Monday, July 14, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“If life is a bowl of cherries, then what am I doing in the pits?”
Erma Bombeck
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Grand Marnier Day
(History of Grand Marnier) • National Mac and Cheese Day
(Mac & Cheese Recipes) • [Spain: Fiesta de San Fermin] - Running of the Bulls, Pamplona, Spain (July 6-14, 2025)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1850 At the Mansion House in Apalachicola, Louisiana, Dr. John Gorrie demonstrated the first refrigerated ice-making machine in the U.S., producing brick-sized blocks of ice. Gorrie received a patent for the machine on May 6, 1851. 1853 The first World's Fair in the U.S. opened in New York. 1857 Frederick Louis Maytag was born. One of the founders of a farm implement company in Newton, Iowa. In 1907 the company began producing the Maytag washing machine to make up for the seasonal nature of the farm equipment sales. Fred Maytag II began making Maytag Blue Cheese in the 1940s.
(Maytag Trivia) 1895 Rudolph Boysen was born (died Nov 25, 1950). California horticulturist, he developed the boysenberry, a raspberry-blackberry hybrid in 1923.
(Boysenberry Trivia) 1906 Tom Carvel was born. Inventor of the soft-serve ice cream machine, and founder of Carvel ice cream chain. (Ice Cream Trivia) 1946 Dr. Bejnamin Spock's best selling 'Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care' was published. 1948 Harry Brearley died. Brearley was an English metallurgist who invented stainless steel in 1913. 1986 Raymond Loewy died. An American design engineer, he designed the Coca Cola bottle.
(Coca-Cola Trivia and Facts) 1990 A new world’s record cherry pie was baked in Oliver, British Columbia, Canada. There are 2 conflicting years and weights found on various websites. 1990: 37,740 pounds and 1992: 39,683 pounds. I haven't been able to determine which is correct or if Oliver set both of the records.
(Cherry Pie Recipes) 1998 Richard McDonald died. One of the brothers who founded the original McDonald's restaurant. He also designed the golden arches logo.
(McDonald Brothers Bio --- McDonald’s Trivia) 2020 Coronavirus: Some soft drinks may be hard to find because of an aluminum can shortage due to high demand for products consumed at home.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** July 9-19, 2025 South Carolina Peach Festival
Gaffney, South Carolina July 11-27, 2025 California State Fair
Sacramento, California July 13-19, 2025 Derry Township Agricultural Fair
New Derry, Pennsylvania July 16-19, 2025 40th Annual Mattoon Bagelfest
Mattoon, Illinois July 16-20, 2025 Big Sky Country State Fair
Bozeman, Montana July 18-20, 2025 Roscoe Village Burger Fest
Chicago, Illinois July 18-20, 2025 - 60th Yarmouth Clam Festival
Yarmouth, Maine (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)1) The following events took place in the same year.
What year is it?
· In England, Henderson William Brand begins manufacturing A1 Steak Sauce.
· The first full cargo of bananas arives in New York on the schooner 'Harriet Smith.'
· The first known recipe for tomato ketchup appears in 'The New England Farmer'. 2) Lake Titicaca is the world's highest lake navigable to large vessels. It is the border between Peru and Bolivia at 12,500 feet above sea level, and is 3,200 square miles in size. It is also an area that was home to one of the oldest known civilizations in the Americas. The Aymara people that live there still practice ancient methods of agriculture. What do they grow in the highest cultivated area of land in the world, at 15,420 feet?
a) potatoes. b) quinoa. c) barley.
d) corn. e) chocolate. 3) This is one of the oldest cultivated flowering plants. The flowers are edible, with a taste reminiscent of grapes and mint. It has been cultivated for so long that its origin is unknown. Some of the other names for the cultivated flower are ladies-delight, stepmother's flower. The wild forms are also known as johnny-jump-up and love-in-idleness. Name this flower. 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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