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December 9 is National Pastry Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

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National Pastry Day

Today’s Food History

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1814 Joseph Bramah died. An English engineer, among his many inventions was a beer engine, used to deliver beer from keg to glass without artificial carbonation being added.

1886 Clarence Birdseye was born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1924, Clarence Birdseye, with the financial backing of Wetmore Hodges, William Gamage, Basset Jones, I.L. Rice and J.J. Barry, organized the General Seafood Corporation. The birth of the frozen food industry.

1927 ‘Struttin’ With Some Barbecue’ was recorded by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five.

1935 Lafayette Benedict Mendel died. An American biochemist who published various papers on nutrition. His work on vitamins and proteins helped establish modern standards of nutrition.

1993 On the TV show ‘Seinfield,’ Kramer came up with the idea to write a coffee table book about coffee tables.

1997 Karl August Folkers died. He was the first to isolate vitamin B12.

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National Shrimp Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

National Shrimp Day

Five Food Finds about Shrimp

The pistol shrimp can deliver an explosive attack hotter than the surface of the sun and loud enough to rupture a human ear drum.

Every shrimp is actually born male, and some develop into females.

Some shrimp are actually capable of glowing in the dark.

Shrimp can vary in size from 1/2 inch to 12 inches.

In some areas, shrimp served with the head still attached is considered a delicacy.

Today’s Food History

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1785 The beer-pump handle was patented by Joseph Bramah.

1845 Carl Gustaf Patrik de Laval was born. A Swedish scientist and inventor. Among his inventions was the centrifugal cream separator and a vacuum milking machine.

1914 R.I.P. C. W. Post (Charles William. He founded the Postum Cereal Co. in 1895 (renamed General Foods Corp. in 1922) to manufacture Postum cereal beverage; 1897 Grape Nuts, 1904 Post Toasties (originally called Elijah’s Mana).

1992 The record brown trout weighed over 40 pounds and was caught in Arkansas.

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National Peach Cobbler Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

National Peach Cobbler Day

Did you know Peach Cobbler day was created by the Georgia Peach Council in the 1950’s to sell canned peaches?

The rough look of the pie gives the dish its name. It looks “cobbled ” together.

Today’s Food History

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1748 Joseph Bramah was born. An English engineer, among his many inventions was a beer engine, used to deliver beer from keg to glass without artificial carbonation being added.

1796 The first elephant to be brought to the U.S. arrived from Bengal, India. It was exhibited in New York, and its diet was described as: “thirty pounds of rice besides hay and straw…. all kinds of wine and spiritous liquors….and every kind of vegetable; it will also draw a cork from a bottle in its trunk.”

1883 Alfred Packer was convicted of cannibalism in Colorado. (Actually he was convicted of murder, since cannibalism was not against the law). He was sentenced to death, but was retried in 1886 and sentenced to 40 years. He was paroled in 1901, and died in 1907.

1902 Baron Philippe de Rothschild was born. (Wine producer).

1909 Mervyn Hugh Cowie was born. Cowie was a British wildlife conservationist, founder and director of Kenya’s Royal National Parks.

1916 Funk Brothers Seed Company sold the first U.S. shipment of hybrid seed corn to Samuel Ramsay of Jacobsburg, Ohio.

1916 Edna Lewis was born, southern chef and author of ‘The Taste of Southern Cooking’ (1976).

1917 James Buchanan (‘Diamond Jim’) Brady died. An American financier and philanthropist, Diamond Jim was known for his diamond jewelry and his huge appetite.

1944 Jack Casady of the music group ‘Hot Tuna’ was born.

1976 The $2 bill is reintroduced by the U.S. Treasury.

2008 The National Meats Institute in Uruguay organized a record Largest BBQ, grilling about over 26,000 pounds of beef on a mile long bbq grill using 6 tonnes of charcoal.