Friday, January 6, 2017

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Congratulations to "Kathy Manemann" who won this week's "Mind Scrambler". Here was the scrambler:

What are the next two letters in this series?

J F M A M J J A S O

ANSWER: N and D. These are initials of the months in a year.

Enjoy!

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "First we eat, then we do everything else."

HINT: (1908-1992), was a preeminent American food writer and a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library.

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RANDOM TIDBITS
Archaeological surveys show that cheese was being made from the milk of cows and goats in Mesopotamia before 6000 B.C.

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Travelers from Asia are thought to have brought the art of cheese making to Europe, where the process was adapted and improved in European monasteries.

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Processed American cheese was developed in 1915 by J.L. Kraft as an alternative to the traditional cheeses that had a short shelf life.

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In 1886, the University of Wisconsin introduced one of the country's first cheese-making education programs.

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The Pilgrims included cheese in their supplies on board the Mayflower in 1620.

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The Sargento Cheese Company in Plymouth, Wisconsin, introduced packaged shredded cheese in 1958. In 1986, the company went even further to ensure the "spread of the shred" by introducing the resealable bag.




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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "First we eat, then we do everything else."

ANSWER: M. F. K. Fisher.