Today is Wednesday February 9, 2011
National Bagels & Lox Day
Bagels with lox and cream cheese is the perfect meal to enjoy anytime of the day! Lox is a thinly sliced, salmon fillet that has been cured. It is commonly eaten with cream cheese on a bagel. This delicious sandwich is sweet, smooth, and a little bit salty.
Bagels were invented during the 16th century in Poland as a type of lean bread to be eaten during Lent. Jewish families often ate bagels every Saturday evening at the conclusion of the Sabbath because the bagels could be baked very quickly.
Bagels were brought to the United States by Jewish immigants during the 19th century. It soon became a Sunday morning ritual in America to eat lox and cream cheese on a fresh bagel.
In 1951, the bagel made its big debut in the Broadway comedy Bagel and Yox. Freshly baked bagels and cream cheese were even handed out to the audience during intermission! To celebrate today, take part in this Jewish-American tradition and enjoy a tasty bagel and lox sandwich. Yum!
Today is also Pizza Pie Day
This week is Boy Scout Anniversary Week
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On this day in History:
| 1870 - The United States Weather Bureau was authorized by Congress. The bureau is officially known as the National Weather Service (NWS). 1885 - The first Japanese arrived in Hawaii. 1950 - U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that the State Department was riddled with Communists. 1960 - The first star was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star was for Joanne Woodward. 1971 - The Apollo 14 spacecraft returned to Earth after mankind's third landing on the moon. 1975 - Cher's TV show premiered with guests Elton John and Bette Midler. |
Quote of the Day:
"Life’s a pretty precious and wonderful thing. You can’t sit down and let it lap around you...you have to plunge into it; you have to dive through it! And you can’t save it, you can’t store it up; you can’t horde it in a vault. You’ve got to taste it; you’ve got to use it. The more you use the more you have...that’s the miracle of it!" --Kyle Samuel Crichton
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