FEBRUARY 12 - Today in Food History• National Plum Pudding Day (Plum Pudding Recipe)
(Pudding Quotes) • Iceland: Bun Day: Feb 12, 2024 (Mon before Shrove Tuesday - can be Feb or Mar)Children invade homes in the morning with colorful sticks and receive gifts of whipped cream buns. • Scotland: Oatmeal Monday: (Feb 12, 2024 - 2nd Mon in February: Scottish Universities) • St. Julian the Hospitaler, patron of travelers and innkeepers. • Pancake Week (Feb 11-17, 2024 - Week of Shrove Tuesday - can be Feb or March) (Pancake Recipes)
(Pancake Cooking Tips --- Pancake Trivia) • Kraut and Frankfurter Week ? (Feb 11-17, 2024) • Jell-O Week (Feb 11-17, 2024 2nd full week in Feb) in 2001 Jell-O was declared Official State Snack of Utah and Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt declared an annual "Jell-O Week." (Jello Trivia --- Jello Quotes)
On this day in:1637 Jan Swammerdam was born (died Feb 17, 1680). Dutch biologist and microscopist. His investigations into insect anatomy showed that insects did not generate spontaneously as had been previously believed, but were the product of eggs laid by females of the same species. Eggs, larva, pupa and adult are different forms of the same species. He also revealed that 'king bees' have ovaries and were actually 'queen bees.'
(Why Not Eat Insects? -- Bee Trivia & Facts) 1791 Peter Cooper was born. American inventor and founder of the 'Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.' He also obtained the first American patent for the manufacture of gelatin. In 1895, a cough syrup manufacturer, Pearl B. Wait purchased the patent and developed a packaged gelatin dessert. Wait's wife, May David Wait named it Jell-O. (Jello Trivia)
(Jello Quotes) 1809 Charles Darwin was born. English naturalist who developed the 'theory of evolution,' inspired in large part by his visit to the isolated Galapagos Islands. His works include 'Origin of Species' and 'The Descent of Man.' 1872 Silas Noble and James P. Cooley of Massachusetts patented a toothpick making machine. 1881 Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova was born (according to the new Gregorian calendar; January 31 on the Julian calendar). A famous dessert of Australian or New Zealand origin was named for her.
(See October 4, 1582 for more information on the calendar adjustment) 1884 Lewis E. Waterman from Brooklyn, New York, received patent for a 'Fountain-Pen'
1931 'Dracula' starring Bela Lugosi premiers in New York City. (Blood Trivia) 1935 (Georges-) Auguste Escoffier died (born Oct 28, 1846). The "emperor of chefs." 1961 'Shop Around' by 'The Miracles' becomes Motown Records first million selling single.
1971 Andrew Carmellini was born. American chef and restaurateur. [Website: andrewcarmellini.com/] 1973 The first metric distance road signs in the U.S., were erected between Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio. 1976 The popular food coloring, Red Dye No. 2, was banned by the FDA because studies had shown it might cause cancer. Red M&Ms disappeared for 11 years because of the ban. 1985 Carmela Vitale received U.S. patent No. 4,498,586 for a plastic package saver "suitable for supporting large carton covers such as those used for pizza pies" 2000 Charles M. Schulz died. American cartoonist, best known for the 'Peanuts' comic strip. 2003 Kemmons Wilson died (born Jan 5, 1913). Founder of Holiday Inn hotel chain, the first standardized hotel chain. The 1942 Bing Crosby film 'Holiday Inn' was the inspiration for the hotels name. 2010 The movie 'Valentine's Day' opened in U.S. theaters.
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