Thursday, April 3, 2025Daily 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 HISTORY1829 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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Buena Park, California April 3-6, 2025 Mule Day - Columbia, Tennessee April 4-5, 2025 - 47th Annual Pig Cookin' Contest
Newport, North Carolina April 4-5, 2025 - 25th Annual Pennsylvania Herb & Garden Festival - York, Pennsylvania April 5, 2025 - East Coast She Crab Soup Classic
Virginia Beach, Virginia April 5-20, 2025 - Sourdough Bread Festival
Cherry Valley, California (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?
· 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? 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
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 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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