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Posts tagged “pistol shrimp”

December 21 is National Fried Shrimp Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

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National French Fried Shrimp Day

Five Food Finds about Shrimp

  • Every shrimp is born male, then some mature into females.
  • It takes 2 pounds of wild fish to produce one pound of farmed shrimp.
  • Shrimp is the favorite seafood of Americans.
  • The “Pistol Shrimp” can fire water like a bullet from its claw, producing an incredibly loud pop.
  • The “Ghost Shrimp” is transparent, and therefore practically invisible in the water.
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Today’s Food History

1883 Laurence M. Klauber was born. Klauber was an American herpetologist and inventor who was a rattlesnake expert. If you want to know anything or everything about rattlesnakes, see his book ‘Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories and Influence on Mankind.’

1913 The ‘New York World’ published the first crossword puzzle. Don’t forget to check the various Food theme Crosswords on the Food Reference Website!

1937 Walt Disney’s first full length animated film ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ opened in Los Angeles, California. It ran for 83 minutes and cost $1.5 million to make.

1998 Adelaide Hawley Cumming died. She was television’s original Betty Crocker on the Betty Crocker Show premiering in 1949.

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Categories: December Food Holidays, Food Holidays

Tagged: december food holidays, five food finds, Ghost Shrimp, Laurence M. Klauber, National French Fried Shrimp, national french fried shrimp day, pistol shrimp, today in food history

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

on this day in…

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.

Some Material Used from Foodreference.com with Permission.

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National Shrimp Scampi Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

National Shrimp Scampi Day

Five Food Finds about Shrimp Scampi

  • The word “scampi” means “shrimp”.  Therefore, “shrimp scampi” is “shrimp shrimp” (or “scampi scampi”).
  • 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.

Today’s Food History

on this day in…

1768 Georg Brandt died. A Swedish chemist, he discovered the element cobalt in 1730. Cobalt is used in steel making, and is an essential part of vitamin B12

1856 A shipment of 33 camels arrived at the Texas port of Indianola. They had been purchased on the North African Coast, for the U.S. army to use in the deserts of the Southwest.

1913 The zipper was patented by Gideon Sundback. Most checked chefs pants still have buttons.

1988 McDonald’s announced it will be opening 20 Moscow restaurants. They will serve Bolshoi Mak instead of Big Macs.

1989 Donald Deskey died. An industrial designer, he designed the packaging for Tide laundry detergent and Crest toothpaste among others.

 

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