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March 21st is National Crunchy Taco Day!

Posted on March 21, 2018
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Happy National Crunchy Taco Day!

Here are today’s five food finds about tacos:

The word taco started in the 18th century silver mines in Mexico.

Taco Bell has tried to enter the Mexican market twice, failing both times, even after branding their food “American” food.

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In 1914, the first recipes for tacos were put into an English cookbook.

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A “Taquería” is a Spanish word meaning taco shop.

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One of the first taco trucks is thought to have started in New York when in 1966 two New York housewives operated an early version of the taco truck. Although the truck did not have a full kitchen, it was available for catering.

Today’s Food History

  • 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.

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March 21st is National Crunchy Taco Day!

Posted on March 21, 2017
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Here are today’s five food finds about tacos:

The word taco started in the 18th century silver mines in Mexico.

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Taco Bell has tried to enter the Mexican market twice, failing both times, even after branding their food “American” food.

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In 1914, the first recipes for tacos were put into an English cookbook.

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A “Taquería” is a Spanish word meaning taco shop.

taco_truck_st_louis_mo
One of the first taco trucks is thought to have started in New York when in 1966 two New York housewives operated an early version of the taco truck. Although the truck did not have a full kitchen, it was available for catering.

Today’s Food History

  • 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.
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March 3 is National Cold Cuts Day

Posted on March 3, 2015
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Here are today’s five thing to know about Cold Cuts:

  1. Cold cuts are sliced, precooked or cured meat, often sausages or meat loaves.
  2. Usually they are served on sandwiches or a platter with cheese and crackers.
  3. They are most commonly for sale vacuum-packed at the grocery store or sliced-to-order at the deli.
  4. Most pre-sliced cold cuts are higher in fat, nitrates, and sodium than those that are sliced to order.
  5. The CDC advises that those over 50 reheat cold cuts to “steaming hot” 165 °F (73.9 °C) and use them within four days.

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Today’s Pinterest Board : Foodimentary

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Today’s Food History

  • 1709 Andreas Sigismund Marggraf was born. A German chemist, in 1747 he extracted sugar from the sugar beet and determined it was identical to cane sugar. It wasn’t until 1802 that the first beet sugar refinery would be built.
  • 1797 The first patent for a washing machine was issued to Nathaniel Briggs
  • 1855 Congress authorized $30,000 to purchase dromedaries (camels) for the military to use in the Southwest.
  • 1879 Elmer McCollum was born. He was a chemist who discovered vitamins A, B and D.
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National Cereal Day

Posted on March 7, 2013

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National Cereal Day

Five things you should know about

Cereal

  1. A breakfast cereal (or just cereal) is a food made from processed grains that is often eaten with the first meal of the day.
  2. It is often eaten cold, usually mixed with milk (e.g. cow’s milk, soy milk, rice milk, almond milk), juice, water, or yogurt, and sometimes fruit, but may be eaten dry.
  3. Some companies promote their products for the health benefits from eating oat-based and high-fiber cereals.
  4. Cereals may be fortified with vitamins.
  5. The first breakfast cereal, Granula was invented in the United States in 1863 by James Caleb Jackson.

On This Day in Food History…

1804 John Wedgwood, the son of Josiah Wedgwood of pottery fame, founded the Royal Horticultural Society.

1849 Luther Burbank was born. American horticulturist, he developed many new varieties of fruits and vegetables, including the Burbank Potato (1873), the Shasta Daisy, over 100 varieties of plums and prunes and 10 varieties of berries.

1897 Dr. John Kellogg served corn flakes for the first time to his patients at his hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan. They wouldn’t be sold commercially until 1906.

1914 The Coca Cola Bottler’s Association was formed.

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