Monday, May 12, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“You can say this for ready-mixes - the next generation isn't going to have any trouble making pies exactly like mother used to make.”
Earl Wilson
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Nutty Fudge Day (Maple Nut Fudge Recipe) • American Craft Beer Week (May 12-18, 2025)
[Brewers Association] (Beer Trivia - Beer Articles)
(Beer Quotes) • Go Public Gardens Days (May 9-18, 2025)
[American Public Gardens Assn] • [National Women’s Health Week] (May 11-17, 2025) begins on Mother’s Day • [Food Allergy Awareness Week] (May 11-17, 2025)
(Food Allergy Articles) • UK: [National Doughnut Week] (May 10-18, 2025) participating bakers across the UK will be helping to raise money for The Children's Trust by donating money for every doughnut they sell. • [World Salt Awareness Week] (May 12-18, 2025)
(Salt Trivia · Salt Kitchen Tips · Salt Quotes)
(Articles: Salt of the Earth 1 & 2)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1777 Philip Lenzi, a London confectioner, ran the first advertisement for Ice Cream in the U.S. in the New York Gazette. (Ice Cream Trivia & Facts)
(Ice Cream Quotes) 1792 Charles-Somon Favart died in Belleville, France. A French playwright and pastry cook, one of the founders of the opera comique. 1803 Justus von Liebig was born (died April 18, 1873). German chemist who made major contributions to organic and agricultural chemistry. Developed Liebig Extract of Beef, a concentrated liquid meat extract. 1820 Florence Nightingale was born (died Aug 13, 1910). English nurse who established modern nursing practice. 1874 African American inventor Elijah McCoy received U.S. patent #150,876 for a folding ironing table. A prolific inventor, McCoy received 57 patents in his lifetime, and is supposedly the source of the expression "the real McCoy," meaning "the real thing." 1874 Charles Orvis (C. F. Orvis Company in Manchester, Vermont) received patent for a Fishing-Reel, the prototype for modern fly reels. 1878 Catherine Esther Beecher died (born Sept 6, 1800). An American educator and author of 'Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book', etc.
(Catherine Beecher Biography) 1889 John Cadbury died. He was the founder of Cadbury chocolate company. 1896 Charles B. Brooks of Newark, New Jersey was issued U.S. patent No. 560,154 for a dust proof bag for street sweepers. 1912 The Beverly Hills Hotel opened. 1933 U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Agricultural Adjustment Act into law. Its purpose was to reduce overproduction of agricultural products by paying farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land, thereby raising the value of crops.
(Agriculture Trivia) 1978 The U.S. Commerce Department announced that hurricane names would no longer be exclusively female. Both male and female names would now be used. 1994 Roy J. Plunkett died. He was the inventor of Teflon (Polytetrafluoroethylene) in 1938. The first nonstick cookware using Teflon was sold in 1960. 2008 U.S. first class postage rates were raised to 42 cents and post cards to 27 cents. 2020 Coronavirus: North Dakota State Fair in July is canceled; Steak 'n Shake restaurants to close at least 50 locations permanently.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** May 1-31, 2025 - Oregon Wine Month
Statewide, Oregon May 9-16, 2025 Illinois Craft Beer Week
Various locations, Illinois May 9-18, 2025 Spring Georgia State Fair
Metro Atlanta, Hampton, Georgia May 10-18, 2025 83rd Annual West Virginia Strawberry Festival - Buckhannon, West Virginia May 14-17, 2025 47th World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest - Memphis, Tennessee May 15-18, 2025 Calavaras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee - Calaveras County Fairgrounds, Calif. May 15-18, 2025 52nd Pasadena Strawberry Festival
Pasadena, Texas (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?
· Astronaut John Young smuggled a corned beef sandwich aboard the first Gemini spacecraft flight.
· Cool Whip, a whipped cream substitute, is introduced.
· The first Subway sandwich shop opens in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
· Campbell Soup introduces Franco-American Spaghetti-O's.
· The Pillsbury Doughboy, 'Poppin' Fresh,' was born. 2) Ground black cherry pits used as flavoring in the Middle East. Name this flavoring. 3) What is a cross between a blackberry & raspberry, developed in 1881 in Santa Cruz, California? 4) Small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California. Name this tree and its nuts. 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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