3 January 2015 is National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day! Five things to know about Cherries: 1. Cherries were brought to America by ship with early settlers in the 1600s. 2. Cherry pie filling is the number one pie filling sold in the US. 3. Darker cherries have higher antioxidant and vitamin levels than lighter ones, but sour cherries, which are generally bright red rather than a darker red-purple in color, have far higher levels than sweet. 4. The main types of cherries can be found growing on tall trees that range between fifteen and thirty meters tall. 5 .Asian varieties, such as the Japanese Sakura, (known colloquially as the cherry blossom) are well-regarded for their long, weeping branches filled with small pink flowers. Todays Food History - 1888 The first patent for wax coated paper drinking straws (made by a spiral winding process) was issued to Marvin C. Stone of Washington, D.C. - 1892 John Ronald Reuel Tolkein was born. Author of ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. Food and hospitality play important roles in both. - 1979 Conrad Nicholson Hilton died. Founder of one of the most well known and largest hotel chains. It all began when he and his father turned their large New Mexico house into an inn for traveling salesmen. - 1980 Joy Adamson died. Naturalist and author of ‘Born Free’ about Elsa, a lion cub. She had also researched culinary and medicinal uses of various plants in Kenya. - 2000 Charles Schulz created his last ‘Peanuts’ comic strip.
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