Thursday, April 25, 2024Daily 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 Zucchini Bread Day
(Zucchini Bread Recipes) • St. Mark's Day, patron of cattle breeders. • This is the latest date that Easter Sunday can occur
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1744 Anders Celsius died (born Nov 27, 1701). Swedish astronomer, he developed the temperature scale which bears his name (Celsius). 1836 Laroy S. Starrett was born (died April 23, 1922). American inventor, he received more than 100 patents. His first patent was for a meat chopping machine named the 'Hasher' 1856 Charles Luttwedge Dodgson met a little girl named Alice Liddell. Alice had a penchant for consuming unknown (and apparently psychoactive) food, pills and liquids that she found while exploring a very large rabbit hole. * You might know the two people better by their pen and fictional names, Lewis Carroll and Alice in Wonderland. 1859 Work began on the 100 mile long Suez Canal in Egypt, to link the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea. The canal was officially opened on November 17, 1869. 1932 Meadowlark Lemon, basketball star, was born. 1945 Stu Cook of the music group 'Creedence Clearwater Revival' was born. 1956 'Heartbreak Hotel' by Elvis Presley is number 1 on the music charts. 1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway opened. It connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. Its completion opened the heart of Americas industrial and agricultural areas to ocean going vessels for shipping. (The official opening ceremony is June 26) 1965 Swedish engineer Sten Gustav Thulin was issued U.S. patent No. 3,180,557 (assigned to Celloplast company) for the modern disposable plastic grocery bag. 2020 Coronavirus: About 1 million casks of beer going stale with restaurants and bars closed; Farmers are dumping milk.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** UPCOMING FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALSApril 25-28, 2024 Vidalia Onion Festival
Vidalia, Georgia April 26-28, 2024 Interstate Mullet Toss and Gulf Coast's Greatest Beach Party
Orange Beach, Alabama April 26-28, 2024 Annual Pensacola Crawfish Festival
Pensacola, Florida April 26-28, 2024 - Vermont Maple Festival
St. Albans, Vermont April 27, 2024 Annual Riverside Tamale Festival
Riverside, California April 27, 2024 Annual Waikiki Spam Jam
Waikiki, Hawaii (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)1) The following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· Corn dogs are invented by Neil Fletcher for the Texas State Fair.
· Dannon yogurt is introduced in New York.
· Kellogg's Raisin Bran is introduced.
· The U.S. military began using K-Rations. 2) Herbert Hoover was not the first to promise a 'chicken in every pot.' Who said it first? 3) In the 16th century, boiled hedgehog was a common dish in what city?
a) London. b) Paris. c) New York.
d) Berlin. e) Moscow. 4) Despite a physical similarity and a frequent confusion with their names, yams and sweet potatoes are not even distantly related. They are in two different botanical families. What are true yams actually related to?
a) alfalfa. b) lilies. c) grasses.
d) carrots. e) radishes. Click Here for Quiz Answers
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Read an article about Chef James and the FoodReference.com website published in the Winona Daily News, Minneapolis StarTribune, and numerous other newspapers: Click here for the Article
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 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
TOP | 
