Friday, July 18, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“They take great pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost so little.” Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Caviar Day (Caviar Description & Facts)
(Caviar Quotes) • National Tropical Fruit Day (Tropical Fruit Articles) • National Sour Candy Day
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY64 AD The Great Fire of Rome begins and burns for a week. Rumors accuse Emperor Nero of ordering the burning of the city while he played his lyre as 70% of the city was destroyed. (Italian Cuisine Articles)
(Italian Food Quotes) 1720 Gilbert White was born (died June 26, 1793). English naturalist known as the “father of English natural history.” Author of 'The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne,' a classic work of natural history which has been in print continuously since 1789. 1818 A plague of grasshoppers devastates crops and everything green in Red River, Manitoba.
(Grasshopper Trivia and Facts) 1867 36 inches of rain fell in 36 hours at Sauk Center, Minnesota. (Minnesota Food Trivia) 1892 Thomas Cook died. In 1841 Cook hired a special excursion train between Leicester and Loughborough in England for a temperance meeting. The beginning of Thomas Cook & Son, the worldwide travel agency. 1935 Curtis and Prestley Blake founded Friendly Ice Cream Co. in Springfield, Massachusetts. 1936 The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile is invented. It is a giant hot dog on wheels. Invented by Carl Mayer, nephew of Oscar Mayer, it was built by General Body Company at Chicago, Illinois. There are now a fleet of six. (Hot Dog Trivia --- Hot Dog Quotes) 1936 Elizabeth Coblentz was born in Berne, Indiana (died Sept 17, 2002). Syndicated Amish cooking columnist and cookbook author (The Amish Cook, The Amish Cook Cookbook, An Amish Christmas, etc.). 1949 Wally Bryson of the music group 'The Raspberries' was born. 1968 'Grazing In The Grass' by Hugh Masekela is #1 on the charts. 1994 Crayola introduced scented crayons. 2013 The city of Detroit, Michigan files for Chapter 9 bankruptcy. (Michigan Food Trivia)
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Gaffney, South Carolina July 11-27, 2025 California State Fair
Sacramento, California July 13-19, 2025 Derry Township Agricultural Fair
New Derry, Pennsylvania July 16-19, 2025 40th Annual Mattoon Bagelfest
Mattoon, Illinois July 16-20, 2025 Big Sky Country State Fair
Bozeman, Montana July 18-20, 2025 Roscoe Village Burger Fest
Chicago, Illinois July 18-20, 2025 - 60th Yarmouth Clam Festival
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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 7 billionth can of Spam was sold.
· There were 1,449 total breweries in the U.S., 1,406 of them small, independent and traditional craft brewers.
· About 1/3 of all honeybee colonies in the U.S. perished during due to several deadly viruses (collectively called Colony Collapse Disorder).
· The American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list.
· The animated movie 'Ratatouille' opened in U.S. theatres. 2) In 1981 the recipe for Hunt's Tomato Sauce was changed due to consumer demand. What was the change? 3) In the first half of the 19th century, wearing a coffee sack for a shirt, this wilderness loving, eccentric, bearded man walked hundreds of miles each year in the Midwestern wilderness. In exchange for meals and a place to sleep he would give his hosts some seeds, and read from his Bible and from a book by Kierkegaard (a Danish philosopher).
What was the nickname and real name of this legendary, odd gentleman? 4) On January 6, 1940 Britain's Ministry of Food began rationing control over certain foods.
What 3 foods were the first to be controlled?
milk butter sugar bread cheese potatoes
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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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