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February 21st is National Pancake Day*

John-Bryan Hopkins

Many consider this National Pancake Day! So celebrate!

Many celebrate today with rolled thin pancakes topped with caster sugar(powdered) a dash of lemon juice and a dollop of jelly or jam

Here are today’s five thing to know about Pancake:

Throughout Europe most people celebrate Shrove Tuesday with pancakes
Pancakes are associated with the day before lent because it was a way to use up “rich foods” such as eggs, milk, & sugar, before the 40 days fast begins
The word ‘shrove’ refers to an old English word shrive meaning ‘confess’
Most people call today Mardi Gras, which in French means Fat Tuesday. Marking seven weeks before Easter Day.
In Iceland they celebrate today with salted meats, fish, and peas. Known as Sprengidagur (Bursting Day)

Today’s Pinterest Board : Foodimentary

Today’s Food History

1554 Hieronymus Bock died. A German botanist whose work contributed to the transition from medieval beliefs to modern science.
1741 Jethro Tull died. He was an English agriculturalist and inventor whose ideas were instrumental in the development of modern English agriculture. One of his inventions was a horse drawn seed planting drill that sowed 3 even rows of seeds at once. (1701). The music group ‘Jethro Tull’ was named for him.
1858 Edwin T. Holmes sells the first electric burglar alarm in the U.S., in Boston, Massachusetts. His workshop was later used by Alexander Graham Bell.
1895 Carl Peter Henrik Dam was born. Dam was a Danish biochemist who discovered vitamin K in 1939.
1927 Erma Bombeck was born. Writer, humorist, you will find some of her quotes about family and food on the Food Reference website.
1931 Alka Seltzer was introduced.
1985 Nathan Pritikin died. A nutritionist who believed that exercise and a low fat, high unrefined carbohydrate diet helped reverse his own heart disease. He founded the Pritikin Longevity Center in 1976.
1989 The USDA approved ‘Simplesse,’ a low calorie fat substitute.
1994 Whirlpool began manufacturing a refrigerator that was significantly more efficient, and did not use freon. Freon has been implicated in the destruction of ozone in the atmosphere.

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February 21st is National Pancake Day*

John-Bryan Hopkins

Many celebrate today with rolled thin pancakes topped with caster sugar(powdered) a dash of lemon juice and a dollop of jelly or jam

Here are today’s five thing to know about Pancake:

Throughout Europe most people celebrate Shrove Tuesday with pancakes
Pancakes are associated with the day before lent because it was a way to use up “rich foods” such as eggs, milk, & sugar, before the 40 days fast begins
The word ‘shrove’ refers to an old English word shrive meaning ‘confess’
Most people call today Mardi Gras, which in French means Fat Tuesday. Marking seven weeks before Easter Day.
In Iceland they celebrate today with salted meats, fish, and peas. Known as Sprengidagur (Bursting Day)

Today’s Pinterest Board : Foodimentary

Today’s Food History

1554 Hieronymus Bock died. A German botanist whose work contributed to the transition from medieval beliefs to modern science.
1741 Jethro Tull died. He was an English agriculturalist and inventor whose ideas were instrumental in the development of modern English agriculture. One of his inventions was a horse drawn seed planting drill that sowed 3 even rows of seeds at once. (1701). The music group ‘Jethro Tull’ was named for him.
1858 Edwin T. Holmes sells the first electric burglar alarm in the U.S., in Boston, Massachusetts. His workshop was later used by Alexander Graham Bell.
1895 Carl Peter Henrik Dam was born. Dam was a Danish biochemist who discovered vitamin K in 1939.
1927 Erma Bombeck was born. Writer, humorist, you will find some of her quotes about family and food on the Food Reference website.
1931 Alka Seltzer was introduced.
1985 Nathan Pritikin died. A nutritionist who believed that exercise and a low fat, high unrefined carbohydrate diet helped reverse his own heart disease. He founded the Pritikin Longevity Center in 1976.
1989 The USDA approved ‘Simplesse,’ a low calorie fat substitute.
1994 Whirlpool began manufacturing a refrigerator that was significantly more efficient, and did not use freon. Freon has been implicated in the destruction of ozone in the atmosphere.

Today’s Pinterest Board at : Foodimentary

Categories: February Food Holidays, Food Holidays, Uncategorized

Tagged: national pancake day, pnacakes

September 23 is National Pancake Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

Here are today’s five thing to know about Pancake:

Throughout Europe most people celebrate Shrove Tuesday with pancakes–
Pancakes are associated with the day before lent because it was a way to use up “rich foods” such as eggs, milk, & sugar, before the 40 days fast begins–
A waffle is basically a pancake with a syrup trap. -Mitch Hedberg
Pancakes became popular because of the ease of quickly producing them in large quantities. They’re ideal for a big celebration or a large family’s breakfast.–
While cooking pancakes, the French often make a wish, while flipping the pancake to turn it over, while holding a coin in the other hand.

Today’s Pinterest Board : Pancake

Today’s Food History

1869 Mary Mallon was born. ‘Typhoid Mary’ was an infamous household cook who was responsible for major outbreaks of typhoid in the New York City area in 1904, 1907, and 1914. She was immune to typhoid herself, but was a carrier of the bacillus, and spread it wherever she worked as a household cook.
1880 Sir John Boyd Orr was born. A Scottish scientist and nutrition expert, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to eliminate world hunger.
1923 Nancy Green died. Nancy Green was hired to represent and demonstrate Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix. At the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the exhibit was so popular that police had to control the crowds at the Aunt Jemima booth. Fair officials awarded her a medal and proclaimed her Pancake Queen. She played the part of Aunt Jemima until her death in a car accident.
1947 Jerry Corbetta of the music group ‘Sugarloaf’ was born.
1964 Robert Irvine was born. British celebrity chef. Food Network shows include ‘Dinner: Impossible’; ‘Worst Cooks in America’; ‘Restaurant: Impossible’.
(Official website: http://chefirvine.com/)
1969 ‘Sugar, Sugar’ by the Archies is #1 on the charts.
2008 Battery by Fart: A man in West Virginia was charged with battery on a police officer when he passed gas and allegedly ‘fanned’ it toward the police officer. He had been taken to the police station for a Breathalyzer test when the alleged ‘fart and fan’ caper occurred. The prosecutor’s office later requested that the criminal complaint be dropped.

Categories: February Food Holidays, Food Holidays

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National Pancake Day

February 21

is

National Pancake Day

**Five things you should know about**

Pancakes

Throughout Europe most people celebrate Shrove Tuesday with pancakes–
Pancakes are associated with the day before lent because it was a way to use up “rich foods” such as eggs, milk, & sugar, before the 40 days fast begins–
A waffle is basically a pancake with a syrup trap. -Mitch Hedberg
Pancakes became popular because of the ease of quickly producing them in large quantities. They’re ideal for a big celebration or a large family’s breakfast.–
While cooking pancakes, the French often make a wish, while flipping the pancake to turn it over, while holding a coin in the other hand.

On This Day in Food History…

1554 Hieronymus Bock died. A German botanist whose work contributed to the transition from medieval beliefs to modern science.
1741 Jethro Tull died. He was an English agriculturalist and inventor whose ideas were instrumental in the development of modern English agriculture. One of his inventions was a horse drawn seed planting drill that sowed 3 even rows of seeds at once. (1701). The music group ‘Jethro Tull’ was named for him.
1858 Edwin T. Holmes sells the first electric burglar alarm in the U.S., in Boston, Massachusetts. His workshop was later used by Alexander Graham Bell.
1895 Carl Peter Henrik Dam was born. Dam was a Danish biochemist who discovered vitamin K in 1939.
1927 Erma Bombeck was born. Writer, humorist, you will find some of her quotes about family and food on the Food Reference website.
1931 Alka Seltzer was introduced.
1985 Nathan Pritikin died. A nutritionist who believed that exercise and a low fat, high unrefined carbohydrate diet helped reverse his own heart disease. He founded the Pritikin Longevity Center in 1976.
1989 The USDA approved ‘Simplesse,’ a low calorie fat substitute.
1994 Whirlpool began manufacturing a refrigerator that was significantly more efficient, and did not use freon. Freon has been implicated in the destruction of ozone in the atmosphere.

Categories: February Food Holidays, Food Holidays

Tagged: five food finds, foodimentary, national pancake day, today in food history

September 26 – National Pancake Day

National Pancake Day

Five Food Finds about Pancakes

The tradition of eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) is almost 1000 years old.

One pancake fan ran a marathon while continually tossing a pancake for three hours, two minutes and twenty seven seconds.

The first ready-mix food to be sold commercially was Aunt Jemima pancake flour. It was invented in 1889 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA.

The first pancake recipe appeared in an English cookbook in the fifteenth century.

Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli set the world record for the highest pancake toss in 2005 with a toss of 329cm.

Today’s Food History

on this day in…

1754 Joseph-Louis Proust born. Proust was a French chemist. In 1799 he extracted sugar from grapes, and proved it identical to sugar extracted from honey.

1774 John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed was born. American pioneer and legend, he planted apple seeds in the Ohio River valley area (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois).

1820 Daniel Boone died. American pioneer and frontiersman.

1843 Ivan Pavlov was born. He was the first to notice that dogs began to salivate when they could see, smell or taste food.

1902 Levi Strauss died. Inventor and manufacturer of jeans. He originally planned to make canvas tents for miners in the California gold rush, but soon found that durable pants sold better.

1904 Lafcadio Hearn died. (Patricio Lafcadio Tessima Hearn). A writer, translator and teacher, her wrote ‘La Cuisine Creole,’ the first Creole cookbook.

1914 The U.S. Federal Trade Commission was established.

1953 Sugar rationing ended in Great Britain.

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Tagged: facts, five food finds, food, foodimentary, fun, life, national pancake day, today's food history, todays food history

September 23 is National Pancake Day

Here are today’s five thing to know about Pancake:

Throughout Europe most people celebrate Shrove Tuesday with pancakes–
Pancakes are associated with the day before lent because it was a way to use up “rich foods” such as eggs, milk, & sugar, before the 40 days fast begins–
A waffle is basically a pancake with a syrup trap. -Mitch Hedberg
Pancakes became popular because of the ease of quickly producing them in large quantities. They’re ideal for a big celebration or a large family’s breakfast.–
While cooking pancakes, the French often make a wish, while flipping the pancake to turn it over, while holding a coin in the other hand.

Today’s Pinterest Board : Pancake

Today’s Food History

1869 Mary Mallon was born. ‘Typhoid Mary’ was an infamous household cook who was responsible for major outbreaks of typhoid in the New York City area in 1904, 1907, and 1914. She was immune to typhoid herself, but was a carrier of the bacillus, and spread it wherever she worked as a household cook.
1880 Sir John Boyd Orr was born. A Scottish scientist and nutrition expert, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to eliminate world hunger.
1923 Nancy Green died. Nancy Green was hired to represent and demonstrate Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix. At the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the exhibit was so popular that police had to control the crowds at the Aunt Jemima booth. Fair officials awarded her a medal and proclaimed her Pancake Queen. She played the part of Aunt Jemima until her death in a car accident.
1947 Jerry Corbetta of the music group ‘Sugarloaf’ was born.
1964 Robert Irvine was born. British celebrity chef. Food Network shows include ‘Dinner: Impossible’; ‘Worst Cooks in America’; ‘Restaurant: Impossible’.
(Official website: http://chefirvine.com/)
1969 ‘Sugar, Sugar’ by the Archies is #1 on the charts.
2008 Battery by Fart: A man in West Virginia was charged with battery on a police officer when he passed gas and allegedly ‘fanned’ it toward the police officer. He had been taken to the police station for a Breathalyzer test when the alleged ‘fart and fan’ caper occurred. The prosecutor’s office later requested that the criminal complaint be dropped.