January 16 – National Hot and Spicy Food Day
John-Bryan Hopkins
Posted on January 16th, 2012
International Hot & Spicy Food Day
Daily Trivia: People who are regality eat spicy food are considered pyro-gourmaniacs.
also: National Fig Newton Day
Today’s Food History
on this day in…
- 1868 William Davis, received a patent for a refrigerated railway car. First used to ship fish. Later ushering in the age of portable cold produced & foods.
- 1920 Prohibition began in the U.S., banning the sale of all alcoholic beverages. Allowances were made to produce wine for “religious purposes.”
- 1965 Searchers’ “Love Potion #9″ peaks at #3
- 1958 A grasshopper plague causes serious damage across the state of Colorado & neighboring states. This “plagued” farmer’s crops; costing millions of dollars in damage.
some content is courtesy of www.FoodReference.com, used with permission
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Just subscribed. I love the whole concept of your blog. I think of food history all the time when I’m cooking (and by that I mean that I just wonder about it– I don’t know many cool facts at all.)
Would you be able to recommend a good food history book? Is there a general but fun treatise on the history of food, or do you go for the more specialized books? I’ve been meaning to read “Salt,” and I loved “Five FIshes”– it made me want to read “Cod.”
Glad we encountered each other. Take care.
Glad you like my blog. I have a pretty good list of food history books on goodreads.
My kind of reading is much more dry than Salt or Cod which were both pretty good.
Here is a link to my Goodreads list http://en.gravatar.com/foodimentaryguy
What a great blog! Can’t wait for National Mac & Cheese Day…assuming there is one…Thanks for following/liking!
Yum! See, A “day” to celebrate food is a good day indeed!