Friday, October 17, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“When you become a good cook, you become a good craftsman, first. You repeat and repeat and repeat until your hands know how to move without thinking about it.” Jacques Pepin
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Pasta Day (Pasta Trivia -- Pasta Recipes)
(Pasta Cooking Tips)
• St. Richard Gwyn, patron of large families. • National School Lunch Week (Oct 13-17, 2025)
[School Nutrition Association] • UK: National Baking Week (always Oct 14-20) • UK: [Coffee Week] (October 13-19, 2025) The nation’s largest celebration of coffee, all for a good cause. (Coffee Trivia --- Coffee Quotes) • UK: Seed Gathering Season (Sept 22-Oct 22)
[The Tree Council] Gather seeds, fruits and nuts which can be nurtured to grow the trees of the future.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1671 The first auction of furs from Hudson Bay took place at Garroway's Coffee House in London, England. 1814 At the Horseshoe Brewery in London the metal bands on a huge beer brewing vat snapped and a tidal wave of 3,555 barrels of Porter beer crashed through the brewery walls, destroying several tenements, and killing 8 people.
(See also The Molasses Flood, Jan 15, 1919) 1937 Donald Duck's three nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, first appeared in the newspaper comic strip. 1946 Jim Tucker of the music group 'The Turtles' was born. 1963 'Sugar Shack' by Jimmy Gilmer & Fireballs is #1 on the charts. 1977 The Guinness Book of World Records notes that Peter Dowdeswell managed to eat 40 sandwiches in 17 minutes, 53.9 seconds at a California donut shop on October 17, 1977. Each sandwich was 6 X 3 inches, spread with jam and butter. 2000 'Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water' Limp Bizkit's 3rd studio album was released. and debuted at number 1 on the charts. 2006 The U.S. population reached 300 million. 2008 'The Secret Life of Bees' opened in U.S. theatres. 2020 To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Iceland Foods Ltd., a British supermarket chain headquarted in Wales, sent a chicken nugget into space. In a gas-filled weather balloon, the nugget traveled through the Earth’s atmosphere to an altitude of 110,000 feet.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** October 8-19, 2025 South Carolina State Fair
Columbia, South Carolina October 10-19, 2025 85th Annual Arkansas State Fair
Little Rock, Arkansas October 15-18, 2025 Circleville Pumpkin Show
Circleville, Ohio October 15-19, 2025 New York City Wine & Food Festival - New York, New York October 16-19, 2025 - 58th Annual World Championship Chili Cook-Off - Indianapolis, Indiana October 18-19, 2025 59th Annual U.S. National Oyster Festival in St. Mary’s County
St. Mary's County, Maryland (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?
· Eating Well magazine begins publication.
· Campbell's Soup produces its 20 billionth can of tomato soup.
· Campbell's Soup introduces Cream of Broccoli soup.
· Burger King began using Newman's Own Salad Dressings
· The first McDonald's restaurant in Moscow, Russia opens. 2) The name of this hard cow's milk cheese dates back to about 1840. It originated in North Yorkshire, and at that time had blue veining. Due to changes in production techniques, the blue veining was eliminated, and it is very hard to find the blue veined version today. Name this cheese. 3) These trees are members of the cypress family, and are found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. An essential oil is obtained from the wood, and is used in perfumes and medicines. The fruit have a fragrant, spicy aroma but are too bitter to be eaten fresh. The dried fruit are used in cooking, soft drinks, and the manufacture of wine and spirits. Tea made from the dried fruit is an old folk hangover cure. Galls produced on the trees by a fungal infection are commonly known as cedar apples.
Name this tree and its fruit. 4) What is the name for wines made from white grapes or red grapes with the skins removed? 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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