Friday, September 25, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“The walk downstairs to the breakfast table is excercise enough for any gentleman.”
Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Lobster Day [Senate Resolution 2015] sponsored by Maine Senator Angus King
(see also June 15) (Lobster Trivia & Facts)
(Lobster Recipes --- Lobster Quotes) • National Bakery Day (Sept 25, 2026)
[Retail Bakers of America] (Bakers Trivia) • National Cooking Day • National Quesadilla Day • National Crab Newberg (Newburg) Day
(Crab Trivia & Facts -- Crab Recipes) • Buffalo Round-Up (Sept 25, 2026)
[Custer State Park, South Dakota]
(American Buffalo Facts & Trivia) • German Butterbrot Day (Buttered Bread)
(since 1999, German marketing group) • UK: World's Biggest Coffee Morning (Sept 25, 2026)
[Macmillan Cancer Support]
(Coffee Trivia --- Coffee Quotes) • Maine Lobster Week (Sept 19-26, 2026)
[Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative]
(Lobster Trivia --- Lobster Recipes) • National Farm Safety & Health Week (Sept 21-25, 2026) [Nat'l Education Ctr for Agricultural Safety]
(Farms and Farmers Trivia & Facts) • 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 HISTORY1777 Johann Heinrich Lambert died. He proved that Apple pie was irrational. Oops - never mind - that was 'pi' that he proved was an irrational number. 1843 Melville Reuben Bissell was born. Bissell invented the carpet sweeper in 1876. 1879 A Cream Separator was patented. ? 1890 [Sequoia National Park] was established to protect the giant Sequoia trees, among the oldest living things on earth. 1936 William Horlick died (born Feb 23, 1846). Manufacturer of food for infants and invalids, he created and patented (1883) a new formulae named 'Diastoid' - later renamed and trademarked as 'malted milk' which found new and unexpected uses and markets. 1974 It is first reported that freon from aerosol cans is destroying the ozone layer above the earth. 1976 A record 87 pound dolphin (the fish, not the marine mammal) was caught with rod and reel off the coast of Costa Rica.
(Dolphin or Mahi-Mahi Trivia -- Mahi-Mahi Recipes) 1985 William Cumming Rose died. An American biochemist, he researched amino acids, and established the importance of the 8 essential amino acids in human nutrition. (Amino Acids Trivia & Facts) 2007 The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued a certificate canceling all claims related to the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich patent.
(see also Dec 21, 1999) 2009 The movie 'I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell' opened in U.S. theaters. 2019 Thieves stole around 50,000 Golden Delicious apples worth about $27,000 from Williams Orchard in LaPorte, Indiana.
(Delicious Apple Trivia --- Apple Quotes)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** September 19-26, 2026 79th Persimmon Festival
Mitchell, Indiana September 20-26, 2026 Farmington Fair
Farmington, Maine 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 25-26, 2026 34th Annual Coca-Cola Days
Atlantic, Iowa September 25-27, 2026 Annual Pensacola Seafood Festival - Pensacola, Florida (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?
· Congress authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue paper currency.
· The first U.S. national income tax is passed.
· The first transcontinental telegraph went into operation.
· Kansas became the 34th state. 2) How many pounds of milk does it take to make a pound of cottage cheese? 3) How many pounds of almonds does it take to make a pint of almond oil? 4) How many flower visits must honeybees make to produce 1 pound of honey? 5) How many 'squirts' does it take to get 1 gallon of milk from a cow? 6) How many pounds of feed does it take for a chicken to produce a dozen eggs?
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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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