DIANE'S CORNER .. Celebrate Rum Day
Rum is a fantastic drink, one that has served as the stuff of legends for pirates of every walk of life. Rum also appears in everything from dinners to desserts, with rum balls being one of our particular favorites. Of course, as the great Lewis Grizzard said, it also is an amazing mixer, and one of the only ones capable of improving Coca-Cola.
History of Rum Day
So we all know that pirates like rum and that rum is an alcoholic beverage but many of us are less than clear on what, exactly, makes rum RUM. Let’s start with the basics, shall we? Rum is a distilled alcohol, specifically distilled from byproducts of sugarcane. Some varieties are made from molasses, others from sugarcane juice but all rum, when its finished being distilled, is clear. The color you see in rum is from additives or seasonings, and are not in any way a bad thing.
Rum first was created in the Caribbean after it was discovered that molasses could be fermented into alcohol. Ironically, it was the slaves who made this discovery, but it was the Colonials who discovered how to distil it into true rum. So important did rum become in the years to follow that it played a major role in the political system of the colonies. How? By being offered as a bribe to those the candidates wished to curry favor with.
The people thus coerced were no fools, however. They would attend multiple hustings to determine which of their patrons might provide them with the largest quantity of rum. Thus it can be fairly said that rum was of such note that it literally decided elections.
Enjoy the Fresh, Clean Taste of the Classic Mojito
WORD OF THE DAY
brogue
Lady Guinevere And The Rogue With A Brogue
MEANING:noun:
1. A sturdy shoe typically with ornamental perforations and a wing tip.
2. A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
3. A strong accent, especially Irish or Scottish when speaking English.
ETYMOLOGY:From Irish and Scottish Gaelic brog (shoe). The accent sense of the word apparently arose from this kind of shoes worn by the speakers. Earliest documented use: 1587.
USAGE:“Eggsy is being fitted for dress shoes -- and learning the difference between oxfords and brogues.”
Michael O’Sullivan; Bespoke and Swagger; The Washington Post; Feb 13, 2015.
“Slightly built, with glasses, Tomm Moore speaks in a brogue that gives the word ‘film’ two syllables.”
Rebecca Keegan; Artist Tomm Moore Is ‘Living the Dream’; Los Angeles Times; Jan 9, 2015.
1. A sturdy shoe typically with ornamental perforations and a wing tip.
2. A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
3. A strong accent, especially Irish or Scottish when speaking English.
Michael O’Sullivan; Bespoke and Swagger; The Washington Post; Feb 13, 2015.
“Slightly built, with glasses, Tomm Moore speaks in a brogue that gives the word ‘film’ two syllables.”
Rebecca Keegan; Artist Tomm Moore Is ‘Living the Dream’; Los Angeles Times; Jan 9, 2015.
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IDIOM OF THE DAY
What does 'Bark is worse than their bite' mean?
What does 'Bark is worse than their bite' mean?
Meaning: Someone who's bark is worse than their bite may well get angry and shout, but doesn't take action.
DAILY SQUEEK
Meaning: Someone who's bark is worse than their bite may well get angry and shout, but doesn't take action.
DAILY SQUEEK
If You Were Born Today, August 16:
You have exceptionally strong convictions, and some might call you hard-headed! You are a highly independent thinker. You value your freedom more than most. You never stop learning, and you accumulate knowledge easily because you are so open to it. You can reach success on your wit alone. As intelligent as you are, you are also extremely intuitive and have a spiritual side. At times, you can be uncompromising and willful, simply because you believe in yourself and your ideas. You are attracted to, or you attract, competent people who you admire for their sharp minds, regal manner, or wisdom. You need to totally respect the person you are with, and you will go to great lengths to support and accommodate the people you love. Famous people born today:
1888 T. E. Lawrence [Lawrence of Arabia], British author, soldier and diplomat famous for his liaison role in Arabia during WWI, born in Tremadog, Caernarfonshire, Wales (d. 1935)
1954 James Cameron, Canadian film director and writer (Titanic, Avatar), born in Kapuskasing, Ontario
1958 Madonna [Ciccone], American singer and actress (Like a Virgin), born in Bay City, Michiganthanks, Heide
(Not So) TOTALLY USELESS FACTS OF THE DAY
If You Were Born Today, August 16:
You have exceptionally strong convictions, and some might call you hard-headed! You are a highly independent thinker. You value your freedom more than most. You never stop learning, and you accumulate knowledge easily because you are so open to it. You can reach success on your wit alone. As intelligent as you are, you are also extremely intuitive and have a spiritual side. At times, you can be uncompromising and willful, simply because you believe in yourself and your ideas. You are attracted to, or you attract, competent people who you admire for their sharp minds, regal manner, or wisdom. You need to totally respect the person you are with, and you will go to great lengths to support and accommodate the people you love. Famous people born today:
thanks, Heide
(Not So) TOTALLY USELESS FACTS OF THE DAY
You have a unique tongue print.
In a paper published in 2013, two scientists proposed using tongues as a method of identification, by looking at both their shape and texture. They said: "The tongue is a unique organ in that it can be stuck out of [the] mouth for inspection, in this act offering a proof of life, and yet it is otherwise well protected in the mouth and is difficult to forge."
Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way.
Dung beetles can roll their dung balls in a straight line when they can see the night sky, but not when it's overcast – leading scientists to conclude that they are using the stars, and the Milky Way, to navigate.
If you go back far enough in time, almost everyone is your direct ancestor.
You have two biological parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, and so on. The number doubles every generation – after six generations, for example, you have 2⁶, or 64, ancestors. This number grows so quickly that it hits roughly a billion ancestors by the time you get 30 generations down the line. But world population didn't reach a billion until the 1800s, and that is far fewer than 30 generations back in time.
Essentially, as you go back in time, you rapidly reach a point at which everyone who was alive at a given point is the ancestor of either everybody (if they had children, and their children had children, etc) or nobody (if their line died out).
READERS INFO
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1948 -
George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948)
2.Aug. 17, 1945
English author George Orwell published Animal Farm, an anti-utopian satire that became a classic.
3.Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent
PICTURES OF THE DAY
knit
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knit
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knit
CROCHET PATTERNS OF THE DAY
crochet
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crochet
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crochet
crochet
Chicken and Rice Skillet
INGREDIENTS
- 4 quarters chicken
- 1-½ cups rice
- Water for boiling chicken
- 2 tomato paste nuggets from freezer, about 2 tablespoon
- salt, pepper, and spices to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
- Boil the chicken in enough water to have 3 cups broth when done.
- Strain the cooked chicken and reserve the broth.
- Take the chicken off the bone.
- Brown 1-½ cups rice gently in a little oil for about two minutes.
- Add three cups of the broth into the hot pan with the rice, putting the leftover broth into the freezer.
- From the freezer take out two of the tomato nuggets, and add them and the chicken to the rice.
- Cover and simmer on medium until all water is absorbed.
- Add salt and spices to taste.
CROCKPOT 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.
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