Today is Saturday, October 8, 2011
National Fluffernutter Day
Today is National Fluffernutter Day! A Fluffernutter is a yummy sandwich made with bread, peanut butter, and marshmallow fluff. It is now a classic American treat enjoyed in school cafeterias, college dorms, and local diners nationwide.
Marshmallow candy can be traced back to ancient Egypt when people first began to harvest the marshmallow plant (Althaea officinalis). During the 19th century, French pharmacists extracted the juice from marshmallow plants and heated it with egg whites and sugar, creating a marshmallow cream.
Then, in 1917, Archibald Query of Somerville, Massachusetts created the special formula for the marshmallow fluff we know and love today. The city of Somerville celebrates with the famous "What the Fluff" festival every year!
How will you celebrate National Fluffernutter Day? Eating a Fluffernutter sandwich is a great way to start!
Today is also American Tag Day
October is National Pasta Month & National Dessert Month &National Chili Month & National Roller Skating Month & Adopt-a-Dog Month & National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
This week is World Space Week
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"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."--Helen Keller
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for October 8
1945 - U.S. President Truman announced that only Britain and Canada would be given the secret to the atomic bomb.
1956 - Donald James Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the first perfect game in the history of the World Series.
1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis recorded the song "Great Balls Of Fire."
1971 - "Imagine" was recorded by John Lennon.
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