Sunday, March 29, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.” H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day (Recipe) • National Pita Day (Pita Bread Recipe) • EU Daylight Saving Time begins March 29, 2026 (last Sunday in March and ends Oct 25, 2026 the last Sunday in Oct)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1848 At about midnight, for the first time in recorded history, a huge upstream ice jam stopped almost all water flow over Niagara Falls (both American Falls and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls) for 30 hours. You could actually walk out into the riverbed below the falls. 1877 Rowland H. Macy died (born Aug 30, 1822). Founder of Macy's department store, October 27, 1858. 1886 Coca-Cola was created by Dr. John Pemberton.
(Coca-Cola Trivia & Facts) 1900 Charles Elton was born. Elton was an English biologist who first developed the idea of a 'food chain.' 1903 Gustavus Franklin Swift died. Founder of the meat-packing business Swift & Co., the inventor of the refrigerated railway car, and the first to ship 'dressed' beef to eastern markets instead of live animals. 1918 Samuel Moore 'Sam' Walton was born (died April 5, 1992). Founder of Wal-Mart stores. 1943 Meat, Butter and Cheese rationing began in the United States due to World War II shortages. 1956 Singer Parry Donahue of The Waitresses (a New Wave band) was born today. 1958 'Tequila' by the Champs was number one on the music charts. 1980 Walter H. Deubener died. He owned the S.S. Kresge grocery store in St. Paul, Minnesota and invented the handled grocery bag. 1999 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 10,000 for the first time, closing at 10,006.78. 2004 The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country to ban smoking in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants. 2020 Coronavirus: About 200 million in U.S. now under stay-at-home. 2021 The massive container ship that has been blocking the Suez Canal since Tuesday March 23, disrupting the global supply chain, has been refloated and moved. More than 350 ships are backed up awaiting passage through the canal.
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Atlantic City, New Jersey March 13-April 12, 2026 Knott's Boysenberry Festival
Buena Park, California March 19-29, 2026 50th Annual Collier Fair
Naples, Florida April 2-4, 2026 - Annual Llano River Chuck Wagon Cook-Off - Llano, Texas (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?
· The California Fruit Growers Exchange began burning 'Sunkist' on their oranges.
· Kellogg's All-Bran cereal is introduced.
· Malt-O-Meal hot cereal is introduced.
· The 'I-Scream-Bar' is introduced, chocolate covered ice cream - later renamed Eskimo Pie. 2) Cook them, mash them up, dehydrate them. Reconstitute them with moisture to make a dough; cut into a uniform size and shape and package in air tight containers. They were introduced in 1969 by Proctor and Gamble. What were they when they started out, and what is the name of the final packaged product? 3) This relative of buckwheat originated in Western China and neighboring areas. Its traditional role was medicinal - the dried root was a popular remedy for a wide range of illnesses. Its primary function was to induce vomiting, although it is also a mild astringent. This medicinal role caused the price of the dried root to rise. In 1542, it sold for ten times the price of cinnamon in France and in 1657 it sold for over twice the price of opium in England. Beginning in the eighteenth century, it began to be consumed in foods, primarily drinks and meat stews. Botanically speaking, it is considered a vegetable, but it's most often treated as a fruit — though it's rarely eaten raw. It was introduced to the United States at the end of the eighteenth century. Today most of it is frozen for commercial and institutional use; only about a quarter of the crop is sold fresh.
What is this strange plant? 4) The origin of English shoe sizing is directly connected with a grass grain and a decree issued by Edward I of England in about the year 1305.
What grain and how is it connected with English shoe sizes? Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers
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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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