Sunday, March 30, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.”
Fran Lebowitz, journalist
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Dining Car Day (see 1868 below) • Turkey Neck Soup Day • Luxembourg: [Bretzelsonndeg] (Pretzel Sunday) (March 30, 2025 - 4th Sunday of Lent)
(History of Pretzels) • EU Daylight Saving Time begins March 30, 2025 (last Sunday in March and ends Oct 26, 2025 the last Sunday in Oct)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1843 Napoleon E. Guerin of New York received the first U.S. patent for an egg incubator (U.S. patent No. 3,019). He also was the first to patent a life preserver. 1848 An ice jam on the upper Niagara River completely stops the flow of water over Niagara Falls for 30 hours. 1858 Hyman Lipman of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania received U.S. patent No. 19,783 for the first pencil with an eraser attached. 1867 The U.S. agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million (about 2 cents an acre). The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl. Critics at the time called it "Seward’s Folly.” (Alaska Food Trivia) 1868 The Pullman Palace Car Company introduced the first railroad dining car. (Dining Car Trivia & Facts) (Railroad Trivia) 1899 The Tropical Trading & Transport Company merged with rival Boston Fruit Company to form the United Fruit Company. The company traded bananas and other tropical fruit grown in Central and South America. The company is now known as Chiquita Brands International. (Banana Trivia & Facts) 1911 Ellen Swallow Richards died. She was one of the founders of the home economics movement in the U.S. 1914 Morton Salt Co. registered ‘When It Rains It Pours’ trademark. (Salt Trivia) 1945 Eric 'Slowhand' Clapton, singer & songwriter was born. A member of the rock groups the Yardbirds and Cream. 1972 Royal Canadian Navy sailors are issued their very last daily rum ration. (Sailor Food Trivia) 1987 'Sunflowers' by Vincent Van Gogh is sold to a Japanese buyer for $39.9 million. There has been some controversy on whether it is possibly a fake. During the 1990s more than 2 dozen Van Gogh's have been labeled as fakes or copies. Vincent Van Gogh was also born on this day in 1853. 1997 'Wannabe' by the Spice Girls is #1 on the charts. 2020 Coronavirus: More distilleries are producing hand sanitizer; Disneyland and Disney World to stay closed indefinitely; U.S. domestic airline flights down 70% to 90%; Federal Reserve estimates unemployment rate could hit 32%..
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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 equine population in the U.S. (horses, donkeys, mules) reached an all-time high of 26.4 million animals.
· The U.S. Presiident orders a 1,700 piece service of Lenox china, the first U.S. made porcelain to be used in the White House.
· Contadina canned tomato sauce is introduced by Hershel Fruit Products.
· Jamaica's Red Stripe beer is introduced by Kingston brewers Desnoes & Geddes.
· Daylight Savings Time went into effect in the U.S. for the first time. 2) What popular 18th century beverage was named after a village in Germany, and is still popular today? 3) This 19th century English physician claimed that bread and vegetables were bad for us. He claimed that starch ferments in the stomach and produces acid, vinegar, alcohol and yeast, all of which poison bodily tissues and cause disease and mental derangement. What was his name and what food did he recommended we eat 3 times a day? 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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