Tuesday, April 29, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“It is not a matter of indifference whether we like oysters or clams, snails or shrimp, if only we know how to unravel the existential significance of these foods.”
Jean-Paul Satre, French existentialist philosopher. (1905-1980)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Shrimp Scampi Day (Shrimp Facts etc.)
(Shrimp Scampi Recipes --- Shrimp Quotes) • Stewardship Week - April 27-May 4, 2025 (last Sun in April to 1st Sun in May) [Nat’l Assoc. of Conservation Districts] To encourage conserving natural resources for our future. • UK: National Gardening Week: April 28 - May 4, 2025 [Royal Horticultural Society] Encouraging gardners to share their love of gardening.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1759 John Adlum was born (died March 14, 1836). American viticulturist, he is sometimes mistakenly credited with developing the Catawba grape. He was a pioneer in cultivation of native grape varieties, and certainly was instrumental in popularizing the Catawba grape. (Selecting and Using Grapes)
(Grape Trivia --- Grape Quotes) 1768 Georg Brandt died. A Swedish chemist, he discovered the element cobalt in 1730. Cobalt is used in steel making, and is an essential part of vitamin B12. 1856 A shipment of 33 camels arrived at the Texas port of Indianola. They had been purchased on the North African Coast, for the U.S. army to use in the deserts of the Southwest. (Camel Trivia & Facts) 1884 Michael Thomas Bass, Jr. died (born July 6, 1799). Grandson of Bass Brewery founder, William Bass. He took control of the company in 1827, and by 1881 Bass was the largest brewery in the world.
(Beer and Brewing Articles) 1913 The zipper was patented by Gideon Sundback. Most checked chefs pants still have buttons. 1950 'If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd've Baked a Cake)' by Eileen Barton was No. 1 on the music charts. 1988 McDonald's announced it will be opening 20 Moscow restaurants. They will serve Bolshoi Mak instead of Big Macs. (McDonald’s Trivia & Facts) 1989 Donald Deskey died. An industrial designer, he designed the packaging for Tide laundry detergent and Crest toothpaste among others. 1998 Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso said his country, in cooperation with the World Bank and the World Wildlife Fund, would set aside up to 62 million acres of threatened Amazon rain forest for conservation. 2020 Coronavirus: Belgium urges residents to eat more chips (fries) as coronavirus creates massive potato surplus.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** April 24-May 4, 2025 - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans, Louisiana April 30-May 3, 2025 54th Annual World Famous Armadillo Festival - Hamburg, Arkansas May 1-31, 2025 - Oregon Wine Month
Statewide, Oregon May 2-4, 2025 - Annual Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival - Fernandina Beach, Florida May 2-4, 2025 - La Habra Citrus Fair
La Habra, California May 2-4, 2025 - Annual New Jersey Wine & Food Festival - Crystal Springs Resort, New Jersey May 3-4, 2025 Bodega Bay Fisherman's Festival
Bodega Bay, California (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· The New Haven Restaurant Institute was founded. It soon became The Culinary Institute of America.
· Self rising cornmeal was marketed for the first time.
· French's Instant Potato (mashed potatoes) were introduced.
· The cocktail 'Moscow Mule' is created (Smirnoff vodka and ginger beer in a copper mug) 2) Herbert Hoover was not the first to promise a 'chicken in every pot.' Who said it first? 3) In the 16th century, boiled hedgehog was a common dish in what city?
a) London. b) Paris. c) New York.
d) Berlin. e) Moscow. 4) Despite a physical similarity and a frequent confusion with their names, yams and sweet potatoes are not even distantly related. They are in two different botanical families. What are true yams actually related to?
a) alfalfa. b) lilies. c) grasses.
d) carrots. e) radishes. 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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