Friday, November 28, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“She was so wild that when she made French toast she got her tongue caught in the toaster.”
Rodney Dangerfield
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Maize Day (Nov 28, 2025 - Day after Thanksgiving)
Celebrates the significant role that maize (corn) has played in food history. (Corn Recipes -- Corn Trivia)
(Corn Quotes) • National French Toast Day
(French Toast Origin -- French Toast Recipes) • Alice’s Restaurant Massacree Day (see 1965 below) • National Family Week in U.S. (Nov 23-29, 2025 - Thanksgiving Week) Organizations have promoted National Family Week for more than 40 years. An annual celebration observed during the week of Thanksgiving, designed to build community connections and honor those who strengthen families UK: [National Tree Week] (Nov 22-30, 2025)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1520 Three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan sailed from the Atlantic Ocean through the passage now known as the Straits of Magellan, and entered the "Sea of the South" on November 28, 1520. This sailing was the first westward crossing of the Pacific Ocean. Magellan was killed in fighting with the natives in the Philippines on April 27, 1521. The following September, one of the fleet's ships returned to Spain laden with spices, thereby completing the first circumnavigation of the globe and vindicating Magellan's vision of an alternate route to the Spice Islands. 1837 John Wesley Hyatt was born. He developed the process for making celluloid, the first synthetic plastic. He also invented a water purifying system and a sugar cane mill. 1863 Thanksgiving was first celebrated as a regular American Holiday. 1869 W.F. Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, was issued the first chewing gum patent in 1869.
(Chewing Gum Trivia & Facts) 1930 After a sandstorm in Morocco, there was a rain of mud in Paris and yellow sand fell in Spain. 1942 Fire destroyed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts killing nearly 500 people. 1948 The first Polaroid Land Camera went on sale in Boston. This was the first successful self-developing camera; it took a photo about 1 minute to develop. 1965 Folk singer/songwriter Arlo Guthrie (son of Woody Guthrie) was convicted of littering in the Berkshire County town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" was born (YouTube). (see also Nov 22, 1967) 1967 All horse racing in Britain has been cancelled indefinitely to help prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. 2006 Texas Republican state Rep. Betty Brown filed a bill (HCR 15) in the Texas legislature which would declare Athens, Texas as the "original home of the hamburger.” Residents of New Haven, Connecticut strongly objected.
(See also Louis Lunch --- Hamburger Trivia & Facts)
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Nov 18, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 National Gingerbread House Competition & Display - Asheville, N. Carolina November 27-28, 2025 Thanksgiving at Plimoth Plantation - Plymouth, Massachusetts November 28-29, 2025 Foods & Feasts of Colonial Virginia - Williamsburg, Virginia November 29, 2025 Old Mission Peninsula Wine Trail Mac & Cheese Bake-Off - Traverse City, Michigan November 29-30, 2025 A Family Thanksgiving 2025
Woodstock, Vermont November 29 & Dec 6, 2025 Winter Wonderland
Franklin, North Carolina (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)(Click Here for 40 Question Thanksgiving Quiz) 1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· New York deli owner Richard Hellmann introduces Hellmann's Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise, packed in individual glass jars.
· National Biscuit Co. (Nabisco) introduces Oreo Biscuits, renamed Oreo Cream Sandwich in 1958.
· Lorna Doone cookies are introduced by National Biscuit Co. (Nabisco)
· Morton's Table Salt is introduced.
· The U.S. prohibites the sale of Absinthe liqueur. 2) Any of various herbs in the parsley family, having small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels, whose roots and fruits are used in flavoring liqueurs and whose stems are candied and eaten. 3) What city of northwest Italy, southeast of Turin is noted for its sparkling wines? 4) An English dish originally from India, it will contain rice, lentil, and hard cooked eggs, with a rich cream sauce (bechamel), sometimes with curry. The English version usually contains smoked fish, or cooked fish. 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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