Fresh Veggies Day - Today is Fresh Veggies Day! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
Take a vow to eat healthfully today (and everyday), with fresh veggies for every meal, and for snacks, too!
Fresh vegetables are tasty—far better tasting than canned or frozen vegetables.
They are also healthful and highly nutritious. This time of year, there are plenty of fresh vegetables at your local grocery store—or in your backyard vegetable garden.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Fresh Veggies Day, In the News, and Enjoy
Friday, May 08, 2015
National Coconut Cream Pie Day, In the News, and Enjoy
National Coconut Cream Pie Day - Today is National Coconut Cream Pie Day! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
National Coconut Cream Pie Day is celebrated annually on May 8. This day was created in honor of the delicious pie made with a sweet coconut cream filling.
The origin of this pie is a bit difficult to track down, but according to Vegetarians in Paradise, the coconut cream pie may have come into existence around the early 1900s.
Since sugar was becoming plentiful on the continent, the candy and pastry business blossomed. All sorts of fruits and nuts were incorporated into confections, making coconut meat a desirable product.
Soon tea and spice traders were shipping whole coconuts to London, an operation that proved impractical and expensive. A French company, J.H. Vavasseur and Company, set up operations in Ceylon with a unique solution for shipping coconuts to Europe. They shredded the coconut meat and dried it thoroughly, making it easier to pack without spoilage.
By the early 1890s, they were shipping six thousand tons of desiccated coconut, a figure that multiplied by ten in 1900. While Europeans were going nuts over coconuts, interest in the United States hardly produced a nod until 1895 when Franklin Baker, a Philadelphia flour miller, received a shipload of coconuts in payment of a debt from a Cuban businessman.
After a few unsuccessful attempts to sell the enormous cargo before the nuts spoiled, he made a decision that put coconuts into the hands of home cooks, commercial confectioners, and pastry chefs alike. He set up a factory for shredding and drying the coconut meat. By the early 1900’s, coconut cream pie and coconut custard were the rage. Coconut frosting topped all sorts of cakes, while grated coconut added its distinct aroma and flavor to cookies and confections.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
National Blueberry Pie Day, In the News, and Enjoy
National Blueberry Pie Day - Today is National Blueberry Pie Day! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
Americans have been filling their pies with delicious, fresh-picked berries since the colonial era.
Today, blueberry is one of the most popular pie flavors in the United States.
Blueberry season begins in May and ends in the late summer, so blueberry pie is a perennial favorite at Fourth of July celebrations.
Maine produces more blueberries than any other state. In fact, 25% of all low bush blueberries grown in North America come from Maine. That makes this New England state the largest producer of blueberries in the world!
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
National Cold Cuts Day,In the News, and Enjoy
National Cold Cuts Day - Today is National Cold Cuts Day! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Rain, In the News, and Enjoy
Rain - Rain! It is actually raining! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
It has been so long since last it rained here, I had forgotten the sights and sounds of the rain!
When I awakened this morning, I hear the rain falling on the roof, and I said a prayer to the Lord—thanking Him for the rain.
The weather reports this morning predict the rain will last only for a day or two and that the rainfall shall be meager. We are eager for whatever rain falls and for however long it falls!
