia) 1919 Marvin P. Middlemark was born (died Sept 14, 1989). American inventor, he invented the 'Rabbit Ear' TV antenna in 1953 in Rego Park (Queens), New York, and among other minor inventions, a water powered potato peeler. 1947 The first aluminum foil, Reynolds Metals 'Reynolds Wrap' goes on sale. (Aluminum Trivia) 1955 Play-Doh was introduced. Joe McVicker of Kutol Chemicals in Cincinnati used a non-toxic substance used for cleaning wallpaper. 1977 Maria Cecilia Sophia Anna Kalogeropoulos died (born Dec 2, 1923). Otherwise known as opera diva Maria Callas. She was a passionate recipe collector. 1987 The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed. The international treaty was designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of most substances responsible for ozone depletion, such as CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons). 2015 The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reported that the amount of fish in the oceans has declined by 50% since 1970, caused by over-fishing and other threats. Populations of some commercial fish stocks, such as tuna, mackerel and bonito, had fallen by almost 75%, according to a study by the WWF and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** August 29-Sept 21, 2025 Washington State Fair
Puyallup, Washington September 18-21, 2025 Annual Draft Horse Classic and Harvest Fair - Grass Valley, California September 18-21, 2025 49th Annual Nappanee Apple Festival - Nappanee, Indiana September 18-28, 2025 North Georgia State Fair
Marietta, Georgia September 19-20, 2025 Annual Tater Tots Festival
Ontario, Oregon September 20-27, 2025 Annual Persimmon Festival
Mitchell, Indiana September 21-27, 2025 153rd Cumberland County Fair - Cumberland, Maine (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?
· Of gainfully employed persons, 21.5 percent were engaged in agriculture.
· Approximately 13% of farms in the U.S. have electricity.
· The Zagnut and Snickers candy bars are introduced.
· Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail was introduced
· 'Twinkies' go on sale for the first time. 2) In what year was the one billionth can of spam sold? 3) This egg-shaped tropical fruit has a brittle, wrinkled rind enclosing flesh-covered seeds. The seeds are edible, so you can eat the orange pulp straight from the shell. Its highly aromatic pulp and juice are used as a flavoring for beverages and sauces. The pulp has an intense aromatic flavor, while the texture is jelly-like and watery. The name of this fruit is:
a) Babaco. b) Pomegranate. c) Mamee Apple.
d) Passion Fruit. e) Guava. Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Read an article about Chef James and the FoodReference.com website published in the Winona Daily News, Minneapolis StarTribune, and numerous other newspapers: Click here for the Article
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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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