Today in History Food Edition April 6, 2024

State Festivals
Lodi Wine Festival
Whisky Festival
Iowa Eats Food and Drink Festival
Maryland Chicken Wing Festival
48th Annual World Catfish Festival
Farmer’s Table Wine Trail
Dessert Wars
The Bloody Mary Festival
Tequila and Taco Festival
41st St. Augustine Lions Seafood Festival
Southwest Chocolate and Coffee Festival
Central Oregon Agriculture Show
National Tartan Day
Scottish Vegetable and Barley Syrup
Laylat al Qadr
Sooji Halwa
Paul Rudd
Paul Rudd’s Peanut Butter Cup Blondies
California Poppy Day
California Poppy Tincture
National Caramel Popcorn Day
Maria’s Caramel Popcorn
International Carbonara Day
Spaghetti Carbonara
New Beer’s Eve
Bratwurst Burger
1859 Massachusetts first Inspector of Milk
Pumpkin Pie in a Glass
1896 Opening Day of the First Olympics in Athens, Greece
Lifesaver Champagne Cocktail
Fruit Platter
Sheet cake, Brownies, or Rice Krispies
Gold Medal Cheese Plate
Cupcakes
Chips and Dip
Breakfast Board
Cookies
1930 Twinkies go on sale
Banana Cream Twinkies
1930 India
Gandhi’s Negroni Cocktail
1932 C. Glen King isolated Vitamin C from Lemon Juice
Strawberry Jalapeno Salsa
California Strawberry Smoothie
1947 John Ratzenberger was born
John Ratzenberger Cabbage and Bacon
1954 C.A. Swanson and sons invented TV Dinners
Homemade TV Dinners
Meatloaf Dinner
Teriyaki Stir Fry Dinner
1988 McDonald’s opened its 10,000th franchise
McRib (Copycat)
All Purpose BBQ Rub
Cemitas (Mexican Sesame Buns)
2004 British Columbia Canada orders the slaughter of 19 million poultry due to Avian Flu
Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
2013 Ikea recalled 17,000 Moose Lasagna dinners
Canadian Moose Lasagna (Copycat)