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March 20th is World Whisky Day!

John-Bryan Hopkins

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Happy World Whisky Day!!

Here are today’s five 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.
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  • 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.
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  • The barrels made from American White Oak have been claimed to produce the tastiest whisky.
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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 20th is World Whisky Day!

John-Bryan Hopkins

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Here are today’s five 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.

 

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  • 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.

 

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  • The barrels made from American White Oak have been claimed to produce the tastiest whisky.

 

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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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A History of Whisky (Whiskey)

John-Bryan Hopkins

Though whisky’s exact origins are unknown, its existence was first documented in Ireland in 1405. Whisky is a strictly regulated spirit worldwide with many classes and types. The typical unifying characteristics of the different classes and types are the fermentation of grains, distillation, and aging in wood. Food Finds about Whisky (Whiskey) There are two legitimate spellings of whisky. One is ‘whisky’ – as spelled by Scotts and Canadians and the second is ‘whiskey’ – as spelled by the Irish and Americans. There is a dispute between the Irish and the Scotts, as to who were the first to make whisky. Scotch and Irish whisky are made the same way, with the exception of malting and distillation process. There are five basic classifications of…

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March 27 – World Whisky Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

World Whisky Day

Five Food Finds 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.

Daily Quote

“I always carry a flask of whisky in case of snakebite… and furthermore, always carry a small snake.”  -W.C. Fields

Today’s Food History

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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.

For more information, check out WorldWhiskyDay.com

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A History of Irish Cuisine

John-Bryan Hopkins

There are many references to food and drink in Irish mythology and early Irish literature such as the tale of Fionn mac Cumhaill and the Salmon of Knowledge. The old stories also contain many references to banquets, although these may well be greatly exaggerated and provide little insight into everyday diets. Honey seems to have been widely eaten and used in the making of mead. There are also many references to fulacht fiadh, which may have been sites for cooking deer, consisting of holes in the ground which were filled with water. The meat was placed in the water and cooked by the introduction of hot stones. Many fulacht fiadh sites have been identified across the island of Ireland, and some of them appear…

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