Wednesday, July 29, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“When the lasagna content in my blood gets low, I get mean!”
'Garfield', Jim Davis
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Lasagna Day (Lasagna Trivia)
(Lasagna Recipes --- Lasagna Quotes) • Chicken Wing Day (see 1977 below)
(Original Buffalo Wing Recipe) • St. Martha's Day, patron saint of butlers, dietitians, cooks, innkeepers, waitresses.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1796 Walter Hunt was born. He invented the first safety pin in 1849, which he called a 'dress pin.' 1835 The first successful sugar plantation in the Hawaiian islands was established by Ladd & Co. of Hololulu when the company leased the land from King Kamehameha III for for 50 years at an annual rent of $300. (Hawaii Food Trivia) 1866 Barbe-Nicole Clicquot died (born Dec 16, 1777). The Grand Dame of Champagne. At age 27 she took over her husband Francois Clicquot's champagne house on his death. Today Veuve Clicquo is one of the great premium champagne houses in France.
(Champagne Trivia and Facts -- Champagne Articles)
(Champagne Quotes) 1878 Don Marquis, American journalist and poet was born. He wrote 'archy and mehitabel,' a book of poems written by a cockroach who couldn't use the shift key. 1914 Baron Marcel Bich was born. French inventor of the Bic Pen in 1949. 1974 Mama Cass Elliot (The Mamas and the Papas) died today in London. The rumor that she choked to death on a ham sandwich is not true. She actually died of a heart attack. 1977 Buffalo, New York declared this day 'Chicken Wing Day' in honor of the famous Buffalo Chicken Wings, created by Teressa Bellissimo in October, 1964. Buffalo Wings were created by Teressa Bellissimo at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, for her son and some friends for a midnight snack.
(New York Food Trivia) 1984 Fred Waring, musician, died. Frederick Osius worked on improving the electric blender, and went to Waring for financial backing. Waring backed its development, in part, so he could puree raw vegetables for the ulcer diet his doctors prescribed. The Waring Blendor® (originally called the Miracle Mixer) debuted in 1937 and sold for $29.75 (about $666 in 2025). . Renamed Waring Blender in 1938, by 1954 one million Waring Blenders had been sold.
(Waring Blender History)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** July 23-August 1, 2026 Delaware State Fair
Harrington, Delaware July 23-26 & July 30-Aug 2, 2026 Glier’s Goettafest
Newport, Kentucky July 27-August 1, 2026 Douglas County Fair
Lawrence, Kansas July 28-August 2, 2026 151st Broome County Fair
Whitney Point, New York July 29-August 1, 2026 Vintage Farming Days
Lynden, Washington July 29-August 2, 2026 Maine Lobster Festival
Rockland, Maine July 29-August 9, 2026 171st Ohio State Fair
Columbus, Ohio (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 first Labor Day holiday was organized in New York City by the Central Labor Union with a parade and a massive picnic.
· The first shipment of frozen meat left Port Chalmers, New Zealand for Britain.
· In Switzerland Julius Maggi begins commercial production of the first bouillon cubes.
· The Jergens Soap Company was founded to manufacture coconut oil soap. 2) How many pounds of celery are grown in the U.S. each year? 3) What percentage of Americans say they eat ice cream in the bathtub? 4) What percentage of the Florida orange crop is used to make orange juice? 5) How much methane gas does a cow burp each day?
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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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