Tuesday, September 29, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“I don't believe you have to be a cow to know what milk is.” Ann Landers
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Coffee Day (Get Free or discount coffee at many donut and fast food chains) (Coffee Trivia)
(History of Coffee -- Coffee Quotes) • Biscotti Day (Biscotti Recipes) • UN: [International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction] • St. Michael's Day, patron of grocers and bakers. (Also called Goose Day in some locations - "If you eat goose on Michaelmas Day, you will never want money all the year round.") • UK [British Food Fortnight] (Sept 17-Oct 2, 2026) • UK: [Fairtrade Fortnight] (Sept 21-Oct 4, 2026) Celebrate the people who grow our food, people who live in some of the poorest countries in the world and who are often exploited and badly paid. • UK: Seed Gathering Season (Sept 21-Oct 21, 2026)
[The Tree Council] Gather seeds, fruits and nuts which can be nurtured to grow the trees of the future.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1819 The whaling era in the Hawaiian Islands began when two New England ships, the Equator and the Balena, became the first whaling ships to arrive. 1860 Chapin Aaron Harris died. He was cofounder of the first dental school in the world, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. (Teeth Trivia) 1898 After a close vote on a Canadian national referendum on the prohibition of alcoholic beverages, the government takes no action (278,380 for, 264,693 against). 1916 The New York Times reports that John D. Rockefeller's is the world's first billionaire. 1962 'My Fair Lady' closed on Broadway after 6½ years and 2,717 performances. 1962 'Sherry' by the Four Seasons was number one on the music charts. 1964 St. Paul, Minnesota gets its first McDonald's Restaurant. Burgers are 15 cents each.
(McDonald’s Trivia & Facts -- Minnesota Food Trivia) 1967 Gladys Knight and the Pips released 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine.' 1976 The TV show 'Alice' debuted. Most of the action took place in Mel’s Diner. 1976 Shooting at a soda bottle at his 41st birthday party, Jerry Lee Lewis accidentally shoots his bass player, Norman Owens (he makes a full recovery). 1978 'Boogie Oogie Oogie' by Taste Of Honey is #1 on the charts. 1989 August A. Busch Jr. ('Gussie') died (born March 28, 1899). Grandson of Anheuser-Busch brewery founder Adolphus Busch. 'Gussie' was company chairman from 1946-1975, and he built the company into the largest brewery in world. 2002 Cuban officials announced that the country had struck deals to buy more than $66 million in American food at a historic agribusiness show.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** September 25-October 3, 2026 Arkansas Oklahoma State Fair - Fort Smith, Arkansas September 25-October 3, 2026 Annual Texas Rice Festival - Winnie, Texas September 25-October 4, 2026 Central Washington State Fair - Yakima, Washington September 30-Oct 3, 2026 New Holland Farmers Fair
New Holland, Pennsylvania October 1-3, 2026 - 50th Annual East Texas Poultry Festival - Center, Texas October 1-4, 2026 - 61st Oktoberfest
Amana Colonies, Iowa October 1-11, 2026 - Tulsa State Fair
Tulsa, Oklahoma (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?
· Commercial bakeries now produce 25% of U.S. bread.
· Telephones outnumber bathtubs in the U.S.
· Coca-Cola goes on sale for the first time in Britain.
· Chicago completed the first modern sewage system in the U.S.
· First International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. 2) What state in the U.S. produces the most apples each year?
a) Wisconsin. b) New York. c) Georgia.
d) Washington. e) Illinois. 3) When Captain Cook discovered what we now call the Hawaiian Islands on January 18, 1778, he named them after the First Lord of the Admiralty. What did he name these islands? 4) What state is the largest U.S. producer of Eggplant? 5) There are 2 bottles in a Magnum of Champagne. How many bottles are in a Jeroboam; a Balthazar; a Nebuchadnezzar? 6) An aromatic herb, a member of the parsley or carrot family, and indigenous to the regions around the Black and Caspian Seas. It is an essential ingredient of fines herbes, widely used in French cuisine. Some varieties also have edible roots which are like small turnips.
Name this herb.
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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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