Weekend Trivia -- Saturday

18 years ago

It's another weekend, dear cottagers, and I hope you all get some high-quality time in your gardens over the next two days. A little downpour here last night means I don't have to water anything today. Most everything I have is drip irrigated, but I have a couple of areas where I do have to haul hoses around, and, as you know, that gets old after a while.

Today's trivia subject comes to us from Italy. Ettore (Hector) Boiardi was born there in 1897 and, in his teens, came to New York City, where he worked at the Plaza Hotel and then the Ritz-Carlton. He moved to Cleveland in the 1920s, and by the 1940s had become so well known that his face was instantly recognizable to most Americans. Hector died a wealthy man in 1985. For what was he famous?

ThinMan

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Comments (5)

plantlady999
18 years ago
Ettore Boiardi was known for his spaghetti sauces. Which where sold as Chef Boyardee brands.

Sue
aftermidnight Zone7b B.C. Canada
18 years ago
Well you beat me to it, I didn't have a clue until until I tried to pronounce his name, Sue's right spaghetti sauce it is.
Annette
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lorna-organic
18 years ago
Gotta be, Chef Boyardi! TM, do you know heirloom.com has an extensive trivia page?

I keep hoping for those rains, TM. The clouds have looked promising/threatening for three days, but no rain yet. I hardly have anything in bloom. :( But the squash plants are looking good. I'm expecting blooms on them any day now.

Lorna
midnightsmum (Z4, ON)
18 years ago
Oh Lorna - let me send you some rain....rain, rain go away, little Nancy wants to play...in her garden!! Grass needs for be cut, but it just doesn't stop.

TM - yep, it's the spagetti guy. Did you noticed they did a commercial about a little guy going home for lunch in Italy, and his name was Hector!!!!

Mmmmmm, Italy, pasta - yummm.
thinman
Original Author
18 years ago
Five stars for Sue, Annette, Lorna, Nancy, and Edna (by proxy).

Good job, ladies.

Thanks for the tip, Lorna. I'll check it out.
Nancy - I guess I haven't seen that commercial. I'll have to watch for it.

ThinMan