Thursday, November 6, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man. But a pig will look you straight in the eye and see his equal.” Winston Churchill
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Nachos Day • International Stout Day (Nov 6, 2025; 1st Thurs)
Stout is a dark, heavy bodied beer. (Article) • National Men Make Dinner Day (Nov 6, 2025) • St. Leonard's Day, patron of greengrocers • National Fig Week (Nov 1-7) (Fig Trivia & Facts)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1217 The Charter of the Forest was issued by King Henry III, returning rights to the common man including access, pasture, grazing, cutting turf, collecting firewood, and ended harsh penalties. In 1154 King Henry II had placed restrictions and levies on woodland, fields, heathland, etc. 1814 Antoine-Joseph (Adolphe) Sax was born. A musical instrument maker, he invented the saxophone. 1879 The first official observance of Canadian Thanksgiving holiday. Now observed on 2nd Monday in October. (Canadian Thanksgiving Trivia) 1905 The Broadway production of J.M. Barrie's most famous work opened in New York: 'Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up' 1914 Morton Salt first used "When It Rains It Pours" trademark slogan for its salt.
(Salt Trivia & Facts --- Salt Quotes) 1923 HyperInflation ran rampant in Europe. A loaf of bread cost 140 Billion German Marks. 1975 'Good Morning America' premiered on TV. 1976 David Marine died (born Sep 20, 1888). An American pathologist whose research on the treatment of goitre with iodine led to the iodizing of table salt. 1991 'Cream' by Prince & The NPG is #1 on the charts 1993 The world's largest peanut butter and jelly sandwich to date, was created in Peanut, Pennsylvania. It was almost 40 feet long and used 150 pounds of peanut butter and 50 pounds of jelly.
(See Sept 7, 2002 for a new record)
(Peanut Butter Trivia --- Peanut Butter Quotes) 2018 California voters approved the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative. By 2020 egg-laying hens must have at least 1 square foot of space per hen, and each calf raised as veal must be provided with at least 43 square feet of space. By 2022 female pigs used for breeding must have at least 24 square feet of space per pig. Hens must be kept in cage-free housing with at least 1 square foot of space per hen.
(California Food Trivia, Facts and Statistics)
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** October 30-Nov 16, 2025 119th Edition of the State Fair of Louisiana - Shreveport, Louisiana October 31-Nov 9, 2025 National Peanut Festival
Dothan, Alabama November 1-8, 2025 - 52nd Annual Vardaman Sweet Potato Festival - Vardaman, Mississippi November 1-9, 2025 San Francisco Restaurant Week
San Francisco, California November 5-9, 2025 - American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kansas City, Missouri November 7-8, 2025 - 68th Annual Urbanna Oyster Festival - Urbanna, Virginia November 7-16, 2025 Wurstfest
New Braunfels, Texas (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?
· U.S. Microwave oven sales reach a record 12.6 million.
· The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) bans most uses of sulfites in fresh foods.
· Snapple bottled iced tea is introduced creating a new category of soft drinks.
· Dairy Queen acquires Orange Julius. 2) Name this fruit:
The scientific name (Blighia sapida) comes from its association with Captain William Bligh, of the H.M.S. Bounty ('Mutiny on the Bounty'), who is thought to have carried the fruit from tropical West Africa (possibly Guinea) to the Caribbean Islands, and specifically to Jamaica in 1793. Since then, it has become a major feature of various Caribbean cuisines, and is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas around the world. It is a relative of the lychee and the longan. The fruit itself is not edible - only the fleshy arils around the seeds are edible. The remainder of the fruit, including the seeds are poisonous. The fruit must only be picked after the fruit has opened naturally, and must be fresh and not overripe. Immature and overripe ones are also poisonous. 3) What flavorless, colorless oil has more polyunsaturates than any other oil, a very high smoke point (which makes it good for deep frying), and doesn't solidify when refrigerated? 4) What popular snack food was invented by George Crumb, chef at Moon's Lake House in New York in the late 19th century? 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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