Thursday, August 28, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Chili represents your three stages of matter: solid, liquid and eventually gas.”
Dan Conner (John Goodman) in 'Roseanne' TV series.
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Cherry Turnover Day (Cherry Trivia & Facts) • National Red Wine Day • St. Augustine of Hippo's Day, patron of brewers. • [World Water Week] (Aug 24-28, 2025 - annual Aug or Sept) World Water Week is organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and takes place in Stockholm, Sweden. It has been the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues since 1991. (Water Trivia & Facts)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1798 The first American vineyard was planted in Lexington, Kentucky. (Grape Trivia & Facts)
(Kentucky Food Trivia) 1837 John Lea and William Perrins of Worcester, England begin manufacturing Worcester (Worcestershire) Sauce.
(Worcester and Worcestershire Sauce) 1845 Rufus Porter, published the first issue of Scientific American. Ten months later he sold the magazine for $800. Porter held over 100 patents, including a fire alarm, signal telegraph, fog whistle, and a washing machine. 1875 Stephen McCormick died (born Aug 26, 1784). He was the inventor and manufacturer of a cast iron plow with removable parts. 1898 At his pharmacy in New Bern, North Carolina, Caleb D. Bradham renamed his new soft drink ‘Pepsi-Cola.’ His customers had been calling it ‘Brad's Drink’ (Pepsi Cola Trivia and Facts) 1908 Roger Tory Peterson was born (died July 28, 1996). American ornithologist and conservationist who wrote and illustrated 'A Field Guide to Birds' (1934) which increased public interest in the study of birds. 1943 Honey Lantree of the music group 'Honeycombs' was born. 1994 Shops throughout England and Wales can now open legally for the first time following a change in the Sunday trading laws. 2000 Foster's Brewing of Australia acquired Beringer Wine Estates of Napa, California for $1.5 billion. 2002 Spaniards threw 120 tons of tomatoes at each other at the annual Tomatina festival in Bunol, Spain. The annual tomato fight is the biggest food fight in the world. It has been a tradition since 1945 when a group of youngsters engaged in a spontaneous tomato fight in the town square.
(Spanish Gastronomy) 2024 The CDC has reported that the listeria outbreak linked to Boar's Head deli meat, with a recall of about 7.2 million pounds of deli meat, has now resulted in at least 57 hospitalizations, including 8 deaths in 18 states. (see also July 30, 2024)
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** August 20-Sept 1, 2025 The Great New York State Fair - Syracuse, New York August 21-September 1, 2025 Minnesota State Fair
Falcon Heights, Minnesota August 21-Sept 7, 2025 Maryland State Fair
Timonium, Maryland August 27-31, 2025 Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days
Walla Walla, Washington August 28-September 1, 2025 Key West BrewFest
Key West, Florida August 29-30, 2025 Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw & Festival - Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin August 29-September 1, 2025 164th Woodstock Fair
Woodstock, Connecticut (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?
· Henry D. Perky received U.S. patent No. 548,086 for Shredded Wheat
· The first shipment of canned pineapple left Hawaii.
· Pearl B. Wait created 'Jell-O'.
· Asa Candler of Atlanta boasts that "Coca-Cola is now sold in every state of the Union." 2) What candy product did Milton Stavely Hershey become rich selling?
[a] caramels. [b] chocolate bars.
[c] granola. [d] cocoa. 3) John Styth Pemberton, the Atlanta pharmacist who created Coca-Cola, sold a 2/3 interest in his company in 1887 for how much?
[a] $101.44 [b] $283.29
[c] $2,000 [d] $25 million 4) More than 75% of the world's supply of maple syrup comes from where?
[a] Vermont. [b] New Hampshire.
[c] New York. [d] Canada. 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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