CURRENT CULINARY QUIZ QUESTIONS
ANSWERS ARE BELOW (A New quiz every day)
TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ
1) All of the following events took place in the same year.
What year is it?
· The U.S. population passes 200 million.
· There are an estimated 3.2 million farms in the U.S.
· Gatorade, the original sports drink, is developed by the University of Florida.
· Wisconsin is the last state to allow yellow coloring in margarine.
2) This herb, Salvia sclarea is a relative of sage, but is no longer commonly used as a culinary herb. Previously it's leaves were used in soups and omelets, and the leaves and flowers in salads. The leaves were also used to flavor ale and beer (sometimes as a hops substitute), and to flavor wines and liqueurs. It imparts a muscatel flavor to wine, hence it's German name, Muskateller Salbei which means Muscatel Sage. It is one of the herbs used in Italian Vermouth. Can you name this herb?
3) In what year was the one billionth can of spam sold?
ANSWERS TO TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUESTIONS:
1) All of the events took place in 1967.
(Food History Timeline: 1966-1970)
2) Clary or clary sage.
3) The one-billionth can of Spam was sold in 1959. By 2022 over 9 billion cans of spam have been sold.
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