Friday, April 25, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.”
Alfred Hitchcock
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Zucchini Bread Day
(Zucchini Bread Recipes) • National Arbor Day [Arbor Day Foundation]
(April 25, 2025 - last Friday in April - many states observe different dates according to best local tree planting times) • National Steak Day (Steak Recipes -- Steak Trivia) • St. Mark's Day, patron of cattle breeders. • This is the latest date that Easter Sunday can occur • Egg Salad Week in 2025 is April 21-27 (week after Easter, March or April) Dedicated to the many delicious uses for all of the Easter eggs that have been cooked, colored, hidden and found.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1744 Anders Celsius died (born Nov 27, 1701). Swedish astronomer, he developed the temperature scale which bears his name (Celsius). 1836 Laroy S. Starrett was born (died April 23, 1922). American inventor, he received more than 100 patents. His first patent was for a meat chopping machine named the 'Hasher' 1856 Charles Luttwedge Dodgson met a little girl named Alice Liddell. Alice had a penchant for consuming unknown (and apparently psychoactive) food, pills and liquids that she found while exploring a very large rabbit hole.
* You might know the two people better by their pen and fictional names, Lewis Carroll and Alice in Wonderland. 1859 Work began on the 100 mile long Suez Canal in Egypt, to link the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea. The canal was officially opened on November 17, 1869. 1932 Meadowlark Lemon, basketball star, was born. 1945 Stu Cook of the music group 'Creedence Clearwater Revival' was born. 1956 'Heartbreak Hotel' by Elvis Presley is number 1 on the music charts. 1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway opened. It connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. Its completion opened the heart of Americas industrial and agricultural areas to ocean going vessels for shipping. (The official opening ceremony is June 26) 1965 Swedish engineer Sten Gustav Thulin was issued U.S. patent No. 3,180,557 (assigned to Celloplast company) for the modern disposable plastic grocery bag. 2020 Coronavirus: About 1 million casks of beer going stale with restaurants and bars closed; Farmers are dumping milk.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** April 18-26, 2025 Hernando County Fair and Youth Livestock Show - Brooksville, Florida April 19-27, 2025 72nd Annual World's Biggest Fish Fry - Paris, Tennessee April 22-27, 2025 Vidalia Onion Festival
Vidalia, Georgia April 23-27, 2025 88th National Trout Festival
Kalkaska, Michigan April 24-May 4, 2025 - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans, Louisiana April 25-26, 2025 Brewgaloo - Raleigh, No. Carolina April 25-May 3, 2025 Sacramento Beer Week
Sacramento, California (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
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· Teflon coated frying pans were introduced.
· Julia Child's first book was published, 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking'
· General Mills introduced 'Total' breakfast cereal. 2) Those with thyroid problems should avoid eating large amount of these foods.
[a] salt and lemons.
[b] cabbage and cauliflower.
[c] asparagus and broccoli. 3) There are 3 varieties of this cheese, a 'white', a 'red' and a 'blue veined'. It is the oldest named cheese made in the British Isles.
[a] Stilton; [b] Caerphilly; [c] Cheshire. 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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