Monday, July 20, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“I have always been punctual at the hour of dinner, for I know that all those whom I kept waiting at that provoking interval would employ those unpleasant moments to sum up my faults.”
Nicolas Boileau (-Despreaux) (1636-1711)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Lollipop Day: Lollipops were first made in New Haven, Connecticut in 1908 by George Smith. They were named after a race horse of the time, Lolly Pop. • Fortune Cookie Day (also Sept 13)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1801 The Massachusetts town of Cheshire pressed a 1235 pound cheese ball and shipped it to be presented to newly elected president Thomas Jefferson at the White House.
(Massachusetts Food Trivia) 1836 Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt was born. An English physician, he invented the short (6 inch) clinical thermometer. Before this a foot long thermometer was used that took 20 minutes to determine a patient's temperature. Think about that! 1851 The first cheese factory in the U.S. to make cheese from scratch was started in Rome, New York in 1851 by Jesse Williams. He had his own dairy herd and purchased more milk from other local farmers to make his cheese. By combining the milk and making large cheeses he could produce cheese with uniform taste and texture. Before then, companies would buy small batches of home made cheese curd from local farmers to make into cheese, each batch of curds producing cheese with wide differences in taste and texture from one another.
(Cheese Trivia --- Cheese Quotes) 1889 Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas was born (died May 13, 1971). When Virginia O'Hanlon was 8 years old, she wrote the famous letter to the editor of the New York Sun asking if Santa Claus really exists.
(See article: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus) 1934 A record high temperature for Iowa was recorded in Keokuk, Iowa - 118°F.
(Iowa Food Trivia) 1969 The first men on the moon. Neil Armstrong took "one small step" followed by Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. They found no cheese. (Astronaut Food Trivia)
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Odell, Oregon July 23-25, 2026 Annual Cave City Watermelon Festival - Cave City, Arkansas July 23-August 1, 2026 Delaware State Fair
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· The first Tupperware Home Party was held.
· Richard and Maurice McDonald open a quick service drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
· The Supreme Court of Canada lifted a ban on margarine. 2) Lake Titicaca is the world's highest lake navigable to large vessels. It is the border between Peru and Bolivia at 12,500 feet above sea level, and is 3,200 square miles in size. It is also an area that was home to one of the oldest known civilizations in the Americas. The Aymara people that live there still practice ancient methods of agriculture. What do they grow in the highest cultivated area of land in the world, at 15,420 feet?
a) potatoes. b) quinoa. c) barley.
d) corn. e) chocolate. 3) This is one of the oldest cultivated flowering plants. The flowers are edible, with a taste reminiscent of grapes and mint. It has been cultivated for so long that its origin is unknown. Some of the other names for the cultivated flower are ladies-delight, stepmother's flower. The wild forms are also known as johnny-jump-up and love-in-idleness. Name this flower. 4) An Australian (or New Zealand) dessert named for a Russian Ballerina, it consists of a meringue base with whipped cream and fruit.
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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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