Thursday, March 5, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.”
Oscar Wilde
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Cheese Doodle Day • National Absinthe Day (Absinthe Trivia & Facts) • National School Breakfast Week (March 2-6, 2026 - 1st full week in March) [School Nutrition Assoc]
(Breakfast Recipes --- Breakfast Facts & Trivia)
(Breakfast Quotes) • UK: [British Pie Week] (March 2-8, 2026)
(Pie Recipes --- Pie Trivia --- Pie Quotes) • UK: [SPAM Appreciation Week] (March 2-8, 2026)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1512 Gerardus Mercator was born (died Dec 2, 1594). The Flemish cartographer who created a world map using what would become known as Mercator projection, with parallel lines of latitude and longitude. This was convenient for navigation but land masses appeared increasingly enlarged at the top and bottom. 1558 Francisco Fernandes supposedly introduced smoking tobacco to Europe. 1836 Charles Goodnight was born. He is said to have devised the first 'chuck wagon' from an Army wagon in the 1850s or 1860s, with various shelves and compartments for food, equipment, utensils, medical supplies, etc. (Chuck Wagon Facts & History) 1868 C.H. Gould of Birminghom, England patented a stapler. (Countless staplers have been patented). 1893 Emmett J. Culligan was born. He was the founder of the water treatment company that carries his name. (“Hey, Culligan Man!”)
(Water Trivia -- Water Quotes) 1910 Momofuku Ando was born in Taiwan (died in Japan, Jan 5, 2007). Mr. Ando was the founder of Nissin Food Products, and invented 'Instant Ramen' noodles. 1936 'Mutiny on the Bounty' is voted 'Outstanding Production' (Best Picture) at the 8th Academy Awards. The story of the mutiny against Captain Bligh on the English ship 'Bounty' when it was sailing from Tahiti to bring back breadfruit trees.
(Breadfruit Trivia & Facts) 1955 Fernand Point died (born 1897). Well known French Chef and restaurateur. His restaurant La Pyramide was considered by many to be the greatest in the world. Paul Bocuse, Louis Outhier, Alain Chapel and Jean and Pierre Troisgros all trained under Point, and he is considered to be the father of modern French Cuisine. 1963 Arthur 'Spud' Melin of Wham-O received a patent for the Hula-Hoop. A great exercise tool, first sold in 1958. 1965 ‘Pepper’ Martin, baseball player died. 1990 Eight Canadian flour mills are charged with rigging prices for food aid, amounting to $500 million over 12 years. 2000 The world's first cloned pigs (5 of them) were born in Virginia. They were produced by a Virginia subsidiary of the same Scotland company, PPL Therapeutics, that cloned Dolly the sheep.
(Pig Trivia & Facts --- Pig Quotes) 2004 Martha Stewart, business magnate, cookbook author and TV personality, was convicted of obstructing justice and lying about a well timed stock sale just before the price plummeted. ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** February 26-March 8, 2026 Florida Strawberry Festival - Plant City, Florida March 1-31, 2026 - Taste Atlantic City
Atlantic City, New Jersey March 1-31, 2026 Washington Wine Month
Various locations, Washington March 6-15, 2026 - 44th Annual Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania March 7, 2026 Schell's Bock Fest
New Ulm, Minnesota March 7-8, 2026 - Downtown Chandler Barbeque Festival - Chandler, Arizona (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?
· In Prospect Harbor, Maine the last Sardine cannery in the U.S. closed
· Eastern Australia is hit by a locust plague. The insects infested some 190,000 square miles.
· In Greece, a horde of millions of frogs forced the 2 hour closure of a major highway east of Thessaloniki.
· A 10 year-old 3rd grade student in Texas was given 1 week's detention for being in possession of a candy bar at lunch time.
· Average bottled water consumption in the U.S. is 30 gallons per person each year.
· There are over 34,000 Subway sandwich shops in 96 countries. 2) What connection does Peter Cooper, inventor and founder of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, and Pearl B. Wait cough syrup manufacturer, have to a popular American dessert? 3) What is the official state beverage of Ohio? 4) How many poppy seeds are in a pound? 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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