First Pilgrim Proclamation of Thanksgiving
On June 20, 1676, the governing council of Charlestown, Massachusetts met to decide how best to express thanks for the good fortune that had seen their community securely established. By unanimous vote they instructed Edward Rawson, the clerk, to proclaim June 29 as a day of thanksgiving. That proclamation...
Golden Roast Turkey
You’ll Need: 16 pound turkey 1 cup butter ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper Directions: Remove giblets and neck from turkey: wash and set aside Wash turkey thoroughly inside and out. Pat dry with towels. Remove any excess fat. Prepare your choice of dressing. Preheat oven to 325 F...
Thanksgiving Week starts with “Mary Had A Little Lamb”
Throughout Thanksgiving week, we will be talking about our traditions, trivia, and even turkey nutrition. You may not know this, but had it not been for the author of the poem “Mary had a little lamb”, we may not have Thanksgiving at all!! This person essentially pestered the President...
Cheddar Stuffed Potatoes
You’ll Need: 4 baked potatoes 2 slices bacon 2 chopped green onions Salt and pepper to taste ½ cup sour cream ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese ¼ cup butter Directions: Bake the potatoes and cool. Cook bacon. Combine sour cream, cheese, butter, onion salt and pepper. Cut the side...
Labels
Data glut. Information overload. Knowing more and more about less and less. Isn’t this how it feels when you look at the encyclopedic information on the back of a food label? It’s not helpful … but we have to do something. Our problem with Overweight and Obesity threatens to...
Brining the Turkey
To properly brine a turkey you need to start the night before you plan to cook. You will need at least 10 to 12 hours (plan on 1 hour per pound of turkey), a container large enough to hold your turkey and enough brine to cover it. You’ll...
Timing on Thanksgiving Day
If you choose to stuff your turkey, stuff loosely. The stuffing should be moist, not dry, since heat destroys bacteria more rapidly in a moist environment. Place stuffed turkey in oven immediately. You may also cook the stuffing outside the bird in a casserole. Judging cooking time for your...
Milk and Melamine
The U.S. FDA is blocking the import of all milk products from China. Not just milk, but “milk-derived ingredients and finished food products containing milk from China due to the presence of melamine and/or melamine analogs”. In September 2008, several companies were implicated in a scandal involving milk and...
Smelling Flavor
Unilever Food and Health Research Institute wants to put chemical odorants in your food, so you will perceive it as a healthy food option. Here’s the article.Their researchers picked commercially available odorants that corresponded to 15 salty food tastes. These included:sardine, bacon, anchovy, peanuts, tuna, Roquefort cheese, ham, chicken,...
Schedule troubles
I was teaching a group on the Path program a couple of nights ago. One of the participants, who is really doing well, nevertheless has a wicked schedule. She’s always moving from one asdpect of her job to another, with only a 10 minute break — where she can...
Genetically Modified ANIMALS for Food
You’re never going to believe this (here’s the article). You know how genetic engineers can take recombinant DNA of one plant, and splice it into another, and give us GMO corn? And, weirder still, they can even put fish genes into our corn (and do!!). Now there are hopes...
Diet and Fat
We have to confront one of our must cherished notions about weight and health — regarding the dietary demon of fat. This article, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (reviewed in this article), helps to unlinking fat in the diet from fat on your hips. Researchers followed...