“A big Russian lady, who seemed to be the household cook, supervised the making of zakuski — Russian hors d’oeuvres, which unfortunately didn’t include Pigs In A Blanket. What kind of party is this?”
― Nelson DeMille
― Nelson DeMille
What kind of party indeed! If you aren’t familiar with Pigs In A Blanket, ten this is going to become your favorite celebration ever. They’ve been a mainstay of children’s cuisine in America for generations and can be found in local variations all over the world. While the concept is simple, the execution can be surprisingly complex, and with such delicious variety, you’ll never get tired of what seems a basic treat!
Pigs In A Blanket are a simple concept and have been found throughout the world in many variations since time out of mind. You simply take a sausage and wrap it! Usually, you’ll find them wrapped in some form of pastry, with puff pastry being one of the most universally popular. Unsurprising given that the rich meaty flavor and texture of the sausage plays beautifully with the flaky delicate flavor of the puff pastry! But that’s hardly the only thing it’s wrapped in, in Mexico, they are known as Salchitaco’s, a portmanteau of salchica (which means sausage) and the almost universally recognizable taco, and are wrapped in tortillas before being dunked into sizzling hot vegetable oil.
One of the most unique varieties can be found in China, where the meat is wrapped in a pastry that is steamed instead of being fried or baked. There it’s known as “Lap Cheong Bao”. Perhaps our favorite international variation is the nakkipiilo, which is the Finnish word for what we know as Pigs In A Blanket, and means, cleverly enough “hidden sausage”. Needless to say in each of these areas there are local variations that make them stand out as a dish all their own!
Start it off by having pigs in a blanket at every meal! For breakfast, you can take breakfast sausages and wrap them up in instant pop-up biscuit dough before cooking them in the oven! For lunch-time it’s time for a classic, simply roll out some puff pastry, coat it in ketchup, and wrap it around a hot dog for an Israeli Moshe Ba’Teiva (Moses in the Ark). Then it’s time to wrap it all up with dinner with a distinguished Würstchen im Schlafrock, or “sausage in a dressing gown”, a delicious sausage wrapped in bacon, wrapped in cheese, wrapped in puff pastry! Doesn’t that sound amazing? Pigs In A Blanket Day is your chance to try them all, and maybe even create your own variations!
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| Definition: | (noun) A state of extreme poverty or destitution. | ||
| Synonyms: | indigence, penury, need | ||
| Usage: | Two children begged for money on the subway, and their pauperism weighed heavily on the minds of the train's passengers. | ||
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in (one's) heyday— In, at, or during the period of one's greatest success, power, vigor, etc. |
History
Hersheypark Opens in Pennsylvania (1907)
Milton Hershey, founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company, originally created Hersheypark for his employees. Situated along a creek, it was a good spot for boating, picnicking, and enjoying baseball, which is what visitors did on the park's first day in 1907. The next year, the park added its first ride, a carousel. Over the decades, as the park expanded, it grew from a regional amusement to a national attraction.
Sue Taylor Grafton (1940)
A onetime screenwriter, Grafton began writing detective novels after a bitter and protracted custody battle left her daydreaming about the vengeful crimes she would have liked to commit but could not. As a means of escape, she created private detective Kinsey Millhone, the protagonist in a series of alphabet-titled novels such as A is for Alibi and B is for Burglar. After G Is for Gumshoe, she was able to quit screenwriting.
Feast of the Blajini
Among rural people in Romania there is a widespread belief in the existence of the Blajini, the "Meek" or "Kindly Ones"—a lost race who don't understand the ways of human beings. On the Monday after Easter Monday, Romanian women and children throw red Easter egg shells on running streams, since they believe that all the world's streams eventually flow into a single river, alongside of which live the Blajini. Their hope is that the Blajini will find the shells and know it is time to celebrate the Easter feast.
Is It Safe To Eat Moldy Bread?
Like politics and music, the question of whether to eat moldy food can divide families, with relatives' admonishments reverberating in one's head for years.READ MORE:
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1800 - The Library of Congress was established with a $5,000 allocation.
1897 - William Price became the first to be named White House news reporter.
1952 - Raymond Burr made his TV acting debut on the "Gruen Guild Playhouse" in an episode titled, "The Tiger."
1953 - Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
1959 - "Your Hit Parade" aired for the last time. The show had been on since 1935.
1961 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers struck out 18 batters becoming the first major-league pitcher to do so on two different occasions.
1973 - Albert Sabin reported that herpesviruses were factors in nine kinds of cancer.
1990 - The space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL. It was carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope.
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Jesse B. Jackson was a United States consul and an eyewitness to the Armenian Genocide. He served as consul in Aleppo when the town was the junction of many important deportation routes. Jackson concluded that the policies towards the Armenians were carefully planned to "extinguish the Armenian race". He estimated that a million Armenians had been killed and considered his own survival a "miracle". After the genocide, Jackson led a relief effort and was credited with saving the lives of thousands.
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