TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, November 25, 2013

Greetings Infomaniacs,

When I was in my teens, I used to work at a bagel shop. I am surprised that I didn't gain a ton of weight because I could have all the leftover bagels at the end of the day I wanted for free (the rest were picked up by a charity).

Have any of you ever worked at a food establishment and got so sick of the food that you never wanted to eat it again? Yeah, that never happened to me! I STILL crave them, and I haven't worked there in over a decade!

Oh, and here's a lame joke for you while we're on the topic of bagels:

Why do seagulls live near the sea?

ANSWER: Because if they lived near the bay, they'd be called bagels!

HAHAHA!

Enjoy!
Melissa

Questions? Comments? Email Melissa


WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "There is no sincerer love than the love of food."

HINT: (1856-1950), Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics


RANDOM TIDBITS
Cream cheese was invented in 1872; Philadelphia Cream Cheese hit the market in 1880. It wasn't until Joseph and Isaac Breakstone began selling their Breakstone Cream Cheese brand in 1920 that New York bagel eaters discovered it.

According to Guinness World Records, the world's largest bagel was made by Bruegger's in Syracuse, New York. It weighed 868 pounds, measured 6 feet in diameter and 20 inches thick, and was blueberry flavored.

During the 2002 American League Championship Series between the New York Yankees and Anaheim Angels, Anaheim mayor Tom Daly bet New York mayor Michael Bloomberg a crate of oranges and chilies that the Angels would win. Bloomberg's bet: a crate of Nathan's hot dogs and 48 H&H bagels. Daly won.

Some historians credit a Viennese baker for creating the bagel to commemorate the victory of Polish King Jan III Sobieski over the Turks in 1683. The bread was formed into the shape of a buegel or stirrup, because the liberated Austrians had clung to the king's stirrups as he rode by.

There are numerous etiologies of the word bagel. In Yiddish, it was beygel, from the Middle High German bouc and Old High German boug, both meaning a ring or bracelet. Another possible origin is from the German word bügel, for a round loaf of bread.

In 1927, Polish baker Harry Lender came to New Haven, Connecticut, USA, and founded the first bagel factory outside New York City. His company is credited with being the nation's first frozen bagel manufacturer and the first to put bagels in supermarkets.


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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "There is no sincerer love than the love of food."

ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw.

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