Saturday, March 5, 2005 Food

TODAY’S QUOTE
“Brewing espresso...unlike other methods of brewing coffee...IS rocket
science...”
Kevin Knox and Julie Sheldon Huffaker, ‘Coffee Basics: A Quick and Easy
Guide’

TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY
* National Cheese Doodle Day

1558 Francisco Fernandes supposedly introduced smoking tobacco to Europe.

1836 Charles Goodnight was born. He is said to have devised the first 'chuck
wagon' from an Army wagon in the 1850s or 1860s, with various shelves and
compartments for food, equipment, utensils, medical supplies, etc.

1868 C.H. Gould of Birminghom, England patented a stapler. (Countless
staplers have been patented).

1893 Emmett J. Culligan was born. He was the founder of the water treatment
company that carries his name. (Hey, Culligan Man!)

1965 ‘Pepper’ Martin, baseball player died.

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.
Point to Ponder: If this bacterium escaped to the wild, and ended up in your
stomach, would you get drunk if you ate some vegetables?

DID YOU KNOW? Food Trivia
The Mamey (Mammea americana) is also known as mammee apple, South American
apricot and Saint Domingo apricot. This tropical American fruit is related
to the mangosteen, and is the size of a large orange. The mamey has a thick,
russet bitter skin, and sweet, juicy reddish or yellow flesh, with a taste
similar to an apricot.





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



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