Have you ever used a search engine to look up fun facts about this world? I did. My favorite search engine for this specific search is Google. Below are a couple of facts that I found. If you click on the title it will take you to the article I am referencing.
There are only 14 verified people still alive that were born in the 1800’s.
Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.
If you had 1 billion dollars and spent $1,000 a day, it would take you 2,749 years to spend it all.
In 1916, 55% of the cars in the world were Model T Fords.
Starbucks is named after Starbuck , a character in the novel Moby Dick.
Sea Otters hold hands while they sleep so that they don’t float away from each other.
Of course this led me to watch a fun video on Youtube. Check it out.
I am making chocolate chip cookies for a group of people who will be volunteering this weekend. Chocolate chip cookies is an American favorite and I was wondering who came up with the idea. After researching online, I found who it was.
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| Ruth Wakefield |
Ruth Wakefield was the woman who invented the Toll House brand of chocolate chip cookies. She was a dietitian and food lecturer. She and her husband purchased a tourist lodge named, Toll House Inn, where she prepared and served meals to the guests. One day she was making her favorite batch of cookies, Butter Drop Do (which date back to colonial times.) However, she did not have her main ingredient which was baker's chocolate. So she substituted a bar of semi-sweet chocolate which she broke into pieces an placed in the dough. She believed that the chunks of chocolate would melt and absorb into the dough creating a chocolate dough. Instead, the dough was vanilla based and the chocolate pieces did not melt all the way. She served it to her guests and it was a hit.
The semi-sweet bar of chocolate she used was a gift from Andrew Nestle from Nestle Chocolate Company. They became extremely popular in her local community, her recipe was published in Boston newspaper. Sales soured for Nestle semi-sweet chocolate bars and Ruth Wakefield and Andrew Nestle made a business deal. Nestle Chocolate Company would print Wakefield's Toll House Cookie Recipe on their packages, in exchange for a life-supply of Nestle chocolate. What a wonderful story! You can still find Ruth Wakefield's original recipe on the back of any Nestle semi-sweet chocolate chips!
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| Chocolate Chip Cookies |
As a family, we have a tradition that when it snows we bake chocolate chip cookies. This tradition brings our family together and is something I can't wait to do in my household. Click on the Link above (Chocolate Chip Cookies) and you can bake your own!
I am already sick of love,
My very gentle Valentine,
Since for me you were born too soon,
And I for you was born too late.
God forgives he who has estranged
Me from you for the whole year.
I am already etc.
My very gentle, etc.
Well might I have suspected,
Having such a destiny, cousin
Thus would have happened this day,
How much that Love would have commanded.
I am already, etc.
(Charles d'Orleans--said to be the first Valentine written in any language--language modernized).
Valentines Day--a day when people all around the world celebrate with their loved ones by purchasing flowers, chocolate, stuffed animals, and small gifts for each other. It is a day filled with colors of all shades of red and pink. But why do we celebrate Valentines Day? What does it have to do with romance?
Throughout history, in the different ages, the month of February as been recognized as the month of fertility. Starting with ancient times, there were pagan festivals celebrating the gods of fertility and love. In the middle ages, it became associated with romantic love. Traditionally, hand-written letters were exchanged professing your emotions of admiration of your love. Today, we purchase commercial cards and other gifts to show this. Did you know that approximately 1 billion Valentine cards are sent each year? This is the second largest holiday were cards are sold in such vast quantities.
Celebrate Valentines Day with a special treat! Try Flavor Cupcakery in Bel Air or Cockeysville. Their cupcakes are simply delicious and decorated for V-day :)
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