Friday, February 21, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.”
A.A. Milne, English Author (1882-1956)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Sticky Bun Day • National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend (Feb 21-23, 2025) [Girl Scouts of America] • National CSA Week (Feb 16-22, 2025) Formerly CSA Day [CSA Innovation Network] Community Supported Agriculture. • National FFA Week: Feb 15-22, 2025 [Future Farmers of America] Week of Washington's Birthday, from Saturday to Saturday encompassing February 22 • UK: [Real Bread Week] (Feb 15-23, 2025) A celebration of additive-free loaves and the people who make them.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1554 Hieronymus Bock died. A German botanist whose work contributed to the transition from medieval beliefs to modern science. 1741 Jethro Tull died. He was an English agriculturalist and inventor whose ideas were instrumental in the development of modern English agriculture. One of his inventions was a horse drawn seed planting drill that sowed 3 even rows of seeds at once (1701). The music group ‘Jethro Tull’ was named for him. 1858 Edwin T. Holmes sells the first electric burglar alarm in the U.S., in Boston, Massachusetts. His workshop was later used by Alexander Graham Bell. 1865 John Deere of Moline, Illinois received a patent for an 'Improvement in Plows' 1878 The first telephone directory is issued by the District Telephone Co. in New Haven, Connecticut. It contains 50 names. 1895 Carl Peter Henrik Dam was born. Dam was a Danish biochemist who discovered vitamin K in 1939. 1927 Erma Bombeck was born. Writer, humorist, you will find some of her quotes about family and food on the Food Reference website. 1931 Alka Seltzer is introduced in the U.S. by Miles Laboratories. It combined aspirin for relief of headaches, fevers, and body pain and bi-carbonate of soda to neutralize stomach acids and settle the stomach. (see also Feb 27, 1900). 1947 Lidia Bastianich was born. American chef, restaurateur, author and award winning TV cooking show host (Lidia's Italy, Lidia's Family Table, etc.). [Official website: Lidia's Italy www.lidiasitaly.com/] 1961 In Canada, the Ontario Royal Commission endorses water fluoridation to cut tooth decay. 1985 Nathan Pritikin died. A nutritionist who believed that exercise and a low fat, high unrefined carbohydrate diet helped reverse his own heart disease. He founded the Pritikin Longevity Center in 1976. 1989 The USDA approved 'Simplesse,' a low calorie fat substitute. 1994 Whirlpool began manufacturing a refrigerator that was significantly more efficient, and did not use freon. Freon has been implicated in the destruction of ozone in the atmosphere. 2001 The European Commission bans all British milk, meat and livestock exports following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the U.K.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** February 6-23, 2025 76th Annual San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo - San Antonio, Texas February 13-March 2, 2025 Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival - Indio, California February 20-22, 2025 New York Farm Show
Syracuse, New York February 20-23, 2025 South Beach Wine & Food Festival - South Beach, Florida February 20-23, 2025 Newport Seafood & Wine Festival - Newport, Oregon February 22-March 2, 2025 Annapolis Restaurant Week - Annapolis, Maryland (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?
· Canned sardines went on sale in the U.S. for the first time.
· Acrobat Maria Spelterina walks across Niagara Falls backward on a tightrope, with peach baskets on her feet.
· Heinz's Tomato Ketchup is introduced. 2) This member of the squash family is known by at least a dozen names. It is a pear shaped fruit, has a single seed and a taste similar to zucchini. The young root tubers are also eaten. It is native to Mexico and Central America and was a popular vegetable with the Mayas and Aztecs. It's cultivation has spread all over the world, including Algeria, Madagascar, Polynesia, southern U.S., China, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia. How many of its name can you list? 3) The Stage Deli (which names its sandwiches after famous people) has a sandwich on its menu that consists of two rolls stuffed with corned beef, pastrami, coleslaw, and Russian dressing. What is the name of this sandwich? 4) In what year were instant mashed potatoes introduced? 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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