Tuesday, February 8, 2005 Food

TODAY’S QUOTE
“Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.”
Erma Bombeck (1927-1996)

TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY
* National Molasses Bar Day
* Feast of St. Meingold, patron of bakers.

1795 Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge was born. A German chemist who developed a
method for obtaining sugar from beet juice.

1886 Wilhelm Koppers was born. This cultural anthropologist developed
theories on the origins of society based on studies of hunter-gatherer
tribes.

1898 John Sherman of Worcester, Massachusetts received a patent for the
first machine to fold and seal envelopes.

1925 Actor Jack Lemmon was born. A couple of his film titles: 'The Fortune
Cookie' and 'Days of Wine and Roses'

1946 Adolfo De La Parra of the music group 'Canned Heat' was born.

DID YOU KNOW? Food Trivia
All of the world's maple syrup is produced in North America. Quebec is the
leading producer, followed by Vermont, New York, and Ontario.





Roy Crockett
www.ricrockett.com
roy@...
Northern Virginia



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