Monday, May 4, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Orange Juice Day (Oranges Trivia) • National Candied Orange Peel Day • International Respect for Chickens Day: Celebrating chickens and protests their suffering and abuse in cockfighting, agribusiness, experimental research, etc United Poultry Concerns: www.upc-online.org/]
• St. Florian's Day, patron of brewers and soap boilers. • [Herb Week] (May 3-9, 2026)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1494 Columbus landed at Jamaica and met the Arawak Indians. The Arawak used Jamaican pimento (allspice) to season and smoke meat (usually pigs), the foundation upon which Jamaican Jerk developed.
(Jamaican Jerk History, etc.) 1626 Dutch explorer Peter Minuit landed on what is now Manhattan island in New York City. 1789 Montreal fixes the price and size of bread: "the white loaf of 4lbs. at 13d., or 30 sous", etc., and tells bakers they must also "mark their bread with a mark." 1854 Asa Fitch was appointed as New York state entomologist, the first such in the U.S. He studied insects and their effects on agricultural crops. 1929 Audrey Hepburn was born (died Jan 20, 1993). Actress and humanitarian. One of her many films was 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' (1961). In her latter years she served as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). 1942 War time food rationing began in the U.S. 1959 Charles Lavelle Broley died (born Dec 7, 1879). A Canadian banker and ornithologist, he was one of the first to implicate DDT in the declining hatching success of bald eagles, and the environmental dangers of pesticides. 1959 At the first Grammy Awards, 'Tequila' by the Champs won best Best Rhythm & Blues Performance for 1958. 2003 The first cloned mule was born at the University of Idaho. It was named 'Idaho Gem'.
(Mule Trivia) 2009 Dom DeLuise died (born Aug 1, 1933). Actor, comedian and cookbook author. 'Eat This' (1988) and 'Eat This Too!' (1997). 2012 Canada stops production of its penny. The coins are withdrawn from circulation on February 4, 2013.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** April 23-June 21, 2026 Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival - Williamsburg, Virginia May 1-9, 2026 131st Sequim Irrigation Festival
Sequim, Washington May 3-9, 2026 - West Tennessee Strawberry Festival
Humboldt, Tennessee May 6-10, 2026 St. Augustine Food + Wine Festival
St. Augustine, Florida May 7-9, 2026 54th Rayne Frog Festival
Rayne, Louisiana May 7-9, 2026 41st Annual Texas Crab Festival
Crystal Beach, Texas May 8-17, 2026 128th Edition Rochester Lilac Festival - Rochester, New York (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?
· 'Grape Nuts' cereal is introduced by C.W. Post as a health food.
· Alfred L. Cralle of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, patented an "Ice-Cream Mold and Disher" (ice cream scoop). His basic design is still used.
· Campbell's Soup invents condensed soup.
· The Waldorf-Astoria opened (the combined Waldorf and Astoria hotels). It was the largest in the world at the time with 1,300 rooms. 2) Despite a physical similarity and a frequent confusion with their names, yams and sweet potatoes are not even distantly related. They are in two different botanical families. What are true yams actually related to?
a) alfalfa. b) lilies. c) grasses.
d) carrots. e) radishes. 3) Legend has it that tofu was developed by prince Liu An (179-122 B.C.) while searching for something.
What was he searching for? Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers
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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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