Monday, June 22, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.” Erma Bombeck
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Chocolate Eclair Day
(Eclair Recipe --- Eclair Origin & History) • National Onion Rings Day (Onion Ring Recipes) • [National Pollinator Week] (June 22-28, 2026) Birds, bats, bees, butterflies, beetles, and other small mammals that pollinate plants are responsible for bringing us one out of every three bites of food. • UK: English Wine Week (June 20-28, 2026)
[Wines of Great Britain]
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1633 Galileo was forced by the Inquisition in Rome to renounce his belief that the Earth revolved around the Sun. 1706 Canada: The Sovereign Council of New France passes an ordinance forbidding citizens from keeping pigs in their houses. (Pig Trivia & Facts) 1832 John Ireland Howe received U.S. Patent No. 2013 for a pin-making machine. 1847 Supposedly, Hanson Crockett Gregory, of Rockport, Maine, created the doughnut. His mother's fry-cakes were not cooked in the center, so he cut the centers out so they would no longer have undercooked centers.
[New England Historical Society] 1923 Manitoba repeals the Prohibition Act of 1916 and adopts government control of the sale of alcohol instead. 1928 General Mills Inc. came into existence with the merger of 5 milling companies, creating one of the largest milling companies in the world. (Flour Trivia) 1947 During the early evening Holt, Missouri received a world record 12 inches (300 mm) of rainfall in 42 minutes. (Missouri Food Trivia) 1947 Howard Kaylan of the music group 'The Turtles' was born. 1954 The American Chicle Company, registered 'Rolaids' trademark for antacid mints. 1965 The Kellogg Company registered the trademark 'Pop-Tarts' (Kellogg’s Trivia & Facts) 1992 M.F.K. Fisher (Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher) died (born July 3, 1908). Fisher was an American food critic and writer, author of various articles, essays and books about food, and translated Brillat-Savarin's 'The Physiology of Taste' in 1949. 2002 Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer died. She wrote the 'Ann Landers' advice column. Her twin sister Pauline Esther, under the pen name Abigail Van Buren, wrote the 'Dear Abby' advice column. 2010 The movie 'Thirst' opened in U.S. theatres. 2015 Donald Featherstone died (born Jan 25, 1936). An American artist, at age 21 he designed the original plastic pink flamingo lawn ornament.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** June 19-July 12, 2026 Alameda County Fair
Alameda County Fairgrounds, California June 24-27, 2026 52nd Annual Bixby Green Corn Festival - Bixby, Oklahoma June 25-28, 2026 Placer County Fair
Roseville, California June 25-28, 2026 Luling Watermelon Thump
Luling, Texas June 26, 2026 Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off
Monroe, Louisiana June 26-27, 2026 The Great Lenexa Barbeque Battle
Lenexa, Kansas June 26-27, 2026 Annual Cheese Curd Festival
Ellsworth, Wisconsin (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 first IHOP (International House of Pancakes) opened in Los Angeles.
· Ant Farms are introduced by Milton Levine.
· Friskees introduced the first dry cat food.
· Rice-A-Roni is introduced. 2) What are the only two food preferences humans are born with? 3) How many flower visits do honey bees have to make to produce 1 kilo (2.2 pounds) of honey?
a) 4,000. b) 40,000. c) 400,000.
d) 4 million. e) 40 million. 4) Walter A. Anderson and E.W. Ingram founded a food business in 1921.
In 1954 James McLamore and David Edgerton founded a similar business.
What are the names of the businesses these men started?
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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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