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THE FOODREFERENCE NEWSLETTER
Food History, Trivia, Quotes, Humor, Poetry, Recipes
May 27, 2001 Vol 2 # 20
James T. Ehler, Editor, james@foodreference.com
http://www.foodreference.com
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IN THIS ISSUE
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=> Sponsorship Notice
=> Quotes and Trivia
=> Website News
=> Key West News
=> Food Trivia Question: What Am I?
=> This Weeks Calendar
=> Did you know?
=> Feedback from visitors
=> Requested Recipes
=> Answer to Food Trivia Question
=> Culinary Crossword Puzzle
=> Subscribe/Unsubscribe information
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QUOTE
"Garlic is the catsup of intellectuals."
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WEBSITE NEWS
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WE WERE HACKED!
Well if you tried to access the Food Reference website Saturday
night or Sunday morning - you couldn't. Several servers on Dell
Hosting, including mine, were 'hacked'. Dell was pretty much on
top of it, and working with them the site was up and running
again by noon on Sunday.
CHECK THE WEBSITE DAILY - I am posting a new FOOD QUIZ question
each day on the website, along with a Daily Culinary Quote,
Daily Trivia and other interesting food items.
MTV is here in Key West for the summer, and the Back Street Boys
were the most interesting visitors this week. Or maybe it was
the Jamaican Fire-Eater performing at Blue Heaven Restaurant.
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TRIVIA
Unlike most fruit, pears are better when picked hard and unripe.
They improve in both texture and flavor after they are picked.
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QUOTE
"the culinary fast lane . . . where sea urchins and arugula
salads flourish."
The Boston Globe
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TRIVIA
The original name for Southern Comfort was Cuff and Buttons.
It was also known as White Tie and Tails.
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FOOD TRIVIA QUESTION: WHAT AM I?
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QUOTE
"Gastronomy is the joy of all conditions and all ages.
It adds wit to beauty."
Charles Pierre Monselet, French journalist and author.(1825-1888)
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TRIVIA
Botanically the almond is a stone fruit related to cherries,
plums and peaches.
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THIS WEEKS CALENDAR
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MAY 28
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE AND CEREMONIES AROUND THE COUNTRY
1892 Sierra Club founded
1961 Amnesty International founded
Birthdays: 1908 Ian Fleming (author of James Bond novels)
1888 Jim Thorpe, Native American athlete
1934 Dionne Quintuplets
1738 Joseph Ignace Guillotin (guess what he invented)
MAY 29
1953 Sir Edmund Hillar & Tensing Norgay conquer Mount Everest
Birthdays: 1736 Patrick Henry, American revolutionary leader
1917 John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of U.S.
MAY 30-31 National Spelling Bee Finals
MAY 30
Traditional Memorial Day
1911 First Indianapolis 500 (Carl Fisher won, 74.6 mph average)
1783 First American Daily Newspaper Published in U.S..
The Pennsylvania Evening Post (Philadelphia)
Birthdays: 1672 Peter I (Peter the Great), Czar of Russia
MAY 31
My Mothers 93rd Birthday
1790 First US copyright law passed
Birthdays: 1908 Don Ameche, actor
1819 Walt Whitman, poet
JUNE
National Dairy Month, Turkey Lovers' Month, National Rose Month
National Iced Tea Month, National Seafood Month
National Rivers Month
Children's Awareness Month, National Safety Month
JUNE 1-7 Stepparents' Week, International Volunteers Week
JUNE 1-3 Harvard Milk Days Festival
JUNE 1 & 2 Donut Day (I don't know why it's 2 days but it is!)
JUNE 1
Hurricane Season Begins
1980 CNN Debuted
Birthdays: 1801 Brigham Young, Mormon church leader
1926 Marilyn Monroe, actress
JUNE 2 - 10 National Fishing Week
JUNE 2 & 3 Eel Festival in Denmark, Fried eel served everywhere.
JUNE 2 & 3 Horseradish Festival in Collinsville, Illinois
JUNE 2
Heirloom Seed Day
Strawberry Festival (Independence, Missouri)
1953 Queen Elizabeth Crowned
1851 Maine passes first statewide ban on alcohol sales in U.S.
Birthdays: 1904 Johnny Weissmuller, actor, Olympic swimmer (Tarzan)
1740 Marquis de Sade, French author
JUNE 3
Day of the Rice God in Japan
1888 Casey at the Bat published anonymously
Birthdays: Allen Ginsberg, Beat poet
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NON-FOOD QUOTE
"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their
shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away
from them, and you have their shoes."
Frieda Norris
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DID YOU KNOW?
The very first pâté de foie gras (goose liver paste) is said to
have been created in Strasbourg in 1765 by a Norman chef named
Jean-Joseph Close. (Although the technique for producing foie
gras goes back as far as the ancient Egyptians).
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Jacques Lemaire makes and sells Mandala jewelry in the outdoor
garden at Blue Heaven Restaurant. Check out his unique handmade
items at Blue Heaven Restaurant
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WE GET LETTERS:
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May 21, 2001 Great site man, very useable. I am a teacher now
and so many sites out there want to sell you stuff; it's nice to
find one that students can actually use.
Thanks Manny J. Delgado, CEC, CCE, CFE Weston, Florida
Home Page: http://www.flash.net/~chefr/chefs/chefmany.htm
Thank you very much Manny.
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RECIPE REQUESTS FROM READERS
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Chilled Pea Soup
Serving Size : 4
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-----Step One-----
2 whole Scallions -- minced
1 Tablespoon Butter
-----Step Two-----
1 Tablespoon Flour
-----Step Three-----
2 cups Chicken Stock
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2 cups Fresh Peas
2 whole Mint Sprigs
1 teaspoon Sugar
1/3 teaspoon White Pepper
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1 cup Heavy Cream
[1) Sauté Scallions for 10 minutes.
[2) Add Flour, and cook 3-5 minutes.
[3) Add Stock slowly, whisking.....
[4) Add ingredients in STEP FOUR and cook 30 minutes, stirring
occasionally. Put thru food processor. Let cool for 3 hours.
[5) Add Cream and adjust seasoning.
Email your recipe requests, food info or history
questions to me at james@foodreference.com
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QUOTE
"Cooking is one of the oldest arts and one which has rendered us
the most important service in civic life."
Jean-Antheleme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)
Author of The Physiology of Taste
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TRIVIA
The average ear of corn has 800 kernels, arranged in 16 rows.
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TRIVIA
English sole is not found in England. English sole is a small
Pacific flounder also known as lemon sole and California
Dover sole.
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