Monday, March 9, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.”
Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS: National Crabmeat Day
(Crab Recipes --- Crab Facts & Trivia) National Meatball Day
(Meatball Recipes --- Meatball Appetizers) National False Teeth Day (Teeth Trivia)
(See 1822 below) Groundwater Awareness Week (March 8-14, 2026)
[National Ground Water Association]
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1454 Amerigo Vespucci was born (died Feb 22, 1512). Italian explorer and cartographer, he was the first to realize that America was a new previously unknown continent. German cartographer (mapmaker) Martin Waldseemόller is credited with the first usage of 'America' on a map, to honor Vespucci. 1822 Charles Graham of New York received a patent for artificial teeth. 1839 The French withdraw from occupying Veracruz, Mexico and 'The Great Pastry War' ends.
(see Nov 30, 1938 for details). 1858 Albert Potts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania received the first U.S. patent (# 19,578) for a street mailbox. Designed to be mounted on a lamp-post they were soon used in Boston and New York City. 1870 'Granny Smith' died (born Maria Ann Sherwood in 1799). Granny Smith discovered the apple named for her, growing on a seedling tree on her farm.
(Granny Smith Apple Trivia) 1949 The first all-electric dining car, the 'Cafe St. Louis', was put into service on the Illinois Central Railroad between Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri. (Dining Car Trivia & Facts) 1959 The Barbie doll debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York City. 1964 The first Ford Mustang rolls off the assembly line. 1977 Canada bans Saccharin as potentially carcinogenic. (Saccharin Trivia & Facts) 1995 Turbot War: Canadian patrol boats fires shots across the bow and seize a Spanish trawler for taking undersized Turbot, violating 1982 Law of the Sea Convention. The dispute began to escalate as both countries sent additional naval vessels to the area, but an agreement was finally reached on April 5, 1995 ending the dispute. 2009 In an effort to boost tourism, Utah agrees to open bars to the public, ending the states private club system, which required patrons fill out a separate application and pay a membership fee for each bar. The new law goes into effect on July 1, 2009. (Utah Food Trivia & Facts) 2009 France raised the minimum age to purchase alcohol from 16 to 18 years of age. 2012 The movies 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi' and 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen' opened in U.S. theatres. 2020 Oil prices have dropped almost 30% due to a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia. 2020 Italy imposed a national quarintine on the entire country to stop the spread of the Coronavirus.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** February 26-March 8, 2026 Florida Strawberry Festival - Plant City, Florida March 1-31, 2026 - Taste Atlantic City
Atlantic City, New Jersey March 1-31, 2026 Washington Wine Month
Various locations, Washington March 6-15, 2026 - 44th Annual Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania March 13-14, 2026 Annual Clewiston Sugar Festival
Clewiston, Florida March 13-15 & 20-22, 2026 Annual Ostrich Festival
Chandler, Arizona March 14-15, 2026 Original Marathon Seafood Festival - Marathon, Florida (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?
· Commander's Palace Restaurant opened in New Orleans.
· The wholesale price of Lobster was 10 cents per pound.
· Thomas's English Muffings are introduced In New York by baker Samuel Bath Thomas.
· The Paul Masson winery is founded in California's Santa Clara Valley.
· Farmers are 49% of the labor force. 2) In 1951 the U.S. Dept of Defense conducted a survey to find out which dessert was the favorite among members of the U.S. armed services.
What was their favorite dessert?
a) banana cream pie. b) apple pie. c) ice cream.
d) fruit. e) chocolate cake. 3) McDonald's french fries are cooked twice.
Where are they cooked the first time?. 4) This liqueur is flavored with citrus fruit peel, mace, aromatic balm, and other herbs and spices.
Can you name this liqueur of Polish origin and the 'leafy' ingredient it is known for? 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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