National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day?? !! You’ve got to be kidding. I was innocently minding my own business this morning when it was brought to my attention that today is National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. What????
Let’s set the way-back machine
date: 1957
place: a garage in Hawthorne New Jersey
Two engineers, Marc Chavannes and Al Fielding decided to invent plastic wallpaper! It was a novel idea, but no one liked it enough to buy it. Picture this scenario in your mind. Marc and Al come home from the wallpaper sales convention they went to and start throwing items from the garage (including their plastic wall paper) into boxes. The next day, they went back to the garage and discovered that nothing was broken!!! They realized that their invention could be used as a cushioning packaging material. Marc and Al raised $9,000 to fund a developmental production line and the rest, as they say, is history!
Fast forward the way-back machine to:
date: 2001
place: Bloomington, IN
A disc jockey for Spirit 95" Radio, (the FM station in Bloomington, IN) got another novel idea. The station started Bubble Wrap® Appreciation Day, and, held its first annual Bubblympiad with events such as a Bubble Wrap® popping relay, Pop-a-Mole (similar to a well-known carnival game), and sculpture and fashion design contests.
It’s been celebrated ever since. Who’d of guessed it?
Coming up with a recipe using Bubble Wrap is a little difficult, but I found something you just might like :)
Kellogg’s Rice Bubble ice-cream Baskets (how’s that for a title?)
Cooking time: 20 minutes setting time
Makes: 10
INGREDIENTS
200g white chocolate, chopped
2 cups Kellogg’s® Rice Bubbles®
100g milk chocolate, chopped
METHOD
1. Microwave* the chocolate on high for 2 minutes stirring every 30 seconds until almost fully melted.
2. Stir until chocolate is smooth and fully melted.
3. Add the Kellogg’s® Rice Bubbles® and combine well. Lightly spray a muffin tin with oil.
4. Gently press the Kellogg’s® Rice Bubbles® mixture into basket shapes, be careful not to make it too thick.
5. Allow the mixture to set in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.
6. Melt the milk chocolate in the microwave* as per above directions.
7. Using a pastry brush, brush the insides of the Rice Bubble cups with a generous amount of chocolate. Place back into the refrigerator for a further 10 minutes.
8. Remove from refrigerator½ hour before serving. To serve, fill with your favourite ice cream or fresh fruit or both.
* 900-watt microwave used. Timings may vary.
Found at www.kelloggs.com.au/ricebubbles/recipe-iceCreamBasket.htm
Monday, January 26, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
recipe
Peg asked me where the recipe is, so I tried to think of a recipe that would go with hugs. Hugs are fun? soft? warm and fuzzy? Yeah, warm and fuzzy will do.... my favorite warm and fuzzy recipe is: (bugle sound)
Baked Mashed potatoes
5 pounds potatoes, boiled
1/2 c. butter
1/4 c. milk
1 - 8 ounce package cream cheese
1 onion, finely chopped
1 egg
salt and pepper to taste
**optional Crated cheese to sprinkle on top
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a large bowl, mash potatoes with the butter and milk. beat in cream cheese and onion. In a small bowl, beat the egg with a little bit of the mashed potatoes. Stir into potatoes, and season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a 2 quart casserole dish. Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until puffy and lightly browned. If desired, sprinkle grated cheese on potatoes, and return to oven until cheese is melted.
Baked Mashed potatoes
5 pounds potatoes, boiled
1/2 c. butter
1/4 c. milk
1 - 8 ounce package cream cheese
1 onion, finely chopped
1 egg
salt and pepper to taste
**optional Crated cheese to sprinkle on top
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a large bowl, mash potatoes with the butter and milk. beat in cream cheese and onion. In a small bowl, beat the egg with a little bit of the mashed potatoes. Stir into potatoes, and season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a 2 quart casserole dish. Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until puffy and lightly browned. If desired, sprinkle grated cheese on potatoes, and return to oven until cheese is melted.
This morning I went online, and there – waiting in my inbox – was a link to a greeting card. It was a “Send a Hug” Greeting Card from one of my faithful followers! (LOL ) It said, “Hint, Hint.” Now, I mentioned in my profile that I’m brighter than a turnip, and just to show you how true that is, it didn’t take me more than three or four hours to realize I’ve been challenged!
It’s National Send a Hug Day and I can even tell you the traditions associated with it. You go online to an e-card place and pick out the cutest card you can find and send it!!!! Works, doesn’t it? As for the history, I feel that I can safely say that this holiday was started by Hallmark before yesterday.
To help you with your Hug day cards, here’s 2 possible messages.
1) Perfect for those in winter weather
Hugs are warm
Hugs are nice
Hugs are ways
To break the ice
2) Perfect for Emergency storage-minded people
Found a hug? Well, pass it on
Don’t try to keep it for yourself.
Share it with your family and friends,
For hugs won’t keep up on your shelf!
Now how is that for meeting the challenge????? ~~ Momilee
It’s National Send a Hug Day and I can even tell you the traditions associated with it. You go online to an e-card place and pick out the cutest card you can find and send it!!!! Works, doesn’t it? As for the history, I feel that I can safely say that this holiday was started by Hallmark before yesterday.
To help you with your Hug day cards, here’s 2 possible messages.
1) Perfect for those in winter weather
Hugs are warm
Hugs are nice
Hugs are ways
To break the ice
2) Perfect for Emergency storage-minded people
Found a hug? Well, pass it on
Don’t try to keep it for yourself.
Share it with your family and friends,
For hugs won’t keep up on your shelf!
Now how is that for meeting the challenge????? ~~ Momilee
Monday, January 19, 2009
Martin Luther King Day
"Free at last, free at last
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last"
I was only 8 years old when Martin Luther King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Even as a child, the speech touched my heart. As I grew older, I studied it in High School Speech classes and at college in Public Speaking Classes. I wanted to be as good with words as he was. I wanted to be able to mesmerize people when they heard me speak. It didn’t happen. In preparing this blog, I went to Youtube and tried to figure out how to put a portion of his speech on the blog, but that’s beyond my abilities today. Now maybe tomorrow, I will be able to do so after someone tells me how!
The speech, which King delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, will air at noon today during CNN’s “From MLK to Today” special which runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CNN anchors Soledad O’Brien, Don Lemon and political analyst Roland Martin will host the special from the National Mall.
Here’s some brief info about the holiday itself.
Each year on the third Monday of January schools, federal offices, post office and banks across America close as we celebrate Martin Luther King Day.
15 years after Dr. King's death President Ronald Reagan signed a bill into law making the third Monday of January a national holiday celebrating the birth and life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
It was not an easy thing to do.
First a bill had to be introduced by a member of the House of Representatives. The Speaker of the House assigned the bill to a committee where the bill was discussed in detail. Meetings were held where supporters and opposers could discuss their positions. The committee then agreed that bill should be sent to a vote. The Rules Committee scheduled a debate on the issue. The House of Representatives then voted on the bill. It passed the House with a vote of 338 to 90. Then it was sent to the Senate
Again the issue of the King holiday had to pass through committees and public hearings before a final vote was taken
There were many who opposed the idea of holiday for Dr. King. America had only honored two individuals with national holidays - George Washington and Christopher Columbus. Many felt that there were other Americans that deserved a national holiday, such as Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy
One barrier to the confirmation was the Senator from Georgia who had denounced Dr. King as a communist
Others feared the King holiday was meant as a way to make up to African-Americans for slavery. Other feared the cost of the holiday, with the extra overtime paid to federal workers who had to work on the holiday as well as millions to those federal employees who were paid for the day
Senator Bob Dole pointed out to those critics '"I suggest they hurry back to their pocket calculators and estimate the cost of 300 years of slavery, followed by a century or more of economic, political and social exclusion and discrimination"
It took many years for Congress to decide to celebrate the holiday. In the years leading up to the official decree many African-Americans celebrated the birthday themselves with a few states declaring King's birthday a state holiday. The bill was finally passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate and was signed into law on November 2, 1983
The first national celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday took place January 20, 1986. The theme of this years holiday is Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not A Day Off!
Yesterday, I received an email from Peg in Ohio suggesting National Sweets Day (a holiday in the Midwest) and I replied to her that that was my kind of holiday. I could post a blog with candy recipes! That got me to wondering if Martin Luther King had a favorite food. I googled it and sure enough, there were pages of references to his love of Pecan Pie. So, here is a super easy recipe
Pecan Pie
3 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 cup corn syrup
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups pecans
1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shell
Preheat your oven to 350 F or 175 C. In a medium bowl- gently beat eggs. Stir in sugar and flour, then the syrup, butter and vanilla. Fold in pecans. Pour mixture into pie shell. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes; knife inserted in center of pie should come out clean.
Some of this info was extracted from www.holidays.net/mlk/holiday.htm
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last"
I was only 8 years old when Martin Luther King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Even as a child, the speech touched my heart. As I grew older, I studied it in High School Speech classes and at college in Public Speaking Classes. I wanted to be as good with words as he was. I wanted to be able to mesmerize people when they heard me speak. It didn’t happen. In preparing this blog, I went to Youtube and tried to figure out how to put a portion of his speech on the blog, but that’s beyond my abilities today. Now maybe tomorrow, I will be able to do so after someone tells me how!
The speech, which King delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, will air at noon today during CNN’s “From MLK to Today” special which runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CNN anchors Soledad O’Brien, Don Lemon and political analyst Roland Martin will host the special from the National Mall.
Here’s some brief info about the holiday itself.
Each year on the third Monday of January schools, federal offices, post office and banks across America close as we celebrate Martin Luther King Day.
15 years after Dr. King's death President Ronald Reagan signed a bill into law making the third Monday of January a national holiday celebrating the birth and life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
It was not an easy thing to do.
First a bill had to be introduced by a member of the House of Representatives. The Speaker of the House assigned the bill to a committee where the bill was discussed in detail. Meetings were held where supporters and opposers could discuss their positions. The committee then agreed that bill should be sent to a vote. The Rules Committee scheduled a debate on the issue. The House of Representatives then voted on the bill. It passed the House with a vote of 338 to 90. Then it was sent to the Senate
Again the issue of the King holiday had to pass through committees and public hearings before a final vote was taken
There were many who opposed the idea of holiday for Dr. King. America had only honored two individuals with national holidays - George Washington and Christopher Columbus. Many felt that there were other Americans that deserved a national holiday, such as Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy
One barrier to the confirmation was the Senator from Georgia who had denounced Dr. King as a communist
Others feared the King holiday was meant as a way to make up to African-Americans for slavery. Other feared the cost of the holiday, with the extra overtime paid to federal workers who had to work on the holiday as well as millions to those federal employees who were paid for the day
Senator Bob Dole pointed out to those critics '"I suggest they hurry back to their pocket calculators and estimate the cost of 300 years of slavery, followed by a century or more of economic, political and social exclusion and discrimination"
It took many years for Congress to decide to celebrate the holiday. In the years leading up to the official decree many African-Americans celebrated the birthday themselves with a few states declaring King's birthday a state holiday. The bill was finally passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate and was signed into law on November 2, 1983
The first national celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday took place January 20, 1986. The theme of this years holiday is Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not A Day Off!
Yesterday, I received an email from Peg in Ohio suggesting National Sweets Day (a holiday in the Midwest) and I replied to her that that was my kind of holiday. I could post a blog with candy recipes! That got me to wondering if Martin Luther King had a favorite food. I googled it and sure enough, there were pages of references to his love of Pecan Pie. So, here is a super easy recipe
Pecan Pie
3 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 cup corn syrup
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups pecans
1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shell
Preheat your oven to 350 F or 175 C. In a medium bowl- gently beat eggs. Stir in sugar and flour, then the syrup, butter and vanilla. Fold in pecans. Pour mixture into pie shell. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes; knife inserted in center of pie should come out clean.
Some of this info was extracted from www.holidays.net/mlk/holiday.htm
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