Thursday, October 9, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTEWhy beer is better than wine: “....human feet are conspicuously absent from beer making.”
Steve Mirsky, Scientific American (May, 2007)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Moldy Cheese Day (Blue Cheese Facts & Trivia)
(Cheese Quotes) • Submarine, Grinder, Hoagie, Hero Day
(Sandwich Trivia -- Sandwich Recipes -- Quotes) • International Beer and Pizza Day • National 4-H Week (Oct 5-11, 2025) [4-h.org] • Health Care Food Service Workers Week (October 5-11, 2025) [Assoc. for Healthcare Foodservice] • Canada: National Family Week (week before Thanksgiving Day - Oct 6-12, 2025) • UK: [National Curry Week] (Oct 6-12, 2025) Celebrate over 200 years of Indian restaurants in the UK. • UK: [British Food Fortnight] (Sept 26-Oct 12, 2025) • UK: Seed Gathering Season (Sept 22-Oct 22)
[The Tree Council] Gather seeds, fruits and nuts which can be nurtured to grow the trees of the future.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1855 Isaac Merritt Singer was issued the first U.S. patent for a sewing machine motor.
(see also Aug 12, 1851). 1891 Otto Schnering was born (died Jan 10, 1953). Founder of the Curtiss Candy Company in 1916. The company's first candy product was named Kandy Kake, renamed Baby Ruth in 1921. The Butterfinger candy bar was introduced in 1926. 1899 Charles Ranhofer died (born Nov 7, 1836). Chef at Delmonico's Restaurant in New York City from 1862 to 1896. Wrote cookbook 'The Epicurean' (1894). (Delmonico’s Trivia & Facts) 1906 Joseph Farwell Glidden died. Glidden, an Illinois farmer, received a patent for the first commercial barbed wire on November 24, 1874. The beginning of the end to open range and the cowboy. Glidden formed the Barb Fence Company with Isaac L. Ellwood, and became one of the wealthiest men in the country. (Barbed Wire Trivia & Facts) 1917 Clarence Saunders, founder of Piggly Wiggly grocery store chain in Memphis (the first true self-service grocery store), received U.S. Patent #1,242,872 for a 'Self Serving Store'. 1936 The first generator at Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles. 1938 Rocky Aoki was born (died July 10, 2008). Founder of Benihana Japanese Steakhouse restaurant chain. 1941 Carmen Miranda recorded 'The Man with the Lollipop Song.' 1946 'The Iceman Cometh' opened in New York City. 1962 Union Carbide registered 'Glad' trademark for plastic bags. 1985 Strawberry Fields, a 2 1/2 acre garden memorial in New York City's Central Park, was dedicated to John Lennon. 1991 The first Sumo wrestling tournament ever held off Japanese soil in the sport's 1500 year history begins at London's Royal Albert Hall. 1996 World's largest grilled cheese sandwich was made, 3,000 pounds.
(International Grilled Cheese Recipes) 2007 SABMiller and Molson Coors announced an agreement to combine their U.S. operations to create MillerCoors. U.S. antitrust regulators approved the joint venture on June 5, 2008, and MillerCoors began operation as a combined entity on July 1, 2008. 2012 The last filling of the iconic 6.5 ounce returnable glass Coca Cola bottles was capped in Winona, Minnesota. (Coca-Cola Trivia & Facts)
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** October 7-11, 2025 81st Annual Floresville Peanut Festival - Floresville, Texas October 8-19, 2025 South Carolina State Fair
Columbia, South Carolina October 9-12, 2025 52nd Annual National Shrimp Festival - Gulf Shores, Alabama October 9-12, 2025 47th Annual Suffolk Peanut Festival - Suffolk, Virginia October 10-19, 2025 85th Annual Arkansas State Fair
Little Rock, Arkansas October 11-12, 2025 35th World Championship Gumbo Cook-Off - New Iberia, Louisiana October 11-12, 2025 55th Annual Ohio Sauerkraut Festival - Waynesville, Ohio (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
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· The New York State Legislature passed Raines Law, which restricted the sale of alcohol on Sundays.
· Michelob beer was introduced by Anheuser-Busch Brewery.
· 'The Boston Cooking School Cook Book' is published, later known as the 'Fannie Farmer Cook Book.'
· In New York City, Leo Hirshfield created the Tootsie Roll, the first individually wrapped penny candy. 2) This dish takes its name from the pan it is cooked in, which in turn comes from the Latin word for 'pan' or 'dish.' It originated in the Valencia region, traditionally cooked outdoors and eaten right from the pan.
What is the name of this Spanish dish, AND the two ingredients common in all variations of it? 3) What food product comes from a rare species of tropical American orchid? 4) This is an ancient dish mentioned in Greek and Roman literature, but the modern version from Spain contains 2 ingredients from the New World which did not arrive in Spain until the 16th century. It's classified as a salad in Andalusian cookbooks, but Americans call it a soup.
What is this confusing dish, AND what are the 2 New World ingredients? 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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