Friday, March 6, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.”
Johnny Carson)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• White Chocolate Cheesecake Day
(Cheesecake Recipes -- Cooking Tips) • National Frozen Food Day (see 1930 below)
(Frozen Food & Freezing Foods)
(What Not to Freeze) • Oreo Cookie Day (see 1912 below) • 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 HISTORY1899 Acetylsalycilic acid ('Aspirin') was patented by Felix Hoffmann (for Friedrich Bayer & Co.) in Berlin, Germany (see also Feb 27, 1900) 1912 National Biscuit Co. (Nabisco) introduces Oreo Biscuits, renamed Oreo Cream Sandwich in 1958.
(Nabisco Trivia & Facts) 1917 Harry Coover was born (died March 26, 2011). Inventor of 'Eastman 910' commonly known as Super Glue. 1930 Retail frozen foods ('Birds Eye Frosted Foods') go on sale for the first time in a test marketing in Springfield, Massachusetts. Various fruits, vegetables, meat and fish were offered for sale to see how consumers would react to frozen foods. Clarence Birdseye had developed the method used to successfully freeze foods on a commercial scale. The test was a resounding success.
(Frozen Food Trivia & Facts) 1940 In Canada, the wartime Agricultural Supplies Board was founded. 1950 Silly Putty was introduced to the world at the International Toy Fair in New York. Packaged in 1 ounce portions in plastic eggs. 1971 'One Bad Apple' by The Osmonds was #1 on the music charts. 2007 Ernest Gallo died (born March 18, 1909). Co-founded E & J Gallo Winery with his brother Julio in 1933. It is the largest winery in the U.S. with about 25% of the U.S. wine market.
(California Wine Articles) 2012 Rebekah Speight of Dakota City, Nebraska sold a McDonald's Chicken McNugget that resembles President George Washington for $8,100 on eBay. She had kept the McNugget in her freezer for 3 years before deciding to sell it. (McDonald’s Trivia & Facts) 2015 The movie 'Kidnapping Mr. Heineken' debuted in U.S. theatres. About the kidnapping of beer tycoon Alfred 'Freddy' Heineken on November 9, 1983. ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 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?
· The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began life as the U.S. Commission on Fish and Fisheries.
· Margaret Knight designed a machine to make brown paper bags with flat bottoms.
· Luther Burbank developed the Russet Burbank potato.
· Henry Bradley of Binghamton, New York was issued a U.S. Patent for oleomargarine. 2) Why do pigs wallow in water and mud? 3) Red ones existed before and after, but they did not exist from 1976 to 1987.
What are these red ones? 4) Who was the first to use ground sassafras leaves as a seasoning and what is the common name for this seasoning? 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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