Today in History Food Edition March

Shushan Purim Soupe Jo (Persian Chicken) Heart of Palm Salad Pita Chips Fattoush Salad Passion Fruit Sorbet Baklava Cups Plum Galette Cinnamon Bun Pie Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary Annunciation of the Lord German Rose Cake Matzo Ball Soup Brisket Malabi Kugel (Jewish Noodle Pudding) Annunciation Waffles Annunciation Blueberry Oatmeal Blueberry and Pecan French Toast Swedish Waffles Ukrainian Poppy Seed Cake Lily Sandwiches Blueberry Parfiat Brides Cake White Chocolate Frosting Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary Annunciation of the Lord German Rose Cake Matzo Ball Soup Brisket Malabi Kugel (JewiHoly Monday Mud Pie Sugar Cookies Cream Cheese Buttercream Holy Monday Mud Pie Sugar Cookies Cream Cheese Buttercream Double Chocolate Ganache Swiftie Cookie Raspberry Lemon Buttercream Chocolate Caramel Cookies Caramel Cinnamon Sugar Twists Holy Tuesday Loaded Mashed Potatoes Velikonocni Jidase Spanakopita Vichyssoise Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Pistachio Ice Cream Lime Sherbet Spy Wednesday Money Bag Wonton

Holy Thursday Beitzah Long-Cooked Hard Boiled Eggs with Spinach Chazeret Spinach Pie Southern Style Collard Greens Zeroa Pot-Roasted Lemon Chicken Roasted Leg of Lamb Fall-Apart Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb Roast Beef Ashkenazic Pot Roast Wine Red Wine Sauce Grape Juice Charoset Fig Charoset Applesauce Charoset Haroset Karpas Karpas Salad Maror Chilled Beet Soup Matzah Homemade Matzos Unleavened Bread Olive Oil Matzos Bread Matzo Dessert Apple Matzo Cake Hot Cross Buns

Good Friday British Earl Grey Hot Cross Buns Scripture Lunch Olives Hershey Kisses Hershey Kisses (Copycat) Sword with Cheese Hard Boiled Eggs Silver Peppermint Patty’s Peppermint Patty’s (Copycat) Ritz Crackers with Peanut Butter Ritz Crackers (Copycat) German Pretzels Water Pretzel Rod Cross Pretzel Rods Salt and Vinegar Chips Salt and Vinegar Chips (Copycat)

Holy Saturday Paska Easter Paska Babka Easter Cheese Fresh Ricotta Cheese Crafts Cascarones Pinata Peek-A-Boo Eggs Easter Pie First Sunday Potato Salad Kelley’s Cheesecake Greek Easter and Polish Easter Christos Anesti! Greek Salad No Lettuce ever! Greek Eggs are always Red! Tsoureki: Greek Easter Egg Bread Greek Pastitsio: Greek Lasagna Spanakopita: Greek Spinach Pie/ Triangles Kolokithokeftedes: Greek Zucchini Fritters Galaktoboureko: Greek Milk Pie Koulourakia: Greek cookies with sesame seeds Greek Pecan Baklava

Jolly Green Giant Cocktail Tamarind Margarita Simple Syrup Grass Skirt Arak the Casbah Smashing Pumpkin Guitar Cocktail Margarinn Typhoid Mary Hot Toddy Typhoid Mary Cocktail Purple People Eater Cocktail Red Wine Sauce Grape Juice Whiskey Caesar Gingerbread Lady Cocktail Harvesting Wild Yeast Basic Hooch

Saint Balbina Creamy Shrimp Carbonara Saint Benjamin Kriek Kocktail Easter Paska Babka Easter Cheese Fresh Ricotta Cheese Crafts Cascarones Pinata Peek-A-Boo Eggs Easter Pie First Sunday Potato Salad Kelley’s Cheesecake Greek Easter and Polish Easter Christos Anesti! Greek Salad No Lettuce ever! Greek Eggs are always Red! Tsoureki: Greek Easter Egg Bread Greek Pastitsio: Greek Lasagna Spanakopita: Greek Spinach Pie/ Triangles Kolokithokeftedes: Greek Zucchini Fritters Galaktoboureko: Greek Milk Pie Koulourakia: Greek cookies with sesame seeds Greek Pecan Baklava Cesar Chavez Day: Ancho Chili Bean Sauce National Clams on the Half Shell Day Clams Casino Tater Day Caraway Roast Potatoes Oranges and Lemons Day Orange, Honey, and Lemon Tea 1882 During March and April an estimated 1.5 billion dead tilefish were discovered north of Delaware Bay Pan-Seared Tilefish 1946 G. Allan Nichol of the music group 'The Turtles' was born. Pecan Turtles 1978 Charles Best died (born Feb 27, 1899) Apple Crisp 1989 Chefs from Japanese restaurants in New York have finally persuaded the FDA to allow them to import and serve fogu. Fundokin Miso Soup 1992 Bob Wian died (born June 15, 1914) Bob’s Big Boy Double Deck Sandwich 2005 Frank Perdue president of Perdue Farms died (born May 9, 1920) Chicken Salsa Verde 2014 The International Court of Justice rules that the Japanese government must halt its whaling program in the Antarctic. Kujira no Harihari Nabe

State Festivals Elberta German Sausage Festival Great American Barbeque & Beer Festival 35th Annual Helen Trout Tournament Brew Woo Van Wert On Tap Holy Saturday Paska Turkey Neck Soup Day Turkey Neck Soup 1867 The U.S. agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million (about 2 cents an acre) Harvesting Wild Yeast Basic Hooch 1899 The Tropical Trading & Transport Company merged with rival Boston Fruit Company to form the United Fruit Company Red Torch Bananas Boston Brown Bread 1972 Royal Canadian Navy sailors are issued their very last daily rum ration. Banana Cake Spicy Banana Cake 1987 'Sunflowers' by Vincent Van Gogh is sold to a Japanese buyer for $39.9 million Grilled Sunflower with Bacon 2020 Coronavirus: Hand Sanitizer

Good Friday British Earl Grey Hot Cross Buns Scripture Lunch Olives Hershey Kisses Hershey Kisses (Copycat) Sword with Cheese Hard Boiled Eggs Silver Peppermint Patty’s Peppermint Patty’s (Copycat) Ritz Crackers with Peanut Butter Ritz Crackers (Copycat) German Pretzels Water Pretzel Rod Cross Pretzel Rods Salt and Vinegar Chips Salt and Vinegar Chips (Copycat) National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day Lemon Chiffon Cake In 1886 Coca-Cola was created by Dr. John Pemberton Meat and Potatoes Kabobs

Saint Conon of Naso Tomato Focaccia Holy Thursday Beitzah Long-Cooked Hard Boiled Eggs with Spinach Chazeret Spinach Pie Southern Style Collard Greens Zeroa Pot-Roasted Lemon Chicken Roasted Leg of Lamb Fall-Apart Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb Roast Beef Ashkenazic Pot Roast Wine Red Wine Sauce Grape Juice Charoset Fig Charoset Applesauce Charoset Haroset Karpas Karpas Salad Maror Chilled Beet Soup Matzah Homemade Matzos Unleavened Bread Olive Oil Matzos Bread Matzo Dessert Apple Matzo Cake Hot Cross Buns National Black Forest Cake Day Black Forest Cake 1897 Victor Mills was born Duncan Hines Yellow Cake (Copycat) 1899 August A. Busch Jr. ('Gussie') was born (died Sept 29, 1989) AABIII Secret Shirmp 1968 'Whiskey On A Sunday' was recorded by the Irish Rovers. Whiskey Caesar 1971 Maureen Stapleton won the Tony Award for Best Actress in 'The Gingerbread Lady' Gingerbread Lady Cocktail

State Festivals WiVi: Central Coast Maine Restaurant & Lodging Expo Virginia Food and Beverage Expo Spring Dairy Expo Saint Rupert of Salzburg "the Apostle of Bavaria" Kaiserschmarrn Spy Wednesday Money Bag Wontons A Whole Day for Whole Grain ABC Meatball Soup International Whisk(e)y day Finey National Spanish Paella Day Spanish Paella 1900 Joseph A. Campbell died (born May 15, 1817) Campbell’s Tomato Soup (Copycat) 1901 Carl Barks was born Donald Duck Roast 1912 First Lady Helen Taft and Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, planted the first two Cherry Trees from Japan at the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park in Washington D.C. President Taft’s Ultimate Sandwich 1915 Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary) was arrested and quarantined at Riverside Hospital on North Border Island in New York City, until her death in 1938 Typhoid Mary Hot Toddy Typhoid Mary Cocktail 1933 Michel Guerard was born Lentil Salad with Anchovy 1958 Sheb Wooley recorded ‘The Purple People Eater’ on this day Purple People Eater Cocktail 1993 Hot Chocolate's Greatest Hits album is number 1 on the U.K. charts. Hot Cocoa Cake 2001 Coca Cola signs a sponsorship deal with Christina Aguilera. Coke Cake