This Day in Food History

National Chocolate Covered Insect Day
National Dessert Day

1834 Henry Blair received a patent for a corn planter. He was the first African American to be granted a patent.

1926 ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ (the honey loving bear) by A. A. Milne is published.

1966 A hailstone 16 inches in diameter crashed through a truck windshield in Dodge County, Minnesota.

1972 ‘Everybody Plays The Fool’ by Main Ingredient is #1 on the charts