Tater Day - Today is Tater Day! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
It was started in 1843 as a celebration of spring and a time when all of the townsfolk would get together and trade in sweet potato slips, used to grow the plants.
It is also the oldest continuous trade day in the United States, in which goods or livestock are traded or sold.
Tater Day brings to town carnival rides, games, a market, a potato eating contest, mule pulls, and a "biggest potato" contest.
The biggest part of the festival is the parade, which completes one circuit around the town.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Tater Day, In the News, and Enjoy
Monday, March 30, 2015
Turkey Neck Soup Day, In the News, and Enjoy
Turkey Neck Soup Day - Today is Turkey Neck Soup Day! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
The stock for turkey neck soup is made by slow simmering the tough, flavorful meat of turkey necks. Once it has been strained of bones and cooked with vegetables and rice, your family will regard it simply as a delicious dinner of turkey soup.
Friday, March 27, 2015
National Spanish Paella Day, In the News, and Enjoy
National Spanish Paella Day - Today is National Spanish Paella Day! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
The roots of paella reach back to Valencia. The original Valencian dish was a mixture of meat, snails, beans, and green vegetables.
There are two basic variations on the original. Seafood paella, as the name suggests, eliminates the meat in favor of all seafood.
Mixed paellas are more akin to the original but usually include chicken instead of the traditional rabbit, and shellfish instead of snails. Perhaps, the most distinctive characteristic of any paella is the bright yellow rice, all thanks to a generous dose of saffron, or should I say azafrán? At its core, paella is a meal that makes use of what is at hand – local, fresh and available.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
National Spinach Day, In the News, and Enjoy
National Spinach Day - Today is National Spinach Day! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
National Spinach Day celebrates healthful, nutritious spinach. Popeye the Sailor touted the value of spinach. Nutritionists agree, that Popeye is 100% correct!
Gardeners know that spinach is easy to grow, and it is hardy. You can plant it as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring. That is today in many parts of the country.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
National Lobster Newberg Day, In the News, and Enjoy
National Lobster Newberg Day - Today is National Lobster Newberg Day! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
Lobster Newberg (also spelled Lobster Newburg) is an American seafood dish made from lobster, butter, cream, cognac, sherry, eggs, and Cayenne pepper.
The dish was invented by Ben Wenberg, a sea captain in the fruit trade. He demonstrated the dish at Delmonico’s Restaurant in New York City to the manager, Charles Delmonico, in 1876. After refinements by the chef, Charles Ranhofer, the creation was added to the restaurant’s menu as Lobster à la Wenberg and it soon became very popular.
An argument between Wenberg and Charles Delmonico caused the dish to be removed from the menu. To satisfy patrons' continued requests for it, the name was rendered in anagram Lobster à la Newberg or Lobster Newberg. It is still quite popular and is found in French cookbooks, where it is sometimes referred to as "Homard sauté à la crème."
When Ranhofer's printed recipe first appeared in 1894, the lobsters were boiled fully twenty-five minutes, then fried in clarified butter, then simmered in cream while it reduced by half, then brought again to the boil after the addition of Madeira.
