Today in Food History
SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2007 Food quiz is below (New on May 14)
TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE
“Had I but a penny in the world, thou shouldst have it for gingerbread.”
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
NEW INTERVIEWS:
Executive Chef Mark Gold, Leatherby’s Cafe Rouge
Nicole Mones, Author Of The Last Chinese Chef
NEW BOOK REVIEWS & RECOMMENDATIONS
The Last Chinese Chef - Joy Bauer’s Food Cures - The Sneaky Chef - Penguin Atlas of Food
Beer and Food - Creative Cakes Anyone Can Make - Eat Caribbean - Back to the Family
Chicken Soup for the Dieter’s Soul - Simply Salads - The Shun Lee Cookbook
How to Feed a Teenage Boy - Food to Live By - Discovering Korean Cuisine
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY
* National Devil's Food Cake Day
1834 Catharine Furbish was born. An American botanist, she spent almost 40 years traveling and painting watercolors of the flora of the state of Maine.
1910 The Earth passed through the tail of Halley's Comet and nothing happened. There had been dire predictions that everyone would die, and many hucksters sold 'comet pills' to counter the effects of the 'comet gas.'
1962 Marilyn Monroe sings 'Happy Birthday' at a birthday salute to President John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden.
2006 Nicole Belinda Franzen Reese was chosen as the 59th 'Alice in Dairyland' by the Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. She will be the spokesperson for the states agriculture industry.
(View Culinary Calendar of Events for the year)
DID YOU KNOW? Food Trivia
Hooch or hootch is an American slang word popular during prohibition for illegally produced alcoholic liquor. It is also a colloquialism for cheap liquor.
The word originated in the late 19th century in Alaska. A small Tlingit tribe, the Hutsnuwu (Hoochinoo) Indians lived on Admiralty island, south of Juneau, and were distilling their own alcoholic liquor from molasses in the late 19th century (they probably learned the distillation process from American trappers). The product became known as 'hoot-chinoo', 'hooch' or 'hootch', and a 'Report on the Population of Alaska' published with the 1890 U.S. census, stated that the cause of 'nearly all the trouble in this country' was 'hoochinoo' or 'hooch'.
CULINARY QUIZ
1) The unopened flower bud of a plant belonging to the thistle family.
2) The annual per capita consumption of beer in the U.S. in 2002 was:
a) 10 gallons b) 22 gallons c) 28 gallons d) 34 gallons e) 46 gallons
3) Which of these has the most Vitamin C?
a) Oranges b) Lemons c) Red Bell Peppers d) Limes e) Green Bell Peppers
4) In 1490 there were an estimate 30 million; in 1890 there were only 750; in 2002 there were about 90,000. What animal is this?
5) About 1 1/2 billion pounds of sweet potatoes are produced each year in the U.S. What are the top 3 producing states?
6) What is the white edible portion of cauliflower called?
7) Where did the thousands of cherry trees in Washington D.C. come from?
8) SPAM was created in 1937 by the Hormel Company.
a) About how many cans have been sold?
b) What is the SPAM mascot, and what is its name?
9) What modern day crop do scientists believe is descended from the wild grass commonly known as 'teosinte?'
10) What were the original 7 flavors of Kool-Aid?
11) In the 1930s, Admiral Byrd took 2 1/2 tons of this candy to the South Pole - almost a pound a week for each of his men during their two year stay in the Antarctic. What was this candy?
Click here for the answers to the Culinary Quiz
- MAY Variable Date Events
- Alaska: Potato Day
- American Beer Week
- Apple Blossom Festivals
- BBQ Festivals and Cookoffs around the country
- Crawfish, Shrimp and Lobster Festivals
- Ice Cream Festivals at various locations
- International Pickle Week
- National Emu Week
- National Frozen Yogurt Week
- National Herb Week
- National Raisin Week
- Poke Salad Festival
- Rhubarb Festival
- Strawberry Festivals around the country
- UK: British Sandwich Week
- UK: National BBQ Week
- UK: National Bread Week
- UK: National Vegetarian Week
- Wine Festivals at various locations around the world
Dedication
This website is dedicated to Gladys Ehler, my mother, who taught me patience and how to make Sauerbraten (it is still my favorite), and Edward Ehler, my father, who taught me a love of books and history.
Chef James
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