Wednesday, December 10, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmastime. Mature, responsible grown men wear neckties made of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks and cottage cheese in them.”
P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - 2022)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• [Terra Madre Day] (always Dec 10) A worldwide celebration organized by Slow Food to reconnect communities with local food. • National Lager Day (Lager Trivia) • St. Eulalia, patron of sailors, mariners and rain. • [National Handwashing Awareness Week]
(Dec 7-13, 2025) • UK: Grouse season ends. [Starts on August 12]
(Grouse Trivia & Facts)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1799 France officially adopts the metric system for weights and measures. 1817 Mississippi became the 20th state.
(Mississippi Food Trivia) 1845 Civil engineer Robert W. Thompson received a British patent for world's first pneumatic tires. 1846 Norbert Rillieux of New Orleans, Louisiana, received U.S. patent No. 4879 for an 'Evaporating Pan,' a vacuum sugar evaporator. The device revolutionized sugar processing, making it more efficient, faster, much safer. (Sugar Trivia and Facts) 1851 Melvil Dewey was born. He created the Dewey Decimal Classification system for cataloging library books. 1869 John Campbell, governor of the Wyoming Territory, approved the first law in U.S. history explicitly granting women the right to vote.
(see also: Nov 5, 1889) 1877 Dr. Jared Kirtland died. A physician, naturalist, botanist and teacher, he is credited with developing 26 varieties of cherries and six varieties of pears. 1884 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' by Mark Twain is first published in the UK and Canada (published in U.S. February 1885). 1889 O.C. Barber and J. A. Baughman of Akron, Ohio received a patent for a 'machine for making match sticks.' 1915 Ford Motor Co. produced its 1 millionth automobile. 1923 Prohibition ends in Saskatchewan, Canada. 1941 Coca Cola Company first used the "Coke" trademark. (Coca-Cola Trivia & Facts) 1945 Peter Paul Inc. introduced the Almond Joy candy bar (it sold for ten cents). 1947 Walter Orange of the music group 'The Commodores' was born. 1949 Antoine 'Fats' Domino recorded his first song with Imperial Records, 'The Fat Man.' One of the earliest rock and roll records. 1958 A National Airlines Boeing 707 with 111 passengers flew from New York to Miami. It was the first domestic passenger jet flight. 1964 Robert William Flay (Bobby Flay) was born. Celebrity chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, host of numerous TV cooking shows. (bobbyflay.com/) 2008 Mexican multinational company Grupo Bimbo acquired Weston Foods Inc., becoming the world's largest bread manufacturing company.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Nov 18, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 National Gingerbread House Competition & Display - Asheville, N. Carolina December 1-31, 2025 55th Annual Christmas in Newport - Newport, Rhode Island December 10, 2025 - Kosher Food and Wine Experience - Miami, Florida December 10-22, 2025 The Bracebridge Dinner
Yosemite National Park, California December 12-14, 2025 Annual Woodstock Winter Wassail Weekend - Woodstock, Vermont December 13, 2025 Hudson Valley Pizza Festival
Poughkeepsie, New York December 13-14, 2025 28th Annual Inn to Inn Holiday Cookie & Candy Tour
Mt. Washington Valley, New Hampshire (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?
· Cocoa Puffs cereal by General Mills and Cocoa Krispies by Kellogg's are introduced.
· Sweet n' Low artificial sweetener was introduced.
· The first Pizza Hut opens in Wichita, Kansas.
· McDonald's sold its 100 millionth hamburger.
· Jif peanut butter is introduced. 2) According to the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) what percentage of the total U.S. food production do Americans waste each year?
a) 5-10%. b) 10-15%. c) 15-20%.
d) 20-25%. e) 30-40% 3) Who was the first Athlete to appear on a Wheaties cereal package? What year?
a) Duke Snyder. b) Lou Gehrig. c) Dizzy Dean.
d) Jackie Robinson. e) Bob Feller. 4) There are more than 20,000 varieties of orchid. What is the only major edible product obtained from a species of orchid? 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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