Today is Tuesday August 17, 2010

National Vanilla Custard Day

National Vanilla Custard Day celebrates this heavenly dessert made from a combination of milk or cream, egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla.

Vanilla custard has been around as early as the fourteenth century. Today, custard is an important part of dessert recipes in many countries around the world. It can be cooked in the oven, in a saucepan on the stove, in a pressure cooker, double boiler, or even very simply in the microwave.

Celebrate the diversity and deliciousness of vanilla custard today by making your own!

August is National Peach Month & National Goat Cheese Month & National Water Quality Month

This week is National Aviation Week

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On this day in History:

	1815 - Napoleon began serving his exile when he arrived at the island of St. Helena. 1835 - Solyman Merrick patented the wrench. 1894 - John Wadsworth of Louisville set a major league record when he gave up 28 base hits in a single game. 1903 - Joseph Pulitzer donated a million dollars to Columbia University. This started the Pulitzer Prizes in his name.

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Quote of the Day:

"In the last analysis it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions life puts to us."

--Dag Hammarskjold