Thursday, July 9, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find.” James Beard (1903-1985)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Sugar Cookie Day
(Whole Wheat Sugar Cookie Recipe) • [Spain: Fiesta de San Fermin] - Running of the Bulls, Pamplona, Spain (July 6-14, 2026) • National Salad Week (July 7-13, 2026)
(Salad Recipes) • UK: [Great British Pea Week] (July 6-12, 2026)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1766 Jacob Perkins was born. Perkins was issued the first U.S. patent for a refrigerating machine. It used sulfuric ether compression. (Refrigeration Trivia) 1792 S.L. Mitchell was named as the first Professor of Agriculture, at Columbia College, New York City. 1810 Napoleon annexes Holland to discourage the smuggling of goods from England. 1815 The first natural gas well in the U.S. was discovered by accident, near Charleston, West Virginia. They had been digging a salt brine well. 1850 U.S. president Zachary Taylor died. He supposedly developed acute gastroenteritis (or cholera) possibly after eating raw fruit (strawberries or cherries) and iced milk or ice cream, at a 4th of July celebration. 1869 Henry Tibbe received U.S. patent No. 205,816 for an improved corncob pipe. The pipe was made from a white kernel corn that was used to make taco and tortilla flour. 1872 John F. Blondel of Thomaston, Maine, received U.S. patent No. 128,783 for an improved doughnut cutter. (Doughnut Trivia) 1887 John Dickenson introduced paper napkins at his company’s annual dinner. (A Brief History of Napkins) 1957 Actress Kelly McGillis was born. McGillis has a restaurant in Key West, Florida called Kelly's Place. 1958 An magnitude 7 earthquake in Southeast Alaska triggered a landslide that dropped into Lituya Bay. The resulting 1720 foot wave washed away the forest on the opposite shore. This was the largest wave ever recorded. 1996 Douglas Chapman died (born March 20, 1920). Expert on marine mammal populations and population dynamics. In the 1960s he warned that the number of whales being taken by the whaling industry was far in excess of what the population could stand. 1999 The film 'American Pie' opened in U.S. theatres. 2007 Buenos Aires, Argentina experienced its first major snowfall since June 22, 1918. 2020 Coronavirus: As theme parks in Japan reopen, screaming on roller coasters is not allowed since screams may produce droplets that could spread coronavirus.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** June 19-July 12, 2026 Alameda County Fair
Alameda County Fairgrounds, California July 4-11, 2026 170th Gibson County Fair
Princeton, Indiana July 4-11, 2026 - 100th National Cherry Festival
Traverse City, Michigan July 8-12, 2026 - Winona County Fair
St. Charles, Minnesota July 9-11, 2026 39th Annual Slugburger Festival
Corinth, Mississippi July 9-11, 2026 Delta Chicken Festival - Delta, Ohio July 10-12, 2026 Moxie Festival - Lisbon, Maine (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?
· For the first time in modern history, the world is producing more farmed fish than farmed beef.
· Mauritania, in western North Africa, has banned the use of plastic bags to protect the environment.
· The Food Safety Authority of Ireland announced that horse and pig DNA had been found in frozen beef products.
· Canada withdraws the penny from circulation.
· A United Nations reports 1/3 of all the food produced worldwide was going to waste. 2) What is the name for a hard cooked egg enclosed in sausage meat and then breaded and deep fried? 3) This dish takes its name from the pan it is cooked in, which in turn comes from the Latin word for 'pan' or 'dish.' It originated in the Valencia region, traditionally cooked outdoors and eaten right from the pan.
What is the name of this Spanish dish, AND the two ingredients common in all variations of it? 4) What food product comes from a rare species of tropical American orchid?
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Dedication
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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