Thursday, May 16, 2024Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.” Julia Child (1912-2004)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Coquilles St. Jacques Day
(Coquilles St. Jacques Recipe -- Scallop Trivia) • National Aperitif Day: May 16, 2024 - 3rd Thursday (declared annually in press release by [Maison Lillet], the celebrated vintner in Bordeaux) • St. Honoratus' Day. Patron saint of bakers, pastry chefs, confectioners, flour merchants. • American Craft Beer Week (May 13-19, 2024)
[Brewers Association] (Beer Trivia - Beer Articles)
(Beer Quotes) • [Food Allergy Awareness Week] (May 12-18, 2024) • [National Women’s Health Week] (May 12-18, 2024) begins on Mother’s Day • Go Public Gardens Days (May 10-19, 2024)
[American Public Gardens Assn] • [World Salt Awareness Week] (May 13-19, 2024)
(Salt Trivia · Salt Kitchen Tips · Salt Quotes)
(Articles: Salt of the Earth 1 · Salt of the Earth 2)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1771 James Baker (Baker's Chocolate) bought what is believed to be his first order of cocoa beans.
(Cocoa & Chocolate History) 1832 Philip Danforth Armour was born. An American industrialist, he was a pioneer in use of refrigeration and meat canning. Armour & Co. helped make Chicago the meatpacking capital of the world. (Chicago Food Trivia) 1861 John Stevens Henslow died. This British clergyman and botanist was a mentor of Charles Darwin. To get farmers to apply scientific methods, he gave lectures on the fermentation of manure. He also showed Irish farmers how to get starch from rotten potatoes during the potato famine of 1845-1846. 1866 Congress authorized the minting of a 5 cent coin made of copper-nickel, and referred to as a 'nickel'. Silver 5 cent pieces had been called half dimes. 1888 The Canadian Pacific Railway opened the 5 story Hotel Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 1914 The Grand League of the American Horseshoe Pitchers Association was founded. 1928 Frederick Walton died (born March 13, 1834). Inventor of Linoleum in 1863. 1929 The first Academy Awards were presented during a banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. 1947 Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins died. He discovered what we now call 'vitamins,' essential nutrients needed to maintain health. (Vitamin Trivia) 1965 Franco-American Spaghetti-O's are introduced; variously-sized pasta rings in a tomato and cheese sauce, sold in cans. 1971 U.S. first class postage rates were raised to 8 cents and post cards to 6 cents. 2005 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Michigan and New York could not prohibit people from buying wine online from out of state wineries. Some 23 other states have similar laws that presumably would also be affected by the ruling. 2008 Robert Mondavi died at age 94. A leading Napa Valley vintner who helped establish California wines among the best in the world. (California Wine Articles) 2019 A customer at a Manchester, England Hawksmoor steak house ordered a $335 bottle of Bordeaux wine but was mistakenly served a Chateau Le Pin, Pomerol, 2001 Bordeaux wine worth $5,800, the most expensive wine on the list. 2020 Coronavirus: Restaurant and Hospitality employment dropped by about 48% since February.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· McDonald's introduced the Happy Meal for kids.
· General Mills introduced 'Honey Nut Cheerioes'.
· Paul Prudhomme opened K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen in New Orleans.
· Sardines return to California waters after an absence of about 40 years.
· The number of horses working on British farms falls to 3,575, down from 300,000 in 1950. 2) Jethro Tull is the name of a rock group, but Jethro Tull was also a real person (1674-1741).
What was his occupation? 3) What was the first toy advertised on TV? 4) What happened in Camden, New Jersey on June 6, 1933 that had an extreme effect on the sales of popcorn? Click Here for Quiz Answers
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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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