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IT'S FINALLY JUNE 2015 IN TDK LAND
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We are 1/2 way through 2015 – Yay, it’s June!
Enjoy this month’s fun – share your special dates as birthday of purrdays so
we can help celebrate with you too!
🙂Here are some links as we turn calendar over!
http://www.thenibble.com/fun/more/facts/holidays-june.asp
http://www.quotes-inspirational.com/quotes/june/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June
http://www.jokesandtrivia.com/
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
DAILY Trivia Questions are below
TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE
“Some people are fat, some people are lean. But I want you to show me the person who doesn’t like butterbeans Yay!” B-52’s Song, ‘Butterbean’ (1983)
Food Holidays – Today is:
• National Rocky Road Day
• UK: British Cheese Week (June 1-7, 2015)
More Cheese Gromit! 😉
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORYOn this day in:
1851 Maine becomes the first state to ban alcohol
It’s already Thursday June 4, 2015:
Nomz to celebrate
•June 4: National Cheese Day
•June 4: National Frozen Yogurt Day
•June 4: National Cognac Day
plus
Applesauce Cake Day
http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2012/11/gluten-free-applesauce-cake.htmlIt’s a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one’s safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract. – Astronaut Alan Shepard
TODAY – JUNE 8th – MONDAY 159th day of 2015 with 206 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Mercury, Neptune and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and Venus.
Holidays for Today:
*Best Friend Day
*Name Your Poison Day
*National Jelly-Filled Doughnut Day
*World Brain Tumor Day
*World Oceans Day
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BIRTHDAYS ON THIS DATE: 1625 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian scientist (discovered 4 satellites of Saturn)
– See more at: http://www.jokesandtrivia.com/#sthash.3M310Gge.dpufTODAY – JUNE 9th – TUESDAY 160th day of 2015 with 205 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Mercury, Neptune and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and Venus
Holidays for Today: *Donald Duck Day
*National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/strawberry-rhubarb-pie-vegan.html
*Fight the Filthy Fly Month
*National Accordion Awareness Month
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*National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month
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BIRTHDAYS ON THIS DATE: 1781 George Stephenson, English inventor, “Father of Railways” (built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives)
1875 Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist (Nobel / study of acetylcholine for neurotransmission)
1893 Cole Porter, Indiana, composer/lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate)
1900 Fred Waring, Tyrone, Pennsylvania, musician/conductor (financially backed inventor of Waring Blender)
1915 Les Paul, Waukesha, Wisconsin, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar)
– See more at: http://www.jokesandtrivia.com/#sthash.70zxpgVZ.dpufTODAY’S FOOD QUOTE
“Iced tea is too pure and natural a creation not to have been invented as soon as tea, ice, and hot weather crossed paths.” John Egerton
Food Holidays – Today is:
• National Black Cow Day
• National Iced Tea Day
• National Herbs & Spices Day
• National Garden Week (June 7-13 2015)
[National Garden Clubs]
• National Fishing & Boating Week (June 6-14)
[Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation]TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY
On this day in:
1869 Frozen food was shipped long distance for the first time. Frozen Texas beef shipped by steamship to New Orleans.
1916 William Rosenberg founder of Dunkin’ Donuts was born (died Sept 22, 2002).
My Idea of Black Cow = A & W Treats! 🙂
with music on car radio as
Lalalala…you can’t always get what you want…lalalala 😉June 12, 2015
Food Holidays – Today is:
• National Peanut Butter Cookie Day
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1512450
Maple Syrup in here.. 😉
• National Jerky Day
• Alex’s Lemonade Days (June 12-14, 2015)
[Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation]• National Garden Week (June 7-13 2015)
[National Garden Clubs]
• National Fishing & Boating Week (June 6-14)
[Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation]TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY
On this day in:
1873 Rocky Mountain locusts enter southwestern Minnesota. The beginning of a 4 year crop destroying locust (grasshopper) plague.
Yum – Date treat…thanks for idea KJ!
http://www.veggieful.com/2013/08/vegan-healthy-chocolate-date-balls.html
Easy/Peasy = Yummy!
I would even make these!June 15, 2015:
Food Holidays – Today is:
• National Lobster Day
• Potatoe Day
• Feast of Saint Germaine Cousin, patron of shepherdesses.• Men’s Health Week (June 15-21, 2015)
• Dairy Goat Awareness Week (June 13-20, 2015)
[American Dairy Goat Assn]
• UK: National Picnic Week (June 13-21, 2015)DAILY Trivia Questions are below
TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE
“Always serve too much hot fudge sauce on hot fudge sundaes. It makes people overjoyed, and puts them in your debt.” Judith Olney
Food Holidays – Today is:
• National Fudge Day
Easy Recipe:
(I can even do this!)
Yum
• Feast of St. Benno, patron of anglers, fishermen.• Men’s Health Week (June 15-21, 2015)
• Dairy Goat Awareness Week (June 13-20, 2015)
[American Dairy Goat Assn]
• UK: National Picnic Week (June 13-21, 2015)TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY
On this day in:
1794 The first stone was laid for the world’s largest grain windmill in Holland. Known as ‘De Walvisch’ (the whale), it is still in existence.
1855 John Gorrie Died. Gorrie was received the first U.S. patent for mechanical refrigeration in 1851.
1893 R.W. Rueckheim invents ‘Cracker Jack’, a popcorn, peanut and molasses confection. It was introduced at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. R.W.’s brother Louis perfected the secret formula in 1896, which prevents the molasses coated popcorn from sticking together. The prize in each box was introduced in 1912.
Oo…lookin’ for the prize inside! 😉
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