Monday, July 6, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.”
Jean-Antheleme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Fried Chicken Day (Chicken Recipes) • [Spain: Fiesta de San Fermin] - Running of the Bulls, Pamplona, Spain (July 6-14, 2026)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1615 Furuta Oribe died. His original name was Furuta Shigenari. He was a Japanese master of the tea ceremony who studied under Sen Riky. His ideas influenced the tea ceremony, teahouse architecture, tea-garden landscaping and even flower arrangement.
(A Short History of Tea) 1766 Alexander Wilson was born. Scottish naturalist, ornithologist and poet. Founder of American ornithology. 1785 Sir William Jackson Hooker was born (died Aug 12, 1865). English botanist, he established the Royal Botanical Institution of Glasgow, and in 1841 he became the first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, near London. He expanded the gardens from 11 to 300 acres, and established Kew as a national botanic garden. 1799 Michael Thomas Bass, Jr. was born (died April 29, 1884). Grandson of Bass Brewery founder, William Bass. He took control of the company in 1827, and by 1881 Bass was the largest brewery in the world. 1849 Minnesota's first brewery is opened by Anthony Yoerg in St. Paul. (Minnesota Food Trivia & Festivals) 1869 Agoston Haraszthy de Mokcsa died. Agoston Haraszthy de Mokcsa imported 1,400 varieties of grapevines to California in 1862 and planted the first large vineyard in California in the Sonoma Valley. After the devastating phylloxera blight decimated the European vineyards, some of these same vines, now on resistant American root stock, helped rescue the European vineyards. 1886 Horlick's of Wisconsin offered the first malted milk for sale to the public. Horlick's developed the process to dehydrate milk, and patented it in 1883, calling it Malted Milk. The company originally produced a food for babies and invalid's, that could be shipped without spoiling. 1915 Lawrence Hargrave died (born Jan 29, 1850). Australian aeronaut, he invented the box kite in 1894 1932 U.S. first class postage rates were raised to 3 cents. 1955 Nathan's of Coney Island in New York sold its 1 millionth hot dog. 1985 'Raspberry Beret' by Prince & The Revolution is #1 on the charts. 1990 Nathaniel Wyeth died. Wyeth, an American chemist and inventor, received a patent for PET (polyethylene terephthalate) beverage bottles. These were the first plastic bottles strong enough to hold carbonated beverages.
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Alameda County Fairgrounds, California July 4-11, 2026 170th Gibson County Fair
Princeton, Indiana July 4-11, 2026 - 100th National Cherry Festival
Traverse City, Michigan July 8-12, 2026 - Winona County Fair
St. Charles, Minnesota July 9-11, 2026 39th Annual Slugburger Festival
Corinth, Mississippi (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?
· In West Virginia drivers may now keep their roadkill and cook it for dinner, as long as you report it.
· Smoking is banned in California restaurants and bars.
· Bill Gates was hit with a cream pie in Brussels.
· The 3,000 room Bellagio Hotel and Casino opened in Las Vegas, Nevada. 2) What are the two most cultivated fruit trees in the world? 3) This is the name of a tart, unripened cheese from central Europe. In German, the word is used as a figure of speech for "nonsense." It is also the name of a group of six hypothetical particles that form the basic constituents of 'hadrons'. It is also a word from a line in 'Finnegans Wake' by James Joyce
("Three .....for Muster Mark!").
What is this curious word? 4) In 1936 Jell-O came out with a new flavor, but it didn't sell and was dropped the following year. What was this unpopular flavor?
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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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