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OTDIFH - July 17th

July 17, 2017 by Kate Hopkins in Food Trivia, OTDIFH

In 1947 ,The United States Customs Court rules that rhubarb is a fruit, saving importers 15% on the applicable duties.

Technically speaking, rhubarb is a vegetable.

In 2005 there was evidence of reclassification.

(NOTE - OTDIFH = On this day in food history).

 

July 17, 2017 /Kate Hopkins
Rhubarb, Fruit vs Vegetable, Import Duties
Food Trivia, OTDIFH

Pastrami and Chopped Liver Sandwich

July 15, 2017 by Kate Hopkins in Food Porn/Pics
July 15, 2017 /Kate Hopkins
Pastrami, Chopped Liver, Sandwiches
Food Porn/Pics

On This Day In Food History - July 15.

July 15, 2017 by Kate Hopkins in Food Trivia, OTDIFH

Hippolyte Mege-Mouries of Paris was granted a patent for margarine, It was made from rendered beef and/or mutton tallow that was mechanically treated and then mixed with soured skimmed milk to form an emulsion which solidified consistently at above room temperature, and had a longer-lasting shelf life than butter.

 

July 15, 2017 /Kate Hopkins
dairy, margarine, inventions, discovery
Food Trivia, OTDIFH

Food Media Rule #1

July 05, 2017 by Kate Hopkins

The Food Network is a lifestycle network. They do not adequately address, or hell, even cover, the real stories about food that impact all of us. 

July 05, 2017 /Kate Hopkins

What Kind of Person

July 04, 2017 by Kate Hopkins

What kind of guest invites to additional people to an overseas trip, after they themselves have been invited to said trip?

I still can't believe how much that one stung.

July 04, 2017 /Kate Hopkins

Hot Dog with Onions

July 01, 2017 by Kate Hopkins in Food Porn/Pics
July 01, 2017 /Kate Hopkins
Hot Dog, Onions, French Fries
Food Porn/Pics
“...cooks bring the country to the city. They secure teh colors of the gardens, the smell of the soils, the infinities of oceans, the invigoration of breezes. They import bits of harmonious, contented nature, where animals devour plants and each other.””
— Michael Symons - "A History of Cooks and Cooking"
July 01, 2017 by Kate Hopkins
July 01, 2017 /Kate Hopkins

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