Today is Saturday, September 24, 2011

National Cherries Jubilee Day

Celebrate National Cherries Jubilee Day! Cherries jubilee is a classic flambé dessert made with cherries and liqueur (typically kirsch or brandy), served over vanilla ice cream.

The original recipe is attributed to French chef Auguste Escoffie who prepared the dish for one of Queen Victoria's jubilee celebrations. It is unclear whether it first appeared at the Golden Jubilee in 1887 or the Diamond Jubilee in 1897, but it quickly became one of the most fashionable desserts of the era. For many years, cherries jubilee was a standard menu item at America’s finest restaurants, reaching the peak of its 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 vintage dish to impress your guests!

Today is also Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving & National Punctuation Day

September is National Piano Month & National Organic Harvest Month

This week is National Singles Week

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History
for September 24
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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"Do not be interested in the quantity of people who respect and admire you, but in their quality. If bad people dislike you, so much the better."

--Lucius Annaeus Seneca 

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