Today is Wednesday April 13, 2011
National Peach Cobbler Day
Cobbler is a tasty dessert that can be enjoyed anytime of the year! This dish is popular in both the United States and the United Kingdom; though they are cooked quite differently in these two locations. In England, cobbler is usually a meat dish made into a type of casserole.
American cobbler on the other hand, is typically a dessert consisting of fruit filling and batter. When it is baked, the batter rises into a dumpling. There are many different types of fruit cobblers including apple, blackberry, mango, cherry, rhubarb, pear, and of course peach.
Did you know that the world's largest peach cobbler that has ever been baked was 11 by 5 feet and 8 inches deep? It was made out of 90 pounds of butter, 150 pounds of sugar, 150 pounds of flour, 32 gallons of milk, and 75 gallons of peaches! This gigantic cobbler was made for the Georgia Peach Festival in 2007 and every year they try and out-do the previous year.
To celebrate National Peach Cobbler Day, try making some of your own delicious peach cobbler to enjoy!
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On this day in History:
| 1870 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in New York City. 1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial. 1958 - Van Cliburn of Kilgore, TX, earned 1st prize in the Soviet Union's Tchaikovsky International Piano Contest in Moscow. He was the first American to win the award. 1972 - The first strike in the history of major league baseball ended. Players had walked off the field 13 days earlier. 1985 - "The Grand Ole Opry" debuted on television. 1997 - Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament at the age of 21. He also set a record when he finished at 18 under par. |
Quote of the Day:
"The words 'I am...' are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you’re claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you." --A.L. Kitselman
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