hot dog day - july 22, 2020

DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate Hot Dog Day

The sun is out, you’re at the amusement park, and the roller coaster is filling the air with the clack-clack-clack of wheels on rails. The scent of a thousand different fair foods fill the air, but one stands out above all the rest. It’s rich, it’s savory, it’s the smell of a thousand mysterious meat products put into one delicious sausage casing, broiled up on a flame grill, and sent out on a bun with all the fixings. Hot Dog Day celebrates this most delicious and tantalizing of treats, and its extensive history!

Learn about Hot Dog Day

A lot of people are going to have fond memories of eating hot dogs. For some people, this reminds them of some of the fairs and fetes that they used to go to when they were younger. For others, it may remind them of the barbecues that they used to have with their families.

Or, maybe a hot dog is always your go-to snack when you go to a football or basketball game? There is no denying that hot dogs are tasty, yet we can’t eat them every day, as they’re not exactly bursting with nutrients. That’s why Hot Dog Day is the perfect excuse for you to indulge in this treat. 

A hot dog is simply a steamed or grilled sausage sandwich whereby the sausage is typically served within a finger bun, which is partially sliced to fit the sausage inside. The sausage used is a frankfurter or a wiener, which is a Vienna sausage.

Hot dog condiments and preparation vary regionally. For example, some of the typical garnishes include olives, bacon, coleslaw, grated cheese, chili, jalapenos, sauerkraut, onions. Typical condiments include cheese sauce, relish, mayonnaise, ketchup, and mustard.

History of Hot Dog Day

Given the Hot Dog Day is an international event, where it begins and who sponsors it tends to vary by region. In the USA it’s primarily the industry partners that participate in promoting it, whereas in other countries around the world it may be historical organizations celebrating the role it played in their history.

Did you know that the Frankfurter was named for the Germany city of Frankfurt, where it was said to originate? Well now you do! There’s even multiple varieties of Hot Dogs! The original hot dogs came in a natural casing, which in case you didn’t know were made from the small intestines of sheep. Intestines were regularly used for making all kinds of sausages, hot dogs included!

Then you have skinless hot dogs, in order to hold them together they’re cooked in a cellulose casing that gets taken off when they get packaged. Since cellulose is kosher and cheaper than kosher intestine, this is often how the frankly (heh heh) delicious Kosher Hot Dogs are often made.

Hot Dog Day is celebrated all over, and if you’ve ever enjoyed a warm hot frank at a summer BBQ, then you’re no doubt celebrating too!

Alexander Calder, known to many as ‘Sandy’, was an American sculptor from Pennsylvania. He was the son of well-known sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder, and his grandfather and mother were also successful artists. Alexander Calder is known for inventing wire sculptures and the mobile, a type of kinetic art which relied on careful weighting to achieve balance and suspension in the air. Initially Calder used motors to make his works move, but soon abandoned this method and began using air currents alone.

Joke of the Day

thanks, Bev

CHILDREN'S OPINION ON NUDITY

I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. 

She was stark naked! 

As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, 'Mom, that lady isn't wearing a seat belt!'

Word of the Day

ugly duckling

MEANING:

noun: One that seems unattractive or unpromising at first but has great potential and later turns out to be quite attractive or successful.

ETYMOLOGY:

From the protagonist of the story “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Andersen, in which a young bird believes himself to be a duck and is unhappy because he doesn’t look like a duck, only to later learn that (spoiler alert) he is a beautiful swan. Earliest documented use: 1877.

USAGE:

“Nearly every transport advocacy group in Melbourne bemoans a lack of investment in our bus network. The ugly duckling of the transport network, and a mode that fails to attract attention on the front pages of newspapers, it is perhaps the cheapest and most obvious way to tackle congestion.”
Stuart James; Fork in Road for Public Transport Solutions; Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia); May 21, 2020.

Idiom of the Day

A long row to hoe

Something that is a long row to hoe is a difficult task that takes a long time.

Cirque Calder, 1926–31

This Day in History

1376 - The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin leading rats out of town is said to have occurred on this date.

1796 - Cleveland was founded by General Moses Cleaveland.

1926 - Babe Ruth caught a baseball at Mitchell Field in New York. The ball had been dropped from an airplane flying at 250 feet.

1933 - Caterina Jarboro became the first black prima donna of a U.S. opera company. She sang "Aida" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

1955 - U.S. Vice-President Richard M. Nixon chaired a cabinet meeting in Washington, DC. It was the first time that a Vice-President had carried out the task.

1977 - Tony Orlando announced his retirement from show business.

2000 - Astronomers at the University of Arizona announced that they had found a 17th moon orbiting Jupiter.

2003 - In Paris, France, a fire broke out near the top of the Eiffel Tower. About 4,000 visitors were evacuated and no injuries were reported.

2004 - The September 11 commission's final report was released. The 575-page report concluded that hijackers exploited "deep institutional failings within our government." The report was released to White House officials the day before.


2009 - The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting up to 6 minutes and 38.8 seconds, occurred over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean.

thanks, Maria

DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, July 22

You are very intelligent in a quiet way. You have a great love of security and consistency that you avoid making major changes if you can. Your worst enemy is self-doubt and procrastination. You may attract, or be attracted to, a certain level of drama in your love life. You work best in life when you have a passion. Family and work are two great loves for you, and you need to strike a balance between the two. Famous people born today: 

1849 Emma Lazarus, Americn poet ("New Colossus" - on the base of Statue of Liberty), born in NYC, New York

1890 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American matriarch, mother of JFK, RFK & Ted, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1995)

1898 Alexander Calder, American sculptor (mobiles, stabiles), born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania (d. 1976)

1930 Sonny Liston, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1962-64), born in Johnson Township, Arkansas (d. 1970)

1934 Louise Fletcher, actress (One Flew over Cuckoo's Nest), born in Birmingham, Alabama

1940 Alex Trebek, Canadian-American TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy), born in Sudbury, Ontario

1946 Danny Glover, American actor and activist (Lethal Weapon, The Color Purple), born in San Francisco, California

1992 Selena Gomez, American actress and singer (Revival, Stars Dance), born in Grand Prairie, Texas

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READERS INFO

1.

(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:

Do you know what nodding your head means in Bulgaria? It means no. In most other places shaking your head to the left and to the right means ‘No’ while nodding your head up and down means ‘Yes’. But not in Bulgaria.

By 1932, Mickey Mouse was becoming a role model for children, forcing Disney to take away his edge.
They wanted a character to portray the more negative qualities that could no longer be bestowed on Mickey, so they created a short-tempered character named Donald Duck.

When is beer not considered alcohol? When you live in Russia, and it’s before 2013. It wasn’t until the year 2013 that Russia officially classified beer as an alcoholic drink. Before 2013, any beverage that contained less than 10% alcohol was not considered an ‘alcoholic drink’ in the former Soviet Union country. For many, it was simply regarded as a soft drink or just food stuff.

2.

CELESTIAL EVENT ... tonight

July 22 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation. The planet Mercury reaches greatest western elongation of 20.1 degrees from the Sun. This is the best time to view Mercury since it will be at its highest point above the horizon in the morning sky. Look for the planet low in the eastern sky just before sunrise.

3.

Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent

Having spent an afternoon in my friend's warm pool on Monday, this caught my eye. You see, I have this dream of writing a cookbook, but so far I've been collecting recipes for 60 years, since I was 10, and I'm not sure that is going to happen. I try new recipes every week, and some are real keepers, but a lot I can live without. The idea of the cookbook is, recipes I can't live without.

Plus I love vintage recipes, and one of my two favorite FaceBook groups is Recipes For Hard Times. I've been way too busy this week to touch base until this morning, and I saw Carolyn's recipe. Now this one I have to try, because I finally found buttermilk with which to cook! Not the biggest seller in my area. And I have to make this with GF flour, so may need a bit more buttermilk than called for! But this sounds like a real treat to go with Sunday dinner....just not sure what else to cook...

Carolyn Taylor’s Butter Swim Biscuits                                                         

¼ c. unsalted butter, melted       

1-1/4 c. all-purpose flour              

2 t. baking powder                         

2 t. white sugar                                               

½  t. salt                                                

1 c. buttermilk, as needed          

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Place butter in a loaf pan (if making a half batch for 1 or 2) or 8×8 glass or ceramic baking dish.

Sift all dry ingredients into a bowl. Add buttermilk and stir until combined. Pour over melted butter and spread over the melted butter.

Bake in preheated oven until biscuit tops begin to brown 20-25 minutes.

The bottom and top will be crispy and the inside is light and tender. Delicious 

Pictures of the day

The wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family, found in Africa and southern Asia, and often seen flying low over water. It has bright blue upperparts, white underparts and a chestnut cap; adults have long filamentous outermost tail feathers, which trail behind during flight, but juveniles lack these. This pair of images shows an adult wire-tailed swallow feeding a perched juvenile with insects it has caught in flight. The juvenile opens its bill ready to be fed, and the adult thrusts a beakload of insects into the juvenile's mouth.

Entwined Lives

A young male orangutan makes the 30-metre climb up the thickest root of the strangler fig high above the canopy in Gunung Palung national park, one of the few protected orangutan strongholds in Indonesian Borneo.

Small Sphere and Heavy Sphere, 1932-1933

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Advent Mini Mittens

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Christmas is Coming Throw

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Family Dog Sweater, S

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Crochet Pattern of the Day: 

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Angel Bells

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Christmas Angel Tea Cosy

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Santa Pillow

Bernat Santa Pillow | Yarnspirations It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas with a Santa pillow, shown in Bernat Happy Holidays.

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Gingerbread House Throw

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Crochet Christmas Tree Bottle Topper

Bernat Crochet Christmas Tree Bottle Topper | Yarnspirations Crochet a perfect way to gift a bottle of wine this Christmas, using Bernat Happy Holidays.

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Santa's Gift Basket

Bernat Santa's Gift Basket | Yarnspirations Easily crochet this fun, festive basket in Bernat Mega Bulky.

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Dusty Snowflake Throw

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Antennae with Red and Blue Dots c.1953

Quarantine Cooking Recipes

thanks, Debbie

Great Depression Pork Stew – Serves 4-6

Ingredients

• 2 -3 large pork chops
• 4 large white potatoes
• 2 large yellow onions
• 6 stalks celery, include leaves
• 1/2 gallon water
• 1/4 cup flour
• salt and pepper
• 2 chicken bouillon cubes

Directions

1. Boil pork until it falls from the bone. Cut into small bite sized pieces (fat as well) and return to pot with some salt and pepper and keep on slow simmer.
2. Peel and cut potatoes into bite size chunks.
3. Roughly dice the onion and celery. Add all vegetables and bouillon cubes to the pot and bring to a boil. Simmer low until vegetables are done. Thicken with a mix of flour and cold water. Taste for salt or pepper.
4. The stew is white with some green so you might want to add a chopped carrot for color.
5. Serve in deep soup bowls with biscuits on the side. Some may want to add ketchup to their bowl of stew. This is OK – I do it.
6. You may substitute and inexpensive cut of pork for this recipe.

RECIPE

thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent

Jalapeno Popper-Stuffed Chicken

Snow Flurry, 1948

CROCKPOT RECIPE

thanks, Sally

Crock Pot Cream Cheese Ranch Chicken Recipe

VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN RECIPE

Both vegetarian and vegan diets may provide health benefits, including reduced body weight, lower cholesterol levels, and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, it is important for vegetarians and vegans to ensure that they are meeting all of their nutritional requirements.

thanks, Alice

GLUTEN-FREE APPLE CRISP WITH CRANBERRIES

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE FRUIT BASE

• 3 apples* large, cored and diced
• 3 pears large, cored and diced
• 1/2 cup cranberries raw
• 2 tbsp arrowroot flour
• Pinch pink Himalayan salt

FOR THE TOPPING

• 3/4 cup blanched almond flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
• 1/3 cup coconut sugar
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1.5 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp pink Himalayan salt
• 3 tbsp melted grass-fed butter or ghee or coconut oil

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease a rectangular 9" x13" baking dish (or slightly smaller) with butter, ghee, or coconut oil. Set aside.

   
   
2. In a large bowl, combine the apples, pears, cranberries, arrowroot flour, and salt. Toss well to combine, and pour into the baking dish. 
3. In the same large bowl, combine the almond flour, coconut, coconut sugar, pecans, cinnamon, and salt. Mix well to combine. Pour in the melted butter and mix very well. Pour the topping over the fruit evenly.
4. Bake for 40-45 minutes until the filling is hot and bubbly. Serve warm as is. Or add a dollop of whipped heavy cream or coconut whipped cream.

RECIPE NOTES

*To make apple crisp, use six large apples and omit the pears.

For a true crisp, use gluten-free oats instead of almond flour. 

If you can't use butter, try ghee for a buttery flavor. If that's not an option, use coconut oil.

COPYCAT RECIPE .. NEW CATEGORY 

thanks, Jenny

Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls with Cinnamon-Honey Butter

SWEETS

thanks, Sandy

Apple Pandowdy

ADULT COLORING

FUN

In the picture below ...

Answer:

In the right part of the picture you will see a green parrot with black eyes.

CRAFTS ... Christmas in July

thanks, Natalie

Reindeer Christmas Cups

After drinking coffee from your favorite coffee shop, don’t just throw your paper cup away. You can still use them for craft time! 

Materials Needed:

-    paper cup

-    brown paper (better if in 2 different shades)

-    red and black construction paper

-    white glue

-    scissors

Wrap a piece of paper around the cup and trace the bottom and top of the cup. After tracing, the result should not be a straight line, but two curved lines. This will be your template. Use this for cutting the brown paper.

I sketched my design on my notebook first so I know how to cut the pieces of paper. I even made different deer heads to see which one works.

So for my design, I wrapped the light brown paper around the cup as my first layer. The second layer was the darker brown paper, trimmed to form the “nose bridge”.

Then I drew and cut circles on red and black construction paper for the eyes and nose. Just use white glue to stick them to the cup.

For the ears, cut the brown paper into two leaf-like shapes and pinch the end. Glue the pinched end to the sides.

Then for the antlers, I traced my design first with a pencil before cutting. Slightly make a crease at the center so that the antlers won’t look too flat when you put them on the cup.

Wait for everything to dry before displaying them. Don’t use these as drinking cups though! These are made only for decoration purposes. I’m not even sure how you can drink with this when the antlers are in the way. :)

I even made him two more friends! The one in the middle was from my previous sketch, and for the one on the left I used the Starbucks paper bag for the deer’s skin, hence the crumpled texture. It’s still cute nonetheless! :)

All done! 

Cow mask for a cat, 1938

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thanks, Lucy

Christmas in July: Reindeer Prints!



PUZZLE

Goshawk Jigsaw Puzzle

WORD SEARCH

advice close collar company does expand

farce feature fluke fresh glove great large

masks massage mates momentum obligation paste please prigs puppy

range ration restrict round shuffle smart speed stain

stake svelte swab taste times trend vague worry

SUDOKU ... very hard

solution:

QUOTE

thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent

Mercury Fountain in the Spanish Pavilion at the Paris World's Fair, July 1937

CLEVER 

thanks, Mia

Bill Nye goes viral with face mask demonstration on TikTok

EYE OPENER 

thanks, Agnes

Watch classic movies for free online! 

The best of the thirties, forties, fifties, and 

sixties.

Welcome to Old Movie Time

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

What's done to children, they will do to society. -Karl A. Menninger, psychiatrist (22 Jul 1893-1990)

Alexander Calder with his Cirque Calder, 1929

OPTICAL ILLUSION

A new kind of autokinetic illusion involving expansive motion created by/with parallel arrangements of cuspidate (needle-shaped) lines.

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