Saturday, August 8, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe.”
John Gould, ‘Monstrous Depravity’ (1963)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Frozen Custard Day • National Zucchini Day and Sneak Some Zucchini on Your Neighbor's Porch Night
(Zucchini Trivia & Facts -- Zucchini Recipes) • [National Farmers Market Week] (Aug 2-8, 2026 1st full week in August)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1899 Albert T. Marshall, of Brockton, Massachusetts, received a patent for a refrigerator (Automatic Refrigerating Apparatus). It used anhydrous ammonia as a refrigerating medium.
(Refrigerator Trivia) 1905 Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company registered ‘Pillsbury's Best’ trademark for flour (first used in 1873). (Flour Trivia & Facts) 1927 Alfalfa was born on this day. Actually, it was Carl Switzer who played Alfalfa in the ‘Our Gang’ short film series. 1961 Canada: A record 101 pound lake trout was caught in Lake Athabasca. Saskatchewan. 1973 Archibald Gowanlock Huntsman died (born Nov 23, 1883). Canadian oceanographer and fisheries biologist. Best known for research on Atlantic salmon. He also invented methods for quick freezing fish fillets. (Salmon Trivia and Facts) 1983 Rolla N. Harger died. A biochemist, he invented the first successful test machine for blood alcohol content, the Drunkometer, in 1931. 1988 'Kid Chocolate' (Elgio Saldana) died. He became Cuba's first world boxing champion in 1931 after defeating Benny Bass for the Jr. Lightweight Championship. 2006 Krispy Kreme donuts opened its first Asian outlet in Hong Kong. 2008 The movie 'Beer for My Horses' opened in U.S. theatres.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** July 29-August 9, 2026 171st Ohio State Fair
Columbus, Ohio August 4-8, 2026 54th Annual Alcona County Fair
Lincoln, Michigan August 4-9, 2026 68th Cobb Corn Roast
Cobb, Wisconsin August 5-9, 2026 - 29th Annual Key West Lobsterfest
Key West, Florida August 5-9, 2026 171st Northern Maine Fair
Presque Isle, Maine August 6-8, 2026 - The Great American Ribfest
Lincoln, Nebraska August 6-9, 2026 - 79th Annual Mendota Sweet Corn Festival - Mendota, Illinois (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?
· Joseph Gayetty marketed the first commercially manufactured toilet paper in the U.S.
· H.N. Wadsworth of Washington D.C. received the first American toothbrush patent.
· First successful milk condensery was built by Gail Borden in Burrville, Connecticut.
· A cold front barrels over the U.S. and on April 7 snow falls in every state in the country.
· The 1st issue of the Atlantic Monthly was published, containing the 1st installment of Oliver Wendell Holmes' 'The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.' 2) This product was invented around 1910 by Swiss chemist Jacques Brandenberger. It is derived from wood pulp, and various types are widely used for breads, meat, produce, etc. Name this product. 3) Why should you be very careful about drinking grapefruit juice when taking many prescription medications? 4) The fruit from this tree is called 'monkey bread' and is eaten as is or used to make a drink, its flesh is dried and ground into flour, and the leaves are dried and crushed for flavoring. Even the pulp of the tree is sometimes eaten.
What is the name of this tree? 5) What is the name of the yeast-raised dinner roll created accidentally by the baker at a Boston Hotel in the 1870s?
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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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