Monday, July 13, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“The pleasures of the table are of all times and all ages, of every country and of every day.”
Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Beans ‘n’ Franks Day (Baked Bean Recipes)
(Bean Trivia --- Bean Quotes) • [Spain: Fiesta de San Fermin] - Running of the Bulls, Pamplona, Spain (July 6-14, 2026) • National Salad Week (July 7-13, 2026)
(Salad Recipes)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1568 The Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral developed a method to bottle beer. (Beer Trivia --- Beer Quotes) 1794 James Lind died. Lind was a Scottish physician who recommended that fresh citrus fruit and lemon juice be included in the seamen's diet to eliminate scurvy. The Dutch had been doing this for almost two hundred years.
(Scurvy Facts & Trivia -- Citrus Fruit Trivia & Facts) 1846 In Nantucket, Massachusetts, a fire began in a hat store on Main Street and raced through town, consuming everything in its path. At the wharves, barrels of stored whale oil burst into flames, flowed into the water, and created a sea of fire. More than 250 buildings were destroyed, including most of the commercial district. 1864 John Jacob Astor IV born. Great grandson of John Jacob Astor, who founded the family fortune. John Jacob IV built the Astoria section of what would become the Waldorf Astoria Hotel (1897) in New York city (this was on the site where the Empire State building would be built in 1929). He also built the Knickerbocker and the St. Regis Hotels. He died on the Titanic. (St. Regis Hotel History). 1921 Christian K. Nelson and chocolate maker Russell C. Stover entered into an agreement in Des Moines, Iowa to produce and market Nelson's 'I-Scream Bar', the name was changed to Eskimo Pie (ice cream coated with chocolate). (Eskimo Pie Trivia) 1926 Taggart Baking Company registered "Wonder" trademark for bread and cake.
(see also May 21, 1921). 1937 Vernon Rudolph sold the first Krispy Kreme doughnuts in what is now the 'Old Salem' area of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. (That is the area of the original 1766 Moravian settlement of Salem.) 1937 Leroy Lind, of Rockford, Illinois received U.S. patent No. 2,087,157 for the Servisoft water softener. It was easier, faster to maintain, and less costly than existing systems. 1940 Paul Prudhomme was born in Louisiana (died Oct 8, 2015). Chef and restaurateur, he owned his first restaurant at the age of 17, and in 1979 opened his world famous Cajun restaurant, K-Pauls. He has also written several best selling cookbooks.
(Cajun Cuisine Trivia & Facts) 1977 Frustrated by an unsuccessful attempt to obtain funding for a water project, Kinney, Minnesota 'secedes' from the United States and applies for foreign aid. In support, Duluth's frozen pizza king Jeno Palucci donates 10 cases of frozen pizza. (Minnesota Food Trivia & Facts) 1977 A power blackout hit New York. Power was out for about 25 hours. There was widespread looting, unlike the calm of the 1965 blackout. 1985 Live Aid rock concert was held to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. Events were held in numerous venues around the world and broadcast live on TV. It is estimated that almost 2 billion people in more than 100 countries watched the live broadcast. Live Aid raised a total of more than $280 million for famine relief. 2008 Belgian based brewer InBev reached a deal to acquire Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion. This would create the world's largest brewer, which brands include Budweiser, Michelob, Busch, Rolling Rock, Labatt, Bass, Whitbread, Beck's, Corona, Lowenbrau, St. Pauli Girl, Stella Artois - a total of over 200 brands throughout the world. Annual sales in 2013 were over $43 billion. (See also Sept 6, 2004).
(Anheuser-Busch Trivia & Facts)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** July 13-14, 2026 Mango Festival
Coral Gables, Florida July 15-18, 2026 41st Annual Mattoon Bagelfest
Mattoon, Illinois July 15-18, 2026 Wabasha County Fair
Plainview, Minnesota July 16-18, 2026 - Annual Johnson County Peach Festival - Clarksville, Arkansas July 16-18, 2026 75th Pageland Watermelon Festival
Pageland, South Carolina July 16-19, 2026 Picklesburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (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?
· A method was developed for cleaning Navy airplane engines by blasting them with ground corn cobs.
· Palatable dehydrated eggs developed.
· Laslo Biro patented the first commercially successful ball point pen.
· Research to create fruit essences began; led to development of concentrated frozen apple and grape juices. 2) This carnivorous fish ranges in size from 6 inches to 5 feet in length, but one Pacific species can reach almost 12 feet. The family contains about 100 species which are widespread in tropical and subtropical seas. They are found mainly in shallow water, where they live among reefs and rocks.
Their smooth, muscular bodies may be vividly marked or uniformly colored. One species is bluish and frequently covered with a yellowish algae which gives it a greenish hue. Some are dark brown with yellow and black markings. They have a large head and mouth, and small rounded gill openings on each side. They are typically nocturnal feeders, eating other fish and mollusks.
The Romans considered them a great delicacy, and wealthy gourmets bred them in expensive seaside fish-ponds. There is a legend concerning the unusual diet they were fed, and true or not, there are many mentions of how delicious these cultivated fish were. They have fatty flesh, but are fairly delicate in flavor and texture.
Name this fish. 3) This plant most likely originated somewhere around New Guinea in the Pacific Ocean, but long ago became distributed throughout the Pacific from Southeast Asia to Africa. It may have reached the Pacific coast of Central or South America before Columbus reached America, but was introduced to the Caribbean from Africa by Europeans. There are some botanists who believe that it originated in the American tropics. There is no definitive proof for either origin.
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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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