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National Cherries Jubilee Day

Mmm...a dessert made with cherries and liqueur, how can you go wrong? Cherries jubilee is typically made with cherries, sugar, cornstarch, and liqueur (kirsch or brandy), then flambeed and served over vanilla ice cream.

The recipe is often credited to Auguste Escoffie who prepared the dish for one of Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebrations. Whether it was the Golden Jubilee in 1887 or the Diamond Jubilee in 1897, we're not so sure. However, cherries jubilee quickly became a starndard dessert item in America's finest restaurants reaching its peak of popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. 

If you're looking for a dessert for a dinner party (even if it's not on National Cherries Jubilee Day), try making this throwback sure to impress your guests. 

Today is also Native American Day & Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving & National Punctuation Day

September is National Piano Month & National Organic Harvest Month

This week is National Singles Week

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On this day in History:

1934 - Babe Ruth played his last game as a New York Yankee player. 1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open. 1955 - Judy Garland made her TV debut on the "Ford Star Jubilee" on CBS. 1961 - "The Bullwinkle Show" premiered in prime time on NBC-TV. The show was originally on ABC in the afternoon as "Rocky and His Friends." 1977 - "The Love Boat" debuted on ABC-TV. 1982 - Prince's "1999" single was released. 1998 - The U.S. Federal Reserve released into circulation $2 billion in new harder-to-counterfeit $20 bills.

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Quote of the Day:
"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want."

--Margaret Young