Monday, March 30, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.”
Fran Lebowitz
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Dining Car Day (see 1868 below) • Turkey Neck Soup Day
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1843 Napoleon E. Guerin of New York received the first U.S. patent for an egg incubator (U.S. patent No. 3,019). He also was the first to patent a life preserver. 1848 An ice jam on the upper Niagara River completely stops the flow of water over Niagara Falls for 30 hours. 1858 Hyman Lipman of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania received U.S. patent No. 19,783 for the first pencil with an eraser attached. 1867 The U.S. agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million (about 2 cents an acre). The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl. Critics at the time called it "Seward’s Folly.” (Alaska Food Trivia) 1868 The Pullman Palace Car Company introduced the first railroad dining car. (Dining Car Trivia)
(Railroad Trivia) 1899 The Tropical Trading & Transport Company merged with rival Boston Fruit Company to form the United Fruit Company. The company traded bananas and other tropical fruit grown in Central and South America. The company is now known as Chiquita Brands International. (Banana Trivia & Facts) 1911 Ellen Swallow Richards died. She was one of the founders of the home economics movement in the U.S. 1914 Morton Salt Co. registered ‘When It Rains It Pours’ trademark. (Salt Trivia --- Salt Quotes) 1945 Eric 'Slowhand' Clapton, singer & songwriter was born. A member of the rock groups the Yardbirds and Cream. 1972 Royal Canadian Navy sailors are issued their very last daily rum ration. (Sailor Food Trivia) 1987 'Sunflowers' by Vincent Van Gogh is sold to a Japanese buyer for $39.9 million. There has been some controversy on whether it is possibly a fake. During the 1990s more than 2 dozen Van Gogh's have been labeled as fakes or copies. Vincent Van Gogh was also born on this day in 1853. 1997 'Wannabe' by the Spice Girls is #1 on the charts. 2020 Coronavirus: More distilleries are producing hand sanitizer; Disneyland and Disney World to stay closed indefinitely; U.S. domestic airline flights down 70% to 90%; Federal Reserve estimates unemployment rate could hit 32%..
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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?
· Ritz Crackers were introduced by the National Biscuit Company (now Nabisco).
· Pepsi introduced their 12 ounce bottle for the same price competitors were selling 6 ounce bottles.
· Wild Cherry Life Savors are introduced.
· Royal Crown Cola is introduced by Nehi corp.
· Walt Disney's 'The Three Little Pigs' won an Oscar for best Short Subject, Cartoon at the Academy Award 2) This food product, introduced by General Foods in 1965, was added by NASA to the galley of the Gemini astronauts. In July 1969 it traveled to the Moon on the Apollo mission.
Name this food product. 3) This relative of the apple and pear is one of the earliest known fruits. For over 4,000 years, trees have grown in Asia and the Mediterranean. Today, it is also found in Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States. The fruit as we know it in the United States is a different fruit from that found in Western Asia and tropical countries, where the fruit is softer and more juicy. In colder climates, the fruit has a fine, handsome shape, a rich golden color when ripe, and a strong fragrance, judged by some to be heavy and overpowering. In the raw form, the rind is rough and woolly, and the flesh is hard and unpalatable, with an astringent, acidulous taste. In hotter countries, the woolly rind disappears and the fruit can be eaten raw. Because it’s rarely used in its raw form in the United States, the hard and dry flesh of this fruit turns light pink to purple, becoming softer and sweeter when it’s cooked. Because of the astringent, tart flavor, they are commonly made into preserves and jellies.
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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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