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September 13 is National Peanut Day

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Here are today’s five thing to know about the Peanut:

  1. It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.
  2. There are enough peanuts in one acre to make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
  3. By law, any product labeled “peanut butter” in the United States must be at least 90 percent peanuts.
  4. Peanut butter was first introduced to the USA in 1904 at the Universal Exposition in St. Louis by C.H. Sumner, who sold $705.11 of the “new treat” at his concession stand.
  5. In 1884, Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Montreal, Quebec was the first person to patent peanut butter.

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Today’s Pinterest Board : Peanut

Today’s Food History

  • 1592 Michel de Montaigne died. French essayist. There are a few of his quotes about food and dining listed on the Food Reference website.
    (“A man should not so much respect what he eats, as with whom he eats.”)
  • 1857 Milton Snaveley Hershey of chocolate fame was born.
  • 1876 American author, Sherwood Anderson was born. In 1941 Anderson supposedly swallowed a toothpick or a swizzle stick while at a cocktail party in the Panama Canal Zone, and died of peritonitis.
  • 1909 ‘The Chocolate Soldier,’ an operetta by Oscar Straus and Stanislaus Strange, opened in New York.
  • 1916 Roald Dahl was born. British author, one of his most popular books was ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,’ the film version was titled ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.’ Some of his other books are ‘A Piece of Cake,’ ‘Pig,’ ‘Royal Jelly,’ ‘Smell’ and ‘Lamb to the Slaughter.’
  • 1922 The highest temperature ever recorded in the shade, 136.4 degrees F was recorded in a village 25 miles south of Tripoli, Libya.
  • 1955 Little Richard recorded ‘Tutti Frutti’
  • 1977 Fiona Apple, singer, songwriter was born.

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March 17 – ‘Eat Like an Irishman’ Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

National “Eat Like an Irishman” Day

Also St. Patrick’s Day!

Five Food Finds about Irish Cuisine

  • In 2010, the average Irish person aged 15+ drank 11.9 litres of pure alcohol, according to provisional data. That’s the equivalent of about 44 bottles of vodka, 470 pints or 124 bottles of wine.
  • There is a famous Irish dessert known as Drisheen, a surprisingly delicious black pudding.
  • Traditional dishes include Irish stew, coddle, and Irish breakfast.
  • The leprechaun, famous to Ireland, is said to grant wishes to those who can catch them.
  • The first fish and chips was served in Dublin in the 1880’s by Italian imigrants.

Daily Food Quote

“Only Irish Coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, fat.”
Alex Levine

Today’s Food History

on this day…

  • 1751 Anders Dahl was born. A renowned Swedish botanist, the Dahlia flower was named for him.
  • 1845 Stephen Perry received a patent for the rubber band. It was made from vulcanized rubber.
  • 1864 Work began on a 2 mile long, 5 foot diameter, water supply tunnel for Chicago. It was completed in 1867.
  • 1944 John Sebastian of the music group ‘Loving Spoonful’ was born.
  • 1967 Billy Corgan of the music group ‘Smashing Pumpkins’ was born.


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March 15 – National Peanut Lovers’ Day

John-Bryan Hopkins




National Peanut Lovers’ Day

Also: National Pears Helene Day

Five Food Finds for Peanuts

  • Nuts are most healthy in their raw form.  The reason is that over 15% of the healthy oils are lost in the roasting process.
  • Studies show that people who eat nuts regularly live 2-3 years longer than those who don’t.
  • The nut allergy is among the most common food allergies.
  • Roasted nutshells were used as a coffee substitute during the civil war.
  • Half of the world’s nuts are inedible or poisonous to humans.

Daily Food Quote

Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.
-Charles M. Schulz

Today’s Food History

on this day…

  • 1858 Liberty Hyde Bailey was born. He was a world famous American botanist who studied cultivated plants. He was dean of Horticulture at Cornell University for 15 years.
  • 1891 Sir Joseph William Bazalgette died. A British civil engineer, he designed the main sewer system for London. Allowing for running water .
  • 1980 McDonald’s test marketed Chicken McNuggets in Knoxville, Tennessee. They are so popular that they have to look for a second supplier.


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Peanut Cluster

John-Bryan Hopkins

An excellent representative of the peanut cluster is the GooGoo Cluster. The GooGoo Cluster is an American candy bar sold since 1912 in Nashville, Tennessee. It was developed by Howell Campbell and the Standard Candy Company. The disk-shaped candy bar contains marshmallow, caramel and roasted peanuts covered in milk chocolate. GooGoo Cluster is considered the first combination candy bar, meaning it contained several types of candy rather than an all-chocolate bar. The name is thought to refer to the sound a baby makes; another theory is that the candy was sold at the Grand Ole Opry (GOO). During the Great Depression, Goo Goo Clusters were advertised as “a nourishing lunch for a nickel.” This slogan was used until the 1950s. Variations include GooGoo Supreme…

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History of Peanuts

John-Bryan Hopkins

One can hardly speak of peanuts without speaking of George Washington Carver, the famous inventor of peanut butter. Did you know that peanut butter was just one of over 100 inventions oriented around peanuts? Carver’s list of peanut inventions includes 30 cloth dyes, 19 leather dyes, 18 insulating boards, 17 wood stains, 11 wall boards and 11 peanut flours.

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