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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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DID YOU KNOW?

The building located at 337 W. 20th Street in New York City has been nicknamed the 'Muffin House.'   Samuel Bath Thomas of English Muffin fame once had a bakery located there.  During a renovation in 2006, the floorboards on the first floor were pulled up and one of Thomas' old ovens was found.

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Thursday, April 3, 2025

Daily Trivia Questions are below

TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE

“So munch on, crunch on, take your nuncheon,          Breakfast, supper, dinner, luncheon!”
Robert Browning, 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' (1842)
 

FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:

• National Chocolate Mousse Day
  (Chocolate Mousse Recipes  ---  Chocolate Quotes)

• National Burrito Day (April 3, 2025 - 1st Thurs)
  (Burrito Recipes)
 

TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

1829 James Carrington of Connecticut patented a coffee mill. (Connecticut Food Trivia and Facts)

1845 William James Farrer was born. An Australian agriculturist, he developed several new cultivars of wheat. (Australia Food Trivia & Facts)

1860 The first Pony Express mail delivery service by horse and rider between St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California began. The 1,800 mile run took 10 days.

1956 Elvis Presley sings 'Heartbreak Hotel' on the 'Milton Berle Show.' An estimated 25% of the American population tuned in to hear him.

1959 The Coasters song 'Charlie Brown' is banned by the BBC because it refers to “throwin' spitballs.” The ban only lasted 2 weeks.

1964 Bobby Chinn was born. Chef, restaurateur, author and TV cooking show host. Restaurants in Vietnam.  Discovery Network TV shows: 'World Café Asia' and ‘Bobby Chinn Cooks Asia' [Website: www.bobbychinn.com]

1974 The Super Tornado Outbreak. 148 tornadoes in 13 states in 26 hours. The world's largest tornado outbreak in recorded history. It included six F5 tornadoes and 30 F4 tornadoes. The first tornado hit at 1 p.m. and the final tornado hit at 2 a.m. the following morning.

1982 The temperature in Lamberton, Minnesota dropped from 78 degrees F to 7 degrees F in 24 hours.  The 71 degree drop in temperature is a Minnesota record. (Minnesota Food Trivia, Statistics & Festivals)

1985 The Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood, California closed after 57 years. Robert Cobb, owner of the Brown Derby, created the Cobb Salad there in 1936.  (Cobb Salad Recipe  --  Cobb Salad Trivia)

1988 U.S. first class postage rates were raised to 25 cents and post cards to 15 cents.

2010 Students at a Utah high school created a replica of Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' using 2 tons of Malt-O-Meal cereal.

2020 Coronavirus: Unemployment claims jumped to a new record of 6.6 million claims last week.
 

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April 4-5, 2025 - 47th Annual Pig Cookin' Contest
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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?
· Oscar F. Mayer & Bros. was established.
· The 'Ladies’ Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper' began publication.
· Horlick's developed the process to dehydrate milk, and patented it in 1883, calling it Malted Milk.
· The Orient Express made its first run from Paris to Constantinople.

2) What is the white edible portion of cauliflower called?

3) Where did the thousands of cherry trees in Washington D.C. come from?

4) SPAM was created in 1937 by the Hormel Company.
a) True or False: About 3.6 cans of SPAM are consumed every second in the U.S.
b) What is the SPAM mascot, and what is its name?

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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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DID YOU KNOW?

Up until the 1500s, sugar was so expensive that is was used in small amounts as medicine and to sweeten wine, but not in food.

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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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DID YOU KNOW?

Mascarpone is a sweet, fresh triple cream cheese originating in Italy's Lombardy region in the 16th century.  Mascarpone is very soft, 50 to 60 percent butterfat, with the color and consistency of Devonshire clotted cream.  It is used to make pastry fillings, in Tiramisu, or simply topped with fruit.

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IN SEASON FOR SPRING

VEGETABLES
(Recipes  --  Tips)
Asparagus
Avocados
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrots
Celery
Collard Greens
Garlic
Herbs
Kale
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Onions
Peas
Plantains
Radishes
Rhubarb
Spinach
Swiss Chard
Turnips

FRUITS (Tips)
Apples
Apricots
Bananas
Kiwifruit
Lemons
Limes
Pineapples
Strawberries

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DID YOU KNOW?

The Cast Iron Dutch Oven was designated as the Official Cooking Implement of Texas in 2005.

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