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THE FOODREFERENCE NEWSLETTER
Food History, Trivia, Quotes, Humor, Poetry, Recipes
JUNE 17, 2001 Vol 2 # 23
James T. Ehler, Editor, james@foodreference.com
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IN THIS ISSUE
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=> Quotes and Trivia
=> Website News & Key West Quote
=> Ancient & Classic Recipes
=> 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
"If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it
will in the end not produce food either."
Joseph Wood Krutch, naturalist (1893-1970)
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WEBSITE NEWS http://www.foodreference.com
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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.
The site has won several new awards this week.
KEY WEST QUOTE
President Harry Truman, relaxing in his summer White House (in
Key West), once wrote, "I've a notion to move the capital to
Key West and just stay."
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TRIVIA
In rural homes in the 19th century, apple and other fruit pie
was often a common item served for breakfast, considered a good
hearty beginning for a hard day's work.
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ANCIENT & CLASSIC RECIPES
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GREEN TOMATO PIE (The Inglenook Cook Book 1906)
Take one pint of green tomatoes pared and sliced; line a pie pan
with pie paste and put in the tomatoes. Then sprinkle over them
5 tablespoons of sugar, add 1 tablespoon of vinegar, 1 teaspoon
of flour; season with allspice, cloves, and cinnamon. Put on top
crust and bake in a moderately hot oven.
Sister Sue Wire, Acton, Oklahoma
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QUOTE
"To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and
affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the
betrayal of false friends,
To appreciate beauty,
To find the best in others,
To leave the world a better place,
Whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed
social condition.
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived,
This is to have succeeded."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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TRIVIA
Robert Burton's 'The Anatomy of Melancholy' published in 1621,
proposed 64 remedies for gas produced by eating beans.
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FOOD TRIVIA QUESTION: WHAT AM I?
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The Food Trivia Quizzes are now moved to their own separate section after the newsletter is e-mailed. Check the Navigation Bar at the top of the page.
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QUOTE
"Non cooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two
minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, well, so is
the ballet."
Julia Child
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TRIVIA
Those with thyroid problems should avoid eating large amounts
of cabbage or cauliflower. They both interfere with the body's
absorption of iodine, needed by the thyroid gland.
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he features some of my articles and recipes in addition to some
GREAT content from chefs around the world.
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THIS WEEKS CALENDAR
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JUNE 18
1983 First Woman in Space, Dr. Sally Ride
Birthdays: 1942 Paul McCartney
JUNE 19
1867 First Running of the Belmont Stakes
Birthdays: 1978 Garfield the cat
1897 Moe Howard (The Three Stooges)
JUNE 20 - 22
Aebleskiver Days, Tyler, Minnesota
JUNE 20
World Juggling Day
1893 Lizzie Borden found not guilty
Birthdays: 1953 Cyndi Lauper, singer
1942 Brian Wilson (Beech Boys)
1949 Lionel Richie, singer
JUNE 21 - 24
Watermelon Thump (with World Championship seed-spitting contest)
Birthdays: 1921 Jane Russell, actress
JUNE 21
FIRST DAY OF SUMMER
Solar Eclipse, South Atlantic Ocean, Africa, Indian Ocean
Birthdays: 1905 Jean-Paul Sartre (French philosopher)
1951 Nils Lofgren, singer, songwriter, musician
JUNE 22 - 24
Strawberry Festival, Long Grove, Illinois
JUNE 22
Birthdays: 1922 Bill Blass, fashion designer
1948 Todd Rundgren, singer
JUNE 23
1868 First Typewriter patented by Luther Sholes
Birthdays: 1929 June Carter Cash, singer
JUNE 24
1949 Hopalong Cassidy premiers on TV
Birthdays: 1895 Jack Dempsey
1942 Mick Fleetwood
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QUOTE
"I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me
are the number you get in a diamond."
Mae West
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DID YOU KNOW?
When you are going to beat egg whites, let the eggs sit at room
temperature for 30 minutes before using them. The egg whites
will beat to a greater volume.
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From our Readers:
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to the kitchen :). Thanks for a most enjoyable visit.
Colleen, from Canada
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RECIPE REQUESTS FROM READERS
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CORNBREAD
1 1/4 pounds self rising white cornbread mix
1 1/2 cups All purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon double acting baking powder*
1 teaspoon salt
6 large eggs
1/2 cup canola oil
1 quart milk
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1/2 cup sour cream
Combine the dry ingredients.
Beat the eggs, then add the remaining liquid ingredients
Combine the wet and dry mixtures and mix.
Mix thoroughly, but do not over-mix
Refrigerate for 1 hour. (this allows one part of the *double
acting baking powder to work)
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Spray a 10 to 12 inch cast iron skillet thoroughly with 'pan
spray' (aerosol can of oil).
Heat the skillet in the oven for 5 minutes.
Remove skillet from oven and pour in batter to fill skillet
about 1/2 to 2/3 full.
Return pan to the oven and bake for 25 to 35 minutes, or until
top is a medium dark golden brown.
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*Double acting baking powder produces carbon dioxide gas to
'rise' the batter in two different ways.
The first component works when it gets wet, the second when
heat is applied.
NOTE: The sour cream is for flavor and texture (so it is not
as 'oily'), but it makes the batter 'heavier', so the extra
baking powder is needed.
The vinegar is for both flavor and to make the mixture slightly
more acid, so the baking powder works better. The salt also
for the same reasons.
Use this information to play with your own recipe
Try it with yellow corn bread mix, following the package
directions, and use the explanations above to change the recipe
slightly.
Try it with 1/2 white and 1/2 yellow cornbread mix.
Try slightly different proportions of oil and sour cream, sugar
and vinegar to experiment with different flavors and textures.
Use slightly more extra baking powder for a lighter texture.
Experiment to get 'your' ideal cornbread.
Email your recipe requests, food info or history
questions to me at james@foodreference.com
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QUOTE (With apologies to my British subscribers!)
"I'll bet what motivated the British to colonize so much of the
world is that they were just looking for a decent meal."
Martha Harrison
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TRIVIA
California produces more than 250 million pounds of garlic each
year. One farm in Monterey County (near Gilroy "The Garlic
Capital of the World") plants 2000 acres of garlic and produces
almost 25 million pounds annually.
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QUOTE
"Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant.
It is best not to stir them."
P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist (1881-1975)
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TRIVIA
The Lily Family of plants includes asparagus, onions, garlic,
sarsaparilla, yams, lilies, yucca, daffodils, aloe, tulips
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