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Interrogatories

It’s International Chocolate Day. Do you prefer American chocolate, or something more International? What is your favorite chocolate?

Do you defy superstitions by doing those things that the superstitions warn against (walking under ladders, etc.)?

Remembering that it’s Think Positive Day, would you let your kids take over the kitchen? Have you done so in the past? If so, are your kids good in the kitchen? (If your kids are grownups, maybe the question would work better for grandkids.)

Are you or any close to you celiacs? If so, have you found any good products or recipes that are as tasty as the gluten-filled things?

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On This Day

In 1501, Michelangelo began carving his famous statue of David.

In 1788, the Philadelphia Convention decided on the date of the very first Presidential election.

In 1814, the Brits failed in their bid to capture Baltimore, and Francis Scott Key was inspired (if you call it that) to write The Star Spangled Banner.

In 1899, a man called Henry Bliss became the first American automobile fatality (he was run over by a New York taxicab).

In 1932, parts of Libya reached temperatures up to 136° Fahrenheit. At least it was a dry heat.

In 1948, Margaret Chase Smith became Senator, making her the first woman to serve in the House and Senate.

In 2001, commercial aircraft were allowed to take off in the U.S. for the first time since 9/11.

In 2007, the UN General Assembly adopted The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Born on This Day

1436 – Benvenuto di Giovanni, Italian painter (d. ca. 1518)

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1475 – Cesare Borgia, Italian politician and cardinal (d. 1507)

1521 – William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English statesman (d. 1598)

1601 – Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (d. 1678)

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1623 – Pieter Wouwerman, Dutch painter (d. 1682)

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1676 – Élisabeth Charlotte d’Orléans, French wife of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1741)

1766 – Samuel Wilson, American meat-packer, namesake of Uncle Sam (d. 1854)

1829 – Henry Stacy Marks, English painter (d. 1898)

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1842 – Guglielmo Ciardi, Italian painter (d. 1917)

1851 – Walter Reed, American physician and biologist (d. 1902)

1857 – Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (d. 1945)

1860 – John J. Pershing, American general (d. 1948)

1861 – Frederick Judd Waugh, U.S. painter of seascapes, (d. 1940)

1880 – Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer (d. 1958)

1893 – Larry Shields, American clarinet player (d. 1953)

1903 – Claudette Colbert, American actress (d. 1996)

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1904 – Gladys George, American actress (d. 1954)

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1914 – Leonard Feather, English pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (d. 1994)

1916 – Roald Dahl, English pilot, author, and screenwriter (d. 1990)

1922 – Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (d. 1999)

1922 – Yma Sumac, Peruvian soprano (d. 2008)

1923 – Édouard Boubat, French photographer (d. 1999)

1924 – Maurice Jarre, French composer (d. 2009)

1925 – Mel Tormé, American singer, actor, and composer (d. 1999)

1931 – Barbara Bain, American actress

1941 – David Clayton-Thomas, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)

1943 – Mildred Taylor, African-American author

1944 – Jacqueline Bisset, English actress

1944 – Peter Cetera, American singe-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Chicago)

1948 – Nell Carter, American actress (d. 2003)

1949 – Fred “Sonic” Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (MC5 and Sonic’s Rendezvous Band) (d. 1994)

1954 – Steve Kilbey, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Church and Jack Frost)

1964 – Tavis Smiley, petulant American talk show host, journalist, and author

1967 – Stephen Perkins, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Jane’s Addiction, Porno for Pyros)

1969 – Tyler Perry, American director, screenwriter, and producer

1971 – Stella McCartney, English fashion designer

1977 – Fiona Apple, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Died on This Day

1506 – Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter (b. 1431)

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1625 – Tommaso Salini, Italian painter (b. 1575)

1677 – Simon Renard de Saint-André, French painter (b. 1613)

1813 – Hezqeyas, Ethiopian emperor

1847 – Prosper Georges Antoine Marilhat, French painter (b. 1811)

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1885 – Henri Charles Antoine Baron, French painter and illustrator (b. 1816)

1881 – Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1824)

1903 – Karl Schuch, Viennese painter (b. 1846)

1907 – Emilio Sánchez Perrier, Spanish painter (b. 1855)

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1946 – Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter (b. 1875)

1959 – Gilbert Adrian, American costume designer (b. 1903) Garbo in one of his creations, a lovely black silk velvet concoction:

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1973 – Betty Field, American actress (b. 1913)

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1977 – Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (b. 1882)

1982 – Reed Crandall, American comics artist (b. 1917)

1987 – Mervyn LeRoy, American director (b. 1900)

1991 – Joe Pasternak, American director (b. 1901)

1996 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1971)

1998 – George Wallace, American politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (b. 1919)

2006 – Ann Richards, the witty and much missed 46th Governor of Texas (b. 1933)

Today is

Programmers’ Day

International Chocolate Day

National Peanut Day

Snack a Pickle Time

Defy Superstition Day

National Peanut Day

Positive Thinking Day

Kids Take Over The Kitchen Day

National Celiac Awareness Day


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17 comments

  1. Floja Roja

    I hope none of you suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia.

    64 now, supposed to get pretty hot today, at least high 80s. It’s hard to imagine what Colorado is experiencing right now. Water from the sky? Inconceivable!

    Answers:

    I don’t think of chocolate as a regional thing (should I?) though I suppose,  if I did think about it, I might determine that I like the European stuff best. Valrhona is mighty good, and I think chocolate should be at least 75% dark for optimal enjoyment. But any chocolate will do in a pinch.

    I’ve been a superstition defier since I was a child and found black cats to be unfairly maligned. I decided that, for me, black cats were good luck. I would walk under ladders if nobody was working on them (I think that one is more of a common sense thing). I open umbrellas inside (the better to dry them off, my dear). I once broke a mirror on Friday the 13th (not intentionally) and the next 7 years were a blast. I do try not to spill salt.

    I don’t have my own kids, but I would totally let my nieces take over my kitchen, except all they make is desserts, which could be a problem. And they have to be ordered to clean up.

    I know a couple of people with wheat allergies, but I don’t think they are full-fledged celiacs. I can’t imagine having that kind of dietary restriction. I see the gluten-free flours and baking mixes in my King Arthur Flour catalog and have wondered if they are any good, but everyone I know who avoids gluten tells me there is little out there in the way of gluten-free products that they find enjoyable.

  3. Gee

    It’s International Chocolate Day. Do you prefer American chocolate, or something more International? What is your favorite chocolate?

    Do you defy superstitions by doing those things that the superstitions warn against (walking under ladders, etc.)?

    Remembering that it’s Think Positive Day, would you let your kids take over the kitchen? Have you done so in the past? If so, are your kids good in the kitchen? (If your kids are grownups, maybe the question would work better for grandkids.)

    Are you or any close to you celiacs? If so, have you found any good products or recipes that are as tasty as the gluten-filled things?

    American vs. international:  Case-by-case basis, I guess.  I’ve always liked Lindt dark chocolate, and also Newman’s Own organic.

    I’ve got a sort of compulsion to step on as many sidewalk cracks as I can.

    Got no grandkids, but I think my kids are better in the kitchen than I am.  Anybody is.

    I don’t know any celiacs, I don’t think.

  5. Gee

    1925 – Mel Tormé, American singer, actor, and composer (d. 1999)

    That’s funny, I was just thinking about his classic fist fight with Paul Anka in Girls Town.

  6. JanF

       Ted Cruz: “It’s time to shut down the American government and let Putin run things for a while”

       – The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) September 12, 2013

    I know it is snark but it is really how they feel. The Obama hatred trumps common sense. Hey, Cruz! He called America unexceptional … are you really down with that???

    I miss Ann Richards, too. 🙁

    Hovering …

    – Har!!! “The lion is wondering when this post-Ark truce will be ended so he can get himself a proper meal.”

    – Yes!!! “I don’t understand. You got an ‘A’ in Math and Science, but only got a ‘C’ in Home Economics???”

    – Not to be a neighsayer but the tailless horse looks like he is feeling his oats. Hay, are these puns going right pasture?

    It is Programmers Day!!! I should be programming or it will soon be Unemployed Programmers Day here.

    p.s. Happy Friday the 13th!! It is quite a magical day …

  7. Avilyn

    I prefer White Chocolate, american or international.

    I own a black cat, and ignore most superstitions, although I do knock on wood.

    Don’t have kids and wouldn’t let any take over my kitchen, the kitchen is my domain and I am very protective of it.

    Don’t know any celiacs.

  9. princesspat

    chocolate….My favorite source of all things chocolate is Chocolate Necessities. The sugar free chocolate is excellent…a real treat for me!

    superstitions….I try not to say the words “…..I love this tree….” Seems to be the kiss of death in my garden 🙁

    kids in the kitchen….My kids are great cooks and my grand kids are learning fast, so yes, they can take over my kitchen.

    celiacs….It was an unhappy day when I learned I could no longer eat gluten, so finding the Gluten Free Girl and the Chef site was a happy day. The recipes are excellent, the gluten information is trustworthy, and the “fun with food” attitude is refreshing.

  10. bfitzinAR

    It’s International Chocolate Day. Do you prefer American chocolate, or something more International? I prefer to  “shop local” but that isn’t possible with chocolate – my favorite is Endangered Species 88%

    Do you defy superstitions by doing those things that the   superstitions warn against (walking under ladders, etc.)? Only if I think about it when it comes up. 🙂

    Remembering that it’s Think Positive Day, would you let your kids take over the kitchen? My kids were very good cooks (still are) and could even make omelets at age 4.  Not sure about the grandkids – the issue hasn’t come up.

    Are you or any close to you celiacs? I am/have celiac as does my eldest grandson (he actually has it more severely than I do).  There are many more options than were available 16 years ago!  I don’t find many of the commercial GF products to be all that good although Udi’s flax bread isn’t bad and Rudi’s Cinnamon Raisin makes good toast/French toast.  I do most of my own baking using Bob’s Red Mill All-Purpose GF flour mix and as long as I remember to sift it before I measure it, it works very well in all of the quick bread recipes I have for use with whole wheat flour, needing only a little more liquid than ww flour does.

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