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31 August, 2012 at 4:56 pm #52705
JeankitParticipant31 August, 2012 at 5:00 pm #746969JeankitParticipantSeptember’s birthstone is the sapphire. The meaning is clear thinking.
The Zodiac signs for individuals born in this month are Virgo (Early to Mid-September) and Libra (Late September).
The birth flowers for September are the forget-me-not, morning glory and aster.[11][12]
We tend to think of September as “Back to School Month,†but it is also:
National Biscuit Month
National Bourbon Heritage Month
National Breakfast Month
California Wine Month
National Chicken Month
National Honey Month
National Mushroom Month
National Organic Harvest Month
National Papaya Month
National Potato Month
National Rice Month
Whole Grains Month
Wine Season and Oyster Season both begin September 1. And, some foods that don’t get their own month get their own week:
International Bacon Day (Saturday Before Labor Day)
National Waffle Week (2nd Week)
Biscuit and Gravy Week (2nd Week)
Vegetarian Awareness Week (2nd Week)
National Wild Rice Week (4th Week)
31 August, 2012 at 5:04 pm #746970JeankitParticipantSeptember:
September (i/ˌsɛptˈɛmbər/ sep-TEM-bər) or Sept. is the ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with a length of 30 days.
September in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Southern Hemisphere.
In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological autumn is 1 September. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological spring is 1 September.[1]
September begins on the same day of the week as December every year, because there are 91 days separating September and December, which is a multiple of seven (the number of days in the week). No other month ends on the same day of the week as September in any year.
In Latin, septem means “seven” and septimus means “seventh”; September was in fact the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 46 BC, when the first month changed from Kalendas Martius (1 March) to Kalendas Januarius (1 January).[2] It is the sixth month of the Astrological calendar, which begins end of March/Mars/Aries.
September marks the beginning of the ecclesiastical year in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
31 August, 2012 at 5:16 pm #746971JeankitParticipantMore daily food/noms fun!
DON’T FORGET TOMORROW-SAT IS BACON DAY!!!
September 1: National Cherry Popover Day
September 2: National Blueberry Popsicle Day
September 3: National Welsh Rarebit Day
September 3: Birthday of Anna, Duchess of Bedford, Creator Of Afternoon Tea
September 4: National Macadamia Nut Day
September 5: National Cheese Pizza Day
September 6: National Coffee Ice Cream Day
September 7: National Acorn Squash Day
September 8: National Date Nut Bread Day
September 9: Wienerschnitzel Day
September 10: TV Dinner Day
September 11: National Hot Cross Bun Day
September 12: National Chocolate Milkshake Day
September 13: National Peanut Day
31 August, 2012 at 7:42 pm #746972WillowandWindismom
ParticipantHmmmm – I was born in September and so I can’t help but wonder why there is not a National Martini Day in that month. Surely that was an oversight!
31 August, 2012 at 9:15 pm #746973JeankitParticipant10 September, 2012 at 5:46 pm #746974JeankitParticipantAlready 10 days into September as Sewing Machine Day & Honey Day celebrating w/TV Dinners!
TODAY IN TRIVIA: Want to celebrate TV Dinner Day?
~Gerry Thomas is the man who invented both the product and the name of the Swanson TV Dinner.
~In 1953, C.A. Swanson & Sons introduced a new product called, “TV Dinners,†and changed the prepackaged meal industry forever. The Smithsonian Institute inducted the original Swanson TV Dinner tray into the Museum of American History in 1986.
~The term “TV Dinner†is now one and the same with any prepackaged, frozen meal that requires diminutive preparation and contains an entire single-serving meal.
~Modern-day TV dinners can be cooked in the microwave (instead of the oven) and include gourmet recipes as well as organic and vegetarian dishes.
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QUIP OF THE DAY: A man isn’t a failure until he begins to blame someone else. -Knox Manning
THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!
Thought for the day. . .
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are – John Wooden.
11 September, 2012 at 2:44 pm #746975JeankitParticipantToday is September 11, 2012
Let us pause for a moment in Remembrance on this Anniversary of 9-11.
255th day of 2012 with 111 to follow.
Holidays for Today:
*Patriot Day
*National Hot Cross Bun Day
*9/11 Remembrance
*Make Your Bed Day
*No News is Good News Day
11 September, 2012 at 2:48 pm #746976JeankitParticipantLet Us Honor the memories of those lost on 9-11 with a traditional Lenten treat…
TODAY IN TRIVIA: Good Friday Delicacy – Hot Cross Bun!
~Did you know that Hot Cross Bun is a special kind of bread traditionally served in the United Kingdom on Good Friday? It is a sweet, yeast-leavened, spiced bun made with currants or raisins, often with candied citrus fruits, marked with a cross on the top.
~According to Wikipedia, “The buns are traditionally eaten hot or toasted on Good Friday, with the cross standing as a symbol of the Crucifixion.â€
~ Supertitions concerning Hot buns :
* buns baked and served on Good Friday will not spoil or become moldy during the subsequent year.
*Another encourages keeping such a bun for medicinal purposes—a piece of it given to someone who is ill is said to help them recover.
*sharing a hot cross bun with another is supposed to ensure friendship throughout the coming year.â€
~Hot Cross Buns are small, sweet yeast buns with raisins or candied fruit, marked on top with a cross of white confectioners’ glaze, and traditionally served in England on Good Friday.
~The English tradition of serving small sweet cakes on Good Friday dates back to the 16th or 17th century, but the cross on top (originally just marked with a knife) dates to the early 18th century.
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QUIP OF THE DAY:Love is friendship set on fire. – Laleela
THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!
Thought for the day. . .
Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you. – Hafiz of Persia
12 September, 2012 at 6:22 pm #746977JeankitParticipantToday we are celebrating Chocolate Milkshake Day!
TODAY IN TRIVIA: More about MILK
~Wisconsin and California account for more than 1/3 of total U.S. milk production.
~Evidence for milk processing dating as far back as the 7th millennium BC has recently been discovered in ceramic jars in the Near East and the Balkans.
~The record milk production for a single cow in a year is 55,660 pounds of milk.
~Straight from the cow, the temperature of cow’s milk is about 97 degrees Fahrenheit.
~California produces about 21 percent of U.S. milk production each year, more than any other state.
~Starbucks uses 2 percent of the nation’s milk in their growing coffee drink business.
~Milk is white because of the protein called Casein. Rich in calcium, Casein helps contribute to milk’s white color.
~In addition, the cream that is found in milk contains white colored fat. The more cream in milk the more white it is.
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QUIP OF THE DAY: Did you hear about the two air-heads who froze to death in a drive-in movie? They went to see “Closed for the Winter.â€
THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!
Thought for the day. . .
The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values. – Norman Thomas
12 September, 2012 at 6:25 pm #746978JeankitParticipantMore September Treats:
September 13: Snack A Pickle Time
September 14: National Cream Filled
Donut Day
September 14: Eat a Hoagie Day
September 15: National Linguine Day
September 16: National Guacamole
Day (and National Mexican
Independence Day)
Halfway To St. Patrick’s Day (have some Irish whiskey or Irish coffee)
September 17: National Apple
Dumpling Day
September 18: National
Cheeseburger Day
September 19: National Butterscotch
Pudding Day
September 20: National Rum Punch
Day
September 21: International
Banana Festival
September 21: National Pecan Cookie
Day
13 September, 2012 at 7:06 pm #746979JeankitParticipantToday is Snack a Pickle Day!
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TODAY IN TRIVIA: Know more about Peanut!
~Peanuts originated in South America, where they were cultivated by Indians for at least 2000 years. As early as 1500 B.C., the Incans of Peru used peanuts as sacrificial offerings and entombed them with their mummies to aid in the spirit life.
~Chocolate manufacturers use 20% of the worlds peanuts (2008).
~Though there are several varieties of peanut, the two most popular are the Virginia ( the larger) and the Spanish (smaller) peanut.
~Dr. George Washington Carver researched and developed more than 300 uses for peanuts in the early 1900s; Dr. Carver is considered “The Father of the Peanut Industry†because of his extensive research and selfless dedication to promoting peanut production and products.
~Adrian Finch of Australia holds the Guinness World Record for peanut throwing, launching a peanut 111 feet and 10 inches in 1999 to claim the record.
~Tom Miller pushed a peanut to the top of Pike’s Peak (14,100 feet) using his nose in 4 days, 23 hours, 47 minutes and 3 seconds.
~20% of the world’s peanut production is used in candy.
~ Other names of Peanuts : goobers, goober peas, pindars, ground nuts, earth nuts, monkey nuts, and grass nuts.
~Georgia is the largest producer of peanuts in the U.S.
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QUIP OF THE DAY: Sometimes you just have to agree to disagree, and move on.
THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!
Thought for the day. . .
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing – Helen Keller
13 September, 2012 at 7:24 pm #746980JeankitParticipant1965, The Paul McCartney song ‘Yesterday’ was released as a Beatles single in the US. The final recording was so different from other works by The Beatles that the band members vetoed the release of the song as a single in the United Kingdom. (However, it was issued as a single there in 1976.)
1967, The Beatles formed an electronics company called Fiftyshapes, Ltd. appointing John Alexis Mardas (Magic Alex) to be the company’s director. Alex claimed he could build a 72-track tape machine, instead of the 4-track at Abbey Road (this never materialised). One of his more outrageous plans was to replace the acoustic baffles around Ringo Starr’s drums with an invisible sonic force field. George Harrison later said that employing Mardas was “the biggest disaster of all time.” 1969, John and Yoko flew to Canada with the Plastic Ono Band to perform at the Rock & Roll Revival Show in Toronto, Canada. The band members Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann and drummer Alan White were put together so late that they had to rehearse on the plane from England. Also making an appearance at the concert were Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent, Bo Diddley, The Doors and Alice Cooper. Lennon later released his performance as the Live Peace in Toronto 1969 album.
Read more at http://thisdayinmusic.com/#gY1sxVogwa836d8C.99
13 September, 2012 at 9:06 pm #746981
JerseyJoanModeratorThank you JK – this is a wonderful thread!
14 September, 2012 at 6:53 pm #746982JeankitParticipantHappy Cream Filled Donut Day…(Homer Simpson’s voice…Mmm, donuts!)
Jelly Donut Drink recipe:
14 September, 2012 at 6:54 pm #746983JeankitParticipantToday is also Hoagie Day, enjoy special sammie!
TODAY IN TRIVIA: All About Hoagies!
~ The term hoagie originated in the Philadelphia area. The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin reported, in 1953, that Italians working at the World War I era shipyard in Philadelphia, known as Hog Island where emergency shipping was produced for the war effort, introduced the sandwich, by putting various meats, cheeses, and lettuce between two slices of bread. This became known as the “Hog Island†sandwich; shortened to Hoggies, then the “hoagieâ€.
~ The Philadelphia Almanac and Citizen’s Manual offers a different explanation, that the sandwich was created by early twentieth century street vendors called “hokey-pokey menâ€, who sold antipasto salad, meats and cookies. When Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta H.M.S. Pinafore opened in Philadelphia in 1879, bakeries produced a long loaf called the pinafore. Entrepreneurial “hokey-pokey men†sliced the loaf in half, stuffed it with antipasto salad, and sold the world’s first “hoagieâ€.
~ A hoagie is also known as a submarine sandwich, hero sandwich, Italian Sandwich, sub, torpedo or grinder amongst many regional naming variations.
~ Europe it would simply be known as a baguette, or a ciabatta, named after traditional breads long baked in France and Italy.
~ The hoagie is a sandwich that consists of a long roll of Italian or French bread, split lengthwise either into two pieces or opened in a “V†on one side, and filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, vegetables, seasonings, and sauces.
~ The sandwich originated in several different Italian American communities in the Northeastern United States from the late 19th to mid 20th centuries.
~ Portland, Maine claims to be the birthplace of the “Italian sandwich†and it is considered Maine’s signature sandwich.
17 September, 2012 at 5:17 pm #746984JeankitParticipantHappy Halfway to St. Paddy’s Day with Apple Dumpling Day!
Celebrate w/Apple alamode drinkie-poo:
http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink5083.html
TODAY IN TRIVIA: APPLE DUMPLING
~An apple dumpling is a pastry filled with apple, cinnamon and occasionally raisins. Apples are peeled and cored, placed on a portion of dough, then filled with cinnamon and sugar.
~Apple dumplings are a native food in the northeastern United States, around Pennsylvania.
~ A very common recipe among the Amish, it is often eaten as a breakfast item, but they are also a very common dessert item after meals.
~And very popular partner if it is ice cream or milk.
~Dumplings in America is called Boraki.
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QUIP OF THE DAY: Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much. – Oscar Wilde
THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!
Thought for the day. . .
Be a fountain, not a drain. – Rex Hudler
17 September, 2012 at 7:44 pm #746985JerseyJoanModeratorHmmm, perhaps I should make an apple dumpling for my Amish boy – without the sugar of course!
17 September, 2012 at 9:49 pm #746986AV
Participant….. I too have *wondered* why there is no national ‘Martini Month’ for September……………. especially since many TDKers, including Betty and I were born in that month………….. *sighs*………….. of course, TDK can celebrate it, I guess the rest of the world will have to ‘catch up!’…. LOL
18 September, 2012 at 4:23 pm #746987JerseyJoanModeratorToday is National Respect Day 🙂
Today in 1965 “I Dream of Jeanie” first aired. Barbara Eden’s belly button was not allowed to show!
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