TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE
“On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can find it; it dries the wet sock, it cools the hot little brain.”
E.B.White, American writer and humorist (1899-1985)
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TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY
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~ Feast of St. Meingold, patron of bakers.
1795 Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge was born. A German chemist who developed a method for obtaining sugar from beet juice.
1886 Wilhelm Koppers was born. This cultural anthropologist developed theories on the origins of society based on studies of hunter-gatherer tribes.
1898 John Sherman of Worcester, Massachusetts received a patent for the first machine to fold and seal envelopes.
1925 Actor Jack Lemmon was born. A couple of his film titles: 'The Fortune Cookie' and 'Days of Wine and Roses'
1946 Adolfo De La Parra of the music group 'Canned Heat' was born.
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DID YOU KNOW?
There are several species of Mulberry with edible fruit. The White mulberry is native to China, and its leaves are fed to feed silkworms. The Black Mulberry is native to Asia, and the Red Mulberry is native to North America. The edible, juicy, blackberry like fruits are sweet but fairly bland and do not keep very well. They are not grown to any great extent commercially, due to the softness and perishable nature, but are available wild. Mulberries are mostly eaten raw or used for jams and jellies. Black mulberries are the best tasting.
CULINARY TRIVIA QUIZ
1) All of the following events took place in the same year, can you guess what year it was?
• The U.S. Congress passes the National School Lunch Act.
• Self rising cornmeal is marketed for the first time.
• The New Haven Restaurant Institute opens in a storefront. It soon become The Culinary Institute of America.
• Frozen French Fries go on sale at the R.H. Macy department store in New York.
• Philadelphia entrepreneur Edward J. Piszek and short order cook John Paul market frozen deviled crabs as the first product of their new company, Mrs. Paul's Kitchens.
• French's Instant Potato (mashed potatoes) is introduced.
• The cocktail 'Moscow Mule' is created (Smirnoff vodka and ginger beer in a copper mug).
• Brennan's French & Creole Restaurant opens in New Orleans.
2) Kemmons Wilson of Memphis Tennessee named his famous hospitality company after his favorite movie.
What was the name of the movie?
3) There are Black Peppercorns, White Peppercorns, Pink Peppercorns and Green Peppercorns. Three of them are from what is commonly known as the pepper plant.
a) Which one is from an entirely unrelated plant?
b) What is the difference between the 3 peppercorns from the pepper plant.
4) Can you match the varieties with the correct fruit or vegetable?
Fig, Apple, Eggplant, Grape, Banana.
VARIETIES:
~ Northern Fox
~ Northern Spy
~ Norwegian Red
~ Gros Michel
~ Pink Bride
~ Brown Turkey
5) This biennial herb of the Lily family is native to southwestern Asia but is cultivated worldwide as a vegetable. It is one of the oldest vegetables known to man and one of the most versatile. Its relatives include the tulip, lily-of-the-valley and the hyacinth.
Can you name this vegetable?
6) This food is pictured on tombs from ancient Egypt, and has been found in ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pliny listed it as a cure for 60 different illnesses. In 1st century India it was used to prevent heart disease. In Shakespearean England, it was prized as an aphrodisiac. The English name for it comes from the Anglo-Saxon for 'spear plant,' and the Latin word comes from the Celtic word meaning 'hot.'
What is it?
7) This tree and its fruit are native to the Peruvian Andes, but are widely cultivated as a commercial crop in New Zealand, where most of the U.S. supply originates. When it did not sell well under its original name, New Zealanders invented its current name in 1966.
a) kiwi
b) tamarillo
c) uglifruit
d) gooseberry
e) pumello
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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.
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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