JANUARY 23 - Today in Food History• National Pie Day (Pie Trivia & Facts -- Pie Recipes)
(The Perfect Pie Crust --- Pie Quotes) • National Rhubarb Pie Day (Rhubarb Facts, Trivia, Tips) • St. Bernard of Vienne, patron of farm workers and field hands. • Fresh Squeezed Juice Week (begins 3rd Sun - Jan 19-25, 2025) • Healthy Weight Week (Jan 19-25, 2025 - 3rd week)
(Healthy Diets & Dieting Articles --- Diet Quotes)
On this day in:1803 Arthur Guinnesss died (born Sept 28, 1725?). Irish brewer, founder of the Guinness brewery. 1806 William Pitt 'The Younger' died. At 46, Pitt was the youngest British Prime Minister. There is some disagreement over his last words. Some say they were ‘Oh, my country! how I love my country!’. Others claim he said ‘Oh, my country! how I leave my country!’; or ‘My country! oh, my country!’; or my favorite, ‘I think I could eat one of Bellamy’s veal pies.’ 1832 French painter Édouard Manet was born on this day in 1842. His first significant painting was 'The Absinthe Drinker.' He was an associate of the Impressionists. (Absinthe Trivia and Facts) 1862 Agoston Haraszthy de Mokcsa brought 1,400 varieties of grapevines from Europe to California in 1862, and planted the first large vineyard in California in the Sonoma Valley. After the phyloxera blight destroyed much of Europe’s vineyards, some of these same vines, now on resistant American root stock, helped save the European wine industries.
(Phylloxera Vastatrix, Deadly Vine Disease) 1890 Cordelia (Hornaday) Knott was born (died April 23, 1974). Co-founder, with her husband Walter, of Knott's Berry Farm in California. Their farm evolved from growing and selling berries from a roadside stand into the oldest and one of the largest theme amusement parks in the U.S. 1919 Ernie Kovacs, innovative comedian, was born. One of Kovacs' first TV appearances was in Philadelphia in 1950 with a chef, Albert Mathis from the Gulph Mills Country Club, in a live unrehearsed cooking show titled 'Deadline for Dinner.' (TV Chefs Trivia & Facts) 1931 Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova died. A famous dessert of Australian or New Zealand origin was named for her. It is a meringue with whipped cream and fruit. (Please, no more email on this subject - both countries have strong supporters for the origin, and in an effort at compromise, I have split the credit with both.) 1957 *Production of the Pluto Platter began (renamed Frisbee in 1958) See Sept 30, 1958 for patent. The pie tins of the Frisbie Pie Company in Connecticut were the inspiration for the creation of the Frisbee. *Many sources give Jan 13 as the date. I am not sure which is correct. 1961 Wilhelm Koppers died. This cultural anthropologist developed theories on the origins of society based on studies of hunter-gatherer tribes. 1963 Three million gallons of soybean oil flooded streets in Mankato, Minnesota when a storage tank ruptured. Eventually the oil ended up in the Mississippi River. In the spring, more than 10,000 ducks were found dead in the wetlands along the river. (Soybean Trivia) 1971 The coldest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was recorded at Prospect Creek Camp on the Alaskan Pipeline in northern Alaska - minus 80 degrees F. 1977 Toots Shor died (born May 6, 1903). American restaurateur, Toots Shor's Restaurant was a gathering place for New York celebrities during the 1940s and 1950's. 1997 Richard Berry, composer of 'Louie Louie' died (born April 11, 1935). (www.louieday.org/) 1999 Jay Arthur Pritzker died (born Aug 26, 1922). Purchased the Hyatt House motel hotel near Los Angeles International Airport from Hyatt von Dehn in 1957. This was the beginning of Hyatt Hotels luxury hotel corporation. (see also May 21, 1915). 2020 China announces a quarintine of Wuhan province due to the Coronavirus.
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