Monday, March 24, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.”
Laurie Colwin (1944-1992) American author
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Cheesesteak Day
[Pat's King of Steaks - History of the Cheesesteak] • National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
(Raisin Trivia & Facts) • Natiional Cocktail Day (Cocktail Trivia)
(World Cocktail Day is May 13)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1765 The British Parliament passed the Quartering Act, which required American colonists to provide temporary quarters, food, drink, etc. to British troops stationed in their towns. 1896 Clement A. Hardy of Dallas, Texas received U.S. patent no. 556,972 for the rotary disk plow. 1914 Stephen F. Whitman registered a trademark for 'Whitman's Sampler Chocolates & Confections.' 1945 The Andrews Sisters recording of 'Rum and Coca Cola' hit #1 on the popular music charts. 1955 The first seagoing oil drilling rig went into service (for drilling in water over 100 feet deep). 1958 'Tequila' by The Champs was number one on the music charts. 1974 Nathan Handwerker died (born June 14, 1890). Founded 'Nathan's' hot dog emporium at Coney Island, New York in 1916. 1975 The beaver (castor canadensis) is recognized as an official symbol of Canada. (Beaver Trivia & Facts) 1989 The worst oil spill in U.S. history occurred as the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, and eventually leaked 11 million gallons of crude oil. The effects on wildlife and fish was devastating. 1990 Cookery book author Jane Grigson died at age 61. 1999 A truck carrying flour and margarine caught fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy, killing 39 people. 2020 Coronavirus: 2020 Olympics in Tokyo postponed; India and New Zealand order lockdowns; Countries in East Africa already ravaged by worst locust infestation in 70 years, begins Coronavirus restrictions.
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Oakland, California March 24-30, 2025 Citrus County Fair
Inverness, Florida March 28-29, 2025 Hammond Smokin' BBQ Challenge
Hammond, Louisiana March 28-29, 2025 Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival
Timonium, Maryland March 28-April 6, 2025 Jersey Shore Restaurant Week - Jersey Shore, New Jersey March 28-April 27, 2025 Knott's Boysenberry Festival
Buena Park, California March 29-30, 2025 27th Annual Bradford County Strawberry Festival - Starke, Florida (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· Irish Coffee is supposedly created by bartender Joe Sheridan at Shannon Airport.
· Kellogg’s Sugar Smacks are introduced.
· There were more than 15,000 pizzerias in the U.S.
· Kraft Cheez Whiz is introduced. 2) What vegetable takes its name for its part in the diet of one of the branches of the U.S. military in the second half of the 19th century? 3) This egg-shaped tropical fruit has a brittle, wrinkled rind enclosing flesh-covered seeds. The seeds are edible, so you can eat the orange pulp straight from the shell. Its highly aromatic pulp and juice are used as a flavoring for beverages and sauces. The pulp has an intense aromatic flavor, while the texture is jelly-like and watery.
The name of this fruit is:
a) Babaco. b) Pomegranate. c) Mamee Apple.
d) Passion Fruit . e) Guava. 4) William Mitchell, a research chemist for General Foods, invented a chemical process in 1956. For years the company searched for a way to utilize it, and finally came up with a novelty product in 1974.
Can you describe this process and name the novelty food? Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Read an article about Chef James and the FoodReference.com website published in the Winona Daily News, Minneapolis StarTribune, and numerous other newspapers: Click here for the Article
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This website is dedicated to:
· Gladys Ehler, my mother, who taught me patience and how to make Sauerbraten (it is still my favorite)
· Edward Ehler, my father, who taught me a love of books and history.
· Barbara Saba, my sister, who taught me how to dance.
· Cpl. Thomas E. Saba, my nephew. Died in action on Feb. 7, 2007 in Iraq. He was 30 yrs. young. Chef James
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