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Chef James

“The duty of a good Cuisinier is to transmit to the next generation everything he has learned and experienced.”
 
Fernand Point, 1941

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· Turducken Recipe

· Brined Roasted Turkey

· Sweet Potato Cooking Instructions

· Bourbon Mashed Sweet Potatoes

· Orange Glazed Sweet Potatoes

· More Sweet Potato Recipes

· Classic Green Bean Casserole

· Fresh Cranberry Relish

· Cornbread & Sausage Stuffing

· White Castle Turkey Stuffing

· Corn Bread Sausage & Apple Stuffing

· More Stuffing Recipes

· Classic Pecan Pie Recipe

· Pecan Bourbon Pie

· More Pecan Pie Recipes

· Holiday Desserts and Cookies

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November Food Holidays:

For Details, History and more DAY, WEEK and MONTH Food Holiday designations, including LINKS to Holiday Origins and Additional Information:
SEE Detailed NOVEMBER Food Calendar

NOVEMBER is:

• American Diabetes Month

• Eat Smart Month

• Grains of the Month: Millet and Teff

• International Thank a Farmer Month
  (Farm Trivia  --   Farmers Quotes)

• National Bison Month:
   America's National Mammal
  (Bison Facts and Trivia)

• National Georgia Pecan Month
  (Pecan Trivia)

• National Peanut Butter Lovers' Month
  (Peanut Butter Trivia)
  (Peanut Butter Quotes)

• National Pepper Month (vegetable)
  (Peppers Trivia)

• National Pomegranate Month
  (Pomegranate Trivia)

• National Roasting Month
  (Roasting Articles)

• National Raisin Bread Month
  (Bread Recipes  |  Bread Tips)

• Sweet Potato Awareness Month
  (Sweet Potato Recipes  |  Tips)
  (Sweet Potato Trivia  |  Articles)
  (Sweet Potato Nutrition)

• World Vegan Month
  (Vegan & Vegetarian Recipes)

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DID YOU KNOW?

The first soda pop made in the U.S. was Vernor's Ginger Ale, created in Detroit, Michigan in 1866 by James Vernor. He sold it in his drug store for 30 years before opening a factory to produce in on a larger scale.

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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Daily Trivia Questions are below

TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE

“An I had but one penny in the world, thou shouldst have it to buy gingerbread.”
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’: Act V. Scene I.
 

FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:

•  National Stuffing Day (Stuffing Recipes)

• National Gingerbread Cookie Day (Recipe)

• France: Beaujolais Nouveau wine released (Nov 21, 2024 - 3rd Thurs)  (Beaujolais Article)
  (Wine Quotes)

• National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week  (Nov 17-23, 2024 - week before Thanksgiving) [National Coalition for the Homeless] A time to share our compassion with our neighbors who are experiencing homelessness.
 

TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

1620 The Mayflower Compact was signed by most of the adult male passengers aboard the English ship Mayflower off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The first framework of government and written English contract in North America. [November 11 by the old Julian Calendar].  (Massachusetts Food Trivia)

1783 In Paris, Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis Francois Laurant d'Arlandes made the first free (untethered) ascent in a balloon, flying from the center of Paris to the suburbs, about 5.5 miles in 25 minutes, reaching an altitude of about 300 feet.

1934 Ritz Crackers were introduced by the National Biscuit Company, now Nabisco. (Nabisco Trivia)

1941 'King Biscuit Time' radio show was first broadcast from Helena, Arkansas. It is the longest running daily radio program in history, broadcasting live blues music, interviews, etc. It is named for its sponsor, King Biscuit Flour.  The 'King Biscuit Flower Hour' rock and roll radio program took its name from 'King Biscuit Time' (Feb 18, 1973)

1964 The 6-lane upper deck of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Staten Island, opened (The 6-lane lower deck was reserved for future use).  At 4,260 ft, it is the world’s longest suspension bridge.

1970 'I Think I Love You' by the Partridge Family is #1 on the charts.

1980 Early in the morning, the deadliest fire in Nevada’s history broke out in The Deli restaurant on the main floor of the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, taking the lives of 87 people and leaving some 650 others injured.  (Nevada Food Trivia, Stats and Facts)

1980 28,000 Canada geese spend a few nights on Silver Lake in Rochester, Minnesota.
(Goose Trivia  ---  Goose Quotes)

1995 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 5,000 for the first time, closing at 5,023.55.

2005 Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa declared a national disaster and appealed to the international community for food aid after government estimates showed that 1.2-million people face famine due to drought.

2013 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 16,000 for the first time, closing at 16,009.99.

2014 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1' opened in U.S. theatres.
 

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A FEW FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALS
(See All 9,000 Food, Wine & Beer Festivals)

November 21, 2024  Annual Beaujolais and Beyond
Denver, Colorado

November 21-23, 2024 - 17th Annual International Wine, Beer & Food Festival - Grand Rapids, Michigan

November 22-23, 2024  Annual Plant City Pig Jam
Plant City, Florida

November 22-24, 2024  31st Annual Mountain Mandarin Festival - Auburn, California

November 22-24, 2024  America's Hometown Thanksgiving - Plymouth, Massachusetts

November 23-24, 2024  Maine Harvest Festival
Bangor, Maine

(SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
 

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FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ    (new DAILY questions)

1) All of the following events took place in the same year.  What year is it?
· The first Groundhog day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
· John Dickenson introduced paper napkins at his company's annual dinner.
· Log Cabin Syrup is introduced, a blend of maple syrup and cane sugar syrup.

2) Name this fruit:
The scientific name (Blighia sapida) comes from its association with Captain William Bligh, of the H.M.S. Bounty ('Mutiny on the Bounty'), who is thought to have carried the fruit from tropical West Africa (possibly Guinea) to the Caribbean Islands, and specifically to Jamaica in 1793. Since then, it has become a major feature of various Caribbean cuisines, and is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas around the world. It is a relative of the lychee and the longan. The fruit itself is not edible - only the fleshy arils around the seeds are edible. The remainder of the fruit, including the seeds are poisonous. The fruit must only be picked after the fruit has opened naturally, and must be fresh and not overripe. Immature and overripe ones are also poisonous.

3) In 1849, Henderson Lewelling traveled from Oregon to San Francisco with 100 of these, which he sold for $5 each to gold prospectors.  What was he selling?
  a) potatoes.  b) pans.  c) chickens.
  d) apples.   e) strawberries.

Click Here for Quiz Answers
 

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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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· Turkey Tips
· Turkey Trivia
· Turkey Quotes
· Goose Trivia
· Sweet Potato Tips
· Cranberry Trivia
· Cranberry Tips

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A FOOD LIFE

"There are those who say that a life devoted to food -- cooking it, eating it, writing about it, even dreaming about it -- is a frivolous life, an indulgent life.  I would disagree.  If we do not care what we eat, we do not care for ourselves, and if we do not care for ourselves, how can we care for others?"
Fictional cookery writer Hilary Small, in episode 6, series 2 of 'Pie In the Sky'

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Classic Fish and Seafood Recipes
 

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DID YOU KNOW?

The "spreading chestnut tree" from ‘The Village Blacksmith’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was a real tree in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the corner of Brattle and Story Streets. It was cut down to widen the streets in 1876.

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IN SEASON FOR AUTUMN

VEGETABLES
(Recipes  --  Tips)
Beets
Bell Peppers
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Collard Greens
Cranberries
Green Beans
Kale
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Onions
Parsnips
Peas
Potatoes
Pumpkin
Radishes
Rutabagas
Spinach
Sweet Potatoes & Yams
Swiss Chard
Turnips
Winter Squash

FRUITS (Tips)
Apples
Bananas
Grapes
Kiwifruit
Lemons & Limes
Mangos
Pears
Pineapples
Pomegranates
Raspberries

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DID YOU KNOW?

Some cranberry beds are over 100 years old and still producing.

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