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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.

Daily Quote

“There’s an oatmeal cookie in there? I see no reason for the existence of oatmeal, particularly in cookies.”

~Oscar the Grouch

Fun Fact:

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.

Today’s Pinterest Board : Foodimentary

Today’s Food History

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

Categories: Food Holidays, March Food Holidays

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March 19 is National Oatmeal Cookie Day

Interesting Food Facts 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.

Daily Quote

“There’s an oatmeal cookie in there? I see no reason for the existence of oatmeal, particularly in cookies.”

~Oscar the Grouch

Fun Fact:

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.

Today’s Food History

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

Categories: Food Holidays, March Food Holidays

National Sacher Torte Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

5 Star Recipe from MyRecipes.com

National Sacher Torte Day

Today’s Food History

on this day in…

1624 Gaspard Bauhin died. A Swiss botanist, he developed a binomial (2 name) system of plant classification. He published ‘Pinax Theatri Botanici’, which was a compilation that included over 6,000 species that had appeared in works from Theophrastus, Dioscorides and many later herbals.

1822 Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz was born. An American naturalist, cofounder with her husband (Louis Agassiz), of the Anderson school of Natural History. She was also the first president of Radclife College.

1854 Aaron Allen patented a folding chair. Setting up for banquets becomes a whole lot easier.

1855 Clinton Hart Merriam was born. A biologist, he studied the effects of using birds to control agricultural pests. He also helped found the National Geographic Society.

1870 Alexandre Dumas died. French author (‘The Three Musketeers’, etc.) was also well known as a gourmet, and author of ‘Grande Dictionnaire de la cuisine,’ which he finished a just a few weeks before his death in 1870. It was published in 1872.

1876 D.C. Stillson patented the Stillson wrench, the first practical pipe wrench. This was the right handed pipe wrench, I don’t know when the left handed pipe wrench was invented.

1933 Utah and Nevada voted for the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment and ended prohibition, ‘the noble experiment.’ Cheers!

1935 Ernest Brundin and Frank Lyon set up the first commercial scale hydroponic plant culture system. A patent was issued to them on December 1, 1936.

1974 The BBC broadcast the last episode of ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus.’

2006 New York became the first U.S. city to ban artificial trans fats in restaurant food when the Board of Health voted to ban them today. NYC restaurants will have until July to stop using frying oils with artery clogging trans fats, and will have to eliminate trans fats from all foods by July 2008.

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National Oatmeal Cookie Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

National Oatmeal Cookie Day

Five Food Finds 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.

Daily Quote

“There’s an oatmeal cookie in there? I see no reason for the existence of oatmeal, particularly in cookies.”

~Oscar the Grouch

Today’s Food History

on this day in…

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