Wednesday, February 25, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Alas, what crimes have been committed in the name of chowder!”
Louis P. De Gouy, ‘The Soup Book’ (1949)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Chocolate Covered Nut Day • National Clam Chowder Day (see also Feb 1, 1939)
(Clam Chowder Recipes - Chowder Trivia & History)
(Chowder Quotes) • St. Walburga's Day, patron of crops. • [National Invasive Species Awareness Week] (Feb 23-27, 2026) Raise awareness and identify solutions to invasive species issues at local, state, tribal, regional, international and national levels. • [National Eating Disorders Awareness Week] (Feb 23-March 1, 2026) • National FFA Week: Feb 21-28, 2026
[Future Farmers of America] • UK: [Real Bread Week] (Feb 21-March 1, 2026) A celebration of additive-free loaves and the people who make them.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1901 United States Steel was incorporated by J.P. Morgan. The first billion dollar corporation. 1904 Adelle Davis was born. Nutritionist, and author of 'Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit.' She promoted many theories that have been labeled as unfounded and dangerous by the medical community. 1908 At midnight (Feb 25/26), service through the Hudson & Manhattan railway tunnels opened to the public, carrying passengers between Manhattan and Hoboken New Jersey. It was the first railroad tunnel under a major river in the U.S. 1913 The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was officially declared ratified. It gave Congress the power to levy an income tax. 1918 Wartime food rationing began in parts of England. 1919 Oregon became the first state to impose a tax on gasoline (1%) the funds to be used for road construction, maintenance. (Oregon Food Trivia) 1922 Donald McLean was born. McLean was a Scottish potato expert who supposedly had the world's largest private collection of potatoes, with 367 varieties.
(Potato Trivia & Facts --- Potato Quotes) 1934 Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton died. An American botanist, she helped establish the New York Botanical Gardens. 1938 Miami, Florida gets its first drive-in movie theater (see also June 6, 1933) 1950 George Richard Minot died. An American physician, Minot was one of the developers of a raw-liver diet used to treat pernicious anemia.
(Liver Trivia) 1958 Procter & Gamble Company registered 'Mr. Clean' trademark (cleanser, detergent). 1983 Tennessee Williams died (born March 26, 1911). American playwright. ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ (1947); ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ (1955); ‘The Night of the Iguana’ (1961); ‘The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore’ (1963) etc. 2020 Ice fisherman Thomas Knight caught a 40 inch, 37.7 pound lake trout on Big Diamond Pond in West Stewartstown, New Hampshire. It is the largest lake trout on record in New England. ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** February 12-March 1, 2026 Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival - Indio, California February 21-March 2, 2026 New York City Beer Week
New York, New York February 25-March 1, 2026 92nd Annual Minneapolis Home + Garden Show - Minneapolis, Minnesota February 26-28, 2026 World's Championship Bar-B-Que - Houston, Texas February 26-March 8, 2026 Florida Strawberry Festival - Plant City, Florida February 27-March 1, 2026 Annual National Fiery Foods & BBQ Show - Albuquerque, New Mexico February 28, 2026 Kennett Winterfest
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania (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?
· The UN designated this year as the International Year of the Potato.
· Thailand: Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej was forced out of office because he was appearing on the TV cooking show.
· The movie 'Beer for My Horses' opened in U.S. theatres.
· 'The Secret Life of Bees' opened in U.S. theatres.
· All 7,100 Starbucks Coffee Shops in the U.S. close for three hours of employee training.
· A man in West Virginia was charged with battery on a police officer when he passed gas and allegedly 'fanned' it toward the police officer. 2) This tree has aromatic, evergreen leaves, and produces a year round crop of a peachlike, but tough dry fruit. When ripe, the fruit splits open revealing a large seed, surrounded by a red lacy network. Both the red fleshy part and the large seed are used to make two different food products.
What are these two distinct food products? 3) In 1969 some Dutch fishermen caught a very large halibut off the coast of Norway. The liver of the fish was large enough to feed 11 of them, one even ate about 2/3 of a pound. All of them became nauseous, their skin turned red and swollen, and the next morning their skin was peeling off in sheets. There was no poison or toxic substance in the fish.
Can you guess why they became ill? Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers
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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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