Casey Jo's Catering Inc.

03/12/2024

DID YOU KNOW:

Tomatoes aren't native to Italy, spuds aren't native to Ireland, and chillis aren't native to Asia.

All of these now-essential staples came from South America in the Columbian Exchange, which also gave the rest of the world corn, cacao, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and loads more.

03/05/2024

What is the most eaten food in the world?
Rice
Rice is a food staple for more than 3.5 billion people around the world, particularly in Asia, Latin America, and parts of Africa. Rice has been cultivated in Asia for thousands of years. Scientists believe people first domesticated rice in India or Southeast Asia

02/26/2024

DID YOU KNOW:

American cheese is not American.

Processed cheese is thought of as an American product, but it was actually invented in Switzerland.

It was created by Waltz Ge**er and Fritz Stettler in 1911 to lengthen the shelf-life before it was shipped overseas.

02/19/2024

DID YOU KNOW:

Hot chocolate is older than you think

The Mayan and Aztec cultures were the first to make "hot chocolate." This precursor to hot chocolate was used for religious ceremonies, including coming-of-age celebrations and weddings.

02/12/2024

DID YOU KNOW:

The potato, Solanum jamesii, is native to the American Southwest, and especially thrives in sagebrush and piñon pine ecosystems in New Mexico. There are just five small populations of the potato in Utah

02/07/2024

DID YOU KNOW:

The rows of corn are always an even number.

This is because corn spikelets are borne in pairs. One is fertile and one is sterile. Therefore cornrows are always formed in even numbers.

01/30/2024

DID YOU KNOW:

Farmed salmon is dyed pink.

Wild salmon is naturally pink because of all the shrimp they eat.

Meanwhile, farm-raised salmon have a different diet and end up being white.

However, they are fed specific plant pigments to get the same hue as wild salmon.

01/15/2024

DID YOU KNOW:

According to the Food Lovers Companion, The name "hamburger" comes from the seaport town of Hamburg, Germany, where it is thought that 19th-century sailors brought back the idea of raw shredded beef (known today as beef tartare) after trading with the Baltic provinces of Russia. Some anonymous German chef decided to cook the beef. The hamburger made its first United States appearance at the St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. The hamburger is one of America's favorite foods. It consists of a cooked patty of ground beef sandwiched between two bread halves, usually in the form of a round bun.

01/08/2024

DID YOU KNOW

Raspberries are a member of the rose family

As are cherries, apricots, plums, pears, apples, quinces, peaches, strawberries, and blackberries. Unlike roses though, these types of fruits typically have flowers with five equal petals arranged around a central core.

And, just like roses, raspberries (and blackberries) have plenty of thorns too - ouch!

01/01/2024

12/25/2023

The Casey Jo's catering family would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

12/18/2023

GOOD MORNING

DID YOU KNOW:

Pilgrims are responsible for apples in America.

Several hundred years back, pilgrims planted the first U.S. apple trees in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Now, there are apple orchards in every state. The old adage about an apple a day keeping the doctor away aside, annual per capita consumption of apples in the United States has fluctuated between about 15 and 19 pounds in the years spanning 2000 to 2021. Apples contain about 5 grams of fiber, and they don’t contain any fat, sodium, or cholesterol. You can’t go wrong munching an apple!

12/11/2023

GOOD MORNING.

DID YOU KNOW?

Caesar salad isn't from anywhere near Italy
Bet you didn't know this. We sure didn't!

The Caesar salad was actually invented in Tijuana, Mexico back in 1927. Hotel Caesar owner Caesar Cardini wanted to make dinner for friends, but didn't have much at hand. Lettuce was tossed into a bowl with a dressing made from whatever he had on hand and salad history was made.

There's even an annual festival in Tijuana every June in honor of the infamous side dish.

(To be fair, Cardini himself was actually born in Italy)