Tuesday, October 29, 2024Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“For a growing number of Americans, cooking, an activity that was once an obligation, has become a spectator sport.”
New York Times (1989)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Oatmeal Day (Oat Trivia & Facts) • Feast of St. Thomas Bellacci, patron of butchers. • UK: [UK Sausage Week] (Oct 28 - Nov 3, 2024). Celebrating the great British banger!
(Tips for Making Sausage at Home)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1682 William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, landed at what is now Chester, Pennsylvania.
(Pennsylvania Food Trivia) 1764 The first issue of The Hartford Courant was published. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the U.S. 1872 An all metal windmill was patented by J.S. Risdon of Genoa, Illinois. 1923 The United Farmers of Alberta form the Alberta Wheat Pool agricultural cooperative to stabilize prices. The Wheat Pool has over 25,700 members and over 1 million hectares under contract.
(Wheat Trivia & Facts --- Wheat Quotes) 1929 Black Tuesday. Stock markets in New York and other major American cities fell so dramatically, the day became known as Black Tuesday - the beginning of the Great Depression. 1945 The first U.S. commercially made ballpoint pens are sold for $12.50 each at Gimbel's Department store in New York City. 1947 The first successful cloud seeding (with dry ice) took place at Concord, New Hampshire. 1956 Fritz Hofmann died (born Feb 11, 1866). German chemist who first synthesized rubber (German patent No. 250690, Sept 12, 1909). 1991 The Yale Hotel in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada is destroyed by fire. 2012 (Oct 29-30) 900 mile wide Hurricane Superstorm 'Sandy' with 90 mph winds hits the East Coast of the U.S. Sandy drops up to 12 inches of rain; record 32.5 foot wave in NY harbor; 14 foot storm surge floods New York subways; shuts down Wall Street for several days; causes blizzards in West Virginia and Maryland; floods communities in 23 states; cuts power to more than 8 million residents; destroys beaches up and down the Eastern U.S. The worst storm in U.S. history. 2020 Coronavirus: New cases surge in Europe, France and Germany returning to harsh lockdown measures; U.S. cases and hospitalizations reach new highs, several states and cities closing restaurants and bars again.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** October 28-November 10, 2024 Hudson Valley Restaurant Week - Hudson Valley, New York October 30-November 2, 2024 International Championship Chili Cookoff - Terlingua, Texas October 30-Nov 3, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kansas City, Missouri October 30-Nov 17, 2024 118th Edition of the State Fair of Louisiana - Shreveport, Louisiana October 31-November 2, 2024 The Big Sur Food and Wine Festival - Big Sur, California November 1-2, 2024 61st Annual Florida Seafood Festival - Apalachicola, Florida November 1-2, 2024 - 67th Annual Urbanna Oyster Festival - Urbanna, Virginia (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
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· World population is reaches 7 billion.
· The UK bans Immigrants from outside the European Economic Area from working as chefs in fast food and takeaway restaurants.
· A record breaking 1,067 Whoopie Pie is created in South Portland, Maine.
· Germany: A Berlin court ordered breweries to stop advertising beer as good for peoples looks and health 2) How many pounds of mustard are consumed in the world each year? 3) The East Coast and West Coast of the U.S. have differing tastes in peanut butter. What are their preferences? 4) What percentage of all pumpkins are sold for food? Click Here for Quiz Answers
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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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