Sunday, July 5, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“The inventor of soda crackers has a place in hell.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879-1962)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Apple Turnover Day
(Apple Turnover Recipe) • National Graham Cracker Day (see 1794 below)
(Recipe for Homemade Graham Crackers) • Canada's National Fishing Week (June 27-July 5, 2026) [Canadian National Sportfishing Foundation]
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1794 Sylvester Graham was born in West Suffield, Connecticut. He advocated vegetarianism, temperance and the use of coarse ground whole wheat (graham) flour. He also invented the Graham cracker in 1829. (Sylvester Graham Biography) 1826 Joseph-Louis Proust Died. Proust was a French chemist. In 1799 he was the first to extract sugar from grapes, and proved it identical to sugar extracted from honey. (Sugar Trivia and facts) 1841 Thomas Cook hired a special excursion train between Leicester and Loughborough in England for a temperance meeting. The beginning of Thomas Cook & Son, the worldwide travel agency. 1865 William Booth and his wife Catherine founded the Salvation Army. 1935 President Franklin d. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 into law. It guaranteed the right of employees to organize and form unions and to engage in collective bargaining. 1937 Chester Greenwood died (born Dec 4, 1858 in Farmington, Maine). He invented and patented the earmuff while still a teenager (U.S. patent No. 188,292 - March 13, 1877). He also patented many other inventions including a tea kettle and a steel tined rack. In 1977 Maine designated December 21 as Chester Greenwood Day. 1942 Oskar Bolza died. German mathematician noted for his work on the reduction of hyperelliptic to elliptic integrals. 1946 The modern bikini swimsuit designed by Louis Reard first appeared at a poolside fashion show in Paris, modelled by Micheline Bernardini. 1958 'The Purple People Eater' by Sheb Wooley is #1 on the charts. 1966 Large hailstones fell on Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. One hailstone measured 1 foot in diameter. 1996 In Tennessee, a record catfish weighing 111 pounds was caught with rod and reel. (Catfish Trivia) 1996 Dolly, a sheep, was born at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland. Dolly was the first animal cloned from an adult animal. 2006 Three people were arrested by the FBI for attempting to sell Coca-Cola trade secrets and recipes to Pepsi-Cola.
(Coca Cola Trivia -- Pepsi Cola Trivia)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** June 19-July 12, 2026 Alameda County Fair
Alameda County Fairgrounds, California July 1-5, 2026 - Key Lime Festival - Key West, Florida July 2-5, 2026 - 79th Annual Fishin' Fiesta
Freeport, Texas July 4-11, 2026 170th Gibson County Fair
Princeton, Indiana July 4-11, 2026 - 100th National Cherry Festival
Traverse City, Michigan July 8-12, 2026 - Winona County Fair
St. Charles, Minnesota July 9-11, 2026 39th Annual Slugburger Festival
Corinth, Mississippi (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?
· Alka Seltzer is introduced in the U.S. by Miles Laboratories.
· General Mills introduces Bisquick prepared biscuit mix.
· Harry MacElhone of Harry's Bar in Paris created the Sidecar cocktail.
· A new citrus fruit 'tangelo’ developed, a grapefruit and tangerine hybrid. 2) This herb is a perennial shrub about 2 feet high, it is a member of the mint family and has over 500 varieties. Its flowers are fragrant, usually purple or blue, sometimes white, red or pink. They are rich in nectar, and it's honey is in great demand in Europe because of its spicy flavor. Some varieties, have broad leaves; others have foliage variegated with red, yellow, or white.
For most of its long history it has been a healing herb (supposedly curing everything from snake bites, eye problems, infection, epilepsy, intoxication, memory loss, worms and intestinal problems) or prescribed as an aphrodisiac.
The dried leaves are employed by food manufacturers in seasoning meats, baked goods, and beverages. They are also used to flavor vermouth and various bitters. For years it has been used in the preserving of foods. Now it is known that it contains powerful anti-oxidants which slow spoilage. It is also antibacterial in nature, it is effective in treating sore throats and is even effective as an antiperspirant.
Name this herb. 3) What semi firm Italian cheese, originally made from sheep's milk (now frequently made with cow's milk), is sometimes referred to as the poor man's Parmesan?
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
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 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
TOP | 
