Saturday, May 17, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Between the ages of twenty and fifty, John Doe spends some twenty thousand hours chewing and swallowing food, more than eight hundred days and nights of steady eating. The mere contemplation of this fact is upsetting enough.”
M.F.K. Fisher (1908-1992) 'Serve It Forth' (1937)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Cherry Cobbler Day (Cherry Cobbler Recipe) • National Walnut Day (1949, Walnut Marketing Board) (Walnut Trivia and Facts) • [National Pinot Grigio Day] (an aromatic, light-bodied white wine) • [World Whisky Day] (May 17, 2025 - 3rd Sat) • Feast of St. Pascal Baylon, patron of cooks. • American Craft Beer Week (May 12-18, 2025)
[Brewers Association] (Beer Trivia - Beer Articles)
(Beer Quotes) • Go Public Gardens Days (May 9-18, 2025)
[American Public Gardens Assn] • [National Women’s Health Week] (May 11-17, 2025) begins on Mother’s Day • [Food Allergy Awareness Week] (May 11-17, 2025)
(Food Allergy Articles) • Ireland: [Herbfeast Ireland] (May 16-18, 2025) An annual event in Ireland celebrating herbs and herbal medicine. • UK: [National Doughnut Week] (May 10-18, 2025) participating bakers across the UK will be helping to raise money for The Children's Trust by donating money for every doughnut they sell. • [World Salt Awareness Week] (May 12-18, 2025)
(Salt Trivia · Salt Kitchen Tips · Salt Quotes)
(Articles: Salt of the Earth 1 & 2)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1733 England passes the Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from anyplace other than Britain and its possessions.
(Molasses Trivia) 1792 Under a tree near 68 Wall Street in New York City, 24 stock brokers signed an agreement on commission rates. This agreement eventually led to the establishment of the New York Stock Exchange in 1817. 1803 John Hawkins & Richard French patent a Reaping Machine. 1838 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord died. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, known simply as Talleyrand, French statesman, diplomat and grand gourmet, called the 'first fork of France.' He served at the top levels of French governments for almost 50 years. During this time his chefs included Bouchee, Careme, and Avice. Many culinary preparations have been created or named for him. 1886 John Deere died. Inventor and manufacturer, he developed the first steel plow in the 1830s, and founded John Deere & Company in 1868. 1887 Dennis W. Shorter was issued U.S. patent # 363,089 for a livestock feed rack. 1906 The 100 room Turnberry Hotel, opened on the west coast of Scotland. 1947 Seabiscuit, the championship thoroughbred race horse, died at age 14. 1967 Tennessee repealed its 1925 law making it illegal to teach evolution in public schools.
(Tennessee Food Trivia & Facts) 1979 A state record low temperature of 12°F was recorded at the summit of the dormant volcano, Mauna Kea, in Hawaii. (Hawaii Food Trivia & Facts) 1985 A record salmon, a Chinook salmon, caught with rod and reel weighed over 97 pounds and was caught in Alaska. (Salmon Trivia and Facts) 1986 ‘Chicken Song’ by Spitting Image hit #1 in UK. 1992 Lawrence Welk, champagne music-maker, died.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** May 9-18, 2025 Spring Georgia State Fair
Metro Atlanta, Hampton, Georgia May 10-18, 2025 83rd Annual West Virginia Strawberry Festival - Buckhannon, West Virginia May 14-17, 2025 47th World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest - Memphis, Tennessee May 15-18, 2025 Calavaras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee - Calaveras County Fairgrounds, Calif. May 15-18, 2025 52nd Pasadena Strawberry Festival
Pasadena, Texas May 17-18, 2025 South 9th Street Italian Market Festival - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 17-18, 2025 43rd Annual Blue Crab Festival
Little River, South Carolina (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)11) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· George A. Hormel founded Geo. A. Hormel & Co. as a small retail store in Austin, Minnesota.
· Fig Newtons were created by Kennedy Biscuit Works in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts.
· In St. Paul, Minnesota, Carpenter Electric Heating Mfg. Co. introduces the first electric oven for commercial sale.
· New York City has more soda fountains than saloons. 2) Roux, beurre manie, egg yolks with or without cream, cornstarch and arrowroot are all examples of what? 3) Although the name may sound German, this is an American cheese. It was created in 1882 (1892?) by Emil Frey, an apprentice cheesemaker in Monroe, New York. He named the cheese after a singing society, where the owner of the cheese factory had taken the first samples of the new cheese. It is a cow's milk cheese, with an edible pale yellow crust, and a semisoft, pale interior with a mildly pungent flavor and distinct aroma. Name that cheese! Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Read an article about Chef James and the FoodReference.com website published in the Winona Daily News, Minneapolis StarTribune, and numerous other newspapers: Click here for the Article
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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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