Today is Wednesday December 29, 2010
3 Days til 2011
Pepper Pot Day
Today we celebrate National Pepper Pot Day in honor of pepper pot, a thick spicy soup first created on December 29, 1777.
During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Army was experiencing an exceptionally harsh winter in Valley Forge. The soldiers were running very low on food because the farmers in the area sold all their food to the British Army for cash rather than the weak currency that the Continental soldiers could offer. Christopher Ludwick, the baker general of the Continental Army, conjured up whatever food he could find to inorder to feed the frail soldiers.
The chef was able to find scaps of tripe, meat, and some peppercorn. He mixed the ingredients together with some other seasonings and thus created the hot spicy soup. It was called by some as "the soup that won the war."
To celebrate this historic dish, try making your own pepper pot soup today! It will be perfect to warm you up on a cold December day.
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On this day in History:
| 1848 - U.S. President James Polk turned on the first gas light at the White House. 1851 - The first American Young Men's Christian Association was organized in Boston, MA. 1888 - The first performance of Macbeth took place at the Lyceum Theatre. 1940 - During World War II, Germany began dropping incendiary bombs on London. 1952 - Sonotone Corporation offered the first transistorized hearing aid for sale. |
Quote of the Day:
"True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions." --Joseph Addison
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