Monday, October 13, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay home.”
James Michener
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Columbus Day Observed {Indigenous Peoples’ Day} (U.S. October 13, 2025 - 2nd Mon) Actual day of Columbus arrival to the Americas was October 12, 1492 • National Yorkshire Pudding Day (1st Sun in February is British Yorkshire Pudding Day).
(Traditional Yorkshire Pudding Recipe) • National M&M Day (M&M Trivia) • Canada: Thanksgiving Day (October 13, 2025)
(Canadian Thanksgiving Trivia) • St. Colman's Day, patron of cattle and horses. • National School Lunch Week (Oct 13-17, 2025)
[School Nutrition Association] • UK: [Coffee Week] (October 13-19, 2025) The nation’s largest celebration of coffee, all for a good cause. (Coffee Trivia --- Coffee Quotes) • 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 HISTORY54 A.D. Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, Emperor of Rome A.D. 41-54, died by poisoning. Known as Claudius I, supposedly he was poisoned with mushrooms by his wife Agrippina, after her son Nero was named as his heir. (Mushroom Trivia)
(Mushroom Recipes --- Mushroom Quotes) 1754 Mary Ludwig Hays (‘Molly Pitcher’) was born (died Jan 22, 1832). Most famous of the American Revolutionary War soldier's wives who brought water to soldiers on the battlefront - nicknamed 'Molly Pitchers' 1921 In Victoria, B.C. Canada, the Daily Colonist (aka British Colonist) newspaper the term "cold turkey" is used in reference to quitting an addiction - the first known use of the term in print. 1938 Elzie Crisler Segar died (born Dec 8, 1894). Creator of the spinach loving Popeye the Sailer Man in 1929. (Spinach Trivia --- Spinach Recipes)
(Spinach Quotes) 1945 Milton Snaveley Hershey of chocolate fame died (born Sept 13, 1857). Founder of the Hershey Chocolate company. 1950 Mollie Katzen was born. American chef and one of the best-selling cookbook authors of all time. Best known for the vegetarian 'Moosewood Cookbook' (1977). [Official Website: www.molliekatzen.com ] 1973 The Rolling Stones album 'Goat's Head Soup' was number one on the music charts. 2002 'The Ketchup Song' by Spanish girl group Las Ketchup was number 1 in the UK and many other countries. (Ketchup Trivia, Facts & Recipes) 2006 Six Flags theme park in Gurnee, Illinois holds a live cockroach eating contest.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** October 8-19, 2025 South Carolina State Fair
Columbia, South Carolina October 10-19, 2025 85th Annual Arkansas State Fair
Little Rock, Arkansas October 15-18, 2025 Circleville Pumpkin Show
Circleville, Ohio October 15-19, 2025 New York City Wine & Food Festival - New York, New York October 16-19, 2025 - 58th Annual World Championship Chili Cook-Off - Indianapolis, Indiana October 18-19, 2025 59th Annual U.S. National Oyster Festival in St. Mary’s County
St. Mary's County, Maryland (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 college fad of swallowing live Goldfish supposedly began on the campus of Harvard University.
· Lays Potato Chips are introduced.
· The seedless watermelon was developed. 2) What popular snack food was invented by George Crumb, chef at Moon's Lake House in New York in the late 19th century? 3) In 1772 Capt. James Cook took this food with him to keep his crew healthy on his 2nd great voyage to explore the Pacific. We now know that its vitamin C content prevented scurvy. What was this food? 4) What popular 18th century beverage was named after a village in Germany, and is still popular today? 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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