Monday, September 15, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“The turnip is a capricious vegetable, which seems reluctant to show itself at its best.”
Waverley Root
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Creme de Menthe Day • National Linguini (Linguine) Day
(Pasta Trivia & Facts -- Linguini Recipes) • National Cheese Toast Day ? • National Double Cheeseburger Day
(Hamburger Trivia --- Hamburger Quotes) • St. Catherine of Genoa, patron of brides. • International Housekeepers Week / Environmental Services Week (Sept 14-20, 2025 - 2nd full week)
[International Executive Housekeepers Assn] • Biscuits and Gravy Week (Sept 14-20, 2025 - 2nd full week in Sept) (Biscuits & Gravy Article & Recipe)
(Biscuit History --- Biscuit Quotes)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1885 Jumbo, an African elephant exhibited in France, the London Zoo, and finally in the Barnum & Bailey Circus, died at age 24 after being hit by a locomotive in Ontario, Canada. Jumbo was supposedly 12 feet tall at the time of his death. 1885 Constantin Fahlberg received U.S. patent No. 326,281 for the artificial sweetener Saccharine.
(see also Feb 27, 1879). (Saccharin Facts & Trivia) 1898 William S. Burroughs died. An American inventor, Burroughs invented and manufactured the first adding machine with a printer. 1904 The first U.S. weather balloon was launched in St. Louis, Missouri. 1949 'The Lone Ranger' debuted on ABC-TV, sponsored by General Mills. The company began sponsoring the Lone Ranger radio broadcast in 1941 (with 'Cheerios') and continued its ties until the last television episode aired in 1957.
(Cheerios Trivia & Facts) 1962 The Four Seasons ‘Sherry’ hits number 1 on the charts. 1965 ‘Green Acres’ TV comedy debuted, starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor. A New York City couple move to a ramshackle farm in Hooterville. 1971 Greenpeace environmental organization was founded by Irving and Dorothy Stowe. 1981 The USDA announced that ketchup could be counted as a vegetable in the school lunch program.
(Ketchup Trivia & Facts -- Ketchup Recipes) 1995 Tan M&Ms are replaced by the new blue M&Ms. The tan ones originally replaced violet M&Ms in 1949. 2011 Research from the [University of Cambridge] shows that fluctuations of serotonin levels in the brain, which often occur when someone hasn’t eaten or is stressed, affects brain regions that enable people to regulate anger.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** August 29-Sept 21, 2025 Washington State Fair
Puyallup, Washington September 18-21, 2025 Annual Draft Horse Classic and Harvest Fair - Grass Valley, California September 18-21, 2025 49th Annual Nappanee Apple Festival - Nappanee, Indiana September 18-28, 2025 North Georgia State Fair
Marietta, Georgia September 19-20, 2025 Annual Tater Tots Festival
Ontario, Oregon September 20-27, 2025 Annual Persimmon Festival
Mitchell, Indiana September 21-27, 2025 153rd Cumberland County Fair - Cumberland, Maine (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?
· Joseph V. Horn and Frank Hardart opened Horn & Hardart, a 15-stool lunchroom, in Philadelphia.
· Marvin C. Stone received the first patent for wax coated paper drinking straws (made by a spiral winding process).
· Chewing gum was first sold in vending machines on elevated train stations in New York city.
· The 399 room Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, California opened. At the time, the largest resort hotel in the world.
· Refrigerated boxcars made first long-haul shipments of produce and meat. 2) This herb, Salvia sclarea is a relative of sage, but is no longer commonly used as a culinary herb. Previously it's leaves were used in soups and omelets, and the leaves and flowers in salads. The leaves were also used to flavor ale and beer (sometimes as a hops substitute), and to flavor wines and liqueurs. It imparts a muscatel flavor to wine, hence it's German name, Muskateller Salbei which means Muscatel Sage. It is one of the herbs used in Italian Vermouth.
Can you name this herb? 3) About how many feathers does the average mature turkey have? 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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