February 11 is National Peppermint Patty Day

Events of February 11

Five Food Finds about Peppermint Patties

1. In 1940 York Cone Co. produces the first Peppermint Patties.

2. Peppermint Patties were sold only in northeastern states until 1975.

3. Peppermint Patties have one of the least about of calories and fat compared to other nationally popular candy bars.

4. Charles Schulz introduced “Peppermint Patty” to his Peanuts comic strip on August 22, 1966

5. Patricia Reichardt is Peppermint Patty’s actual name.

Daily Quote : “Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.”~Ogden Nash

Today’s Food History

on this day in…

1785 The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture was founded. It is the oldest active agricultural organization in the U.S.

1847 Thomas Alva Edison was born. Chefs use his inventions everyday, including light and music to work by.

1926 Paul Bocuse, French chef, was born at Collonges-au-Mont-d’Or, France. He is known as one of the founders of ‘nouvelle cuisine’.

1963 Julia Child’s ‘The French Chef’ premiered on TV.

1977 The heaviest lobster known was caught off Nova Scotia, weighing in at 44 lb 6 oz (20.14 kg).

1994 Use of the genetically engineered growth hormone for cows, RBGH begins.

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April 2 is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day

Interesting Food Facts about Peanut Butter Jelly

Studies show that there is a 75% chance that if you drop a slice of peanut buttered bread, it will fall face down.
50 percent of all the peanuts grown around the world are used to make peanut butter.
It is estimated that the average American school child will have munched through 1500 Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches before graduation.
An 18 ounce jar of peanut butter will contain about 850 peanuts.
The largest recorded peanut butter and jelly sandwich in the world was lovingly crafted in Peanut, Pennsylvania in 1993. It was 40 ft long and contained 150lbs of peanut butter and 50lbs of jelly.

Fun Fact:

By law, any product labeled “peanut butter” in the United States must be at least 90 percent peanuts.

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.

A 2002 survey showed the average American will have eaten 2,500 of these sandwiches before graduating from high school.

Today’s Food History

742 Charlemagne was born. Charlemagne, Charles I, Charles the Great, King of the Franks, Charles le Grand, Carolus Magnus, Karl Der Grosse, King of the Lombards, master of Western Europe, Emperor. Some of the food related ‘facts’ I have come across related to Charlemagne:

* the peacock was first served in Europe during his reign;
* Sauerbraten was invented by Charlemagne;
* Roquefort cheese was a favorite of his;
* the knife began to be used to eat food for the first time during his reign (rather than the fingers);
* Roses were used to cover tables for meals.
I have no real corroboration for any of these ‘facts’ think ‘truthy’

1819 The periodical, ‘American Farmer’ was founded by John Skinner
1827 Joseph Dixon began manufacturing the first lead (graphite) pencils. Necessary to write recipes and menus
1840 Emile Zola was born. French writer and critic who was also known as a gourmand. His detailed descriptions of simple meals, banquets and eating in his novels are among the best to be found anywhere. He was also known for his own luxury dinner parties. “What will be the death of me are bouillabaisses, food spiced with pimiento, shellfish, and a load of exquisite rubbish which I eat in disproportionate quantities.”
1863 THE RICHMOND BREAD RIOTS – Shortages of food caused hundreds of angry women gathered in Richmond, Virginia to march on the governor’s office and then on the government commissary to demand bread. It ended in a riot when they broke into the commissary and then other shops & buildings and carried out anything they could carry. Even the hospital reported losing over 300 pounds of beef. Arrests were made, but at the request of authorities, the newspapers downplayed the incident, and records were later destroyed when the Confederate government fled and burned much of the town behind them.

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March 30 is National Turkey Neck Soup Day

Interesting Food Facts about Turkey Neck Soup

The turkey is named “Tom”, because Ben Franklin always teased “Tom” Jefferson for not picking the turkey as the national bird
The turkey was never a staple for native Americans because they were seen as weak. They were only eaten in times of famine.
Turkey chicks have a tendency to drown on rainwater. They become curious about the phenomenon above their heads, and look until they drown.
“Legend has it” in the 1800’s they cross-bred turkey and chicken into “turken”.
All major documents signed in the founding of the United States used the quill (feather) of a turkey for their signing.

Fun Fact:

An old American way to celebrate the end of Winter and the promise of Spring.

Turkey Neck Soup is pretty much what it says – a soup whose stock is made from turkey necks.

The tough neck meat helps make soups richer.

Today’s Food History

1843 Napoleon E. Guerin received the first U.S. patent for an egg incubator.
1858 Hyman Lipman patented the first pencil with an eraser attached.
1868 The Pullman Palace Car Company introduced the first railroad dining car.
1911 RIP Ellen Swallow Richards, one of the founders of the home economics movement in the U.S.
1945 Eric ‘Slowhand’ Clapton, singer & songwriter was born. A member of the rock groups the Yardbirds and Cream.
1987 ‘Sunflowers’ by Vincent Van Gogh is sold to a Japanese buyer for $39.9 million. There has been some controversy on whether it is possibly a fake. During the 1990s more than 2 dozen Van Gogh’s have been labeled as fakes or copies. Vincent Van Gogh was also born on this day in 1853.

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March 27 is World Whisky Day

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Interesting Food Facts about Whisky

Whisky and whiskey are actually the same liquor. In American-English and Irish-English, it is spelled “whiskey”. In British-English, it is spelled “whisky”.
A whisky stops maturing after it is bottled.
The dark color of whisky comes from the wooden barrels in which it is aged. The wood expands and contracts with the change in temperature, making the movie in and out of the wood. The compounds from wood give whisky its dark color.
There are more than 5000 types of Single Malt Whisky.
The barrels made from American White Oak have been claimed to produce the tastiest whisky.

Fun Fact:

The word whiskey comes from the Irish uisce beatha or “water of life.” From Ireland, whiskey spread across the North Channel to Scotland.

The number next to the Whiskey’s name refers to the age of the youngest whiskey to produce that specific product. If there is no number, then it is probably a minimum of three years old

A closed bottle of whisky can be kept for more than 100 years and it will still be good to drink. After opening, it will remain good for around five years.

Today’s Food History

1860 M.L. Byrn patented a new and improved corkscrew.
1901 Carl Barks was born. He worked for Disney Studios and illustrated Donald Duck comics.
1923 R.I.P. Sir James Dewar. He invented the ‘Dewar Flask,’ the original ‘thermos bottle’.
1958 Sheb Wooley recorded ‘Purple People Eater’ on this day.
2001 China reported that its population is now 1.26 Billion.

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March 26 is National Nougat Day

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Interesting Food Facts about Nougat

3 Muskateer bars, one of the most popular nougat candy bars of the 20th century, originally consisted of three flavors: chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. During WWII rationing, they were limited to vanilla flavoring, & they remain this way today.
Nougat is commonly found in candy bars; Milky Way, 3 Muskateers, Snickers, Polar, etc.
Today’s nougat is a mixture of sucrose and corn syrup with a whipping agent to create its fluffy texture.
Nougat was put in candy bars to resemble the texture and flavor of ice cream. This is why early candy bars with nougat were commonly served frozen.
The word nougat comes from Occitan (a southern French dialect) pan nogat, from nux gatum, which means nutbread.

Fun Fact:

German nougat, also known as “Viennese Nougat”, is generally made with only sugar, chocolate, and almonds.

In Spain, the most popular form of nougat is called turrón. It typically comes in hard and soft varieties and usually is sold in block form.

African nougat typically is made with fruits, rather than nuts.

Today’s Food History

1753 Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford was born. American physician who invented the percolator, a pressure cooker and a kitchen stove. He is frequently credited with creating the dessert, Baked Alaska.
1937 The cities of Dilley, Texas, and Crystal City, Texas each erected a statue of Popeye, the cartoon character.
1996 David Packard died. Founder with William Hewlett of Hewlett Packard Company. Before they became famous for computers and printers etc., some of their early inventions were an automatic urinal flusher and a weight loss shock machine!

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March 25 is International Waffle Day

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Interesting Food Facts about Waffles

International Waffle day originated in Sweden.
Vårfrudagen, a Swedish name for “Our Lady’s Day” sounds (in Swedish) like Våffel-dagen (waffle day).
Waffles are descended from the flat cakes baked in ancient Greece. These cakes were prepared with cheese and herbs and cooked between two metal plates.
The waffles we know today first appeared in the Middle Ages.
Thomas Jefferson’s Belgian cook brought one of the first waffle irons to the US.

Quote of the Day

“A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap.” – Mitch Hedberg

Fun Fact:

The word “waffle” is from the Dutch, meaning “wafer”.

Eggo Waffles were first brought into supermarket freezer sections in 1953.

Parry Gripp created a song called “Do You Like Waffles” because of his love of waffles.

Today’s Food History

1775 Pecan Day. George Washington planted pecan trees (some of which still survive) at Mount Vernon. The trees were supposedly a gift to Washington from Thomas Jefferson.
1848 William Keith Brooks was born. An American zoologist, he was a champion for the conservation of the Chesapeake Bay oyster. Author of ‘The Oyster‘ (1891).
1867 R.I.P. Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge. A German chemist who developed a method for obtaining sugar from beet juice.
1867 The 2 mile long, 5 foot diameter Chicago Lake Tunnel was activated. It was the first water supply tunnel for a U.S. city.
1914 Norman Ernest Borlaug was born. American agronomist, Nobel Peace Prize winner for efforts to overcome world hunger. Developed the wheat/rye hybrid called ‘triticale’ with higher yield and protein content.
1995 Pizza Hut introduced its Stuffed Crust Pizza.
2008 R.I.P. Herb Peterson, creator of McDonald’s Egg McMuffin breakfast sandwich.

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March 21 is National Crunchy Taco Day

Interesting Food Facts about Taco Bell

Founder, Glenn Bell, first opened the chain “Del Tacos,” a hot dog and taco franchise.
He was the first to fry his taco shells in advance. Before then, they were fried on demand.
They were the first fast food chain to have move tie-in promotions.
In 1962, a tacos only cost 19 cents.
Even though the 1990 Chihuahua was an advertising phenomenon, taco sales actually went down during that period.

Fun Fact:

The word taco started in the 18th century silver mines in Mexico. Back then, a taco was just some paper wrapped around gunpowder.

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

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

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 20 is National Ravioli Day

Interesting Food Facts about Ravioli

The first mentions of Ravioli was in the 14th century Venus.
The word ravioli is from an old Italian word riavvolgere (“to wrap”)
Canned ravioli was pioneered by Chef Boyardee in the 1930’s
“Fresh” packed ravioli lasts up for several week while fresh made lasts for just a few days.
Italian tradition is to serve vegetarian ravioli, particularly on Fridays. Meats is served as a side or later in the meal.

Fun Fact:

Ravioli appears in In India, a popular dish called Gujiya is similar to ravioli, however it is prepared sweet, with a filing of dry fruits, sugar and a mixture of sweet spices, then deep fried in vegetable oil.

Ravioli nudi, or “naked ravioli”, refers to simply the filling without the pasta shell.

Jewish cuisine has a similar dish called Kreplach, a pocket of meat or other filling covered by egg pasta.

Today’s Food History

1602 The Dutch East India Company was established and the Netherlands granted it a monopoly on trade with Asia.
1727 RIP Sir Isaac Newton It is said that an apple fell on his head inspired his theory of universal gravitation. The apple is thought to have been the green skinned ‘Flower of Kent’ variety.
1932 RIP Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov,a Soviet biologist. Others had previously shown it was possible to artificially inseminate domestic animals, Ivanov developed the practical procedures in 1901.
1941 ‘All That Meat And No Potatoes’ was recorded by jazz musician Fats Waller.

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March 18 is National Sloppy Joe Day

Interesting Food Facts about Sloppy Joes

Most believe the sloppy joe was first served in Havannah Cuba at the bar and café “Sloppy Joe’s” in the early 1900’s.
The sloppy joe goes by many names, including manwich, slush burger, yum yums,barbecue, dynamite, and even sloppy jane.
“Sloppy Joe’s” were mentioned in several movies of the 1930’s, Citizen Kane and even It’s a Wonderful Life. Even though it was not widely popular until the 1960’s.
In 1969, Hunt’s revolutionized the Sloppy Joe when it introduced its Manwich Sloppy Joe Sauce.
Many say that a cook named Joe in Sioux City, Iowa, in the 1920′ created a sandwich of “loose meat” served in bread, a “sloppy’ Joe.

Fun Fact:

Sloppy joes are often called by different names in different parts of the United States such as barbecues, dynamites, gulash, sloppy janes, slushburgers, steamers, wimpies and yum yums.

Some variations of Sloppy Joe recipes use meats other than the traditional ground beef, such as chuck roast or even chicken.

Some others call for different spices like cinnamon or brown sugar.

Today’s Food History

1863 Women rioted in Salisbury, North Carolina, to protest the lack of flour and salt in the Confederacy.
1925 ‘Tea for Two’ was recorded by Binnie Hale & the Palace Theater Orchestra.
1946 The Andrews Sisters recorded ‘Avocado’
1966 RIP Hedda Hopper, Gossip columnist. Her famous Quote: “Having only friends [and no enemies] would be dull….like eating eggs without salt.”

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March 17 is National ‘Eat Like the Irish’ Day

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Interesting Food Facts 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.

Fun Fact:

St. Patrick is well known for being the patron saint of Ireland and having a day named for him that most of the world uses as an excuse to get incredibly drunk. However, St. Patrick, despite popular belief, was not actually Irish.

St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated in North America since the late 18^th century.

One of the shortest St. Patrick’s Day parades in the world lasts only 100 yards, from one pub to another, and is held in Dripsey, County Cork, Ireland.

Today’s Food History

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 13 is Chicken Noodle Soup Day

Happy Birthday to Campbell’s Favorite soup!

Interesting Food Facts about Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup

Campbell’s first introduces ‘Noodle soup with Chicken’ in 1934
During a radio program on “Amos ‘n Andy” Amos misread his script and said “Chicken Noodle Soup”. Within a few weeks, Campbell’s changed the name.
Research has shown that each can of soup contains around 216 noodles measuring 32 to 34 feet of noodles.
Campbell’s create over a million miles of noodles for soup per year. Enough to go around the Earth 40 times.
In 1898, Herberton Williams, a Campbell’s executive, adopted the carnelian red and white color scheme; he was taken with the Cornell University football team’s uniforms

Fun Fact:

Soup can be dated back to about 6000 B.C. and was first made of hippopotamus.

The inspiration of Andy Warhol to paint his “Campbell’s Soup Cans” series from eating it for lunch every day for 20 years.

2014 is the 80^th birthday of the Campbell’s Condensed Chicken Noodle soup.

Today’s Food History

1764 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl, was born. Earl Grey was supposedly given the recipe for Earl Grey Tea by a Chinese mandarin with whom he was friends.
1813 Lorenzo Delmonico, famed restaurateur was born at Marengo, Switzerland. In 1851 he joined his uncles in their catering and pastry shop in New York City. He transformed the business into one of the most famous restaurants in the country.
1893 The original Waldorf Hotel opened. It had 450 rooms and almost 1,000 employees.
1915 Wilbert Robinson (Uncle Robby), manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, attempted to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane. Someone had substituted a grapefruit instead, which virtually exploded in his glove on impact, covering him with grapefruit pulp and juice, much to the amusement of his team.
2006 While a Poultry and Food Science professor at Cornell University from 1949-1989 he developed chicken nuggets (keeping the breading on was the key), turkey ham, poultry hot dogs and many other products. He founded Cornell’s Institute of Food Science and Marketing in 1970, and in 2004 was inducted into the American Poultry Hall of Fame.

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March 11 is National “Eat Your Noodles” Day

Interesting Food Facts about Noodles

Dry noodles are considered a form of unleavened bread
In China archaeologists discovered the world’s oldest bowl of noodles, thought to be over 4000 years old. They were made of millet flour.
“Instant” noodles were invented in 1958. They are flash fried then quickly dried. This made for a long shelf life.(If they are kept dry, some say they will remain edible for decades)
Over 40% of the flour in Asia is used to make noodles. Feeding over half of the world’s population.
Thomas Jefferson brought the first “macaroni” noodles to America in 1789 after returning from a trip to France.

Fun Fact:

In Japan, it is considered good form to loudly slurp your noodles as a way of telling your host that you are enjoying the meal.

Noodles symbolize long life in Chinese culture.

Today’s Food History

1791 Samuel Mulliken of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania received a patent for a machine to thresh corn and grain.

1853 Self rising flour was supposedly invented by Henry Jones of Bristol.

1903 Lawrence Welk, champagne music-maker, was born.

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March 10 is National Ranch Dressing Day

March 10

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National Ranch Dressing Day

5 facts about Ranch Dressing

In 1954 ranch dressing was invented at Hidden Valley Ranch, a dude ranch near Santa Barbara, California.
Ranch dressing has been the best-selling salad dressing in the United States since 1992, overtaking Italian dressing.
Hidden Valley brand owns the right to ‘the Original Ranch®‘ After decades of trademark lawsuits similar products can be labeled ‘ranch style’ or simply ‘ranch’
While popular in the United States and Canada, ranch dressing is virtually unknown in most of the world
Since 1972 Hidden Valley Ranch has been owned by Clorox.

Supposedly, the ORIGINAL recipe for Ranch Dressing

from TopSecretRecipes.com

On This Day in Food History…

1845 RIP John Chapman, ‘Johnny Appleseed’ ,an American pioneer and legend, he planted apple seeds in the Ohio River valley area (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois)

1867 Lillian D. Wald was born. She was a scientist and nurse, and among her activities, she helped initiate the enactment of pure food laws in the U.S.

1873 RIP John Torrey, he was the first professional botanist in the New World.

1914 At the National Gallery in London, a suffragette slashed Diego Velázquez’s ‘Rokeby Venus’ with a meat cleaver.

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March is 9 is National Crab Day

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March 9

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National Crab Day

5 food facts about crab cakes

A crab cake is an American dish composed of crab meat and various other ingredients, such as bread crumbs, milk, mayonnaise, eggs, yellow onions, and seasonings.
The two most common styles of Maryland crab cakes are known as Boardwalk and Restaurant.
Boardwalk crabcakes are typically breaded and deep-fried, and are often filled with stuffing of various sorts and served on a hamburger bun.
Restaurant crab cakes, which are sometimes called gourmet crab cakes, are often prepared with no filler, and are composed of all-lump crab meat served on a platter or open-faced sandwich.
Many restaurants that offer Maryland crab cakes will offer to have the cakes fried or broiled.

On This Day in Food History…

1822 Charles Graham of New York received a patent for artificial teeth.

1839 Famous Food Fights
The Great Pastry War ended this day. A brief conflict began on November 30, 1838, between Mexico and France caused by a French pastry cook who claimed that some Mexican Army soldiers had damaged his restaurant. The Mexican government refused to pay for damages. Several other countries had asked the Mexican government for similar claims in the past due to civil unrest in Mexico, without any resolution. France decided to do something about it, and sent a fleet to Veracruz and fired on the fortress outside the harbor. They occupied the city on April 16, 1838, and through the mediation of Great Britain were promised payment of 600,000 pesos for the damages. They withdrew on March 9, 1839.

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March 6 is National Oreo Day

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Five Food Facts about Oreos

In 1912, Nabisco had a new idea for a cookie – two chocolate disks with a creme filling in between.
The first Oreo cookie looked very similar to the Oreo cookie of today, with only a slight difference in the design on the chocolate disks.
Little did they know that the Oreo cookie would become the largest selling cookie of all time.
The origin of the name Oreo is unknown, but there are many theories, including derivations from the French word ‘Or’, meaning gold (as early packaging was gold), or the Greek word ‘Oreo’, meaning beautiful, nice or well done.
Starting in January 2006, Oreo cookies replaced the trans fat in the cookie with non-hydrogenated vegetable oil.

On This Day in Food History…

1899 Aspirin was patented by Felix Hoffman of the German company, Bayer. Aspirin was originally developed by Charles Frederic Gerhardt in 1853, but he never thought it important enough to patent.

1912 Nabisco debuts the Oreo cookie. The Oreo is considered largest selling cookie of all time.

1930 Retail frozen foods go on sale for the first time in Springfield, Massachusetts. Various fruits, vegetables, meat and fish were offered for sale. Clarence Birdseye had developed the method used to successfully freeze foods on a commercial scale.

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March 5 is National Cheez Doodle Day

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March 5

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National Cheese Doodle Day

**Five things you should know about**

Cheez Doodles

Cheetos cheese-flavored puffs became a hit in the 1950’s soon, Cheez Doodles appeared.
“Cheez Doodles fingers” is the official word used to when you get cheese powder on your fingers after eating ANY cheese flavored snack food.
Cheez Doodles are said to be one of the only packaged snack foods preferred by Julia Child.
They have recently entered pop culture as the preferred snack of ESPN NBA analyst Stephen A. Smith, and are the favourite snack of Lincoln Peirce’s comic character Big Nate.
Wise (the company that produces Cheez Doodles) recently made their Crunchy Cheez Doodles “cheezier,” more akin to Cheetos’ flavor.

On This Day in Food History…

1836 Charles Goodnight was born. He is said to have devised the first ‘chuck wagon’ from an Army wagon in the 1850s with various shelves and compartments for food, equipment, utensils, medical supplies, etc.

1893 Emmett J. Culligan was born. He was the founder of the water treatment company that carries his name.

1910 Momofuku Ando was born in Taiwan. Mr. Ando was the founder of Nissin Food Products, and invented ‘Instant Ramen’ noodles.

1991 Patent # 5,000,000 was issued to Lonnie O. Ingram of the University of Florida. The patent was for a genetically engineered form of the E. coli bacterium that converts plant material into ethanol.

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Most call it Fat Tuesday, Some call is Shrove Tuesday, I call it Pancake Day!

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

Five Food Facts about Shrove Tuesday

1. Throughout Europe most people celebrate Shrove Tuesday with pancakes

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2. 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

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3. The word ‘shrove’ refers to an old English word shrive meaning ‘confess’

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4. Most people call today Mardi Gras, which in French means Fat Tuesday. Marking seven weeks before Easter Day.

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5. In Iceland they celebrate today with salted meats, fish, and peas. Known as Sprengidagur (Bursting Day)

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March 3 is National Cold Cuts Day

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March 3

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National Cold Cuts Day

**Five things you should know about**

Cold Cuts

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

On This Day in 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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March 1 is National Peanut Butter Lover’s day

John-Bryan Hopkins

Five Food Finds about Peanut Butter

An 18oz jar of peanut butter needs 850 peanuts

The USA produce about 6% of the world’s crop of peanuts: by comparison India and China, together, produce about 70%

West Coast people prefer chunky peanut butter, whereas those in the East Coast people like creamy

Peanuts account for 2/3rds of the total snack “nuts” consumption in the USA

96% of people, when making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, put the peanut butter on before the jelly

Two presidents of the USA, Jimmy Carter and Thomas Jefferson, were peanut farmers

Food related Events of March 1

also: National Fruit Compote Day

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on this day in…

1784 E. Kidner opened the first cooking school in Great Britain.

1927 Harry Belafonte, singer, actor, was born. His biggest hit was “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song” in 1956.

1970 U.S. commercial whale hunting ended.

1989 Jack Dietz holds the world’s record for watermelon seed spitting, 66 feet 11 inches.

1989 A 75 year-long ban on beer was lifted this day in Iceland.

1990 The British Royal Navy began issuing rum rations to sailors as early as 1655. The Royal New Zealand Navy was the last navy in the world to end daily rum rations for sailors in 1990.

2002 McDonald’s announced in a press release that it has agreed to pay 10 million dollars to Hindu and vegetarian groups to settle lawsuits over its use of beef flavoring in its French Fries.

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February 28 is National Chocolate Souffle Day

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February 28

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National Chocolate Souffle Day

**Five things you should know about**

Chocolate Souffle

Supposedly, the first recipe for soufflé appeared in Vincent La Chapelle’s Le Cuisinier Moderne (1742).
The word soufflé first appeared in English in Louis Ude’s The French Cook, 1813.
By 1845 was so commonly accepted that in Eliza Acton’s Modern Cookery (1845) a recipe for soufflé was included as just another recipe.
Due to soufflés’ tendency to collapse quickly upon removal from the oven, the media frequently depicts the dessert in sitcoms, cartoons, children’s programs and movies as a source of humor.
Another kind of dish entirely is soufflé potatoes, which are puffed-up sautéed potato slices, traditionally served with a chateaubriand steak.

On This Day in Food History…

1553 Michel de Montaigne was born. 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.”)

1935 At the DuPont Corporation, Dr. Wallce Hume Carothers invented nylon. A patent was issued in 1937, and nylon stockings soon followed.

1979‘Mr. Ed’, the talking horse, died. This was not the horse who actually starred on the TV show, but another horse who did publicity work as Mr. Ed. The original Mr. Ed (Bamboo Harvester) died in 1970.

2006 Chicago’s oldest restaurant, the 107 year old Berghoff Restaurant closed today.

2009 Reduced demand for butter & cheese and falling milk prices are forcing dairy farmers in the U.S. to sell hundreds of thousands of dairy cows to be slaughtered for meat. Estimates are that more than 15% of the 9.3 million dairy cows may be sold for meat.

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February 27 is National Kahlua Day

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Five Food finds about Kahlua

1. Kahlúa is the ‘original’ coffee liquor. First produced in 1936 by Veracruz, Mexico native Pedro Domeca.

2. The word Kah-lúa means “Heart of the Veracruz people”

3. The ‘Black Russian’ the worlds most popular Kahlúa mixed drink,was first created in 1949.

4. A 1 ounce serving of Kalúa contains 20% alcohol /42 proof, zero fat, 14 carbs, and 91 calories

5. It takes 7 years to create each bottle of Kalúa, from harvest of the coffee beans, vanilla, and sugar cane to bottle.

Daily Quote:

“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.” ~Frank Sinatra

also: National Strawberry Day

Events of February 27

Today’s Food History

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1827 The first Mardi Gras celebration was held in New Orleans.

1879 Saccharin, an artificial sweetener, was discovered by Constantine Fahlberg and Ira Remsen at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The FDA has required warning labels, since 1972, on products using saccharin because it is a suspected carcinogen.

1902 John Steinbeck was born. American novelist, some of his titles were: ‘The Grapes of Wrath,’ ‘Tortilla Flats’ and ‘Cannery Row.’

1936 RIP Ivan Petrovich Pavlov died. He first theorized that digestion was controlled in part by sensory inputs of sight, smell and taste . ‘conditioned reflex.’

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February 26 is National Pistachio Day

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Food Facts about Pistachios

1. Pistachio nuts are a member of the cashew family, related closely to mangos, sumac and even poison ivy.

2. Iran produces more pistachios than any other country in the world with over 200k tons per year.

3. In Asia they are often referred to as ‘green almonds & the ‘happy nut’. In Iran they are called the ‘smiling nut’

4. Male pistachio trees are alternate bearing, meaning they produce heavier crops every other year.

5. All pistachio shells are naturally beige in color. Many companies dye inferior nuts red or green.

Daily Quote:

“Today’s mighty oak was once a single nut who held it’s ground.”~Mark Twain

Events of February 26

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1852 John Harvey Kellogg was born. A health food pioneer, developed the first breakfast cereals for his patients, Granose (flaked wheat) and toasted corn flakes.

1857 Emile Coue was born. A French pharmacist, he was an advocate of autosuggestion. He suggested repeating the following sentence 15 to 20 times in the morning and evening: “Every day, and in every way, I am becoming better and better.” It is said that 20% claim it works.

1895 Michael Joseph Owens patented an automatic glass blowing machine that could make multiple bottles at the same time. A big advance in bottle making, spurring the mass sale of beer, alcohol and sodas.

1903 RIP Richard Jordan Gatling, inventor of the Gatling Gun. He also developed machines for sowing rice, wheat, and other grains, and the steam plow.

1928 Fats Domino (Antoine Domino) was born in New Orleans. One of rock-and-roll’s earliest stars, one of his early hits was ‘Blueberry Hill’ in 1956.

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February 25 is National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

Five Food Finds about Chocolate & Peanut Candies

1. The original chocolate covered peanut candy are Goobers first sold in 1925. The word “Goober” was a common slang word for peanut.

2. Peanut M & M’s were not introduced until 1954. They were tan until 1960 when colors were first introduced.(yellow, green, & red)

3 Rapper, Eminem’s original stage name was M & M, his name was eventually changed for obvious trademark issues.

4. The initials M & M stand for the Forrest Mars from Mars Candies and Bruce Murrie from Hershey Chocolates.

5. In 1976 red M & M’s were replaced with orange. The red dye(red #2) was ruled to be a potential carcinogen. Red did not return until 1987.

Daily Quote:

“M & M’s, the chocolates that melt in your mouth nor in your hand” first used in 1954

Extra: It is said that M & M’s were tan in color for decades because if they DID melt in your hand it would not show

Events of February 25

Today’s Food History

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1904 Adelle Davis was born. Nutritionist, and author of ‘Let’s Eat Right to Keep Fit.’ She promoted many theories that have been labeled as unfounded and dangerous by the medical community.

1918 Wartime food rationing began in parts of England

1922 Donald McLean was born. McLean was a Scottish potato expert who supposedly discovered the world’s largest private collection of potatoes, with 367 varieties.

1934 RIP Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton, an American botanist, she helped establish the New York Botanical Gardens.

1950 RIP George Richard Minot, American physician, Minot was one of the developers of the ” raw-liver diet ” used to treat pernicious anemia.

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February 24 is National Tortilla Chip Day

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Five Facts about Tortilla Chips

1. Most tortilla chips are triangular shaped because they are cut from round tortilla.

2. In Mexico, Tortilla Chips are called tostados, toasted chips. Outside of North America they are called “corn chips”

3. Doritos brand is the first toasted tortilla chip launched nationally in the U.S.(1966)

4. Tortilla chips are considered the most fattening item sold in Mexican restaurants with as much as 2 grams of fat per chip.

5. Nachos, chips topped with a variation of shredded cheese, salsa, sour cream, etc., are said to be created by Ignacia Anaya in 1943, account for 30% of all restaurant tortilla chips

Daily Quote:

“Why is it so hard to find an exercise bike with a basket for my tortilla chips?“~Roseanne Barr

Events of February 24

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1874 RIP John Bachman, A Naturalist who wrote some of the text for John James Audubon’s albums of birds and mammals of North America.

1938 DuPont begins production of nylon toothbrush bristles. A patent had been granted in 1937. The nylon bristles replaced hog bristles. Yes, toothbrushes used to be made with hog bristles.

1955 Steven Jobs was born, co-founder of Apple computer company. According to the company, he “grew up in the apricot orchards which later became known as Silicon Valley.”

1989 A fossil egg was found in Utah that was 150 million years old.

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February 23 is National Banana Bread Day

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Five Food Facts about Bananas

1. Banana trees are considered giant herbs, not ‘trees’ at all

2. A cluster of bananas is known as a hand, each banana are fingers.

3. Rubbing the inside of a banana peel on bug bites are said to relieve itching and inflammation.

4. Over 95% of American households purchase banana at least once a month.

5. Bananas are one of the only fruits harvested every day of the year. They do not grow in regions that have dramatic seasonal changes.

Daily Quote:

“I’m getting so old, I don’t even buy green bananas anymore.”~George Burns

Events of February 23

Today’s Food History

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1884 Casimir Funk was born. Funk was a Polish-American biochemist who came up with the word ‘vitamine’ later changed to ‘vitamin.’

1896 Leo Hirshfield introduced the Tootsie Roll at his small store in New York City. It was supposedly named after his 5 year old daughter, whose nickname was ‘Tootsie.’

1931 RIP Helen Porter Mitchel, her stage name, Nellie Melba was a world famous operatic soprano born in Australia. Melba Toast and Peach Melba were named for her.

1944 RIP Leo Hendrik Baekeland, a chemist who invented Bakelite, the first plastic that did not soften when heated. Those black plastic knobs on stoves were made of bakelite.

1997 Scientists in Scotland announced the first successful cloning of an adult mammal, Dolly, a sheep.

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February 22 is National Margarita Day

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5 things about

The Margarita

1. The original recipe for the Margarita is a concoction of equal parts tequila, orange liquor and lime. Served over ice with a salt-rimmed glass.

2. Some say the Margarita is a version of a popular prohibition drink called the Daisy, a drink found on Mexican border towns substituting brandy with tequila . Margarita in Spanish means Daisy.

3. One ‘Origin’ Myth about the Margarita is that in October 1941, a bartender at Husson’s cantina in Ensenada, Mexico created the drink for Margarita Henkel, a well known German celebrity.

3. Another ‘Origin’ Myth about the Margarita is that in 1948 at the Balinese Room in Galveston, Texas created the drink for the singer Peggy Lee. The Spanish version of Peggy’s name is Margarita( Margaret)

4. ‘Authentic’ Margaritas are made with bitter Mexican limes(key limes). these are smaller thin-skinned limes, much more tart than regular limes.

5. The IBA’s (International Bartenders Association) official standard for the margarita is 7:4:3, that is 50% Tequila, 29% Cointreau, 21% fresh lime or lemon juice.

On This Day in Food History…

1630 Supposedly, Quadequina, an American Indian, introduced English colonists to popcorn.
1879 Woolworths, the first chain store, opened in 1879 in Utica, New York. Woolworth’s diners were the first to introduce the Frito Chili Pies and helped to popularize grilled cheese sandwiches and BLT’s,bacon ,lettuce, and tomato sandwiches.
1920 The first artificial rabbit is used at a dog racing trace in Emeryville, California.
1925 RIP Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt, English physician, he invented the short (6 inch) clinical thermometer, before then they averaged over 18″ in length.
1987 RIP Andy Warhol,American painter of the pop art movement. In the 1960s he made paintings of Campbell’s Soup cans.

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It’s Margarita Weekend. I’ll drink to that!

John-Bryan Hopkins

Foodimentary’s moto is to “Celebrate food Every Day”

Since 2011 we have officially proclaimed the 3rd Friday in February is to be:

National Margarita Weekend

Hey Start Early! It’s 5 o’clock somewhere, right?

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February 20 is National Muffin Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

Originally today was celebrated as ‘National Margarita Day’ – worry not it’s now February 22

Interesting Food Facts about Muffins

‘Muffins’ in the Americas are referred to baked breads in small tins while “English” Muffins are oven-baked, then cooked in a griddle

The word Muffin likely derives its name from the an Old German word Muffen, the plural of Muffe meaning a small cake,

Muffins come in both savory varieties, such as corn or cheese muffins, or sweet varieties such as blueberry or banana

American muffins are similar to a cupcake in size and cooking methods, the difference, cupcakes almost always are made with cake batter

The blueberry muffin is the official state muffin of Minnesota.

The corn muffin is the official state muffin of Massachusetts.

Fun Fact:

The term Muffin-top originated as Australian slang in mid-2003. Soon it became popular throughout the English speaking world.

The word roughly “describes the roll of excess flesh spilling out primarily in front but possibly all around ones waist”

The Oxford English Dictionary added the term to its revised online edition in March 2011.

Today’s Food History

1829 Yuengling Brewery in Pennsylvania opened. It is the oldest brewery still operating in the U.S.

1872 Cyrus W. Baldwin received a patent for an electric elevator. It was installed in the Stephens Hotel in New York City.

1872 Silas Noble and J.Cooley of Massachusetts were issued a patent on a toothpick manufacturing machine.

1872 Luther Childs Crowell of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was granted a patent for a machine which made square bottom paper bags. It is the same basic design still used today.

1890 Hershel Geguzin was born in Lithuania, Known openly in America as a professional impostor and Hollywood restaurateur. He posed as Russian Prince Michael Alexandrovich Dmitri Oblensky Romanoff. Opening Romanoff’s restaurant in Beverly Hills in the 1930s, attracting Hollywood movie stars and millionaires

1985 Clarence Nash died. The original voice of Donald Duck.

2001 Foot-and-mouth disease ravages livestock in Britain in the worst epidemic since 1967. By March it has spread to mainland Europe. Millions of animals are destroyed.

2009 Hershey’s, the largest U.S. candy maker, closed its candy factory in Reading, Pennsylvania. The factory produced among others, the Zagnut, York Peppermint Pattie, and 5th Avenue candy bars. Production was moved to their new factory in Monterey, Mexico.

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February 19 is National Chocolate Mint Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

Five Food Finds of Chocolate Mints

1. In tea houses and dinner halls of the early 1900’s mint sprigs and dark chocolates served after desserts for patrons to ‘chew for good breath and aid digestion’. Soon thin mints, layered mint and dark chocolate candies appeared in many forms.

2. Thin Mints, a Girl Scout cookie first sold in 1951, accounts for over 25% of the annual Girl Scout cookie sales.

3. After Eights, introduced in 1962, were considered a classier version of the classic thin mint, with dark chocolate and rich mint center, considered at the time the perfect after dinner mint.

4. Andes chocolate mints, created in 1921, have little to do with the Andes mountains. They were once called “Andy’s Candies” but the owner ‘found that men did not like giving boxes of candies with another man’s name on them to their wives and girlfriends’ so he changed the name.

5.Frago Mints, perhaps the first chocolate mints, were first patented in 1918. They were sold in tea houses and sold frozen to emphasize the sharp mint flavor.

Daily Quote:

“A wise man knows that if someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.”~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Events of February 19

Today’s Food History

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1764 Gottlieb Sigismund Kirchhof was born. He developed a method for refining vegetable oil, and also improved brewing & fermentation.

1855 Bread Riots in Liverpool.

1906 Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company (W.K. Kellogg Company) was founded by Will Keith Kellogg to manufacture breakfast cereals (cornflakes).

1913 Cracker Jack began to put prizes in each box.

1976 Iceland broke off diplomatic relations with Great Britain when the two couldn’t settle their disagreement on the ‘cod war’ fishing rights issue.

1985 Cherry Coke was introduced nation-wide

1999 The world’s largest strawberry shortcake was created in McCall Park, Plant City, Florida, the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World. The city holds the Guinness record for the world’s largest strawberry shortcake, over 6,000 pounds.

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February 17 is Café au Lait Day

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National Cafe’ Au Lait Day

5 Food Facts about Café au Lait

1. In Europe, “café au lait” stems from the same continental tradition as “café con leche” in Spain,

2. In Poland it is referred to as “kawa biała” (“white coffee”)

3. In Germany it is referred to as “Milchkaffee” (“milk coffee”)

4. In The Netherlands “koffie verkeerd” (“incorrect coffee”)

5. In the French-speaking areas of Switzerland, a popular variation is the “café renversé” (“reverse coffee”), made by using the milk as a base and adding espresso, in reversal of the normal method of making a “café au lait”.

Today’s Food History

on this day in…

1665 Rudolph Jacob Camerarius was born. A German botanist, he showed the existence of sexes in plants, and identified the stamen and pistil as the male and female organs.
1876 Canned sardines went on sale in the U.S. for the first time. They were packed in oil.
(Some sources say 1873).
1889 H.L. Hunt, the pioneering Texas oil millionaire (Hunt Oil Company) was born. He carried a brown bag lunch to his office each day and considered himself as ‘just plain folks.’
1958‘Sugartime’ by the McGuire Sister topped the charts.
2002 New regulations to go into effect this year require German pig farmers to spend at least 20 seconds every day with each pig, 10 seconds in the morning and 10 seconds in the afternoon. I do not know about what regulations there might be for spending time with German cows, sheep, chickens and other farm animals.
2008 The USDA announced the largest beef recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse.

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February 10 is National ‘Have a Brownie’ Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

Celebrating February 10

Five Food Facts about Brownies

1. It is said that the brownie was created at the Palmer House Hotel during the 1893 Columbian Exposition( The largest World’s Fair of it’s time) when the owner Bertha Palmer asked the chef to make a ‘ladies dessert’.

2. The word ‘brownie’ became so popular that soon after the Expedition even Kodak named one of it’s first hand held cameras after them, the little ‘brownie.’

3. Brownies were one of the very first prepackaged food ‘mixes’ ever sold. First appearing in the Sears, Roebuck catalogue in 1897.

4. Fannie Farmer, the First Lady of American Cookery, published the first written recipe for brownies in 1896.

5.A popular turn of the century alternative was considered of equal importance, the ‘blondie‘, which used many of the same ingredients except chocolate. Many believed chocolate to be a ‘vice’ on the same level as alcohol and even coffee.

Daily Quote:

“A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.”
Benjamin Franklin

Today’s Food History

on this day in…

1846 Ira Remsen was born. He was an American chemist, co-discoverer of saccharin, the artificial sweetener.

1933 The Postal Telegraph Co. of New York City delivers the first singing telegram with a box of chocolates.

1944 Author Frances Moore Lappe was born. Author of the best selling ‘Diet for a Small Planet’ (1971) The first best seller to encourage a vegetarian diet. Her premise was that the raising of animals was wasteful & potentially harmful to the environment.

1945 The Andrews Sisters recording of ‘Rum and Coca Cola’ hit #1 on the popular music charts.

1957 The ‘Styrofoam’ cooler was invented.

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National Ranch Dressing Day

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National Crab Day

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National Cheese Doodle Day

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National Cold Cuts Day

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