Saturday, September 26, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“I went to this restaurant last night that was set up like a big buffet in the shape of an Ouija board. You'd think about what kind of food you want, and the table would move across the floor to it.”
Steven Wright
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Johnny Appleseed Day (see 1774 below)
(John Chapman Biography) • National Key Lime Pie Day (Key Lime Pie Recipes) • National Hunting & Fishing Day (Sept 26, 2026 - 4th Sat) [Presidential proclamation, 1972] • Better Breakfast Day [Calorie Control Council] • National Dumpling Day • National Alpaca Farm Days (Sept 26-27, 2026)
[Alpaca Owners Association] • St. Cosmas, patron of barbers, hairdressers, midwives and doctors. • National Pancake Day (see also Variable Days in March) (Pancake Trivia) • Maine Lobster Week (Sept 19-26, 2026)
[Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative]
(Lobster Trivia --- Lobster Recipes) • UK [British Food Fortnight] (Sept 17-Oct 2, 2026) • UK: [Fairtrade Fortnight] (Sept 21-Oct 4, 2026) Celebrate the people who grow our food, people who live in some of the poorest countries in the world and who are often exploited and badly paid. • UK: Seed Gathering Season (Sept 21-Oct 21, 2026)
[The Tree Council] Gather seeds, fruits and nuts which can be nurtured to grow the trees of the future.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1754 Joseph-Louis Proust born. Proust was a French chemist. In 1799 he extracted sugar from grapes, and proved it identical to sugar extracted from honey. 1774 John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed was born. American pioneer and legend, he planted apple seeds in the Ohio River valley area (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois). 1789 Samuel Osgood was appointed as the first Postmaster General under the Constitution. 1820 Daniel Boone died. American pioneer and frontiersman. 1843 Ivan Pavlov was born. He was the first to notice that dogs began to salivate when they could see, smell or taste food. 1902 Levi Strauss died. Inventor and manufacturer of jeans. He originally planned to make canvas tents for miners in the California gold rush, but soon found that durable pants sold better. 1904 Lafcadio Hearn died. (Patricio Lafcadio Tessima Hearn). A writer, translator and teacher, he wrote 'La Cuisine Creole,' the first Creole cookbook.
(Creole and Cajun) 1914 The U.S. Federal Trade Commission was established. 1936 'Horse Eats Hat' opened at Maxine Elliott's Theatre in New York City. 1953 Sugar rationing ended in Great Britain. 1964 The TV show 'Gilligan's Island' premiered. The comic tales of 7 shipwrecked castaways on an island. 2008 Paul Newman died (born Jan 26, 1925). Actor, director, race car driver, etc. Newman also co-founded 'Newman's Own' food company, which donates all profits to charity (amounting to more than $600 million as of 2025). 2009 A bottle water ban went into effect today in the town of Bundanoon in New South Wales, Australia (the first in Australia).
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** September 24-27, 2026 106th Annual Durham Agricultural Fair - Durham, Connecticut September 24-27, 2026 Chicago Gourmet
Chicago, Illinois September 24-27, 2026 Annual Alligator Festival
Luling, Louisiana September 25-27, 2026 Annual Pensacola Seafood Festival - Pensacola, Florida September 25-October 3, 2026 Arkansas Oklahoma State Fair - Fort Smith, Arkansas September 25-October 3, 2026 Annual Texas Rice Festival - Winnie, Texas September 25-October 4, 2026 Central Washington State Fair - Yakima, Washington (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?
· Canned beer is sold to the public in Britain for the first time, by Felinfoel Brewery in Wales.
· In Georgia, William Stuckey sets up a roadside stand to sell homegrown pecans and homemade candy.
· Congress approved the 40-hour work week.
· The first American blue cheese plant was founded by Felix Frederickson in 1936 in Faribault, Minnesota.
· Harland Sanders is made an honorary Kentucky Colonel in recognition of his contributions to the state's cuisine. 2) How many pounds of rose petals does it take to distill 1 ounce of attar of rose (essential oil of rose)? 3) How many peanuts does it take to make a 12 ounce jar of creamy peanut butter? 4) How many gallons of sap does it take to make 1 gallon of maple syrup? 5) How many pounds did the first gasoline powered tractor weigh? 6) Each saffron crocus flower has 3 stigmas. How many flowers does it take to make a pound of saffron?
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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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