Thursday, November 17, 2011



Today is Thursday, November 17, 2011 

Homemade Bread Day

Today is Homemade Bread Day! Nothing beats the aroma of freshly baked bread wafting through the air. For hundreds of years, baking fresh bread was part of the daily routine for most families. Some even made their own yeast!
Today, homemade bread making has been simplified by the invention of the bread maker machine. This appliance was first released in Japan in 1986. Since then, its popularity has spread worldwide to Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Some bread makers can also be set to make other things such as pasta dough, jam, or Japanese style rice cakes.
To celebrate Homemade Bread Day, find a recipe for your favorite type of bread and try your hand at some old-fashioned homemade bread baking!
Today is also Great American Smokeout
November is National Pomegranate Month & Peanut Butter Lover's Month & Family Literacy Month
mages and text courtesy of MyPunchbowl.com" -- http://www.mypunchbowl.com/



History
for November 17
1800 - The U.S. Congress held its first session in Washington, DC, in the partially completed Capitol building.

1869 - The Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and the Red seas.

1922 - Siberia voted for union with the U.S.S.R.

1962 - Washington's Dulles International Airport was dedicated by U.S. President Kennedy.

1988 - Benazir Bhutto became the first woman leader of an Islamic country. She was elected in the first democratic elections in Pakistan in 11 years.

1998 - Garth Brooks released "Garth Brooks - Double Live." 

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Reflections on Life
"Constant idleness should be included in the tortures of hell, but it is, on the contrary, considered to be one of the joys of paradise." 

--Charles De Monstesquieu 

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