THE FOODREFERENCE NEWSLETTER Food History, Trivia, Quotes, Humor, Poetry, Recipes July 1, 2001 Vol 2 # 25 ISSN 1535-5659 James T. Ehler, Editor, james@foodreference.com http://www.foodreference.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- By subscription only! You are receiving this newsletter because you requested a subscription. Unsubscribe instructions are at the end of this newsletter. ----------------------------------------------------------------- HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY TO ALL MY U.S. SUBSCRIBERS IT'S PICNIC TIME!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE ................................................................. => Sponsorship Notice => Quotes and Trivia => Website News => 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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----------------------------------------------------------------- TRIVIA The smallest species of tomatoes are less than three-quarters of an inch in diameter. There are both red and yellow varieties.
----------------------------------------------------------------- ANCIENT & CLASSIC RECIPES ................................................................. POTATO SALAD From the Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking School Cook Book (1896) Cut cold boiled potatoes in 1/2 inch cubes. Sprinkle 4 cupfuls with 1/2 tablespoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Add 4 Tablespoons oil and mix thoroughly; then add 2 Tablespoons vinegar. A few drops of onion juice may be added, or 1/2 Tablespoon chives finely cut. Arrange in a mound and garnish with whites and yolks of 2 hard boiled eggs, cold boiled red beets, and parsley. Chop whites and arrange on 1/4 of the mound; chop beets finely, mix with 1 Tablespoon vinegar, and let stand 15 minutes; then arrange on fourths of mound next to whites. Arrange on remaining fourth of mound, yolks chopped or forced through a potato ricer. put small sprigs of parsley in lines dividing beets from eggs; also garnish with parsley at base.
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----------------------------------------------------------------- QUOTE "Zen. . . does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes." Alan W. Watts, 'The Way of Zen,' 1957
----------------------------------------------------------------- TRIVIA The average American eats almost 20 pounds of fresh apples each year.
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----------------------------------------------------------------- TRIVIA For Beatles fans, in 'Savoy Truffle' on the White Album, "Montélimar" is a French city famous for its white nougat.
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----------------------------------------------------------------- THIS WEEKS CALENDAR ................................................................. JULY NATIONAL BAKED BEAN MONTH NATIONAL BLUEBERRY MONTH NATIONAL RECREATION & PARKS MONTH
JULY 2 BE NICE TO NEW JERSEY WEEK NOON Today: Mid-Year for 2001 - 182 1/2 days have passed, 182 1/2 days remaining. 1788 The Constitution of the U.S. becomes effective. 1955 The Lawrence Welk Show premiers on TV Birthdays: 1908 Thurgood Marshall, first African American on the U.S. Supreme Court 1932 Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s JULY 3 1952 Mr. Peppers TV show premiers 1974 Tony Orlando and Dawn TV premier Birthdays: 1962 Tom Cruise, actor 1957 Laura Branigan, singer
JULY 4 INDEPENDENCE DAY - 225TH ANNIVERSARY AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNED & APPROVED FOURTH of JULY celebrations across the U.S. 10AM EDT Earth at Aphelion (farthest point from the sun) 1895 America the Beautiful published World's Greatest Lizard Race, Lovington, New Mexico Sidewalk Egg Frying Contest - Oatman, Arizona Birthdays: 1826 Stephen Foster, songwriter (Oh! Susanna) 1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author 1928 Gina Lollabrigida JULY 5 FULL MOON AT 11:04 AM EDT Birthdays: 1810 Phineas Taylor Barnum (PT Barnum) 1781 Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore 1944 Robbie Robertson, guitarist (The Band) JULY 6 1854 Republican Party formed 1919 First Airship crossed the Atlantic Raspberry Festival, Abbotsford, BC, Canada Birthdays: 1747 John Paul Jones, American Naval officer 1946 George W. Bush JULY 7 Running of the Bulls, Pamploma, Spain (July 7-14) National Cherry Festival (July 7-14) International Cherry Pit Spitting Contest, Missouri Birthdays: 1940 Ringo Starr 1922 Pierre Cardin
JULY 8 First Public reading of Declaration of Independence Birthdays: 1914 Billy Eckstine, bandleader, singer
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----------------------------------------------------------------- TRIVIA Julia Child has outlived Nathan Pritikin. (Pritikin Diet)
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----------------------------------------------------------------- TRIVIA According to the Guiness Book of Records, the record for throwing a fresh egg without breaking it is 317 feet, 10 inches.
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