Fun Food Facts & Quiz

Did you know……………..

• Today is–National Strawberry Ice Cream Day–UK: National Soup Day
• 1785 William Prout was born. An English chemist, he was the first to classify food components into 3 main divisions - carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
• 1919 The Great Molasses Flood. On January 15, 1919, a large 50 foot high storage tank in Boston burst and sent a tidal wave of over 2 million gallons of molasses traveling at over 30 miles per hour. Houses, buildings and parts of the elevated rail system were crushed in its path. Twenty-one people died, and over 150 were injured. It took over 6 months to clean up the mess. The damage was in the millions of dollars.
• When Standard Brands Company, owner of Curtiss Candy Company, was acquired by Nabisco in 1981, they realized they had somehow lost the original recipes for the Baby Ruth and Butterfinger candy bars. No one at the old Curtiss factory remembered how to make the candy bars, and Nabisco had to develop new recipes that customers would accept.

QUIZ!!!!

First person to guess correctly gets put into the monthly drawing for $10!! Remember, some comments are moderated.  ALL comments will have a time stamp that will show who answered correctly first.

These dried flower buds are picked before they open. The tree is a member of the myrtle family and is native to the Spice Islands of Indonesia (Moluccas). 

What are they called?

Now I’m off to bed.  We’ll see who gets in right in the morning:)