Today is Saturday April 16, 2011
National Eggs Benedict Day
Eggs Benedict is the perfect way to start your day! This tasty dish consists of two toasted English muffin halves topped with poached eggs, bacon or ham, and tangy Hollandaise sauce.
There are various people that claim to be the inventors of eggs Benedict. The first major account is from a Wall Street broker named Lemuel Benedict. He claimed that one morning 1894 he went to the Waldorf Hotel to find a hangover cure. At the hotel restaurant he ordered “buttered toast, poached eggs, crisp bacon, and a hooker of hollandaise.” Restaurant chef Oscar Tschirky loved the dish so much that he added it to the menu and named it after Mr. Benedict.
Another account is from a man named Edward P. Montgomery. In 1967, he wrote a letter to New York Times Magazine writer Craig Claiborne. His note contained a recipe that was created by Commodore E.C. Benedict before his death in 1920. Montgomery had received the recipe from his mother who was an acquaintance of the Commodore.
Regardless of where the recipe for eggs Benedict originated, today it is a tasty meal to enjoy at breakfast or brunch. Celebrate National Eggs Benedict Day by cooking some delicious eggs Benedict on an English muffin!
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On this day in History:
| 1862 - In the U.S., slavery was abolished by law in the District of Columbia. 1905 - Andrew Carnegie donated $10,000,000 of personal money to set up the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. 1996 - KISS announced a reunion tour with makeup. 1999 - Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement from the National Hockey League (NHL). |
Quote of the Day:
"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them." --Henry David Thoreau
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