Category: Food Facts – Food History

FOOD HOLIDAY: The History Of Chocolate Milk For National Chocolate Milk Day

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It’s National Chocolate Milk Day. We spent two days last week at a trade show that focused on natural and healthy products. Among the many aloe and coconut water brands, we tried alternative types of chocolate milk: almond milk (Almond Breeze), soy milk (Silk), rice milk (Rice Dream), hemp milk (Living Harvest), coconut milk (So…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: Chocolate Milkshake Recipe For National Chocolate Milkshake Day

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Celebrate with a chocolate milkshake. Photo courtesy Cherry Marketing Institute.   Today we know a “milkshake” as a cold beverage made from milk, ice cream, and often, syrup served in a tall, fluted glass with a straw (the classic milkshake glass is known as a Y glass). Some establishments top the drink with whipped cream…
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National TV Dinner Day & The History Of TV Dinners

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Since we spend our days (and nights) tasting artisan food products, we don’t eat many frozen dinners. But September 10th is National TV Dinner Day, so it’s time to reflect on a meal format dear to many Baby Boomers, and now lost to changing times. In grade school, they were a favorite meal. It was…
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National Chop Suey Day: What Is Chop Suey & The History Of Chop Suey

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August 29th is National Chop Suey Day. Many people refer to chop suey as a Chinese-American invention, like fortune cookies. But that’s a myth that keeps getting perpetuated. It came from China. Even the musical “Flower Drum Song” got it wrong! However, the Chinese food paper takeout container with the metal handle is an American…
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RECIPE: Make A Hurricane Cocktail

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[1] A Hurricane cocktail served in the traditional Hurricane glass, fashioned after a hurricane lamp (photo © Alex 9500 | Panther Media). [2] The Hurricane is so popular that the Hard Rock Cafe in Stockholm has its own printed Hurricane glasses (photo © Bacardi Rum | Facebook). [3] Gosling’s Black Seal dark rum (photo ©…
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