Today in History Food Edition March 23, 2024

State Festivals
30th Annual Taste of Oviedo
Fremont Area Home and Garden Show
Texas Onion Fest
The BIG TASTE
Maple Syrup Family Day
Annual Wellington Bacon & Bourbon Festival
26th Annual Bradford County Strawberry Festival
Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival
17th Wing & Rock Fest
Oak Lawn Home Show
41st Annual Maple Syrup Festival
Dallas Travel & Adventure Show
Vermont Maple Open House Weekend
Saint Rafqa
Toum
Lebanese Roasted Stuffed Onions
Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo
Lomo Saltado
Alfajores
Purim Eve
Vegetable Soup with Lettuce
Moroccan Fish in Tomato Sauce
Moroccan Tea
Moroccan Sweet Fried Pastry
Moroccan Purim Bread
National Tamale Day
Mexican Tamale
National Chip and Dip Day
Black Bean and Corn Dip
National Melba Toast Day
Melba Toast
1857 Fannie Merritt Farmer was born (died Jan 15, 1915)
Reception Cocoa
Brandy Cocoa
1896 The New York State Legislature passed Raines Law,
Wildest Redhead Cocktail
1923 Scotland: Cutty Sark Scots Whisky was created
Cutty sark Pear Cooler
1923 'Yes, We Have No Bananas' was written by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn. It was one of the most popular songs of the 1920s.
Banana Pudding (No Bananas)
1965 Astronaut John Young smuggled a corned beef sandwich aboard the first Gemini spacecraft flight.
Corned Beef Sandwich
1965 'International House of Pancakes' trademark was registered.
IHOP Pancakes (Copycat)
1981 The U.K. bans all animal transport on the Isle of Wight and in southern Hampshire in an attempt to contain a new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
Junket
2008 Al Copeland, the founder of Popeyes restaurant chain, died
Popeye’s Fried Chicken (Copycat)