Wednesday, September 16, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for 30 years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”
Calvin Trillin
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day • National Guacamole Day
(Guacamole Recipes -- Avocado Trivia & Facts) • National Play-Doh Day (Play-Doh was originally created as a wallpaper cleaner). • Feast of St. Cornelius, patron of cattle, domestic animals.
• St. Ludmila, patron of in-law problems. • [International Housekeepers Week / Environmental Services Week] (Sept 13-19, 2026 - 2nd full week) • [Folic Acid Awareness Week] (Sept 13-19, 2026) • Biscuits and Gravy Week (Sept 13-19, 2026 - 2nd full week in Sept) (Biscuits & Gravy Article & Recipe)
(Biscuit History --- Biscuit Quotes)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1380 Charles V of France Died.
* It was Charles V who commissioned Taillevent to write what would become the first professional cookery book written in France, 'Le Viandier'.
* Forks were mentioned in an inventory during his reign
* Some believe that he died as a result of eating amanita mushrooms. 1736 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit died (born May 24, 1686). Fahrenheit was a German physicist who invented the Fahrenheit temperature scale thermometer. It was the first thermometer to use mercury instead of alcohol, which also extended the temperature range of thermometers. 1835 Charles Darwin arrived at the Galapagos islands aboard the HMS Beagle. The unique fauna he observed on the various islands there helped in forming his theory of natural selection. 1893 At noon the Cherokee Strip Land Run began. It was Oklahoma's 4th and largest land run, with 100,000 participants competing for 40,000 homesteads on 6 million acres of land. 1903 Luther Crowell died (born Sept 7, 1840). He invented a machine to make square bottomed grocery bags.(U.S. Patent No. 123,811, Feb 20, 1872) 1916 Prohibition goes into effect in Ontario, Canada. 1919 Marvin P. Middlemark was born (died Sept 14, 1989). American inventor, he invented the 'Rabbit Ear' TV antenna in 1953 in Rego Park (Queens), New York, and among other minor inventions, a water powered potato peeler. 1947 The first aluminum foil, Reynolds Metals 'Reynolds Wrap' goes on sale. (Aluminum Trivia) 1955 Play-Doh was introduced. Joe McVicker of Kutol Chemicals in Cincinnati used a non-toxic substance used for cleaning wallpaper. 1977 Maria Cecilia Sophia Anna Kalogeropoulos died (born Dec 2, 1923). Otherwise known as opera diva Maria Callas. She was a passionate recipe collector. 1987 The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed. The international treaty was designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of most substances responsible for ozone depletion, such as CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons). 2015 The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reported that the amount of fish in the oceans has declined by 50% since 1970, caused by over-fishing and other threats. Populations of some commercial fish stocks, such as tuna, mackerel and bonito, had fallen by almost 75%, according to a study by the WWF and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). 2024 Tupperware Brands files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, due to mounting losses amid poor demand for its food storage containers.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** September 13-19, 2026 135th Bean Soup Festival & Fair - McClure, Pennsylvania September 14-20, 2026 Colorado Wine Week
Statewide, Colorado September 14-20, 2026 - Vermont Cheese Week
Statewide, Vermont September 16-19, 2026 60th Annual Morton Pumpkin Festival - Morton, Illinois September 17-20, 2026 King Turkey Day Festival
Worthington, Minnesota September 18-19, 2026 25th Annual Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival - Natchitoches, Louisiana September 18-20, 2026 28th Annual Ohio Pawpaw Festival - Albany, Ohio (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?
· According to the U.N., world population was 2½ billion people.
· U.S. population is 151,325,798. Farmers are 12.2% of the labor force
· About 9% of U.S. homes have a television set.
· Xanthan gum developed; an edible food gum fermented from glucose by a microorganism.
· The Open Kettle, a coffee and donut shop in Quincy Mass. is renamed Dunkin' Donuts.
· Pillsbury and General Mills introduce prepared cake mixes. 2) This workingman's drink supposedly originated in the 1890s in the mining camps of Butte, Montana and was served to minors when they had finished their shifts. It was then known as the "Sean O'Farrell." Soon bartenders all over the U.S. were serving this drink under another name.
Can you guess the new name of this popular drink?
Hints: Myrna Loy drinks a few of these in the movie 'Airport 1975,' and the Purdue University Football & Basketball teams also carry this name. 3) This vegetable consists of unopened flower heads on a thick stalk. The Romans loved it and its name is derived from an Italian word meaning 'little branches.' It was introduced to North America in the early 18th century. In the first quarter of the 21st century annual American consumption of this vegetable rose more than 900 percent to almost 8 pounds per person.
Can you name this healthy vegetable? 4) What famous fast food company was founded by James W. McLamore and David Edgerton in Miami, Florida? 5) This state produces almost half of U.S. rice crop. It ranks third for both broiler chicken and turkey production. The Dutch Oven was designated as its official State Cooking Vessel. Its city of Alma claims to be the Spinach Capital of the World. The vine ripe pink tomato is the official state Fruit AND state vegetable! Name this state.
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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.
· 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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