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February 2 is National Tater Tot Day
Happy National Tater Tot Day
#NationalTaterTotDay
Tater Tots were first invented in 1953 at the Ore-Ida Labs
Tater Tots literally mean “baby potatoes”; tatter for potato & tots meaning little one
Americans consume over 70 million pounds or Tots per year.
Daily Quote:“A man who has nothing to boast of but his ancestors is like a potato – the best part under ground.”~Thomas Overbury
Daily Trivia: Potatoes are the 4th most important crop in the world after wheat, rice & corn?
1795 The French government offers a prize of 12,000 francs for a method of preserving food for transport to the French army. It was eventually won by Nicholas Appert who invented a successful method to can food.
1820 Jean Etienne Bore, died. Inventor of the sugar granulating process, founder of the sugar industry in Louisiana.
1869 The removable steel plow blade is invented by James Oliver.
1887 The first Groundhog day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
1892 William Painter received a patent for the crown-cork bottle cap with a cork seal. It was used up until the 1970s, when the cork liner was replaced with a plastic liner.
1897 Alfred L. Cralle of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, patented an ice cream scooper. His basic design is still used today.
1913 Carl Gustaf Patrik de Laval died. A Swedish scientist and inventor. Among his inventions was the centrifugal cream separator and a vacuum milking machine.
Categories: February Food Holidays, Food Holidays
Tagged: African Heritage & Health Week, National Tater Tot, Nicholas Appert, original social media foodie, social media foodie, tater tots
February 16 is National Almond Day
Five Food Finds about Almonds
1. Almonds are mentioned several times in the New and Old Testaments. They are revered as symbols of divine approval.
2. Almonds are actually fruits, related to cherries and plums.
3. Raw Almonds contain prussic acids, the eating of more than a handfull can be lethal. this is why all almonds are dried, roasted and/or pasteurized.
4. A key indicator of cyanide poisoning was the faint smell of roasted almonds on the victim.
5. Greek mythology tells of the beautiful princess Phyllis, who was left waiting at the altar on her wedding day by her intended, Demophon. Phyllis waited for years for him to return, but finally died of a broken heart. In sympathy, the gods transformed Phyllis into an almond tree, which became a symbol of hope
Daily Quote:
“True Love is a hard nut to crack, but it has the sweetest kernel.”~Spanish Proverb
Events of February 16
1909 Richard McDonald was born. He was one of the brothers who founded McDonald’s fast food restaurants. Richard also designed the golden arches logo.
1932 James E. Markham of Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards in Mississippi, received the first patent for a fruit tree. It was for a peach tree whose fruit ripened later than other varieties.
1937 Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers received a patent for Nylon. (Which he discovered in 1935). One of its first uses was to replace the hog bristles that had been used in toothbrushes. Think about it: people used to brush their teeth with pigs hair.
1959 Rap singer ‘Ice T’ was born (Tracy Morrow).
2009 Burgers & Beer on the Road: A truck carrying 40,000 pounds of frozen hamburger patties hit the center median, and dumped thousands of pounds of burgers onto Interstate 15 near Salt Lake City. A few hours later on Interstate 84, also in Utah, a truck carrying 40,000 pounds of Fat Tire Beer hit the center median and spilled its load on the highway. Neither driver was injured.
Tagged: arsenic poisoning, foodimentary, James E. Markham, original social media foodie, Raw Almonds, richard mcdonald, social media foodie, Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards, Wallace Hume Carothers
February 15 is National Gumdrop Day
Daily Quote: “Good conversation is always the best food for the soul”~Mexican Proverb
Five Food Facts about Gumdrops
1. Gumdrops, a fruit or spice flavored sugar coated gelatin candy, usually conical in shape. Other shapes and flavors; Orange slices, Licorice Babies, and Spearmint Leaves.
2. The most popular flavors are cherry, grape, orange, lemon, and spice flavors like clove, cinnamon, mint, and anise(licorice)
3. It is said that Percy Trusdale invented the gumdrop in 1801.
4. Originally, gumdrops were flavored with spices: orange(clove), yellow(allspice), red(cinnamon), green(spearmint), purple(anise), white(wintergreen or peppermint), and black(licorice)
5. The NASA Apollo Command modules were nicknamed “Gumdrops” because of it’s conical shape.
Funny Quote:
“This Halloween, the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him.”
~Conan Obrien
1758 Benjamin Jackson advertised mustard for sale for the first time in America. The advertisement was in the Philadelphia Chronicle, and claimed Jackson was the first and only manufacturer of mustard in America
1809 Cyrus Hall McCormick was born. McCormick is credited with the development of the first mechanical reaper.
1957 ‘The Banana Boat Song’ (Day-O) by Harry Belafonte is number one on the charts.
1965 Canada adopted its new red & white flag with a red maple leaf in the center.
Tagged: Arnold Schwarzenegger, events of February 15, foodimentary, gumdrops, Licorice Babies, Orange slices, original social media foodie, Percy Trusdale, social media foodie, Spearmint Leaves
February 14 is Saint Valentine’s Day
Daily Food Fact: NECCO ‘conversation hearts” were first manufactured in 1866 called “Motto Hearts”
Married on this day:
February 14, 1974, The Captain and Tennille were married.
February 14, 1984, Elton John and Ms. Renate Blauel
February 14, 1991, Leeza Gibbons, talk show host and Stephen Meadows
February 14, 1991, Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid
February 6, 1994, Brian Wilson, Beach Boys Founder and Melinda Ledbetter.
February 14, 1994 Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia (51) wed Deborah Koons
February 14, 1994, Roseanne Barr and Ben Thomas, her ex-bodyguard.
February 19, 1995, Pamela Anderson, Baywatch Star and Tommy Lee, Rock star
February 14, 1996, Prince/The Artist married Mayte Garcia.
February 14, 1998 Sharon Stone & Phil Bronstein, San Francisco Examiner Executive Editor
1779 RIP Captain James Cook, British explorer who charted and named many Pacific Islands, including the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).
1803 Moses Coats patented an apple parer.
1838 Margaret E. Knight was born. An American inventor, she invented an improved paper bag machine to make bags with flat bottoms.
1886 California oranges were first shipped East by rail.
1903 The U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor was established.
2003 Dolly the sheep died. Dolly was the first animal cloned from an adult animal. (Born July 5, 1996)
Tagged: Beach Boys Founder, Brian Wilson, Jerry Garcia, Leeza Gibbons, Melinda Ledbetter., necco, original social media foodie, social media foodie, Stephen Meadows February 14, valintine's day
February 13 is National ‘Italian Food’ Day
Five Food Find about Italian Food
1. It was not until the 1700’s that tomatoes were first found in Italian dishes.
2. The ‘essential’ ingredients in Italian food include: olive oil, garlic, basil, oregano, mozzarella, ricotta, parmigiana, capers, tomatoes, sausage and of course pasta
3. An average Italian meal is divided in two parts, primo piatto & secondo piatto; the primo include a pasta or risotto; the secondi includes any meat and fish meals, complemented by a contorno, a side dish of vegetables.
4. The Italian dessert, Tiramisu, (ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with mascarpone cheese and egg yolks then flavored with liquor and cocoa) roughly translates to “pick-me-up.” Did you know that this dessert did not appear until the late 1960’s and in the U.S. by the early 1980’s.
5. Italians prefer their pasta cooked ‘al dente’ literally meaning “to the tooth.” The pasta should be a bit firm, offering some resistance to the tooth, but tender.
“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.” ~ Yogi Berra
1837 Riot in New York over high price of flour
1933 The House of Commons defeated a bill that would have prohibited the sale of alcohol in the U.K.
1967 The Beatles single ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ is released.
2000 The last original ‘Peanuts’ comic strip is published.
Tagged: events of february 13, foodimentary, italian food facts, national eat italian food day, original social media foodie, social media foodie
February 12 is National P B and J Day
Five Food Finds about Peanut Butter
1. It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.
2. By law, any product labeled “peanut butter” in the United States must be at least 90 percent peanuts. Below 90% and it should be labeled “peanut spread”.
3. The average American consumes more than six pounds of peanuts and peanut butter products each year.
4. Over 60% of consumers prefer creamy peanut butter over crunchy.
5. The peanut is not a nut, but a legume related to beans and lentils.
The difference between Jelly and Jam:
Jelly is made strictly from the juice of fruit while jam is made from crushed fruit.
“Nothings spoils the taste of peanut butter and jelly quite like the unrequited love”~Charlie Brown (Peanuts)
1791 Peter Cooper was born.An American inventor who obtained the first American patent for the manufacture of a”quick setting powder gelatin”. The patent later sold and is known today as Jell-o
1809 Charles Darwin was born. English naturalist who developed the ‘theory of evolution,’ inspired in large part by his visit to the isolated Galapagos Islands. His works include ‘Origin of Species’ and ‘The Descent of Man.’
1872 Silas Noble and James P. Cooley of Massachusetts patented a toothpick making machine.
1935 RIP (Georges-) Auguste Escoffier “the king of chefs and the chef of kings.”
1961‘Shop Around’ by ‘The Miracles’ becomes Motown Records first million selling single.
1976 The popular food coloring, Red Dye No. 2, was banned by the FDA because studies had shown it might cause cancer. Red M&Ms disappeared for 11 years because of the ban.
2000 RIP Charles M. Schulz American cartoonist, best known for the ‘Peanuts’ comic strip.
Tagged: Events of February 12, foodimentary, jame, James P. Cooley, jelly, national pb&j day, original social media foodie, pb&j, peanut butter, peanut butter and jelly, peanut history, peanuts, Peter Cooper, social media foodie
February 11 is National Peppermint Patty Day
Five Food Finds about Peppermint Patties
1. In 1940 York Cone Co. produces the first Peppermint Patties.
2. Peppermint Patties were sold only in northeastern states until 1975.
3. Peppermint Patties have one of the least about of calories and fat compared to other nationally popular candy bars.
4. Charles Schulz introduced “Peppermint Patty” to his Peanuts comic strip on August 22, 1966
5. Patricia Reichardt is Peppermint Patty’s actual name.
Daily Quote : “Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.”~Ogden Nash
1785 The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture was founded. It is the oldest active agricultural organization in the U.S.
1847 Thomas Alva Edison was born. Chefs use his inventions everyday, including light and music to work by.
1926 Paul Bocuse, French chef, was born at Collonges-au-Mont-d’Or, France. He is known as one of the founders of ‘nouvelle cuisine’.
1963 Julia Child’s ‘The French Chef’ premiered on TV.
1977 The heaviest lobster known was caught off Nova Scotia, weighing in at 44 lb 6 oz (20.14 kg).
1994 Use of the genetically engineered growth hormone for cows, RBGH begins.
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February 8 is National “Potato Lovers” Day
If you are a fan of the spud, then today is for you. For centuries they have been sliced, fried, boiled, baked, puréed, and served. Carbs be damned!
Celebrating February 8
National “Potato Lover’s” Day
Potato Facts:
A. The word , potato, is derived from a Native American word “Batata”
B. The first cultivated potatoes date back to 500o BC in Peru. Originally, they were purple. When cooked they turn a deep blue color.
C. Most of the nutrients found in potatoes are in the skin.
D. Sweet potatoes are distant relatives of the common potato, while Yams are not potatoes at all, they botanically are considered lilies.
E. The average American eats 140 pounds of potatoes per year.
F. The word spud actually means “to dig a small hole in the ground, similar to spade, a tool to dig small holes.
G. The Spanish claim that they first introduced the potato to Europe in 1550 while the Irish say that it was in 1585 when Sir Walter Raleigh introduced the potato to Europe.
“My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato & someone to share it with.” ~Oprah
1795 Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge was born. A German chemist who developed a method for obtaining sugar from beet juice.
1886 Wilhelm Koppers was born. This cultural anthropologist developed theories on the origins of society based on studies of hunter-gatherer tribes.
1898 John Sherman of Worcester, Massachusetts received a patent for the first machine to fold and seal envelopes.
1925 Actor Jack Lemmon was born. A couple of his film titles: ‘The Fortune Cookie’ and ‘Days of Wine and Roses’
1946 Adolfo De La Parra of the music group ‘Canned Heat’ was born.
Tagged: events of february 8, national food holidays, national potato lover's day, original social media foodie, potato, potatoes, social media foodie
February 3 is National Carrot Cake Day
National Carrot Cake Day
Also: African Heritage & Health Week
Carrot Facts:
Carrots were first cultivated in north Africa & the Mediterranean. They originally were purple or grey in color. Introduced to Europe around 1000 years ago.
The weed/flower Queen Anne’s Lace is actually a wild carrot. Many say carrots were planted in colonial gardens; went to seed & soon spread across North America.
Jello in the 1930’s offered ‘carrot pie’ flavored gelatin.
Daily Quote: “I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.”
1468 RIP Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of moveable type printing. Inspired by the screw presses used in winemaking.
1815 The world’s 1st commercial cheese factory was established in Switzerland.
1913 The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It gave Congress the power to levy taxes on income. In 1913 less than 1% of the population paid income tax at the rate of 1%. Before this taxes were acquired primarily on food, merchandise sales, etc.
1916 The Cafe Voltaire opened in Zurich, Switzerland, a meeting place for members of what was to be known as the Dada movement.
1959 The day the music died. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) are killed in a plane crash near Mason City, Iowa.
Tagged: African Heritage & Health, carrot cake, carrots, foodimentary, Johannes Gutenberg, National Carrot Cake, national carrot cake day, original social media foodie, social media foodie
National Tater Tot Day
February 1 is National Cake Pops Day
National Cake Pop Day
Five Food Finds about Cake Pops
A cake pop is cake, baked in an appealing shape, hand dipped in frosting, and decorated to taste, all on a stick to be eaten as candy.
While there is no recorded date for the creation of cake pops. Most people say that Bakerella, a popular baking blog, helped make then a “pop” phenomenon. See Pinterest below
In 2011, cake pops were considered the newest and most popular confectionery food trends
Other variations of cake pops are cake balls, cakesicles, cupcake pops, and cake-on-a-stick.
Cake pops in recent years have become ubiquitous to Starbucks coffee shops.
* Bakerella celebrates National Cake Pop Day on Feb 1
Foodimentary’s cake pops pics.
On This Day in Food History…
It’s Foodimentary my dear!
1856 Auburn University is chartered as the East Alabama Male College, a primarily agricultural college.
1867 Bricklayers first started working 8-hour days
1884 The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is publish(including 23 recipes & cooking tips)
1913 New York City’s Grand Central Terminal opens. The world’s largest train station including several restaurants & food stalls.
1960 Four students stage the first civil rights “sit-in” at the lunch counter of the Greensboro, NC, Woolworth
Tagged: African Heritage & Health Week Five Food Finds, Bakerella, Cake Pops, dark chocolate, National Cake, national dark chocolate day, National Food Holiday, original social media foodie, social media foodie
October 4 is National Taco Day
Here are today’s five thing to know about Tacos:
Founder, Glenn Bell, first opened the chain “Del Tacos,” a hot dog and taco franchise.
He was the first to fry his taco shells in advance. Before then, they were fried on demand.
They were the first fast food chain to have move tie-in promotions.
In 1962, a tacos only cost 19 cents.
Even though the 1990 Chihuahua was an advertising phenomenon, taco sales actually went down during that period.
The word taco started in the 18th century silver mines in Mexico. Back then, a taco was just some paper wrapped around gunpowder.
Taco Bell has tried to enter the Mexican market twice, failing both times, even after branding their food “American” food.
In 1914, the first recipes for tacos were put into an English cookbook.
Today’s Pinterest Board : Foodimentary
1925 Teaching the theory of evolution became illegal in Tennessee.
1984 A section of Central Park is renamed ‘Strawberry Fields’ to honor John Lennon.
1994 Due to bad harvests, there is a shortage of Japanese grown rice. Japan’s Imperial Palace begins serving royal meals to the Emperor & Empress with rice grown in the U.S., China and Thailand.
1999 Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones landed in the Egyptian desert, having completed the 1st ‘Around the World’ hot air balloon flight. According to the BBC, they carried fresh food, including bread, cheese and pre-cooked steaks to last for 6 or 7 days, after which they made due with dried foods such as cereals and powdered milk. The flight began in the Swiss Alps, took 19 days, 21 hours and 55 minutes, and covered 29,056 non-stop miles.
Categories: Food Holidays, March Food Holidays
Tagged: crunchy taco day, five food finds, foodimentary, john-bryan hopkins, national crunchy taco day, original social media foodie, social media foodie, taco bell history, today in food history
March 30 is National Turkey Neck Soup Day
Here are today’s five thing to know about Turkey Neck Soup:
The turkey is named “Tom”, because Ben Franklin always teased “Tom” Jefferson for not picking the turkey as the national bird
The turkey was never a staple for native Americans because they were seen as weak. They were only eaten in times of famine.
Turkey chicks have a tendency to drown on rainwater. They become curious about the phenomenon above their heads, and look until they drown.
“Legend has it” in the 1800’s they cross-bred turkey and chicken into “turken”.
All major documents signed in the founding of the United States used the quill (feather) of a turkey for their signing.
An old American way to celebrate the end of Winter and the promise of Spring.
Turkey Neck Soup is pretty much what it says – a soup whose stock is made from turkey necks.
The tough neck meat helps make soups richer.
1843 Napoleon E. Guerin received the first U.S. patent for an egg incubator.
1858 Hyman Lipman patented the first pencil with an eraser attached.
1868 The Pullman Palace Car Company introduced the first railroad dining car.
1911 RIP Ellen Swallow Richards, one of the founders of the home economics movement in the U.S.
1945 Eric ‘Slowhand’ Clapton, singer & songwriter was born. A member of the rock groups the Yardbirds and Cream.
1987 ‘Sunflowers’ by Vincent Van Gogh is sold to a Japanese buyer for $39.9 million. There has been some controversy on whether it is possibly a fake. During the 1990s more than 2 dozen Van Gogh’s have been labeled as fakes or copies. Vincent Van Gogh was also born on this day in 1853.
Tagged: daily quote, eric slowhand, five food finds, food, Food Holiday, foodimentary, fun, home economics movement, hyman lipman, john-bryan hopkins, life, original social media foodie, pullman palace car company, quill feather, social media foodie, turkey neck soup, vincent van gogh
March 27 is World Whisky Day
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Whisky:
Whisky and whiskey are actually the same liquor. In American-English and Irish-English, it is spelled “whiskey”. In British-English, it is spelled “whisky”.
A whisky stops maturing after it is bottled.
The dark color of whisky comes from the wooden barrels in which it is aged. The wood expands and contracts with the change in temperature, making the movie in and out of the wood. The compounds from wood give whisky its dark color.
There are more than 5000 types of Single Malt Whisky.
The barrels made from American White Oak have been claimed to produce the tastiest whisky.
The word whiskey comes from the Irish uisce beatha or “water of life.” From Ireland, whiskey spread across the North Channel to Scotland.
The number next to the Whiskey’s name refers to the age of the youngest whiskey to produce that specific product. If there is no number, then it is probably a minimum of three years old
A closed bottle of whisky can be kept for more than 100 years and it will still be good to drink. After opening, it will remain good for around five years.
1860 M.L. Byrn patented a new and improved corkscrew.
1901 Carl Barks was born. He worked for Disney Studios and illustrated Donald Duck comics.
1923 R.I.P. Sir James Dewar. He invented the ‘Dewar Flask,’ the original ‘thermos bottle’.
1958 Sheb Wooley recorded ‘Purple People Eater’ on this day.
2001 China reported that its population is now 1.26 Billion.
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March 26 is National Nougat Day
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Nougat:
3 Muskateer bars, one of the most popular nougat candy bars of the 20th century, originally consisted of three flavors: chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. During WWII rationing, they were limited to vanilla flavoring, & they remain this way today.
Nougat is commonly found in candy bars; Milky Way, 3 Muskateers, Snickers, Polar, etc.
Today’s nougat is a mixture of sucrose and corn syrup with a whipping agent to create its fluffy texture.
Nougat was put in candy bars to resemble the texture and flavor of ice cream. This is why early candy bars with nougat were commonly served frozen.
The word nougat comes from Occitan (a southern French dialect) pan nogat, from nux gatum, which means nutbread.
German nougat, also known as “Viennese Nougat”, is generally made with only sugar, chocolate, and almonds.
In Spain, the most popular form of nougat is called turrón. It typically comes in hard and soft varieties and usually is sold in block form.
African nougat typically is made with fruits, rather than nuts.
1753 Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford was born. American physician who invented the percolator, a pressure cooker and a kitchen stove. He is frequently credited with creating the dessert, Baked Alaska.
1937 The cities of Dilley, Texas, and Crystal City, Texas each erected a statue of Popeye, the cartoon character.
1996 David Packard died. Founder with William Hewlett of Hewlett Packard Company. Before they became famous for computers and printers etc., some of their early inventions were an automatic urinal flusher and a weight loss shock machine!
Tagged: 3 musketeer bar, five food finds, foodimentary, history of 3 musketeers, march food holidays, national food holidays, national nougat day, nougat, on this day in food history, original social media foodie, social media foodie
March 25 is International Waffle Day
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Waffle:
International Waffle day originated in Sweden.
Vårfrudagen, a Swedish name for “Our Lady’s Day” sounds (in Swedish) like Våffel-dagen (waffle day).
Waffles are descended from the flat cakes baked in ancient Greece. These cakes were prepared with cheese and herbs and cooked between two metal plates.
The waffles we know today first appeared in the Middle Ages.
Thomas Jefferson’s Belgian cook brought one of the first waffle irons to the US.
“A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap.” – Mitch Hedberg
The word “waffle” is from the Dutch, meaning “wafer”.
Eggo Waffles were first brought into supermarket freezer sections in 1953.
Parry Gripp created a song called “Do You Like Waffles” because of his love of waffles.
1775 Pecan Day. George Washington planted pecan trees (some of which still survive) at Mount Vernon. The trees were supposedly a gift to Washington from Thomas Jefferson.
1848 William Keith Brooks was born. An American zoologist, he was a champion for the conservation of the Chesapeake Bay oyster. Author of ‘The Oyster‘ (1891).
1867 R.I.P. Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge. A German chemist who developed a method for obtaining sugar from beet juice.
1867 The 2 mile long, 5 foot diameter Chicago Lake Tunnel was activated. It was the first water supply tunnel for a U.S. city.
1914 Norman Ernest Borlaug was born. American agronomist, Nobel Peace Prize winner for efforts to overcome world hunger. Developed the wheat/rye hybrid called ‘triticale’ with higher yield and protein content.
1995 Pizza Hut introduced its Stuffed Crust Pizza.
2008 R.I.P. Herb Peterson, creator of McDonald’s Egg McMuffin breakfast sandwich.
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March 20 is National Ravioli Day
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Ravioli:
The first mentions of Ravioli was in the 14th century Venus.
The word ravioli is from an old Italian word riavvolgere (“to wrap”)
Canned ravioli was pioneered by Chef Boyardee in the 1930’s
“Fresh” packed ravioli lasts up for several week while fresh made lasts for just a few days.
Italian tradition is to serve vegetarian ravioli, particularly on Fridays. Meats is served as a side or later in the meal.
Ravioli appears in In India, a popular dish called Gujiya is similar to ravioli, however it is prepared sweet, with a filing of dry fruits, sugar and a mixture of sweet spices, then deep fried in vegetable oil.
Ravioli nudi, or “naked ravioli”, refers to simply the filling without the pasta shell.
Jewish cuisine has a similar dish called Kreplach, a pocket of meat or other filling covered by egg pasta.
1602 The Dutch East India Company was established and the Netherlands granted it a monopoly on trade with Asia.
1727 RIP Sir Isaac Newton It is said that an apple fell on his head inspired his theory of universal gravitation. The apple is thought to have been the green skinned ‘Flower of Kent’ variety.
1932 RIP Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov,a Soviet biologist. Others had previously shown it was possible to artificially inseminate domestic animals, Ivanov developed the practical procedures in 1901.
1941 ‘All That Meat And No Potatoes’ was recorded by jazz musician Fats Waller.
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March 19 is National Oatmeal Cookie Day
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Oatmeal:
Oats were one of the earliest cereals cultivated by man. They were known in ancient China as long ago as 7,000 B.C. The ancient Greeks were the first people known to have made a recognizable porridge (cereal) from oats
Oatmeal cookies are the #1 non-cereal usage for oatmeal, followed by meatloaf and fruit crisp
Seventy-five percent of U.S. households have oatmeal in their cupboard
The portrait of the Quaker man on the Quaker® Oats package has been updated just three times since its creation in 1877, once in 1946, again in 1957 and, most recently, in 1972.
Quaker Oats was the first U.S. breakfast cereal to receive a registered trademark, the first to offer a recipe and a premium on its package, and the first to offer trial-size samples.
“There’s an oatmeal cookie in there? I see no reason for the existence of oatmeal, particularly in cookies.”
~Oscar the Grouch
Oatmeal is heart healthy. More than 37 scientific studies show that eating oatmeal daily as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may help reduce the risk of heart disease.
When Rome attempted to conquer England, Scots and English bring with them oat cookies in their bags to provide immediate energy at times of struggles.
Varieties of oats can be used to make oatmeal cookies, including oat bran, oat flour, old fashioned oats, and quick cooking oats.
1936 Canned beer is sold to the public in Britain for the first time, by Felinfoel Brewery in Wales.
1942 Clinton Hart Merriam died. A biologist, he studied the effects of using birds to control agricultural pests. He also helped found the National Geographic Society, and what is now known as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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March 18 is National Sloppy Joe Day
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Sloppy Joe:
Most believe the sloppy joe was first served in Havannah Cuba at the bar and café “Sloppy Joe’s” in the early 1900’s.
The sloppy joe goes by many names, including manwich, slush burger, yum yums,barbecue, dynamite, and even sloppy jane.
“Sloppy Joe’s” were mentioned in several movies of the 1930’s, Citizen Kane and even It’s a Wonderful Life. Even though it was not widely popular until the 1960’s.
In 1969, Hunt’s revolutionized the Sloppy Joe when it introduced its Manwich Sloppy Joe Sauce.
Many say that a cook named Joe in Sioux City, Iowa, in the 1920′ created a sandwich of “loose meat” served in bread, a “sloppy’ Joe.
Sloppy joes are often called by different names in different parts of the United States such as barbecues, dynamites, gulash, sloppy janes, slushburgers, steamers, wimpies and yum yums.
Some variations of Sloppy Joe recipes use meats other than the traditional ground beef, such as chuck roast or even chicken.
Some others call for different spices like cinnamon or brown sugar.
1863 Women rioted in Salisbury, North Carolina, to protest the lack of flour and salt in the Confederacy.
1925 ‘Tea for Two’ was recorded by Binnie Hale & the Palace Theater Orchestra.
1946 The Andrews Sisters recorded ‘Avocado’
1966 RIP Hedda Hopper, Gossip columnist. Her famous Quote: “Having only friends [and no enemies] would be dull….like eating eggs without salt.”
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March 17 is National ‘Eat Like the Irish’ Day
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Irish Cuisine:
In 2010, the average Irish person aged 15+ drank 11.9 litres of pure alcohol, according to provisional data. That’s the equivalent of about 44 bottles of vodka, 470 pints or 124 bottles of wine.
There is a famous Irish dessert known as Drisheen, a surprisingly delicious black pudding.
Traditional dishes include Irish stew, coddle, and Irish breakfast.
The leprechaun, famous to Ireland, is said to grant wishes to those who can catch them.
The first fish and chips was served in Dublin in the 1880’s by Italian imigrants.
St. Patrick is well known for being the patron saint of Ireland and having a day named for him that most of the world uses as an excuse to get incredibly drunk. However, St. Patrick, despite popular belief, was not actually Irish.
St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated in North America since the late 18th century.
One of the shortest St. Patrick’s Day parades in the world lasts only 100 yards, from one pub to another, and is held in Dripsey, County Cork, Ireland.
1751 Anders Dahl was born. A renowned Swedish botanist, the Dahlia flower was named for him.
1845 Stephen Perry received a patent for the rubber band. It was made from vulcanized rubber.
1864 Work began on a 2 mile long, 5 foot diameter, water supply tunnel for Chicago. It was completed in 1867.
1944 John Sebastian of the music group ‘Loving Spoonful’ was born.
1967 Billy Corgan of the music group ‘Smashing Pumpkins’ was born.
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March 13 is Chicken Noodle Soup Day
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Chicken Noodle Soup:
Campbell’s first introduces ‘Noodle soup with Chicken’ in 1934
During a radio program on “Amos ‘n Andy” Amos misread his script and said “Chicken Noodle Soup”. Within a few weeks, Campbell’s changed the name.
Research has shown that each can of soup contains around 216 noodles measuring 32 to 34 feet of noodles.
Campbell’s create over a million miles of noodles for soup per year. Enough to go around the Earth 40 times.
In 1898, Herberton Williams, a Campbell’s executive, adopted the carnelian red and white color scheme; he was taken with the Cornell University football team’s uniforms
Soup can be dated back to about 6000 B.C. and was first made of hippopotamus.
The inspiration of Andy Warhol to paint his “Campbell’s Soup Cans” series from eating it for lunch every day for 20 years.
2014 is the 80th birthday of the Campbell’s Condensed Chicken Noodle soup.
1764 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl, was born. Earl Grey was supposedly given the recipe for Earl Grey Tea by a Chinese mandarin with whom he was friends.
1813 Lorenzo Delmonico, famed restaurateur was born at Marengo, Switzerland. In 1851 he joined his uncles in their catering and pastry shop in New York City. He transformed the business into one of the most famous restaurants in the country.
1893 The original Waldorf Hotel opened. It had 450 rooms and almost 1,000 employees.
1915 Wilbert Robinson (Uncle Robby), manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, attempted to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane. Someone had substituted a grapefruit instead, which virtually exploded in his glove on impact, covering him with grapefruit pulp and juice, much to the amusement of his team.
2006 While a Poultry and Food Science professor at Cornell University from 1949-1989 he developed chicken nuggets (keeping the breading on was the key), turkey ham, poultry hot dogs and many other products. He founded Cornell’s Institute of Food Science and Marketing in 1970, and in 2004 was inducted into the American Poultry Hall of Fame.
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March 10 is National Ranch Dressing Day
Here are today’s five thing to know about Ranch Dressing:
In 1954 ranch dressing was invented at Hidden Valley Ranch, a dude ranch near Santa Barbara, California.
Ranch dressing has been the best-selling salad dressing in the United States since 1992, overtaking Italian dressing.
Hidden Valley brand owns the right to ‘the Original Ranch®‘ After decades of trademark lawsuits similar products can be labeled ‘ranch style’ or simply ‘ranch’
While popular in the United States and Canada, ranch dressing is virtually unknown in most of the world
Since 1972 Hidden Valley Ranch has been owned by Clorox.
1845 RIP John Chapman, ‘Johnny Appleseed’ ,an American pioneer and legend, he planted apple seeds in the Ohio River valley area (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois)
1867 Lillian D. Wald was born. She was a scientist and nurse, and among her activities, she helped initiate the enactment of pure food laws in the U.S.
1873 RIP John Torrey, he was the first professional botanist in the New World.
1914 At the National Gallery in London, a suffragette slashed Diego Velázquez’s ‘Rokeby Venus’ with a meat cleaver.
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March 8 is National Peanut Cluster Day
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Peanut Cluster:
‘Peanut Cluster’ is referred to a type of candy that mixes melted chocolate and peanuts.
These crunchy treats are a perfect combination of a sweet and salty deliciousness.
There are several versions of peanut clusters including caramel clusters, butterscotch clusters and chocolate peanut clusters.
Peanuts have a higher antioxidant capacity over grapes, green tea, tomatoes, spinach, carrots and many more.
Peanut clusters have been around for many years dating way before 1912 when they were made popular by the Goo Goo Cluster.
Astronaut Allen B. Sheppard brought peanuts with him to the moon.
During World War II the the Emporia Wholesale Coffee Company “shipped approximately 50,000 pounds of chocolate peanut clusters weekly for consumption by those on the fighting front.”
1824 RIP Jean Jacques Regis de Cambaceres, A French politician and gourmet, a contemporary and rival of Talleyrand and Carême. The dinners he gave were legendary. He refused to admit late-comers, and was demanded complete silence while dining.
1923 The Coca Cola 6 bottle carton was introduced.
1992 RIP Christian K. Nelson, inventor of the Eskimo Pie at age 98.
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March 6 is National Oreo Day
Here are today’s five thing to know about Oreo:
In 1912, Nabisco had a new idea for a cookie – two chocolate disks with a creme filling in between.
The first Oreo cookie looked very similar to the Oreo cookie of today, with only a slight difference in the design on the chocolate disks.
Little did they know that the Oreo cookie would become the largest selling cookie of all time.
The origin of the name Oreo is unknown, but there are many theories, including derivations from the French word ‘Or’, meaning gold (as early packaging was gold), or the Greek word ‘Oreo’, meaning beautiful, nice or well done.
Starting in January 2006, Oreo cookies replaced the trans fat in the cookie with non-hydrogenated vegetable oil.
1899 Aspirin was patented by Felix Hoffman of the German company, Bayer. Aspirin was originally developed by Charles Frederic Gerhardt in 1853, but he never thought it important enough to patent.
1912 Nabisco debuts the Oreo cookie. The Oreo is considered largest selling cookie of all time.
1930 Retail frozen foods go on sale for the first time in Springfield, Massachusetts. Various fruits, vegetables, meat and fish were offered for sale. Clarence Birdseye had developed the method used to successfully freeze foods on a commercial scale.
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March 5 is National Cheez Doodle Day
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Cheez Doodle:
Cheetos cheese-flavored puffs became a hit in the 1950’s soon, Cheez Doodles appeared.
“Cheez Doodles fingers” is the official word used to when you get cheese powder on your fingers after eating ANY cheese flavored snack food.
Cheez Doodles are said to be one of the only packaged snack foods preferred by Julia Child.
They have recently entered pop culture as the preferred snack of ESPN NBA analyst Stephen A. Smith, and are the favourite snack of Lincoln Peirce’s comic character Big Nate.
Wise (the company that produces Cheez Doodles) recently made their Crunchy Cheez Doodles “cheezier,” more akin to Cheetos’ flavor.
1836 Charles Goodnight was born. He is said to have devised the first ‘chuck wagon’ from an Army wagon in the 1850s with various shelves and compartments for food, equipment, utensils, medical supplies, etc.
1893 Emmett J. Culligan was born. He was the founder of the water treatment company that carries his name.
1910 Momofuku Ando was born in Taiwan. Mr. Ando was the founder of Nissin Food Products, and invented ‘Instant Ramen’ noodles.
1991 Patent # 5,000,000 was issued to Lonnie O. Ingram of the University of Florida. The patent was for a genetically engineered form of the E. coli bacterium that converts plant material into ethanol.
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March 2 is National Banana Cream Pie Day
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Banana Cream Pie:
Nearly one out of five (19%) of Americans prefer apple pie, followed by pumpkin (13%), pecan (12%), banana cream (10%) and cherry (9%)
Until the early 1900’s Pie was considered a breakfast food.
In England, Oliver Cromwell banned the eating of pie in 1644, declaring it “a pagan form of pleasure”
“Wet bottom” molasses pie, Shoo-fly pie, were not originally made to eat. They were used to attract flies from the kitchen. They would stick to the pies
Early colonists cooked their pies in long narrow pans calling them “coffins” Round pies were not common until the early 1800’s.
“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.”
1799 The first U.S. weights and measures law was passed by Congress. Actually it did not set standards, but rather required the surveyor of each port to test and correct the instruments and weights used to calculate duties on imports. Basically each surveyor was on his own in setting the standards to be tested.
1887 Harry E. Soref was born. Inventor of the laminated steel padlock, founder of the Master Lock Company in 1921. The company became well known in 1928 when it shipped 147,600 padlocks to federal prohibition agents in New York for locking up speakeasies they raided.
1904 Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) was born. Writer and cartoonist. A few of his childrens books were ‘Green Eggs and Ham,’ ‘One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish,’ ‘Scrambled Eggs Super!’ and ‘The Butter Battle Book’
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February 27 is National Kahlua Day
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Kahlua:
Kahlúa is the ‘original’ coffee liquor. First produced in 1936 by Veracruz, Mexico native Pedro Domeca.
The word Kah-lúa means “Heart of the Veracruz people”
The ‘Black Russian’ the worlds most popular Kahlúa mixed drink,was first created in 1949.
A 1 ounce serving of Kalúa contains 20% alcohol /42 proof, zero fat, 14 carbs, and 91 calories
It takes 7 years to create each bottle of Kalúa, from harvest of the coffee beans, vanilla, and sugar cane to bottle.
“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.” ~Frank Sinatra
also: National Strawberry Day
1827 The first Mardi Gras celebration was held in New Orleans.
1879 Saccharin, an artificial sweetener, was discovered by Constantine Fahlberg and Ira Remsen at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The FDA has required warning labels, since 1972, on products using saccharin because it is a suspected carcinogen.
1902 John Steinbeck was born. American novelist, some of his titles were: ‘The Grapes of Wrath,’ ‘Tortilla Flats’ and ‘Cannery Row.’
1936 RIP Ivan Petrovich Pavlov died. He first theorized that digestion was controlled in part by sensory inputs of sight, smell and taste . ‘conditioned reflex.’
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February 24 is National Tortilla Chip Day
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Tortilla Chip:
Most tortilla chips are triangular shaped because they are cut from round tortilla.
In Mexico, Tortilla Chips are called tostados, toasted chips. Outside of North America they are called “corn chips”
Doritos brand is the first toasted tortilla chip launched nationally in the U.S.(1966)
Tortilla chips are considered the most fattening item sold in Mexican restaurants with as much as 2 grams of fat per chip.
Nachos, chips topped with a variation of shredded cheese, salsa, sour cream, etc., are said to be created by Ignacia Anaya in 1943, account for 30% of all restaurant tortilla chips
“Why is it so hard to find an exercise bike with a basket for my tortilla chips?“~Roseanne Barr
1874 RIP John Bachman, A Naturalist who wrote some of the text for John James Audubon’s albums of birds and mammals of North America.
1938 DuPont begins production of nylon toothbrush bristles. A patent had been granted in 1937. The nylon bristles replaced hog bristles. Yes, toothbrushes used to be made with hog bristles.
1955 Steven Jobs was born, co-founder of Apple computer company. According to the company, he “grew up in the apricot orchards which later became known as Silicon Valley.”
1989 A fossil egg was found in Utah that was 150 million years old.
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February 21 is Pancake Day
Many celebrate today with rolled thin pancakes topped with caster sugar(powdered) a dash of lemon juice and a dollop of jelly or jam
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Pancake:
Throughout Europe most people celebrate Shrove Tuesday with pancakes
Pancakes are associated with the day before lent because it was a way to use up “rich foods” such as eggs, milk, & sugar, before the 40 days fast begins
The word ‘shrove’ refers to an old English word shrive meaning ‘confess’
Most people call today Mardi Gras, which in French means Fat Tuesday. Marking seven weeks before Easter Day.
In Iceland they celebrate today with salted meats, fish, and peas. Known as Sprengidagur (Bursting Day)
1554 Hieronymus Bock died. A German botanist whose work contributed to the transition from medieval beliefs to modern science.
1741 Jethro Tull died. He was an English agriculturalist and inventor whose ideas were instrumental in the development of modern English agriculture. One of his inventions was a horse drawn seed planting drill that sowed 3 even rows of seeds at once. (1701). The music group ‘Jethro Tull’ was named for him.
1858 Edwin T. Holmes sells the first electric burglar alarm in the U.S., in Boston, Massachusetts. His workshop was later used by Alexander Graham Bell.
1895 Carl Peter Henrik Dam was born. Dam was a Danish biochemist who discovered vitamin K in 1939.
1927 Erma Bombeck was born. Writer, humorist, you will find some of her quotes about family and food on the Food Reference website.
1931 Alka Seltzer was introduced.
1985 Nathan Pritikin died. A nutritionist who believed that exercise and a low fat, high unrefined carbohydrate diet helped reverse his own heart disease. He founded the Pritikin Longevity Center in 1976.
1989 The USDA approved ‘Simplesse,’ a low calorie fat substitute.
1994 Whirlpool began manufacturing a refrigerator that was significantly more efficient, and did not use freon. Freon has been implicated in the destruction of ozone in the atmosphere.
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Almond:
Almonds are mentioned several times in the New and Old Testaments. They are revered as symbols of divine approval.
Almonds are actually fruits, related to cherries and plums.
Raw Almonds contain prussic acids, the eating of more than a handfull can be lethal. this is why all almonds are dried, roasted and/or pasteurized.
A key indicator of cyanide poisoning was the faint smell of roasted almonds on the victim.
Greek mythology tells of the beautiful princess Phyllis, who was left waiting at the altar on her wedding day by her intended, Demophon. Phyllis waited for years for him to return, but finally died of a broken heart. In sympathy, the gods transformed Phyllis into an almond tree, which became a symbol of hope
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Gumdrop:
Gumdrops, a fruit or spice flavored sugar coated gelatin candy, usually conical in shape. Other shapes and flavors; Orange slices, Licorice Babies, and Spearmint Leaves.
The most popular flavors are cherry, grape, orange, lemon, and spice flavors like clove, cinnamon, mint, and anise(licorice)
It is said that Percy Trusdale invented the gumdrop in 1801.
Originally, gumdrops were flavored with spices: orange(clove), yellow(allspice), red(cinnamon), green(spearmint), purple(anise), white(wintergreen or peppermint), and black(licorice)
The NASA Apollo Command modules were nicknamed “Gumdrops” because of it’s conical shape.