CURRENT CULINARY QUIZ QUESTIONSANSWERS ARE BELOW (A New quiz every day) TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it? · Oscar F. Mayer & Bros. was established. · The 'Ladies’ Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper' began publication. · Horlick's developed the process to dehydrate milk, and patented it in 1883, calling it Malted Milk. · The Orient Express made its first run from Paris to Constantinople. 2) What is the white edible portion of cauliflower called? 3) Where did the thousands of cherry trees in Washington D.C. come from? 4) SPAM was created in 1937 by the Hormel Company. a) True or False: About 3.6 cans of SPAM are consumed every second in the U.S. b) What is the SPAM mascot, and what is its name?
ANSWERS TO TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUESTIONS:1) All of the events took place in 1883. (Food History Timeline: 1880-1884) 2) The white, edible portion of cauliflower is called the curd. 3) There are thousands of Japanese cherry trees that circle the Tidal Basin and the Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. The trees were originally planted as a gift from the people of Tokyo, Japan, in 1912. In 1910, a previous donation of 2,000 cherry trees had to be destroyed after they were infested with insects. Each spring, the National Cherry Blossom Festival, a two-week-long celebration, attracts tens of thousands of visitors from around the world to see the magnificent trees in full bloom. 4) a) True. b) 'Spammy,' a miniature pig is the SPAM mascot. TOP |